Legal gun owners are bracing themselves as the individual portion of the federal government’s gun buyback program is set to kick in this year.

At the Calgary Shooting Centre, gun owner Alan wonders if he’ll be fairly compensated for firearms that he spent thousands of dollars legally purchasing, as the federal government gears up to launch its gun buyback program for individuals.

“It’s really frustrating,” he told CityNews.

“We can’t use them, we are not allowed to use them, they are still in the safe, so there’s nothing I can use them for.”

According to the federal government, in 2020, Ottawa banned 1,500 firearms, with over 2,000 makes and models currently prohibited.

“We do the right thing; criminals by definition don’t follow the law,” Alan said.

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