(Canada) Most owners are holding onto their banned weapons before buyout

https://ipolitics.ca/2021/12/24/most-owners-are-holding-onto-their-banned-weapons-before-buyout/

Only 160 firearms that the Liberal government prohibited more than a year and a half ago have been deactivated or surrendered, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The government originally estimated that its ban, which toook effect on May 1, 2020, would apply to 90,000 to 105,000 firearms in Canada.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has long promised to create a buyback program for the weapons.

“If an individual or business were to relinquish a newly prohibited firearm or device before the implementation of the buyback program, they won’t be eligible for compensation once the program is announced,” the RCMP said this week in response to questions iPolitics asked it last month.

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It will be interesting to see how this plays out as the April 30th deadline approaches. I read elsewhere that the number sof affected firearms is actually somewhat higher, as tens of thousands of “assault weapons” were purchased in Canada in the run up to the legislation taking affect.