Carney’s Turkish revolver gift runs into Canada’s own handgun freeze

Prime Minister Mark Carney, “deactivated” a revolver gifted to him by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Edroğan as Liberal gun laws, and federal ethics rules mean the Prime Minister can’t accept the gift

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave personalized engraved pistols to NATO leaders at this week’s NATO summit, but it looks like Western countries’ laws around firearms and accepting gifts exceeding $1,000 mean Prime Minister Mark Carney can’t even use the gift.

As first reported by Reuters, the Prime Minister’s Office said Mark Carney immediately turned over the expensive revolver engraved with his name to the RCMP to be “deactivated.”