No more safeguards

The Steyr HS .50 can pierce an armoured target from a kilometre-and-a-half away. The Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic was used to kill 14 women at École Polytechnique. These aren’t your average hunting rifles.

Yet thanks to Stephen Harper, these are just two of the high-powered rifles and shotguns that can soon be sold in our communities. With no record. To people who may not have a valid gun license.

What’s more, the out-of-touch Harper Conservatives plan to hold a $2 billion bonfire of existing firearm data. Their dangerous plan ignores provinces and police chiefs who rely on this data every single day.

If Stephen Harper won’t stand up for police and the victims of gun crime, New Democrats will.

But we need your help. Spread the word on Facebook and Twitter.

New Democrats are taking our message straight to Conservative ridings with a billboard campaign in several cities.

You can help spread the word that Canadian families want to keep their communities safe.

New Democrats have put forward practical solutions that address the legitimate concerns Aboriginal and rural Canadians have about the gun registry. New Democrats agree that the registry shouldn’t make criminals out of law-abiding Canadians.

But instead of working together, the Conservatives have chosen to divide Canadians with an approach that the RCMP—and even the Conservatives’ own internal reports—insist will lead to more smuggled weapons on our streets.

It’s time to ensure that police have the tools and safeguards they need to protect families against gun crime.

Spread the word on Facebook and Twitter. Victims of gun crime deserve better. Canadian families deserve better. Let’s make it happen.