Reclassification of Swiss Arms
Over the last few weeks firearms owners and constituents worried about property rights have contacted me to express their deep concern over the RCMP’s decision to reclassify the Swiss Arms family of rifles as prohibited. They want to know what the Conservative government is going to do about the situation.
First of all, Minister of Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney made clear that the owners of the affected guns will be able to use their rifles as before, and he was having an amnesty put in place.
In addition, our government will build on this amnesty and bring measures forward that will protect all law-abiding firearms owners from these types of retroactive and unpredictable decisions.
I enjoy hunting, and I was dismayed that bureaucrats would expose thousands of lawful firearms owners to criminal sanction at the stroke of a pen. We will not rest until this matter is resolved.
I’m Brad Trost, Member of Parliament for Saskatoon-Humboldt, for more information check out my website at bradtrost.ca