Ont. Liberal wants restrictions or possible ban on sale of handgun ammunition
Date: Mar 30, 2007 9:44 AM
PUBLICATION: Canadian Press Newswire
DATE: 2007.03.29
CATEGORY: National General News
BYLINE: KEITH LESLIE
WORD COUNT: 318

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Ont. Liberal wants restrictions or possible ban on sale of handgun
ammunition

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TORONTO (CP) _ Police officers should be the only people allowed to
carry handgun bullets outside of a shooting range or sanctioned
competition, an Ontario Liberal backbencher said Thursday as he called
on the province to find new ways of keeping ammunition off the street.

Brad Duguid introduced a motion in the legislature to press for a study
to examine how the Ontario government could impose more restrictions or
even a ban on the sale or possession of handgun ammunition.

“Outside of police or peace officers, there is really no valid reason
for anybody on the streets to have in their possession handgun
ammunition, unless they’re planning on using it in a criminal way or a
harmful way,” said Duguid, a former Toronto city councillor.

“Finding a way to make unauthorized possession of ammunition illegal
can help our police in making communities safer. Police will have
another tool at their disposal to address the problem of guns and
gangs.”

At a minimum, Duguid said, he wants to find ways to better regulate the
sale of bullets used in handguns so authorities can keep track of the
ammunition and who has it.

“It seems logical that police should know who’s buying ammunition,
where they’re buying it and how much they’re buying.”

Duguid admitted a ban on ammunition sales would be complicated, which is
why he only wants to see a study, which he insisted would not affect
hunters.

“This resolution is not meant in any way to impact hunters with
long-guns,” he said.

Opposition critics mocked Duguid’s motion as an attempt by the governing
Liberals to be seen to be doing something on gun crimes instead of
taking real action.

“It’s the stupidest damn thing I’ve seen come across here in a long
time,” New Democrat house leader Peter Kormos shouted across the floor.

“It’s fluff, it’s spin. It’s typical Liberal simultaneous sucking and
blowing.”

Conservative critic Bob Runciman said Duguid’s motion was simply part of
a Liberal effort “to try and paint themselves as the great defenders of
public safety.”

“Surely anyone who is a careful observer of the Liberal Party of
Ontario knows that positioning flies in the face of history.”

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