Article content

On a sunny Friday morning, Justin Trudeau strolled along Toronto’s Danforth Avenue seeking votes.

He was there for a specific reason and not just to make sure this riding that was once represented by NDP Leader Jack Layton didn’t flip back from red to orange.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or LILLEY: Trudeau's gun control promise off target Back to video

Trudeau was on the Danforth because he wanted to talk about gun control.

On the evening of July 22, 2018, gunman Faisal Hussain walked along this popular destination for locals and tourists alike, shooting indiscriminately at people who were simply out enjoying a night on the patio.

Hussain wasn’t a licensed gun owner — the gun he used to kill two people and injure 13 others was stolen.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or

Now, more than a year after that shooting, Trudeau wants to act by banning a rifle that has been legal for more than 50 years in Canada and is only known to have been used in one shooting in Toronto — the AR-15.

Trudeau invoked recent shootings in Mississauga and Calgary as he made his announcement to ban the AR-15, even though those shootings both involved organized crime or gangs.