{O/C} Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has aggressively outlawed the sale, purchase and transfer of handguns.
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JUSTIN TRUDEAU, Canadian Prime Minister:
From today forward, it is no longer legal buy, sell or transfer a handgun in Canada.
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The regulation had been announced in May, but the ban only took effect today even as controversy continues to reverberate nationwide.
Handgun imports are also barred in the boldest move ever to stamp out gun violence.
While ecstatic gun reform groups cheered the news, firearm rights advocates argue, gun violence rates will not plummet however draconian the measures are.
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