The Alberta government has followed through on previous promises, tabling a provincial firearms bill intended to push back against Ottawa’s efforts to confiscate guns from legal firearms owners.
Justice Minister Tyler Shandro introduced Bill 8, the Alberta Firearms Act, in the legislature on March 7, with the stated purpose of providing the province “with more tools to protect areas of provincial jurisdiction over firearms while expanding the role of the Alberta Chief Firearms Office.”
“Once passed, the Alberta Firearms Act will strengthen Alberta’s ability to regulate, administer, and advocate on behalf of firearms owners,” stated a government news release.
One of the proposed changes would prevent municipalities and municipal police forces from “entering into firearms related funding agreements with the federal government.”…