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Controversy Grows Over Canada’s Major Gun Buyback Despite Broad Support for Control

In January, the Government of Canada began implementing a compensated buyback, giving Canadians who own the 2,500 prohibited makes and models until March 31 to sign up, the Ministry said, adding mobile collection units will retrieve firearms where police cooperation lacks.
Years of delays and pushback from police, provincial officials, and gun owners have slowed the program, amid a September audio leak where Minister Gary Anandasangaree called enforcement `misguided`.
The federal estimate covers 136,000 firearms, but Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Kingston police refuse to participate, amid Canada's roughly 2 million registered and 10 million unregistered guns.
After a recent school shooting in British Columbia, officials said gun owners who miss the March 31 sign-up deadline must surrender or decommission firearms by October 30, 2026, or face criminal liability.
Jooyoung Lee, sociologist at the University of Toronto, says past buybacks had minimal effect on violent crime, while studies showing declines in mass shootings and public polling on gun control support the program amid concerns over smuggling from Maine .

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