The Federal Government is expected to introduce brand-new legislation this week that would enhance laws surrounding the selling of Guns in an effort to break down on gun violence.

Modifications might consist of broadened background checks of someone attempting to purchase an non-restricted gun.

The expense could also boost screening of people who already own weapons, allowing a continuous eligibility assessment that would flag criminal behaviour as premises for a prospective examination into their firearm ownership..

Presently, gun vendors are not required under the Firearms Act to keep files of weapon stock and sales.

Anyone with a guns licence lawfully can purchase non-restricted guns, and a person might buy dozens of guns, and the shops that offered the guns would not be lawfully required to keep a record of the purchases.

The Government used to require the sales records from the vendors, in addition to a proof of licence. However those conditions were ditched by the Harper government in 2012, at the same time the long-gun computer registry was deserted.

Modifying guns laws was an election promise from the Liberals, however little public action was taken until recently.

In November, the federal government announced $327 million over 5 years, and $100 million every year after, for efforts to reduce weapon and gang-related criminal activity.

It also assembled a top with neighborhood partners on guns and gangs at the beginning of the month.

Inning accordance with their mandate tracker, the Liberals will not recreate a federal long-gun registry.

The proposed bill comes at a time when there are countrywide concerns about murder patterns and weapon violence in rural areas.

There were 223 firearm-related homicides in Canada in 2016– up 44 from 2015.

Statistics from the federal government likewise reveal that 2,223 guns licences were revoked in 2016, with psychological health concerns factoring in 424 of those cases.