Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada’s Liberal Party is now looking to ban guns used for hunting that are “too dangerous in other contexts.” His comments come as Canadian lawmakers are working on a major gun control package.

The Canadian Parliament has been wrangling for months over proposed Bill C-21, which started out as a set of so-called “red flag” laws and restrictions on handguns. “Red Flag” laws are a term for measures that allow individuals to petition a court to temporarily take away another individual’s firearms on the grounds that they pose a threat to themselves or others.

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