Former Toronto mayor David Miller accused Alberta of allowing people to have sub-machine guns after the provincial government said it would not enforce the Canadian government's semi-automatic weapon buyback program. .“We’re all better off when everyone owns sub-machine guns,” said Miller in a mocking tweet. .“You go Alberta.” .Miller said Alberta needs to “go big.” He said the province should make it the new recruiting advertisement in Toronto. .He went on to say the slogan for the recruiting campaign should be “AK-47’s for all.” .Western Standard publisher Derek Fildebrandt said Miller doesn't know what he is talking about. .“I don’t think you know the difference between a semi-automatic (basic hunting rifle) and a machine gun/AK-47 (illegal for many, many decades),” said Fildebrandt. .True North senior journalist Andrew Lawton mocked Miller for these comments. .“I'm reminded of the fact David Miller shut down one of Canada's oldest gun clubs — which safely and discreetly operated in Union Station for 81 years — because he claimed legal sport shooters were causing people to be gunned down on the streets of Toronto,” said Lawton. .The Alberta government said on Monday it sent instructions to the RCMP to dismiss direct orders from the Canadian government to enforce its semi-automatic weapon buyback program. .READ MORE: UPDATED: Alberta government demands RCMP ignore Trudeau’s gun grab.“This is politically motivated confiscation,” said Alberta Justice Minister and Solicitor General Tyler Shandro. .“It will not make Alberta a safer place.”
