Gun Rights

David Hicks has been trying to get rid of his father’s rifle — but hasn’t had much luck telling the federal government that.

“It’s very frustrating,” said the Ottawa man. “If they’re going to do it, they need to do it properly.”

Executor of his father’s estate, Hicks has been trying to declare the semi-automatic firearm he inherited with the Liberal government’s banned gun compensation program. He wants to be in compliance with the law — and get some money for his widowed mother.

OTTAWA — The federal government says more than 67,000 guns have been registered to be turned in for compensation under its program for banned weapons.

Public Safety Canada announced the figure on Wednesday, one day after the compensation window, which opened in mid-January, closed for owners of the more than 2,500 makes and models of firearms the federal Liberals have prohibited since 2020.

CALGARY — Tuesday marked the final day for Canadian gun owners to declare their prohibited firearms and receive compensation as part of the Liberal government’s gun grab program, and some gun owners are backtracking on their declaration.

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Ed Landy has been shooting so long he can remember riding the school bus with a shotgun so he could hunt ducks after the final bell.

“My teacher would just tell me to keep it in a locker during school hours,” Mr. Landy recalls of his ninth-grade hobby in rural Manitoba. “And then he’d wish me luck at the end of the day.”

Now aged 75, Mr. Landy remains an avid firearms enthusiast, even as the federal government has limited their use and availability in the wake of several mass shootings over the past four decades.