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Firearm Confiscation Program
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In 2022, CSAAA was approached by the Federal Government regarding a confiscation program for businesses impacted by the May 2020 OIC. CSAAA was provided with two options: allow this program to be contracted out to an independent company (such as IBM), or sign a contract permitting the CSAAA to represent businesses to ensure appropriate compensation for their now dead stock/prohibited inventory.

The CSAAA has made it very clear that we will have zero involvement with individually owned firearms. Our involvement will simply be for businesses that need to offload these prohibited and unsellable items for fair compensation. Based on the wildly low compensation offered for civilian-owned firearms (provided by IBM), we were uncomfortable leaving any value decisions up to those with zero knowledge of our industry.

Any businesses that have inventory that they wish to be compensated for may contact our data collection team, and they will work with that business to gather all inventory data – we will then report this info to the Federal Government to arrange for further processing. Participation is completely optional.

The federal budget has allocated up to $707K for this program to be implemented. This is to cover the data collection costs for staff, insurance, hardware, etc. and must be demonstrated to the Federal government for the CSAAA to receive compensation.

We continue to discourage and lobby against these unjust prohibitions. The benefits to this contract are that we can have real conversations and consult with the people that form these laws and hopefully, we can try to make more of a difference in this fight. Simply working with friendly Governmental groups will not effect any change – we must engage with the political parties and organizations that oppose us.

The Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association is comprised of an elected, volunteer board of industry stakeholders that are so passionate about the hunting and firearms industry that they donate countless hours and resources promoting and protecting these businesses. Many of our board member businesses are among the largest financial contributors to consumer organizations fighting the same battle.

In 2017, we developed a mandate to attain industry self-regulation; as any other major industry has done. This is another step towards that goal. Our stakeholders must have a voice to ensure our future; if we leave important decisions to the uninformed or opposed, the results will be highly detrimental to our industry.
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https://thegunblog.ca/2024/01/23/canada ... -increase/

Canada Gun Licenses Rise to Record in 2023 With Big Annual Increase

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That's good news.

I often wish that Canada had a gun culture that's as strong and robust as that of US.

Wouldn't THAT be something!

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If it came to that I would give up my firearms. Sorry but they are far to radical in thier views and actions. If you had said Sweden or Norway, yeah I'm on board.

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I have some airguns.

Should be our right as well.
God given rights. No Government involvement.

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A gun culture like Switzerland would certainly be healthier in many ways. They look at gun ownership more as a responsibility as opposed to a right. You are responsible to own a gun and know how to use it for the protection of your country, etc. That way crime is low and guns are looked upon as tools you understand and are responsible enough to use. Recreational and competitive use is common and encouraged.

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Tim
CAFTA Governor and lifetime learner

That would work too, as long as a future government did not try to disarm you in order to increase their control over the population.
THAT in itself is the bad thing about "rights" or "privileges" offered by a government that thinks they are ruling you instead of the other
way around.

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100%

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That is much more likely to happen in a country like the US that has people owning guns just because they have the right to own them. It has lead to a gun crime culture in the US that does not exist in Switzerland. Canada is certainly more similar to the US. Our governments do not trust us to own guns. The Swiss government not only trust their gun owners, they encourage gun ownership as a responsibility that should be accepted by their people. It is a totally different mind set. As long as we feel like entitled gun owners, we will never be trusted by a government.

We are in a real bad situation here, since our government does not think we are responsible no matter how many ways we can prove that, we as licensed owners, are perhaps the most responsible people in this country.

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Interesting video about shooting in Switzerland.

https://youtu.be/wnBDK-QNZkM?si=f8NhhTAniR2Bk9fk

I did a bit of a double take seeing some of the ranges shooting over roads and things.

There was a range in Houston, B.C. that did the same, to get 1,000yards, shooting up the mountain side.
Club rule was to have a spotter looking for logging trucks. Never had an 'accident', yet was like that for over 40 years.
Seems to me, the Swiss shoot from prone position only & from that position, cannot see nor hit the road.
The Swiss Canadian Gun Club in North Vancouver back in the 70's had a range kind of like that, with cameras on each target.
Pretty cool for 54 years ago.

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