By Elizabeth Thompson, CBC News, September 5, 2016
Gun owners and gun control advocates take stand on rifle ahead of fall sitting of Parliament
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has shot down one of first e-petitions to go before Canadian Parliament, saying it has no plans to change the restricted status of the popular Armalite AR-15 rifle.
In a response to the petition, quietly tabled in the House of Commons this summer while it wasn’t sitting, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said he has “no intention” of invoking a section of Canada’s criminal code to reclassify the firearm as unrestricted.
