r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Mar 02 '26

News / Politics / Activism Recurring Canadaguns Politics and Debate Thread

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u/Diligent_Studio6763 Mar 02 '26

With Quebec now distancing themselves from this “buyback” has anyone heard anything more about BC’s stance in all this? Or is my province just the national embarrassment.

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u/Reasonable_Hall2346 Mar 02 '26

The official stand of BC is that it wont order police to participate but also will not block. Police simply don’t have the resources. Will be interesting how many firearms end up being declared in BC. Last count had it at over 7k. Spineless people declaring.

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u/Diligent_Studio6763 Mar 03 '26

I wonder how much of that 7k is just businesses trying to recoup at least some of their losses.

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u/HappyCan7250 Mar 03 '26

Apparently these numbers are not including businesses, but the government has been so fucking opaque and vague on it that's it's hard to know for sure, although I believe CCFR did confirm the numbers we've been seeing are just for individuals. Either way, it's a small fraction of the total number in BC. I'd guess we have probably 100k prohibs in BC, maybe more.