It shouldn\u0027t be too difficult to pay people to hand in their rifles and shotguns. But there\u0027s every reason to think it will.
This will not deter the Liberals. For many of their supporters, stricter gun control is its own reward. If they actually manage to make the problem worse, however, people might start to notice.Article content
That’s unlikely to come back to bite the government, one supposes, unless some last-minute handgun purchase can be traced to some future atrocity. The “assault-rifle ban” might leave more of a mark, however. of the weapons they want to ban — rather than just picking the most unpopular ones out of the news. In doing so, however, they instantly triggered a backlash — because the definition covers many more guns than expected.Article content
this week. The B.C. Wildlife Federation isn’t exactly the NRA, much as the Liberals might wish otherwise. There are plenty of Liberal voters who don’t think hunting and sport-shooting are affronts to modern civilization.Last year, the Parliamentary Budget Officerthe cost of the Liberals’ plan at up to $756 million. That’s big money; those who think such guns should be seized with no compensation at all — if you don’t like it, move to Alaska! — won’t like it on principle.
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