“According to the government, the Justice Committee recommended that change unanimously, with illness and range closures cited as practical reasons for allowing more margin.

“The government announced that Cabinet had agreed to change the annual activity requirement from 12 to 10, but the regulation giving effect to that decision is meant to begin alongside the relevant provisions.

“Courts and litigants increasingly say the Second Amendment reaches only the weapons one person can carry.

“the Ministry of Justice says the larger reform will move firearms regulation into a body headed by an independent chief executive while Police continue to provide some corporate services.

“the Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding.

“the agency could impose constraints, including requiring officials to consider costs imposed on permit holders and their reliance on previously issued permits

“The government says new regulations will begin alongside the relevant provisions of the enacted law.

“Many of the cases that were granted commutation on January 17 were not vetted through our office, and so the data we had available was not reviewed as carefully as we would ordinarily hope it to be.