I’m just spitballing here, but I think that means they get to keep their guns
Unfair-Woodpecker-22 on
I feel that the liberals will use the various refusals from police services and provinces as a reason to Quebec to cancel the „buyback“ without much push back. I will likely be wrong but you never know in this world. TBH I thought if they were gonna kill it, it would have been in the budget and use the cost as a reason why.
explosive_fascinator on
One thing that this buyback is going to change in the firearm community is to strip the law of any moral authority, and completely normalize breaking the law.
sleipnir45 on
„Questions remain about whether Alberta gun buyback participants will be paid“
Questions remain if anyone will actually be paid.
„Please note that submitting a declaration **does not guarantee** you will receive compensation.“
GoatGloryhole on
It’s not a buyback, it’s theft of private property. CBC pushing govt propaganda, as usual.
violentbandana on
Carney just needs to bail on this absurd policy. This is going to be a failure and we all know it, only a matter of how long they want to push ahead. We *know* legally owned firearms aren’t used in the extreme, overwhelming majority of crime. We *know* thefts/fencing/etc of legally owned guns is rare. We *know* there are a plenty of mechanisms in place to punish legal gun owners who break firearms laws. We *know* Canadian gun laws are effective already. We *know* the primary problem is gun smuggling from America
Should have done it on day one as an example of a sensible economic policy reversal
Spider-King-270 on
Even using the government’s own numbers from their website, the buyback funding only covers around 7% of the affected firearms. That tells you everything you need to know about how serious or credible this program is.
Mediocre_Device308 on
The absolute insanity of confiscating sporting rifles while simultaneously having the military plan on using Canadian citizens to fight America. LOL.
„These rifles are too dangerous for you to take deer hunting. Here, take this other rifle to go fight a B2 bomber“.
lmao $4M per gun. someone made a site with all the numbers here: [whatsyourreceipt.ca](http://whatsyourreceipt.ca)
redditmods-fuck-kids on
Hasn’t this been tried many times before? I remember Chrétien had a buyback policy. Why try again? People who don’t want to give up their guns aren’t going to. And what is the purpose? Legal gun owners generally aren’t posing a threat to public safety. Illegal gun owners (criminals) aren’t going to turn in their guns either. It’s just spending money on a program that doesn’t have an impact. Silly.
8fmn on
These provinces pushing back on this program is important. Continued pushback should tell the feds they need to rethink things. Maybe special licensing requirements for certain types of guns? I don’t know but the current program isn’t going to work.
ThicccThunder on
Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Ontario have all either refused to participate or pushed back on this stupid program, just scrap the damn thing already.
People will try push the belief that US is threat and is going to try invade Canada someday but then expect people to turn in their guns and leave protection to a severely under armed, outdated & undermanned military.
O00O0O00 on
Carney had a golden opportunity during the election to announce that this failed program would be ended. But he decided to continue this Trudeau program. Sad and pathetic.
batman42 on
Well, it probably means they might not be legal gun owners after the amnesty period.
CanadianPropagandist on
Write your MP and Ottawa. Like a real life letter.
This buyback is vulnerable at this point because it’s been going on so long and is such a boondoggle. Even the TPS isn’t onboard, that should tell you it’s doomed.
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I’m just spitballing here, but I think that means they get to keep their guns
I feel that the liberals will use the various refusals from police services and provinces as a reason to Quebec to cancel the „buyback“ without much push back. I will likely be wrong but you never know in this world. TBH I thought if they were gonna kill it, it would have been in the budget and use the cost as a reason why.
One thing that this buyback is going to change in the firearm community is to strip the law of any moral authority, and completely normalize breaking the law.
„Questions remain about whether Alberta gun buyback participants will be paid“
Questions remain if anyone will actually be paid.
„Please note that submitting a declaration **does not guarantee** you will receive compensation.“
It’s not a buyback, it’s theft of private property. CBC pushing govt propaganda, as usual.
Carney just needs to bail on this absurd policy. This is going to be a failure and we all know it, only a matter of how long they want to push ahead. We *know* legally owned firearms aren’t used in the extreme, overwhelming majority of crime. We *know* thefts/fencing/etc of legally owned guns is rare. We *know* there are a plenty of mechanisms in place to punish legal gun owners who break firearms laws. We *know* Canadian gun laws are effective already. We *know* the primary problem is gun smuggling from America
Should have done it on day one as an example of a sensible economic policy reversal
Even using the government’s own numbers from their website, the buyback funding only covers around 7% of the affected firearms. That tells you everything you need to know about how serious or credible this program is.
The absolute insanity of confiscating sporting rifles while simultaneously having the military plan on using Canadian citizens to fight America. LOL.
„These rifles are too dangerous for you to take deer hunting. Here, take this other rifle to go fight a B2 bomber“.
https://imgur.com/a/HJGfXuy
lmao $4M per gun. someone made a site with all the numbers here: [whatsyourreceipt.ca](http://whatsyourreceipt.ca)
Hasn’t this been tried many times before? I remember Chrétien had a buyback policy. Why try again? People who don’t want to give up their guns aren’t going to. And what is the purpose? Legal gun owners generally aren’t posing a threat to public safety. Illegal gun owners (criminals) aren’t going to turn in their guns either. It’s just spending money on a program that doesn’t have an impact. Silly.
These provinces pushing back on this program is important. Continued pushback should tell the feds they need to rethink things. Maybe special licensing requirements for certain types of guns? I don’t know but the current program isn’t going to work.
Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Ontario have all either refused to participate or pushed back on this stupid program, just scrap the damn thing already.
People will try push the belief that US is threat and is going to try invade Canada someday but then expect people to turn in their guns and leave protection to a severely under armed, outdated & undermanned military.
Carney had a golden opportunity during the election to announce that this failed program would be ended. But he decided to continue this Trudeau program. Sad and pathetic.
Well, it probably means they might not be legal gun owners after the amnesty period.
Write your MP and Ottawa. Like a real life letter.
This buyback is vulnerable at this point because it’s been going on so long and is such a boondoggle. Even the TPS isn’t onboard, that should tell you it’s doomed.
https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/01/20/toronto-police-say-they-will-not-help-with-federal-governments-gun-buyback-program/