after the May 30 announcement, and that “everyone was looking for ways to stop it.”
“I can’t think of any other case where a minister would interfere in the normal bureaucratic process like this without legislation,” he said. Johnson said gun stores, on average, did “two years’ worth of business in eight weeks” after the May 30 announcement, calling this an unprecedented short-term boom for the industry.of RCMP data shows a sharp increase in handgun transfer applications in the days after the May 30 announcement. According to Johnson, there had been roughly 300 transfer applications per day before May 30, which has since jumped to an average of 1,500 per day. June 1 and June 2 each saw more than 7,000 applications.
Based on conversations with gun store owners and with industry representatives, Johnson said used guns in particular have been selling out very quickly this summer, as some licensed owners offload guns they don’t want to be stuck with after the ban takes effect, while others are looking to stock up.
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