Controversial gun marking rules need 'substantial re-writing,' Goodale says

The federal government deferred its plan to impose a controversial marking scheme on all guns made and imported into Canada because the 13-year-old rules are out of date and need to be rewritten, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says.
The Firearms Marking Regulations were slated to come into force on June 1 until last week, when the government quietly pushed that timeline ahead by 18 months. The rules are now set to take effect on Dec. 1, 2018.
The contentious regulations