The Liberals continue to beat a dead horse. The Carney Liberals continue show the same contempt for civilian gun owners as the Trudeau Liberals. The Fall Budget confirms that the Liberals continue to beat the same old dead horse.
The Carney Liberals remain addicted to the same radical left-wing ideology:
Same ‘catch and release’ treatment for violent thugs.
Same contempt for civilian gun owners.
Same exploitation of the cult of the victim since 1989
Same anti-growth ‘Green’ policies.
Same ‘open borders’ immigration policies.
Ignore what politicians say: watch how they spend your money
Prime Minister Carney persists in wasting taxpayers’ money on irrational priorities inherited from the Trudeau government. The most glaring example is the so-called “gun buyback,” now relabelled “the Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program (ASFCP).” Whatever the Liberals call it, it’s still unjustified confiscation.
Instead of improving border security, or investing in our military to meet NATO standards, Carney’s Liberals flush hundreds of millions down the toilet each year on their misguided plan to confiscate legally owned hunting rifles and shotguns from respectable citizens who pose no threat to public safety. According to the Fall Budget, Liberals will spend $364 million this fiscal year on the so-called “buyback” —at a time of massive federal deficits and debt.
Liberals continue to beat a dead horse
Five years after former Prime Minister Trudeau prohibited over 100,000 so-called “assault-style firearms” and claimed Ottawa would “buyback” these firearms, Ottawa has finally made the first attempt to force owners of these banned firearms to surrender them. This dilatory collection attempt exposes the government’s hypocrisy. Even announcing price ranges. The police chief in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia volunteered to run a pilot project. To no one’s surprise, the roll out of Ottawa’s “buyback” was an embarrassing failure.
Bungled “Buyback”
The pilot project was so badly bungled that just 22 firearms were surrendered out of the 200 firearms the government expected, according to the Cape Breton police commissioner. Despite requiring owners to submit their firearms within two weeks to qualify for reimbursement, the government simultaneously extended the amnesty until October 30, 2026.
The Liberals can’t even figure out how to collect the newly banned firearms currently held by retailers. No compensation yet for the guns retailers surrendered. The program for retailers, which was launched in 2023, was put on “indefinite delay” in November. Simon Lafortune, a spokesman for Anandasangaree, wrote, “We will be reopening the second round of the business phase of the Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program. The exact date will be shared soon.”
Gun owners are not a threat to public safety
The government knows these firearms are not a threat to public safety. The banned firearms are used common hunting firearms. Only licenced, RCMP vetted firearms owners can qualify for the “buyback” program. Almost all of the guns used in crimes are possessed illegally, with many smuggled in from the United States, according to a report from the Department of Justice.
Neither the so called “assault style firearms” nor their owners pose a threat to public safety, as shown by the repeated extensions of the amnesty for owners starting in 2020. The amnesty is only for the licenced firearms owners who were criminalized by having their firearms declared prohibited. Prohibited firearms must be surrendered because illegal possession is subject to severe criminal penalties.
Canadian firearms owners are exemplary citizens
Canadian firearms owners are exceptionally law-abiding and less likely to commit murder than other Canadians. That should not be surprising. Not only have Canadian firearms owners long been solid citizens; to own a firearm in Canada, they must obtain a Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL) from the RCMP after initial vetting. To continue to own guns, they must endure daily monitoring for possible criminal activity.
Between 2000 and 2020, an average of 12 PAL-holders per year were accused of homicide, out of approximately two million PAL-holders. The PAL-holder firearms homicide rate over these 20 years was 0.63 per 100,000 PAL-holders. But the firearms homicide rate for adult Canadians was 0.72 per 100,000 — 14 per cent higher than the rate for PAL-holders.
No telling if Ottawa will wake up to the idea that the overbudget Trudeau/Carney “buyback” will never work.
Confirmation
Meanwhile, there’s no evidence the program will improve public safety. The fact is, Canadian firearms owners are exceptionally law-abiding and less likely to commit murder than other Canadians.
Statistics Canada confirms that PAL holders are among the most outstanding citizens. Replying to my request, StatsCan provided the data for PAL holders accused of homicide. Accused – not convicted. Remember, many accused are eventually found not guilty.
Not only are PAL holders less likely to be accused of homicide than are other Canadian men, but a recent research report on wildlife traffic fatalities confirms that even Canadian moose continue to be more dangerous than licenced firearms owners.
News Flash! More semiauto bans on the way!
Public Safety Canada has released a report by an anonymous “panel of experts” that worked in secret to advise the government on further gun bans of currently available models.
The Liberals are hellbent on disarming Canadians.
