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Canada Issues Temporary Restrictions on Gun Imports

Canada recently announced new, temporary import control measures on certain handguns, which will remain in place until proposed amendments to the country’s Firearms Act take effect Aug. 19. The measures will require importers of certain handguns to obtain an “individual…

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import permit” before bringing the gun into the country, Canada said this month. Applications to import the “restricted handguns” will generally be denied except for certain circumstances, such as for law enforcement use.