The feds have once again delayed their gun buyback scheme for two more years, and the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights (CCFR) is slamming the Trudeau regime for playing politics with their gun legislation.
In 2020, the Trudeau Liberals banned 1,500 different assault-style firearms, criminalizing an estimated 125,000 legally-purchased guns. Implicated gun-owners were forbidden from using their guns, and had a two-year amnesty period to hand them over.
That deadline was then extended to October 2023.
On Wednesday, the Trudeau government once again extended its amnesty period to October 30, 2025 – a date that doesn’t take place until after the next scheduled federal election.
“The fact these guns are apparently too dangerous to own, but owners MUST keep them in their possession until after the next election in 2025 (latest), proves this ban is nothing more than a political tool for the Liberals. It’s never been about public safety,” the CCFR stated.
The feds’ second extension will make it five years that law-abiding gun owners are unable to use their guns or sell them.
Moreover, as CCFR suggested, the delay seems suspiciously aligned with the upcoming federal election.
The feds’ announcement came the day after Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery asked them to either scrap their order–in-council (OIC) prohibiting 1,500 types of firearms or, at the very least, extend the amnesty period.
Amery suggested the OIC is “unlikely to yield any public safety benefit.”
He said the feds would be better off spending money on stronger border enforcement and tackling organized crime instead of paying back law-abiding gun owners.
Firearms Act
In March, Alberta’s United Conservative Government introduced a Firearms Act that was meant to protect the rights of legal gun owners against the federal government’s continued gun-grab attempts.
The goal of the legislation was to provide clarity in regards to who regulates Albertan gun-owners between the feds and the province.
It also established a Firearms Compensation Committee to ensure that legal gun owners who are required to give back any guns are fairly compensated.
Then in April, Saskatchewan passed their own Firearms Act.
2020 Gun Ban
The 2020 firearms ban came just weeks after the Nova Scotia mass shooting, when Gabriel Wortman massacred 22 people in Nova Scotia using four illegally-obtained guns, including two handguns.
Nova Scotia RCMP officers accused then-RCMP commissioner Brenda Lucki of pressuring them to release information during their active investigation, alleging she “promised” the Public Safety Minister she would do so, and that the information was tied to pending legislation.
