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PolySeSouvient
Canadian gun control organization From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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PolySeSouvient is a Canadian gun-control advocacy organization.
The non-profit organization was founded by survivors of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre.
Organization
PolySeSouvient (French for PolyRemembers) is a gun-control advocacy organization in Canada.[1]
Nathalie Provost, a survivor of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre, is the organization's spokesperson.[2] Heidi Rathjen is the groups coordinator.[3]
History
PolySeSouvient was founded by survivors of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre.[4]
In 2019, the group called for a ban on semi automatic rifles (including legal hunting and sport shooting rifles of law abiding citizens), a ban on handgun imports to Canada, and a ban on handgun manufacturing in Canada.[5] In 2020, the group was served a cease and desist document and threatened with litigation by gun manufacturing company Marstar. An image of a Marstar product had featured a 2019 letter from the group.[6]
In 2022, the organization was critical of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights for their use of the POLY sales promotional discount code.[2] The same year the group advocated to the Government of Canada to adapt upcoming gun control legislation to ban a wider range of firearms.[3] In February 2023, the group spoke in the Canadian parliament and told politicians that disinformation was confusing the issue of gun control.[7] In May 2023, the group was critical of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for what it described a reneging on gun-control promises and advised him that they considered him unwelcome at the upcoming memorial to the massacre.[1]
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