This is a classic negotiation move.
They know this all has to go through Parliament. And will be hotly debated. The catch is... They ask for way way way more than they want. Just so it feels like a win when the arguments drop the list down to 3/4 of its original size. Still a win for them either way.
I still can't believe that none of the pro firearm politicians, or news people have brought up the fact that this will cost billions of dollars to tax payers for what equates to a handful of deaths a year. An extremely high number of which are by illegally owned firearms which may have been smuggled in from the states.
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