{"id":739,"date":"2018-04-20T02:08:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T02:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/?p=739"},"modified":"2020-04-22T23:46:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T23:46:13","slug":"bill-c-71-a-short-primer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwf.mb.ca\/archives\/739","title":{"rendered":"Bill C-71 \u2013 A Short Primer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Government of Canada, through Bill C-71, is proposing to amend acts and regulations relating to firearms. Their proposed changes would see increased and unwarranted restrictions to law-abiding firearm owners. Worse, Bill C-71will do nothing to make Canadian\u2019s safer (which is the stated reason for the Bill in the first place). Please read the attached Primer on Bill C-71, contact the Minister of Public Safety as well as your federal MP to express your concerns with Bill C-71, and join the on-line petition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find the website links in the attached:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwf.mb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MWF-Primer-on-Bill-C-71.pdf\">MWF Primer on Bill C-71<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mwf.mb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/MWF-Primer-on-Bill-C-71.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of Canada, through Bill C-71, is proposing to amend acts and regulations relating to firearms. Their proposed changes would see increased and unwarranted restrictions to law-abiding firearm owners. 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