What are Canada's gun ownership laws?
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Following a deadly school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, renewed attention is being placed on Canada's gun laws. Gun ownership in Canada is federally regulated and requires licensing and background checks. While mass shootings are less frequent than in the US, gun-related homicides are higher than in some other developed nations. In 2021, over 2.2 million Canadians held firearm licenses, with an estimated 10 million firearms in circulation. A national freeze on handgun sales has been in place since 2022, and military-grade assault weapons have been banned following previous mass shootings, including one in Edmonton in 2014 and the 1989 Montreal Polytechnique massacre.
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AI-ExtractedUnder Canada's Firearms Act, guns must be kept locked and unloaded.
A national freeze on the sale and transfer of handguns has been in place since 2022.
More than 2.2 million people - or 7.7% of Canada's adult population - had firearm licences in 2021.
Gun ownership in the Canadian provinces is largely federally regulated by the government in Ottawa.
Nine people were killed and another 25 injured in the attack at Tumbler Ridge on Tuesday.
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