The Saskatchewan government has told the RCMP that it will not financially aid Ottawa in its efforts within the province to implement a federal firearms buyback program.
Christine Tell, the province’s minister of corrections, policing, and public safety, wrote a letter to RCMP Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore saying that no government money committed to the RCMP would be used to seize and buy back the firearms of Saskatchewan residents, according to the province’s Chief Firearms Officer Robert Freberg.
Speaking on the “John Gormley Show” radio program on Sept. 28, Freberg said Tell’s letter, which was delivered Sept. 27, informs the RCMP that the Saskatchewan government “fully supports anti crime initiatives that truly focus on the issues related to the criminal use of firearms,” but does not support “initiatives that will impact law-abiding, RCMP-vetted hunters, sport shooters, ranchers, farmers, and others who use firearms for lawful and good purposes.”…