Such bans have already proven to be essentially valueless for crime-fighting.
In response to a 22-victim shooting spree in Canada last month,Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that he will—via executive order, with no new law required or requested—ban the ownership and sale of several guns he categorizes as „assault weapons.“
The Canadian Globe and Mail has a list of some of the specific weapons affected, and it describes the generic qualities of weapons that Trudeau intends to bar from his country. (As is usually the case with assault weapon bans, most of the characterstics are cosmetic.) According to the paper’s estimates, more than 130,000 such guns are currently owned legally in Canada.
Trudeau also intends to buy back banned weapons from their owners. That will require legislation, so the specifics aren’t in place yet. The government thinks it will cost them $250 million, though the Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association believes it will be a lot more than that.
