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   On 2026-01-09 7:21 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:   
   > On Jan 9, 2026 at 2:53:01 PM PST, "Rhino"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> The federal government of Canada has been talking about "buying back"   
   >> guns   
   >   
   > I'm *still* waiting for someone, anyone, to explain to me how the government   
   > can buy back a gun it never owned in the first place.   
   >   
   Yeah, that really doesn't make sense. They need a better term for it but   
   I suppose "gun buyback" gives the impression that you'll get money for   
   your guns while "gun amnesty" gives the impression that you'll only be   
   forgiven for having had one that you turned in. "Gun compensation   
   program" or "gun bounty" would (hopefully) give the right impression   
   WITHOUT implying that the government ever actually owned the gun(s) in   
   the first place. I think our government has heard of US jurisdictions   
   doing buybacks and just thinks that's the term everyone will understand   
   without actually giving it further thought.   
      
   >>   that it has made illegal for several years now but has had a lot of   
   >> trouble figuring out how to do it. Initially, the wanted the police to   
   >> run the program but the cops wouldn't have anything to do with it. Then   
   >> they thought they'd have the Post Office collect the guns but the postal   
   >> workers didn't want anything to do with it. Eventually they got a pilot   
   >> program together and decided to try it in the Cape Breton area of Nova   
   >> Scotia. By the time the pilot program was over, they had collected a   
   >> grand total of 25 guns in an area thought to have in the neighbourhood   
   >> of 2000 weapons that would qualify. 12 of the guns came from a widow who   
   >> didn't want her late husband's guns cluttering up the house any more. At   
   >> least some of the guns collected weren't even on the list of those that   
   >> had been prohibited. By any reasonable standard, this pilot program   
   >> should be reckoned a complete failure. So what is our government going   
   >> to do?   
   >>   
   >> You probably won't be surprised to learn that they are rolling out the   
   >> same program nationally! That's right: they're spending over $700   
   >> million (Canadian) to try to get back guns. By the way most of that   
   >> money will be spent on the administration costs: there is considerable   
   >> doubt that there will be any money left to pay for the guns they are   
   >> hoping to buy.   
   >>   
   >> Meanwhile, gun violence in this country continues to climb to   
   >> unprecedented levels. Strangely enough, the criminals don't seem to take   
   >> the gun laws very seriously.   
   >>   
   >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xrf9LVIWMk [6 minutes]   
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