I don't know man, I was at one of the gun store in Vancouver and one of the customer was Asian female in her 20s getting her transferred pistol back in 2022.
Many gun stores were quite packed prior to Dec 2024.
I would assume the actual numbers of NR prohibited in BC and Alberta are way higher.
We don’t have the data so can’t really tell. I agree that they may have more NR rifle but BC and ON are both highly urbanized. The fact BC gave away a lot more than half of what ON gave with only one third of ON population. That ratio tells you BC is much more cooperative than ON. Even by gun per PAL holder, BC gun owners surrender way more firearms.
While that might be true, it probably has to do with number of disposal income for those 2 provinces.
If you have a collection and some have restricted, people might want to get rid of it so the Fed don't come for their licenses after Oct and still holding on their NR. While it might not look good for BC, but the total number is still less than what we anticipated.
I doubt the government will publish a number of NR vs R they collected, because that will have a better context here.
I have 4 restricted that worth 10k alone, and I choose not to do anything with it. That kind of money is not someone can easily give up since that easy 3 months of rent and groceries in BC.
Hey man, I don’t think BC owes anyone an apology. It’s wrong to banned lawfully owned firearms but you can’t blame people for reducing the financial damage infected by the government itself.
I agree with you. Not all of us are fortunate enough to afford sitting on thousands of dollars worth of paper weights.
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u/GinnAdvent Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
I don't know man, I was at one of the gun store in Vancouver and one of the customer was Asian female in her 20s getting her transferred pistol back in 2022.
Many gun stores were quite packed prior to Dec 2024.
I would assume the actual numbers of NR prohibited in BC and Alberta are way higher.