Gun Buyback Program: Low Participation, Looming Deadline

0:00Public Safety Canada just dropped numbers on their gun buyback program. Gun owners reported over 67,000 ban firearms as they chased. Compensation. That's way under half the 136,000 weapons the Fed's budgeted for, when the program kicked off for individuals back in. Mid-January, owners got a dispose of or deactivate those prohibited guns by the end of the amnesty on October 30, no matter if they're in the buyback or not. Skip that deadline and you're looking at criminal charges plus losing your firearm license. Meanwhile, the program's gearing up to reopen for businesses soon after scooping up over 12,000 guns in the first business round, keeping the push alive as the clock ticks. That's the story for today. Canada News Today, Driven by AI.