Canada Shootings Spur Debate Over Gun Control

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has said it would consider banning handguns

TORONTO—A spate of gun violence in Canada, including a shooting Friday that left four dead, is fueling calls to strengthen gun laws in a country that has been largely free of the mass shootings that afflict the U.S.

Two police officers were killed in the shooting in eastern Canada, which came three weeks after a mass shooting in Toronto killed two people and injured 13 others.

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