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Canada proposes stricter gun laws, ban on handgun sales and possession

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    16% Somewhat Right

  • Politician Portrayal

    -58% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : And that's why, today, we've introduced legislation to further strengthen gun control in Canada," said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau via Twitter.
52% : "In Canada, gun ownership is a privilege not a right," Blair said, per NPR.
48% : According to PBS NewsHour, gun ownership laws require extensive background checks before purchase, as well as keeping the guns unloaded and under lock and key.
39% : What they're saying: Bill Blair, minister of emergency preparedness, pointed out that the country perceives its gun laws much differently than the United States.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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