e-2097 (Firearms)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- The private ownership of handguns and assault style rifles, at nearly 1 million weapons, represents a clear and present risk to the Citizens of Canada;
- Existing laws that restrict the use, storage and transportation of handguns, have still allowed many legal handguns to end up in the hands of violent criminals as a result of illegal sales, theft and diversion from law abiding owners and retailers;
- Canada has the fourth highest rate of gun deaths among OECD countries while other countries have shown that strict gun control laws lead to dramatically lower gun violence;
- Military assault weapons such as the AR-15 are sold to civilians in Canada;
- Handguns account for 58% of shooting homicides;
- Handguns and military weapons are not used legitimately for hunting or other purposes, by farmers or indigenous people;
- Victims and families of the mass shooting, which took place on Danforth Avenue in Toronto, on July 22, 2018, supports this action;
- The medical community, expressed through the Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns, supports this action;
- Mayor John Tory of the City of Toronto, publicly supports this action; and
- A prior e-petition, put forward by Wendy Cukier of the Coalition for Gun Control, and Julie Dzerowicz, MP for Davenport, saw 20,099 signatures appear to support this action, which puts public safety first.
- Open for signature
- March 5, 2019, at 11:31 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 3, 2019, at 11:31 a.m. (EDT)
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
---|---|
Alberta | 155 |
British Columbia | 485 |
Manitoba | 51 |
New Brunswick | 21 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 20 |
Northwest Territories | 1 |
Nova Scotia | 72 |
Ontario | 2396 |
Prince Edward Island | 8 |
Quebec | 246 |
Saskatchewan | 30 |
Yukon | 1 |