Canada bans assault-style weapons after its worst ever mass murder

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    Assault-style weapons are banned in Canada effective immediately, the country's prime minister said Friday.

    The move comes less than two weeksafter Canada's deadliest rampage in modern history, when a gunman in Nova Scotia killed 22 people after a 12-hour reign of terror.

    "You don't need an AR-15 to bring down a deer," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a news conference in Ottawa. "So, effective immediately, it is no longer permitted to buy, sell, transport, import or use military-grade assault weapons in this country."

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