Victoria council sets its sights on restricting firearm sales
Victoria is looking at ways to regulate the sale of firearms and ammunition in the city.
After hearing that a pawnshop was buying and selling guns, Mayor Dean Fortin wanted a staff report on possibly “restricting” the sale of firearms in the downtown core. But councillors Thursday broadened the scope to include “regulating” the purchase and sale of firearms within city limits.
“Some of the local businesses have brought to my attention that one of the local pawnshops has got a licence to buy and sell guns in the downtown core,” Fortin said. “It obviously has sparked a concern in the sense of what risks are out there.”
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Considering all the restrictions on purchasing and transporting guns and what I assume is a fairly lengthy, costly and complicated process for the store to obtain a licence to sell the guns, I doubt very much that this will evolve into a problem.
I don't see the store selling guns to people without the proper paperwork and permits.
Councillors Charlayne Thornton-Joe and Shellie Gudgeon didn’t see any reason to limit the focus to downtown. “I don’t think we want to see this migrate to our neighbourhoods, which are thriving,” Gudgeon said.
She's speaking like the sale and purchase of a heavily regulated and restricted product will spread like wildfire if they don't put a stop to this immediately.
Is this another non-issue the city is going after?