Gun ban gives false sense of security

Re: “Revamp of classification system seen as key to cementing assault-style rifle ban,” May 5.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has never gotten much love from Canadian gun owners, and it’s certainly no mystery as to why.

The latest gun control measure classes many semi-automatic rifles as “prohibited,” rather than “restricted.”

These formerly restricted firearms had only been allowed at gun ranges, and nowhere else.

That makes Trudeau’s line: “You don’t need an AR-15 to take down a deer!” not only a weak point, but a moot one as well.

Trudeau has admitted that lawabiding gun owners are not the problem. Criminals are. Yet he has now chosen to confiscate the personal property of hundreds of thousands of Canadians, in order to give others a false sense of security.

This is unethical on every level.

Shelby Lang Victoria