Ottawa Proposes Allowing Businesses to Mail Firearms in Federal Buyback Program

Ottawa Proposes Allowing Businesses to Mail Firearms in Federal Buyback Program
Hunting rifles and shotguns on display at a gun store in Toronto, in a file photo. Kevin Frayer/The Canadian Press
Matthew Horwood
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Ottawa is putting new regulations before Parliament that would enable businesses that own firearms to ship them by mail as part of its federal firearms buyback program.
The proposed measures would allow professional couriers to transport prohibited firearms to disposal facilities.