Gun Buyback ‘a Huge Taxpayer Boondoggle at the Worst Possible Time’: Taxpayer Advocacy Group

Gun owners hold signs as they participate in a rally organized by the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights against the government's new gun regulations, in Ottawa on Sept. 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

The federal government’s plan to buy back newly banned guns will cost a lot more than its initial estimates, says a tax advocacy group.

“The cost could be hundreds of millions of dollars more than what we were sold on,” said Franco Terrazzano, federal director with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.