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Ottawa urged to ban semi-automatic SKS rifles as assault-style firearm buyback ramps up
The federal buyback has removed thousands of assault-style guns since 2020 but excludes the SKS rifle due to its use in Indigenous hunting, sparking criticism from gun-control advocates.
- On September 23, 2025, the Canadian government announced plans to expand its federal buyback program targeting outlawed firearms, including a pilot in Nova Scotia.
- This program builds on firearms restrictions since May 2020, when Ottawa banned about 2,500 types of guns deemed unsuitable for hunters or sport shooters.
- Gun-Control group PolySeSouvient urges Ottawa to immediately ban the semi-automatic SKS rifle and remove modern assault-style versions, citing safety concerns and market flooding risks.
- PolySeSouvient argues that without prohibiting the SKS rifle, Canada effectively lacks a ban on assault-style firearms, and warns that this situation will ultimately result in hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars being spent without achieving meaningful progress.
- The dispute suggests the buyback program may strengthen gun manufacturers and lobbyists unless the SKS rifle is included, highlighting public safety and policy challenges ahead.
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The Government of Canada expects 179,684 firearms "of assault weapon styles" now prohibited, but legally acquired, to have been returned to the authorities or deactivated under its buyback program once it has been completed.
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