Canada’s Gun Grab Just COLLAPSED!!
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Summary
Canadians are being told to hand over their guns to the federal government as of October 31st. Gun owners have until March 31st to turn them in or face up to 10 years in prison. But will they comply?
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Gun owners wielding now-banned firearms are being invited to raise their hands as of Monday
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Every assault-style firearm out of our communities is a step forward for public safety.
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2,500 makes and models of assault-style weapons have been declared illegal since 2020,
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and permit holders who are still in possession of any of those weapons at the end of October
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The feds will be reaching out to owners by mail or email.
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So far, Quebec is the only province fully participating.
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Canada's gun grab just failed, and the Liberals know it.
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that low-abiding Canadians would line up, hand over their property, and say thank you.
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And now the federal government is stuck with a confiscation scheme that looks strong on paper,
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And even though they'll never admit to it publicly,
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their little authoritarian experiment is blowing up in their faces.
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We expect all Canadians to abide by the rule of law.
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We also expect police or jurisdiction to be able to enforce the law.
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The fact remains that there is a responsibility for all in law enforcement to ensure compliance as of October the 31st.
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Why would we want to take on that whole headache?
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Alberta and Saskatchewan have passed legislation barring the program from their jurisdictions.
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A pilot project in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, last year collected just 25 firearms from 16 people.
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The federal government has devoted $700 million to the program since its inception in 2020.
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They admit not everyone who applies will be paid.
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That's saying that all levels of government and police within the province, including RCMP,
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have been instructed not to participate in any gun confiscation.
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What do you intend to do on the firearms file specifically?
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Maybe I'll leave the quote aside, but I'll pick up one word there.
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This is about voluntary return of firearms for compensation, for compensating.
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So let's talk about the biggest lie when it comes to this.
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And Ottawa's entire plan depended on one thing, obedience.
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Most legally-owned firearms have not been turned in.
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Alberta and Saskatchewan have openly moved to block enforcement,
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passing laws and directives that prevent local police and municipalities
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Police leaders across the country have been very clear.
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And they're not interested in turning millions of law-abiding citizens
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A gun grab with no buyers, no enforcers, and no provinces.
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Despite the government calling it voluntary on the tech briefing for journalists,
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the bureaucrats made it very clear, this is not voluntary.
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You will either hand over your gun to the government,
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you know, I just don't feel like participating.
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You have to participate in one of the ways or face up to 10 years in jail.
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But, you know, remember, Jeanette, these are guns that were banned back on May 1st, 2020,
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about two weeks after the Nova Scotia mass casualty.
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And we call it the mass casualty rather than just shooting because people died in other ways.
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And the government used that event to try and say,
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well, this is proof that we need more gun control.
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but we don't need to take guns away from legal licensed gun owners.
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Because Gabriel Vortman, who was the perpetrator in that,
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he smuggled his guns in from the United States.
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They had been reported to the RCMP, by the way, multiple times.
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The government knew at the time that these were illegal guns.
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This is exactly why Ottawa keeps moving the goalposts.
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Why their deadlines just keep getting pushed back
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You can't confiscate what people won't surrender.
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You can't enforce laws your own police won't touch.
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And you can't ram this through in a country that is pushing back.
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Chris Kabersky owns this central Edmonton gun shop.
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He estimates sales revenue dropped by 60% since Ottawa introduced the buyback program
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and banned 1,500 assault-style firearms in 2020.
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That program will reopen for businesses in a few weeks.
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We're just in the midst of deciding exactly how we're going to proceed with it,
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while not having an impact on the illegal gun market.
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It's to try to control the criminal action on the wrong spot.
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What you got to do, you got to keep the criminal in jail.
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Alberta's justice minister issued a joint statement
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saying the province will not enforce what it calls a gun grab
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and that they expect law enforcement to focus on violent criminals,
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They are seized when they are moved, when there's an event.
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after the Nova Scotia pilot ends at some point next year.
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is this the most efficient use of taxpayer dollars
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No, we know that the majority of gun violence in Canada
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is not being caused by people who have gone through
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