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March 8, 2021
New measures to curb gun violence will help police: MLA
The Firearm Violence Prevention Act (Bill 4) introduced in the B.C. Legislature late last week takes aim at reducing options to buy, transport or possess real and imitation firearms in the province.
“We are putting expert advice into practice to reduce shootings related to gangs and the drug trade. These new measures targeting illegal and imitation firearms will give police additional tools and help make our communities safer,” said Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General. “At the same time, we recognize most firearm owners in B.C. are law abiding. As such, these changes should have little to no impact on them.”
by Martin Dunphy on March 5th, 2021 at 5:14 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1
New firearms legislation proposed by the B.C. government is aimed at tackling gang- and drug trade-related shootings.
Bill 4, formally titled the Firearm Violence Prevention Act, is drafted from recommendations that came out of the provincial Illegal Firearms Task Force, which tabled its report in 2017.
The task force was announced in 2016 after a spike in firearms-related homicides and attempted homicides related to gang violence and the drug trade , according to the report s introduction.
The report noted that there had been more than 2,000 incidents involving the criminal use of firearms in B.C. in 2015.
Gang members will have fewer options to buy, transport or possess real and imitation firearms under new legislation tabled by the B.C. government.Amon.