Alex Schummer

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Canada created a C$250 million fund ($191million) to reduce gun violence. This money was earmarked to help stop border gun smuggling.

It will help local governments and the indigenous.

Community prevention of gun and gang violence. Also, banning more than 1500 assault-style guns.

The number of incidents involving gun violence has increased 81% in Canada since 2009. However, gun ownership levels are much lower than those in the United States. According to the Small Arms Survey, Canada has 31 firearms for every 100 people, while the US boasts 89 guns per 100.

Mendicino announced that Mendicino will launch a mandated buy-back programme to take any newly banned firearms off the streets. This is part of the Liberal government’s attempt to maintain safety in communities.

According to him, the record-breaking seizure last year of firearms that were being trafficked was due to government action against crime.

“Building community resilience via prevention is one the key pillars our plan to take actions on gun violence Mendicino stated.

Official data shows that gun related murders increased to 277 per cent in Canada in 2020, compared to 223 deaths in 2016. According to official data, 30% of Canada’s total 743 murders were caused by shootings in 2020. Still, Canada’s firearm homicide rate was 0.8 per 100,000 people in 2020, and in contrast nearly six in every 100,000 United States residents were killed with a gun in 2020, according to government data.

Canada was witness to its most violent mass shooting, May 2020. A gunman with an assault rifle and weapons stabbed 22 people to death in Nova Scotia’s Atlantic province. Canada ban assault weapons shortly after the shooting.

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