From the CSSA:
Gun Confiscation Deadline Postponed Again
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government steadfastly refuses to confiscate 2,000 makes and models of firearms banned by his infamous May 1, 2020, Order in Council.
On October 11, Justin Trudeau admitted defeat. He has no plan for confiscating those guns, no plan to pay citizens for the firearms he promised to confiscate, and everyone knows it.
Trudeau delayed his confiscation deadline two more years.
Adding to Trudeau’s confusion is the one question nobody in his Liberal House of Cards seems willing or able to answer.
“What do we do about Saskatchewan and Alberta?”
Those two provinces made it exceedingly difficult for the federal government to confiscate firearms.
In Saskatchewan, Robert Freberg, Chief Firearms Officer, Christine Tell, Minister of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety, and Premier Scott Moe passed the Saskatchewan Firearms Act to all-but-prevent the federal government from confiscating firearms in their province.[iii]
Their plan was so well designed that Alberta followed suit with Bill 8: The Alberta Firearms Act.[iv]
Dr. Teri-Jane Bryant, Alberta’s Chief Firearms Officer, Tyler Shandro, then-Minister of Public Safety, and Premier Danielle Smith implemented their own “Alberta Firearms Firewall.”
Canadian gun owners owe these six individuals an immense debt of gratitude for doing what many said could not be done – stop the federal government from confiscating our guns.
Saskatchewan and Alberta’s defensive acts, combined with Trudeau’s failure to take a single step toward his confiscation scheme, likely played a huge role in his decision to kick the confiscation deadline, euphemistically called an “amnesty”, two years further down the road.[v]
Justin Trudeau insisted that these banned firearms "pose a significant threat to public safety..." and that “there is no use and no place for such weapons in Canada…” yet his actions prove he doesn’t have the courage of his convictions.[vi]
By the time his latest “amnesty” expires – these firearms will have been safely stored in the gun safes of their owners for over five years.
If these banned firearms are such a threat to public safety, why did Trudeau’s Liberal government admit defeat by postponing their confiscation deadline until after the next federal election?
Because this was never about public safety.
This was always about politics.
