Confiscating guns legally owned by law abiding citizens does nothing to protect us. It takes away our right for self defence in a world in which violent crime is increasing rapidly because of "lax on crime" idiotic government policies.
The criminals need to be punished and incarcerated, not law abiding citizens.
The Carney Liberal government is just as stupid as the Trudeau government. You idiots that voted Liberal are responsible for this.
Someone get Carney a dictionary: He doesn’t know what “voluntary” means
Prime Minister Mark Carney thinks the government confiscating your property is “voluntary.”
Are you kidding us!?
Here’s the skinny on the government’s gun ban and confiscation scheme:
The Trudeau Liberals announced they would ban certain guns in 2019, then take those guns from law-abiding Canadian citizens and force taxpayers like you to compensate those law-abiding Canadians after the government steals their property.
Here’s what Carney said this week about the confiscation scheme:
“This is not about confiscation. This is about voluntary return of firearms for compensation of these firearms ... We’re not confiscating guns. People aren't going around confiscating guns. Anyone who says that, that is a mischaracterization. What it is is an opportunity for Canadians to return guns for compensation.”
The federal public safety minister followed up on Carney’s remarks by claiming this confiscation scheme has “always been voluntary.”
Apparently, Carney doesn’t know what voluntary means.
He acts like he wants to give you a cheque in exchange for your compliance — oops, we mean gun.
But what he’s really doing is adding guns to a curated list of banned firearms crafted by Ottawa bureaucrats and offering consolation prizes. With your own money.
As a bitter, rotten, cherry on top, if people don’t obey his orders and hand over the gun legally used for sport shooting, the government can toss you in jail.
The penalty for illegal possession of a prohibited firearm under the Criminal Code is up to five years.
At minimum, the Carney government owes you clarification.
Are firearms owners who don't hand over their firearms going to be able to keep them but not sell or transfer them? Will Canadians still be able to use the firearms they don’t turn over to the government?
And remember: this confiscation has all the makings of a huge taxpayer boondoggle that won’t make Canada safe.
When the Liberals first announced this scheme, they estimated the cost to taxpayers would be about $200 million. Internal government documents now show the price tag will likely be closer to $2 billion.
And even that is likely low-balling the costs.
A professor at Simon Fraser University says the cost to taxpayers could reach up to $6.7 billion.
And let’s be real for a second…
Criminals aren’t going to show up to government offices with their illegal guns.
This gun grab only targets legal-abiding Canadians. This is a point stressed by the National Police Federation.
The NPF said the federal gun grab won’t address “current and emerging themes or urgent threats to public safety,” such as criminal activity, gang violence or the flow of illegal guns across the border.
Not only will the buyback be ineffective, but it could also make things worse.
“It diverts extremely important personnel, resources, and funding away from addressing the more immediate and growing threat of criminal use of illegal firearms,” the NPF said.
Government spends $1 million on crack pipes and needles
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is putting pressure on the Newfoundland government over its $1 million annual expenditure on crack pipes, needles and other drug paraphernalia.
This comes as drug overdoses in Canada’s most eastern province keep going up. Newfoundland and Labrador saw drug-related deaths rise 28 per cent in 2024.
The government must release all documents related to its spending on hard drug paraphernalia.
CTF is demanding open accountability about government spending and results of the Department of Health and Community Services’ “Safe Works Access Program.”
The government handed out 114,750 crack pipes along with more than one million syringes,100,000 brass screens, 16,000 bowl pipes and thousands of fentanyl and benzodiazepine test strips during this in 2023.
First Nations band leaders taken to task on fiscal transparency
The CTF was in court again this week to demand financial transparency from the federal government.
We teamed up with Indigenous activist Hans McCarthy of Frog Lake First Nation to strengthen the rights of band members to know what’s going on with their leaders’ spending.
Frog Lake First Nation’s trust fund, funded by revenues from natural resources located on band lands, was depleted from $102 million in 2013 — to less than $9 million in 2024.
The court battle against Ottawa comes after Indigenous Services Canada refused to hand over access-to-information requests regarding the fund.
First Nations residents deserve to know what band leaders are doing with their money.
Stay tuned — we expect the court decision soon.
Video: Carney BACKS DOWN: Keep FIGHTING to end the ban on new gas and diesel vehicles!
Taxfighters like you put pressure on Carney and he’s starting to back down on the government’s ban on the sale of new gas and diesel vehicles by 2035.
But the fight is NOT over.
Carney is just delaying the ban by one year while he launches a 60-day review.
It’s time to crank up the heat and force Carney to completely scrap the ban on the sale of new gas and diesel vehicles by 2035!
We break down how you can keep pressuring the Carney government on this taxpayer boondoggle in the video below!
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