
Ottawa Proposes Allowing Businesses to Mail Firearms in Federal Buyback Program
Ottawa is putting new regulations before Parliament that would enable businesses that own firearms to ship them by mail as part of its federal firearms buyback program. The proposed measures would allow professional couriers to transport restricted firearms to disposal facilities. “Once the program launches, these measures will provide businesses with additional options to participate in the program and dispose of the affected assault-style firearms and devices they hold in their inventory,” Minister of Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said in a May 23 press release. “These proposed regulations will make the affected firearms and devices mailable matter and will temporarily permit businesses taking part in the program to ship firearms or devices via post.”...
