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However, the province’s stance is a futile exercise whose only value is in local political theatre, said constitutional expert and former Alberta Liberal leader David Khan.Article content
Alberta’s position will be hobbled by its inability to show a gun buy-back program doesn’t further a public safety goal, said Khan. When asked if the province’s stance could place in greater danger RCMP members tasked with seizing guns, he again insisted Bill C-71 will fail to protect public safety.Shandro dismissed a suggestion refusing to observe Ottawa’s gun control legislation is akin to UCP leadership candidate Danielle Smith’s proposed Sovereignty Act, which calls for the province to ignore federal laws not in its interest.
UCP leadership candidate Danielle Smith speaks at a campaign rally in Chestermere on Tuesday, August 9, 2022.Police in Alberta say they’re increasingly encountering firearms during their investigations.led them to seize 49 firearms “We’ll continue working with law enforcement officials, provincial and territorial partners, industry leaders and law-abiding gun owners to implement our plan in accordance with applicable criminal code and firearms laws, which the courts have repeatedly held falls within federal jurisdiction,” Audrey Champoux said in an email.Article content
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