Canada Post refusing to collect banned guns for Ottawa's buyback program
Canada Post is refusing to collect firearms that were banned by the federal government in 2020, complicating Ottawa's plans for a buyback program to remove 144,000 firearms from private hands, federal sources say.
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![A restricted gun licence holder holds a AR-15 at his home in Langley, B.C., on May 1, 2020. The federal government is turning to the private sector to design and run a massive buyback of newly prohibited firearms. A man holds an AR-15 rifle.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.5684151.1697046647!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/guns-20200812.jpg)
Canada Post is refusing to collect firearms that were banned by the federal government in 2020, complicating Ottawa's plans for a buyback program to remove 144,000 firearms from private hands, federal sources say.