PJ The Belt - March 13, 2026


Canada’s Gun Grab Just OFFICIALLY COLLAPSED

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Robert Freeberg
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8 minutes

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1,335

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74

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After years of new restrictions and federal gun confiscation schemes, provinces across the country are finally starting to stand up to the federal government. Alberta and Saskatchewan are two of the most gun-obsessed provinces in the country, and they are standing up for their gun rights.

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00:00:00.000 Good evening. Saskatchewan gun owners can soon apply for a certificate of exemption to continue
00:00:05.240 storing and possessing lawfully owned firearms that were recently banned by Ottawa.
00:00:09.840 So no one is going to show up on your doorstep and say we need to gather up your firearms.
00:00:15.580 The government of Saskatchewan is further expanding its firearm legislation pushing
00:00:20.440 back on the federal buyback program. Those firearms are going nowhere until the province
00:00:24.900 assesses the actual value of them not the depreciated value after they were deemed to be
00:00:30.240 illegal. Premier Mo along with the provincial government have long been in opposition of the
00:00:34.840 buyback and policy changes which add more than 2,500 weapons to Canada's prohibited list. We will
00:00:40.600 oppose any policy that undermines law-abiding firearm owners and does not combat the criminal
00:00:45.180 use of firearms. We will require compliance so at some point provinces and territories need to
00:00:50.500 instruct all provincial entities including our municipalities and law enforcement agencies
00:00:56.180 to refuse to enforce or prosecute under the federal gun seizure program
00:01:03.220 after years of new restrictions and federal confiscation schemes many westerners feel
00:01:08.820 that ottawa's approach to gun control simply doesn't reflect their values or even reality
00:01:14.780 For people who live far away from big cities, firearms are tools for work, safety, and sport.
00:01:21.040 And losing access to them feels like losing a piece of freedom.
00:01:24.260 And with Alberta's 2026 independence referendum fast approaching, that sense of self-reliance is intensifying.
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00:01:38.400 Thank you, and back to the video.
00:01:40.120 So you say that the Alberta government will not be enforcing what you call the federal gun grab.
00:01:45.800 What does that mean exactly?
00:01:47.800 Well, it means that since the federal government first introduced this confiscation scheme,
00:01:53.220 we've been absolutely and unequivocally clear.
00:01:56.460 We will oppose any policy that undermines law-abiding firearms owners,
00:02:00.820 including ineffective and extremely expensive buyback programs
00:02:05.420 that don't actually speak to the root cause of the problem.
00:02:09.640 What should they expect, though, firearms owners in your province when that amnesty period is over?
00:02:14.360 Do you think that police in Alberta will be looking for folks that have these now prohibited firearms and charging them with federal crimes?
00:02:23.020 Because that is what the law states. Is that something that people in your province should be prepared for?
00:02:28.740 Well, look, we've said that we will not cooperate with the confiscation scheme.
00:02:33.140 We will not participate in any federal programs that create criminals out of law-abiding Albertans.
00:02:39.000 And so in response to that, we've prevented our municipalities in Alberta from crafting piecemeal arbitrary firearms legislation.
00:02:47.960 We've notified our policing agencies that enforcement of this gun grab is not a priority for our police detachments,
00:02:54.400 that they need to be focusing on criminals and illegal activity.
00:02:58.400 We've also provided guidelines to our Crown prosecutors that prosecuting these charges stemming from this scheme is of low priority,
00:03:05.420 And we've developed regulations making it absolutely clear that anyone looking to act as a confiscation agent for the federal government must obtain a provincial license or be in breach of provincial laws.
00:03:19.600 The bottom line is this.
00:03:21.120 We stand by our law-abiding gun owners and we'll do everything that we can to make sure that honest Albertans are not made into criminals by illogical and politically motivated policies.
00:03:32.300 Alberta and Saskatchewan seem to be arming up, and the rest of Canada is finally starting to notice.
