A women’s advocacy organization and several other groups that support gun control are urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to fully implement a key facet of firearms legislation passed 30 months ago.
The measure makes a person subject to a protection order – a legal order often issued in intimate partner violence cases – ineligible to hold a firearms licence while the order is in effect.
The provision is intended to quickly remove firearms from the hands of abusers at the time when they are often the most dangerous.
