Five years after then-prime minister Justin Trudeau banned more than 100,000 types of so-called “assault-style firearms,” the federal government recently made the first attempt to force Canadians to surrender these firearms.
It didn’t go well.
Gun Rights
LILLEY: Danielle Smith on target, moves to strengthen self-defence laws
Once again, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is right on target, moving to strengthen self-defence protections and push back against Ottawa’s gun policies — promising new guidance for police and prosecutors on when charges should, and shouldn’t, be laid. While Smith’s agreement with Prime Minister Mark Carney saw some criticism at her weekend United Conservative Party conference, her statements on defending your home and family drew wild applause.
Bell: Danielle Smith tells criminals how not to get shot in Alberta
Pretty tough lingo for some pretty bad actors.
“I’ve got a little tip for lowlife criminals out there. If you don’t want to get shot, don’t break into someone’s house. It’s really that simple.
“Isn’t it? It really is.”
Now that’s laying down the law.
Alberta to Bar Police From Enforcing Federal Gun Buyback
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will table a motion next week under the Alberta Sovereignty Act that would instruct all provincial entities to refuse to enforce or prosecute matters under the federal gun buyback program.
Smith made the comments on Nov. 29 during a keynote address at her United Conservative Party’s annual convention, where she outlined her government’s priorities and next steps. She said the proposed motion would apply to all provincial entities, including municipalities and law-enforcement agencies, and would include provisions to prevent them from prosecuting Albertans “defending their homes and families from intruders.”
Alberta vows to defy federal gun laws as Smith unveils sweeping pushback
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will move next week to block enforcement of Ottawa’s new firearm legislation, marking one of the strongest sovereignty-based challenges her United Conservative Party has launched against federal authority to date.
Speaking to supporters more than an hour late at the UCP AGM in Edmonton, Smith said her government will table a motion under the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act ordering all provincial agencies — including municipalities and police services — to refuse to enforce or prosecute the federal gun grab program.
h/t SM (Incognito)
Cape Breton gun grab falls short as Liberal MP confronted over ignored complaints
Questions are being asked of Liberal MP Jaime Battiste (Cape Breton — Canso — Antigonish) after he told the Toronto Star he hadn’t “heard anything negative” about Ottawa’s gun grab pilot program in Cape Breton.
Emails shared by the Canadian Coalition for Firearms Rights on Wednesday detailed one of Battiste’s constituents venting their frustrations about the program on Sept. 22.
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Carney government ‘analyzing the results’ of firearms buyback pilot project amid reports of low uptake
OTTAWA—The Liberal government refused Wednesday to say how many banned weapons have been collected in the trial for its contentious gun buyback program, as federal sources and local reports suggest minimal success, raising concerns about how the roughly $750-million scheme will unfold on a national scale.
The Liberals kickstarted the long-delayed program with Cape Breton, N.S. as its testing ground last month, hoping to collect 200 guns and evaluate its system, but the small-scale pilot has been met with pushback and little uptake from frustrated gun owners.
Court battle launched to unearth costs of Liberal gun buyback
OTTAWA — A Canadian taxpayers’ watchdog is taking the federal government to court.
Announced Thursday, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is launching a legal challenge meant to reveal the true cost of Canada’s gun buyback program — beginning with a request for the court to rule on a long-delayed access-to-information request.
BERNARDO: Target criminals, not the compliant
CSSA members agree on three things:
Licensed firearms owners are heavily vetted by government and the RCMP;
Licensed firearms owners are statistically safer than serving police officers;
Most crime committed with firearms is the result of illegal guns smuggled across the border and then used by drug dealers, gangs and organized crime.
What you demand from government …
BERNARDO: Carney’s firearms fiasco: Punish the law-abiding while criminals run wild
In the last two weeks of October 2025, criminal violence with illegal guns has reached a fever pitch, which exposes (yet again) the stark hypocrisy of federal Liberal firearms policy.
While Mark Carney’s Liberal government pours hundreds of millions into a useless Firearms Confiscation Compensation Scheme that only targets licenced owners — hunters, sport shooters, and rural residents — violent crime involving smuggled illegal guns surges unchecked.
HAUBRICH: Taxpayers have right to see costs of Ottawa’s gun ban, confiscation
If you walk into a car dealership to ask about the price of the car out front and the answer is, “Probably tens of thousands of dollars,” it’s unlikely you’re going to buy that car.
Consumers need the full information on the price of something before they can decide if it’s a good decision. The same goes for taxpayers and proposed government programs.
BERNARDO: Saskatchewan’s line in the sand — Ottawa must pay full compensation for confiscated firearms
As most affected firearms owners already know, Ottawa placed a funding cap on its “voluntary” Firearms Confiscation Compensation Scheme, saying if you wait too long to surrender your guns, you’ll get nothing.
They’ve announced $742 million for compensation, but even federal officials acknowledge that this falls far short of full compensation for affected firearms owners.
You are simply collateral damage
Police investigating College Street homicide
THUNDER BAY – Police say the death of a 67-year-old male has been ruled a homicide.
City police, in a release issued on Friday, Oct. 31, say they responded to a call at about 3 p.m. on Thursday at a residence in the 100 block of College Street.
Police say they believe the victim may have interrupted a break-and-enter and stressed it was not a targeted incident.
The police will not be there when you need them most.
h/t SM
Ontario Police Chief Tells MPs Nearly All Crime Guns Come From US, Urges Focus on Border Over Buyback
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Commissioner has told MPs that Ottawa should crack down on illegal guns coming over the U.S. border instead of collecting guns from law-abiding citizens through its buyback program, saying 91 percent of guns used in crime come from the United States.
“We will exceed over 2,000 crime guns this year again—91 percent of them are coming in from the U.S.,” OPP Commissioner and Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police president Thomas Carrique told MPs at a House of Commons justice committee meeting on Oct. 28.
“These are the dangers. These are the strains and drains on our resources, and this is where we need to be spending our time and our attention.”
BERNARDO: Disarming good people does not make bad people harmless — It makes good people helpless
When criminal violence strikes, no one is coming to save you. That’s the uncomfortable truth most people don’t want to face.
It’s not because police or regular folks don’t care. It’s impossible for anyone to predict it and be there in the terrible moment when violence strikes.