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In his campaign for the Conservative leadership, Andrew Scheer sought support from the gun lobby. He took their money & votes & in exchange promised to lift restrictions on large capacity magazines so that assault rifles could shoot dozens of bullets without having to be reloaded 
He promised to give the gun lobby control of the reclassification of weapons. He promised to weaken background checks. His members have said they want to “normalize” the AR 15 assault rifle, to make it unrestricted.
He talks tough on crime but when it came time to support police with new funding for guns and gangs initiatives, he voted against it. He voted against enhanced background checks. He has vowed to weaken gun laws.
Not surprising given that he was part of the Harper government that cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the RCMP and CBSA.
The dedicated people who keep us safe and secure our borders need and deserve our support. They need access to the tools and resources to do their jobs. Canadians deserve a government that is working for them, not the firearms industry.
We are working hard to keep Canadians safe. It is pretty obvious who Scheer is working for.
