r/canadaguns Apr 06 '26

News / Politics / Activism Finally tally for the ASFCP

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u/DwayneGretzky306 Apr 06 '26

Considering that the Feds have specifically and repeatedly called out Saskatchewan and Alberta residents being unable to collect compensation because of actions of their provincial governments, their numbers should be 0.

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u/-rifle-is-fine- Apr 06 '26

We can collect compensation. Our government just had our backs and said we can hold them on the government's behalf to save money on storage while we wait for FAIR compensation on rifles, accessories, and ammunition.

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u/DwayneGretzky306 Apr 06 '26

I am a Sasky and not that it matters at this point but it seems likely their will be a court challenge to our provincial legislation. I am glad the SK government is trying but it is a high risk / high reward situation for us.

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u/-rifle-is-fine- Apr 06 '26

That could very well be what happens but for now, we can legally keep those guns in our cabinets.

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u/DwayneGretzky306 Apr 06 '26

I hear you, I am just saying that there were some people who wanted compensation but cant get it, because of these actions. I would rather keep what I own, I am just making the point that the Federal government told these people already they would get nothing pre announcement from the SK government, so it is crazy people even declared.

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u/AntiNakedman Apr 07 '26

There is nothing in the SK legislation that prevents the Feds from paying someone compensation.

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u/Fed_Informant Apr 07 '26

"while we wait for FAIR compensation on rifles"

I got some swampland in Florida for a FAIR price.

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u/Psyex Apr 06 '26

If you add retailers trying to get money back for unsold inventory it makes sense. There are or were quite a few gun shops in Alberta.

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u/RedditSgtMajor Apr 06 '26

Why do people keep saying this stupid shit? This program is NOT for businesses. There are zero guns from commercial entities being counted in these numbers.

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u/gspotcowboy Apr 06 '26

Because the government said they had over 22K weapons declared in the first week of the program. By Feb. 7th they had posted that there had only been an additional 749 firearms declared, leading some people to assume that the initial 22k was a number being propped up by another source.

https://x.com/Safety_Canada/status/2020168999779094667 (Feb 7th update)

IMO I think the initial 22K in a week (we barely tripled that in a bit over two months btw) WAS propped up with newly prohib firearms that had already been surrendered to the police over the last 6 years from people that didn't know what to do with them (e.g. estates), thought they were already illegal, or who just didn't want them anymore (e.g. disposable rifles like the GSGs).

TLDR is that the initial 22K made our community think that the number was artificially high and attributed it to businesses being part of it