Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has proposed a complete ban on the buying and selling of all handguns.
His government is considering enacting new legislation that would prohibit individual possession of all short-barreled firearms.
The bill would not outright prohibit the ownership of firearms, but it would make it illegal to purchase them.
Mr Trudeau’s proposal comes days after a deadly shooting at a Texas elementary school, in the neighbouring US, killed 21 people.
The law, which was introduced in Canada’s parliament on Monday, prohibits the purchase, sale, transfer, or import of handguns anywhere in the country.