In the wake of the massacre in Uvalde, Texas, where was the sale and purchase of handguns banned?

A week after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in their classroom in Uvalde, Texas, Canada’s government introduced legislation to implement a “national freeze” on the sale and purchase of handguns (and some toys that look like guns.) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters, “We need only look south of the border to know that if we do not take action firmly and rapidly, it gets worse and worse and gets more difficult to counter.”_x000D_

Why is Canada banning toy guns?

_x000D_As a result of the new laws, some toys that resemble real guns will be banned, for example, the above airsoft rifles. Because they resemble real firearms, police have to treat them as such. This kind of mix-up has caused tragic results, as Canada’s Justice Minister Lametti told reporters.