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Thousands protest Quebec’s participation in federal gun buyback
Protesters argue mental health is the issue, not firearms, and say only Quebec supports the buyback with $250 million allocated to compensate about 136,000 guns, organizers said.
- Thousands protested Quebec's participation in a federal gun buyback program aimed at removing assault weapons from the public.
- Sophie Bèland, who heads the Quebec chapter of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights, accused Ottawa of unfairly targeting law-abiding firearms owners.
- Protesters argued that mental health, not legal weapons, is the problem, and that the government's move is a failure that dispossesses them of their property.
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‘Our guns are not for sale!’ Protesters target Ottawa’s gun buyback program
Several thousand protesters in Quebec City are demanding the provincial government withdraw from a federal gun buyback program. Chanting, "Our guns are not for sale!" the demonstrators accuse Ottawa of unfairly targeting law-abiding firearms owners. Sophie Béland, who heads the Queb...
Corrective to Feb. 28 story on gun buyback protest
The headline has been corrected on a story that ran on Feb. 28, 2026, about a protest in Quebec City against a federal gun buyback program. An earlier version included the incorrect translation, "Our weapons are not for sale!" The…
A few thousand pro-fire protestors gathered in front of the National Assembly on Saturday to demand that the Quebec government withdraw from the federal government's buy-back program. Their message: "Our weapons are not for sale!"
Protesters accuse Ottawa of unfairly targeting law-abiding gun owners.
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