Canada has proposed letting municipalities completely ban handguns as it introduces new legislation to expand its nationwide military-style assault weapons ban from last year.
The amendments would also simplify the process for officials to revoke gun licences, and make it easier for friends and family to ask that weapons be removed from individuals when there's a fear of violence.
Remodelling a weapon to increase capacity would become a crime under the new law. The bill is expected to make it through Parliament in
Ottawa, and comes after Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau promised that changes be made after at least 20 people were killed in a mass shooting in Nova Scotia last year,
The New York Times reported.
The proposed law would also make it possible for the government to create a
buy-back programme for around 1,500 assault weapon models.