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B.C. says new regulations effective this fall will curb extortion-related violence
The rules add provincial offences, ban firing from vehicles and restrict imitation firearms as police seek faster action against extortionists.
- On Oct. 1, British Columbia will implement new provincial gun regulations aimed at closing legal loopholes that extortionists have exploited to fuel a wave of shootings.
- Public Safety Minister Nina Krieger says the regulations, resulting from the 2021 Firearm Violence Prevention Act, close "loopholes that are exploited by organized and specifically by extortionists causing harm in our communities."
- The new rules ban firing from vehicles and require secure storage for imitation firearms like pellet guns, while prohibiting their sale to anyone under 18.
- Attorney General Niki Sharma says the act provides a "clear mechanism for police to confiscate and destroy firearms used to commit an offence," filling gaps left by federal laws with high evidentiary thresholds.
- Extortionists have tested the "limits of accountability" by using rental cars or friends' vehicles to transport firearms, often claiming they were unaware of the weapons, Sharma says.
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B.C. says new regulations effective this fall will curb extortion-related violence
VICTORIA - Provincial gun regulations that have been nine years in the making will come into effect in British Columbia this fall, shutting down what the province call loopholes in
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