OTTAWA — A well-known gun control group is telling Prime Minister Mark Carney it would be “disingenuous and even hypocritical” for Liberal MPs to wear white ribbons to mark the anniversary of the Montreal massacre given the government’s lack of action on key firearm measures.

In a letter sent to Carney this week, the group PolySeSouvient accuses the Liberals of “inaction” to ensure a complete ban on assault-style firearms and failing to implement gun-related measures to prevent intimate partner violence.

The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, informally known as White Ribbon Day, falls on Dec. 6. It marks the anniversary of a gunman’s murder of 14 women at Montreal’s École Polytechnique in 1989.

Since May 2020, Ottawa has outlawed approximately 2,500 types

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