OTTAWA—Nineteen thousand.
That’s how many makes and models of guns the Liberals insisted Wednesday will still be available for hunters and sports shooters to buy and use as the government presses ahead with efforts to enshrine a massive ban on firearms.
Rural Economic Development Minister Gudie Hutchings offered the number as the Liberals tried to reframe the debate around controversial amendments to Bill C-21, sending a posse of parliamentarians before a microphone outside the House of Commons chamber to try and clarify their proposals, and show a bit of contrition.
