Regina Police Chief Evan Bray said it's unlikely the federal government will have its gun buyback program in place to meet the amnesty deadline of October 30, 2023..“I was just informed on a call the other day that it's 2,000 styles of firearms that are going to be included in this ban. That in and of itself gets very complicated because you’re looking at characteristics of the firearms,” Bray told John Gormley on CKOM radio.. GunsGuns .“I think it’s very safe to say we’re a long ways from rolling this out. I know they say they want to have this wrapped up by the end of October 2023, but I just don’t see that happening. They still don’t really have a plan about how this is going to roll out.”.The Trudeau government wants the firearms off the streets and will buy the firearms back from owners..The purpose of the amnesty period is to give individuals and businesses time to comply with the newly prohibited firearm laws and shield them from criminal liability..READ MORE Saskatchewan will not fund federal gun buyback program, joining Alberta.Bray chairs the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police firearms committee and said there are too many questions and not enough answers from the federal government to enforce the new firearms ban..“If you own one of these guns that’s going to be prohibited, there’s a whole bunch of things, including the price on what it’s going to be bought for by the federal government,” said Bray.. Different guns .“That in and of itself is a nightmare. They don’t have a consistent price-setting process and that’s causing firearm owners a lot of concern. If you spent $2,000 on a firearm and now the government wants to buy it for $750, there’s a lot of people going to say, ‘I don’t like that idea. I’m not going to do it.’”.“Well then, if and when the amnesty period ends, are you a criminal automatically because you didn’t abide by that? It’s quite a wicked web and it’s a long way from being resolved and I expect that date to be pushed back substantially.”.Bray said complying with the federal government's demands about collecting firearms is a big challenge..“Having to go out and collect what is thousands of firearms in our province is going to be an administrative challenge and we aren’t really confident we are set up to do it,” said Bray..“But, then the real challenge comes when the amnesty period is over … who hasn’t turned over these guns and what are the expectations on police to knock on doors and retrieve these guns, which isn’t going to be an easy task.”.READ MORE AB, SK, MB, NB want 'scarce' resources used on weapons, not Trudeau's gun grab.The Saskatchewan government told the Saskatchewan RCMP that no money to fund the provincial RCMP can be used on the buyback program..Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, and the Yukon have all said they are against the firearms buyback program.
