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Thousands protest Quebec’s participation in federal gun buyback
Protesters argue mental health is the issue, not firearms, and say only Quebec supports the buyback with $250 million allocated to compensate about 136,000 guns, organizers said.
- Thousands protested Quebec's participation in a federal gun buyback program aimed at removing assault weapons from the public.
- Sophie Bèland, who heads the Quebec chapter of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights, accused Ottawa of unfairly targeting law-abiding firearms owners.
- Protesters argued that mental health, not legal weapons, is the problem, and that the government's move is a failure that dispossesses them of their property.
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A few thousand pro-fire protestors gathered in front of the National Assembly on Saturday to demand that the Quebec government withdraw from the federal government's buy-back program. Their message: "Our weapons are not for sale!"
·Montreal, Canada
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Protesters accuse Ottawa of unfairly targeting law-abiding gun owners.
·Montreal, Canada
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‘Our guns are not for sale!’: Pro-gun protestors rally at Quebec National Assembly
Several thousand pro-gun protesters gathered Saturday in front of the National Assembly to demand that the Quebec government withdraw from the federal government’s buyback program. Their message: “Our guns are not for sale!” The protesters accuse Ottawa of unfairly targeting law-abiding gun owners. “Quebec is the only province that has agreed to participate in this […]
·Toronto, Canada
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