Feds Overhauling Firearm Rules

Sweeping changes are coming for gun owners.
Kenora MP Greg Rickford and the Federal Government announced today plans to table the Common Sense Firearm Licensing Act.
The biggest change for local gun owners is the merging of the Possession Only Licence and the Possession and Acquisition License.
The Act will also:
-Restrict the ability of Chief Firearms Officers to make arbitrary decisions.
-Create a grace period at the end of the 5-year license to stop people from immediately becoming criminalized for paperwork errors.
-End needless paperwork around Authorizations to Transport by making them a condition of a license.
-Require mandatory firearms safety courses for first time gun owners.
-Strengthen firearms prohibitions for those who are convicted of domestic violence offences.
The Act is expected to be debated and voted on this Fall.
The government is also making immediate changes to another contenous issue.
The Feds have issued an order to ensure that law-abiding owners of the CZ 858 or Swiss Arms family of rifles are now able to fully use their property.