Canada Firearms Ban

• Canada looking at ‘variety of options’ for planned firearm buyback program: Mendicino

  Mendicino says the federal government is ``looking at a variety of options'' to carry out a planned buyback of banned firearms -- including enlisting outside help.

  Canada

  Jan 1, 2023
  
• Alberta’s Crown prosecutors to determine charges under federal Firearms Act: Shandro

  Shandro's announcement comes after the province passed Bill 1, the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act, on Dec. 8.

  Politics

  Dec 15, 2022
  
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• Alberta plans to resist federal efforts to seize prohibited weapons: Justice minister

  Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro says he received a letter from the minister of public safety asking for police resources to begin confiscating firearms beginning this fall.

  Politics

  Sep 26, 2022
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• Colt carbine, Ruger Mini-14 among illegally obtained firearms used by Nova Scotia shooter, docs show

  The gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia in April was armed with a 'Colt Law Enforcement Carbine,' a Sturm Ruger Mini-14 and two handguns, which were all illegally obtained.

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2020