00:03:38.460 Across the prairies, gun sales are climbing very quickly, and applications for gun licenses are higher than they've been for a very long time.
00:03:47.560 The RCMP's most recent report shows over 360,000 licensed gun owners in Alberta alone, and nearly 120,000 in Saskatchewan,
00:03:56.300 giving both of these provinces some of the highest per capita ownership rates in the entire country.
00:04:02.300 No one is going to take the guns away in Saskatchewan, and I think largely you're going to see that across Canada.
00:04:07.540 However, if there's still a federal law on the books, if they decide to continue down this path,
00:04:12.520 which we encourage them to have another look at, and I think 9 out of 10 provinces would have the same encouragement.
00:04:18.360 They're going to say that your firearm's illegal, they're not coming to get it, but it's now worthless.
00:04:23.440 So what we've said is they have to provide fair market value,
00:04:27.520 And until they do, you can continue to store your own firearm if you are storing it in an appropriate way, in a safe and secure way.
00:04:36.720 And by doing that, you're doing that for the benefit of the province so that we don't have to do it on your behalf.
00:04:41.880 And that's where the exemption under Section 117 of the Criminal Code comes in.
00:04:45.760 You're exempt from prosecution if the federal government has declared your firearm illegal,
00:04:50.480 if you are doing us the benefit of continuing to store that firearm securely.
00:04:55.640 Provincial governments of these provinces remain defiant against gun confiscations.
00:05:01.260 They're refusing to go after law-abiding gun owners.
00:05:04.120 Out West, self-reliance isn't rebellion. It's tradition.
00:05:08.840 When Albertans and the people of Saskatchewan line up to legally purchase firearms,
00:05:13.160 it's not about aggression, but about self-preservation in a country that seems to be getting worse by the hour.
00:05:20.040 It's about trusting themselves more than far-off institutions.
00:05:24.080 And at every step, we have opposed this most recent buyback or gun confiscation program that they have introduced.
00:05:33.360 As I say, it only targets law-abiding gun owners.
00:05:36.140 But we're not the only ones.
00:05:37.780 Each and every province, save for one, is not supportive of this gun confiscation.
00:05:44.420 Every police force that has come forward is not supportive of this gun confiscation.
00:05:51.420 Many, if not all, have virtually stated that they will not participate or enforce this federal program.
00:05:57.840 So to protect the gun owners in Saskatchewan, we have done a number of things,
00:06:01.100 and I want to run through them, and then I'll play this video, and I'll interpret the lawyer talk for you.
00:06:05.780 But we established in 2021 the Saskatchewan Firearms Office.
00:06:10.220 Robert Freeberg is our firearms commissioner.
00:06:12.840 They'd have provincial oversight over gun issues in the province, gun ownership in the province.
00:06:17.120 Previously, we had passed legislation restricting who would be able to come and confiscate those firearms from you.
00:06:24.480 Essentially, what we said is if you're going to come and confiscate firearms from a Saskatchewan resident,
00:06:29.560 you're going to need a provincial license.
00:06:31.880 That provincial licensing department currently is an unfunded department of government
00:06:35.500 and won't be funded as long as I'm there.
00:06:41.800 But the federal government says motion or not when it comes to federal law,
00:06:45.720 all gun owners will need to comply.
00:06:48.560 We will require compliance, so at some point provinces and territories need to come up.
00:06:53.240 Setting the stage for another Alberta-Ottawa showdown
00:06:56.220 with a fight that no promised pipeline can pacify.
00:07:00.020 So here's the big picture.
00:07:01.600 Alberta isn't just pushing back. 0.99
00:07:03.480 They're exposing how backwards Ottawa's entire gun grab really is.
00:07:07.980 Instead of cracking down on smuggled guns and violent repeat offenders,
00:07:11.560 the federal government is spending more money on confiscating legal firearms
00:07:16.300 than on NATO or border security combined, with nothing to show for it.
00:07:21.800 They've barely collected any guns because the citizens know better
00:07:25.940 than to surrender their legally obtained property to a tyrannical government.
00:07:30.480 Rural leaders and the province continue to advocate for the buyback to be suspended entirely.
00:07:35.660 Our producers aren't the ones that are committing the crimes,
00:07:38.440 and they're not the ones that have possession of the military-style rifles.
00:07:43.820 The act should be repealed.
00:07:45.600 No one is going to take the guns away in Saskatchewan.
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