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Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery criticized the latest prohibitions and said the province opposes them. “It is disappointing that the federal government has decided to double-down on their firearms policies that are not rooted in evidence-based decision-making regarding public safety,” he said in a statement. “Instead of choosing to commit scarce resources to addressing criminal usage of firearms, such as through strengthening our border to combat the trafficking of firearms that make up the overwhelming majority of those used in violent crime, the federal government has chosen to focus its attention once again on undermining law-abiding firearms ownership in Alberta and across Canada.”
The Alberta UCP government has said it will not enforce the federal government’s mandatory-buyback program or require provincial officials to assist with it. Manitoba and Saskatchewan have also said they oppose the plan.
Amery said Thursday that Alberta will continue to leverage its provincial jurisdiction “to advocate for the interests of the law-abiding firearms community and businesses.”

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