r/canadaguns • u/-rifle-is-fine- • Mar 12 '26

News / Politics / Activism Robert Freburg explains how the Saskatchewan exemption works.

https://iono.fm/e/1655060

If you are one of the people who does not want to risk legal issues once you are backed into a corner with a prohibited firearm, this is a new way to keep that gun in your safe.

Essentially, SK has it's resident's backs on holding onto your property until the Feds pay you what is fair to take it. And, you are gambling on the Feds ever budgeting for fair payment. That gun can live a bit longer and potentially a lot longer.

Note that he mentioned other provinces contacting them. Reach out to your MLA and CFO to express interest.

https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2026/march/11/province-protecting-rights-of-saskatchewan-firearms-owners-through-additional-storage-and-appraisal

54 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

16 comments sorted by

View all comments

20

u/scottsuplol Mar 12 '26

Would be interesting to see how this holds up and if additional provinces follow soon after

27

u/-rifle-is-fine- Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 12 '26

I don't think the Feds will do anything about it. Their option now (in SK and any provinces who follow) is fair compensation for guns, accessories, and ammo. They are not going to keep driving the cost up.

They can just tell their voters that Western Premiers are responsible for all the gun violence now. 🤷

4

u/The_King_of_Canada mb Mar 12 '26

Idk this seems like the courts will strike it down. The legislature asks for exceptions from the criminal code both the CC and firearms are federal jurisdiction which is why the buyback is still going on.

The feds won't do anything because they won't have to, the courts will strike it down.

21

u/-rifle-is-fine- Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 12 '26

Freberg addresses this. Have a listen.

One will still be complying with the "buyback" by surrendering the gun. You just get to store it for the SK Firearms Office to save money for the province on storage while the SK government seeks fair compensation for your property.

5

u/Connect44 Mar 12 '26

What exception is it asking for?

I listened to Runkle's video on it, and it just seems the Saskatchewan government is asking people to "surrender" their arms to be held by the province, and then the province will ask the owner to store the guns for the province. Unless the feds offer market rates for the entire firearm and accessories, then the owner is compensated, and the firearms are sent to the feds.

The province doesn't seem to be pushing for an exception from the buy back, it's using it's special legal status as a province to hold onto these firearms legally so the feds can't seize them after an arbitrary date.