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Yukon gun owners say they're unimpressed with Ottawa's buyback program (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/yukon@lemmy.ca
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[–] [S] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

The problem is the criminal liability if the gov doesn’t roll back the OIC’s or extend the amnesty. If I recall correctly they legally can’t just unprohibit firearms, some clause in a bill from a previous administration, they need to revoke the OIC’s starting from 2020.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    So the real problem comes when those who chose not to participate face more strict consequences for not participating?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Possession of a prohibited device can legally land you in a 10 year imprisonment however, we all know our prisons are not nearly big enough to hold ~300,000 new criminals so I suspect if people are caught with these prohibited firearms they’ll strip your PAL/RPAL and throw you on probation/house-arrest.

    Still, making thousands of people criminals from something they had legally purchased is not a good rep.

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