The Liberal government’s gun-control bill passed a final vote in the Senate on Thursday, clearing the way for it to become law.
Bill C-21 will cement a freeze on handgun sales, increase penalties for firearm trafficking and try to curb homemade “ghost” guns.
The bill also seeks to ban assault-style firearms that fall under a new technical definition.
The government dropped a number of amendments to the bill in February after facing backlash from opposition parties and some firearms rights groups.
Those amendments would have banned assault style weapons under the Criminal Code, rather than through regulation, and would have included any rifle or shotgun
