Feds Vow to Wrap Up Gun Buyback by End of 2026

Feds Vow to Wrap Up Gun Buyback by End of 2026
An attendee holds a Colt C8A4 rifle at the CANSEC trade show, billed as North America’s largest multi-service defence event, in Ottawa, on May 31, 2023. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
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Ottawa says it will complete its delayed gun buyback of what it calls “assault-style” rifles by the end of next year.

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said the gun buyback program of the more than 2,000 newly banned firearms will be completed by the end of next year at the latest. The move comes after Ottawa extended the amnesty deadline for gun owners to sell back any banned firearms, which had been set for October of this year.