Toronto criminal lawyer Matthew Friedberg says Ottawa’s decision to
delay its implementation of new regulations intended to help trace
firearms is good as it isn’t clear how the new measures will help police
solve crimes.
He says Canada should dispense with the plan altogether.
“It
appears to be another layer of governmental bureaucracy that’s likely
not going to serve its intended purpose,” he tells AdvocateDaily.com.
The
federal government quietly published a note July 29 deferring the
firearm-marking regulations until June 1, 2017 – the seventh time Ottawa
has delayed the measures, says the Canadian Press.
The new
regulations, first drafted in 2004 and previously scheduled to take
effect Dec. 1, would require that specific, identifiable markings be
stamped on firearms.
The plan would require domestically
manufactured firearms to bear the name of the manufacturer, serial
number and ‘Canada’ or ‘CA,’ while imported guns would have to carry the
‘Canada’ or ‘CA’ designation along with the last two digits of the year
of import, says the wire service.
http://www.cflaw.ca/37/unclear-how-firearm-marking-will-help-solve-crime
by Matthew Adam Friedberg on Aug. 26, 2015
Summary
Toronto criminal lawyer Matthew Friedberg says Ottawa’s decision to delay its implementation of new regulations intended to help trace firearms is good as it isn’t clear how the new measures will help police solve crimes. He says Canada should dispense with the plan altogether.
