December 2022
Alberta's provincial lawmakers, including it's division of firearms safety, prosecution of firearm crimes, and advocate for lawful firearms ownership, has announced an OFFICIAL stance in direct rejection of Justin Trudeau's unlawful gun ban decree earlier this year which virtually outlaws almost all semiautomatic and magazine-fed hunting rifles, including historical arms such as the Lee Enfield line of bolt action rifles and M1 Garands from civilian ownership. Also outlawed in Trudeau's coup-style decree are revolvers and semiauto handguns, weapons that are used by lawful citizens to protect themselves and their families from society's violent and predatory elements. Starting January 1, 2023, Alberta's own provincial Crown Prosecution Service, which handles firearm crime as well as are defenders of the province's long standing culture of gun ownership, hunting, living history reenactment, and sportsmanship, will take over the province's handling of all firearms related manners. Trudeau's edicts will have absolutely no standing in Alberta. In the words of the representatives and officials within Alberta's provincial government:
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“As government, we do all we can to ensure the safety of Albertans. The federal government’s firearm ban does not stop illegal guns from crossing the border and making it into the hands of criminals. Instead of targeting criminals, the ban targets law-abiding firearms owners. Taking back Alberta’s constitutional jurisdiction and the authority to handle charges under the Firearms Act is one more way our province is pushing back against federal overreach.”
Danielle Smith, Premier
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“Alberta has the expertise and the ability to handle Firearms Act matters. By taking back our constitutional jurisdiction, we are not only asserting Alberta’s rightful place in Confederation but also better serving Alberta’s law-abiding firearms community. Most importantly, Alberta can ensure that resources can be prioritized to go after violent and repeat offenders – not otherwise law-abiding Albertans.”
Tyler Shandro, Minister of Justice
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“Alberta already administers firearms legislation through my office. Having provincial jurisdiction to handle firearms offences makes sense and is in the best interests of Albertans’ rights and safety.”
Teri Bryant, chief firearms officer
Alberta’s Chief Firearms Office administers federal firearms legislation, advocates for Alberta’s lawful firearms owners and promotes public safety.
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Resources:
The attorney general has directed that jurisdiction over the handling of charges under the federal Firearms Act be taken over by Alberta’s Crown prosecutors.
www.alberta.ca
History is being made by Alberta’s government as it takes a stand against Bill C-21. The attorney general directed jurisdiction over the handling of charges un
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FIREARMS OWNERSHIP IS THE ONLY QUALIFYING DEFINITION THAT SEPARATES A TRUE FREE STATE FROM ALL OTHERS.
There are NO other qualifying definitions that make a society free except the ownership of firearms by the citizenry. Throughout history, the owning and carrying of firearms represent franchise, individual identity, individual responsibility, independence, and the ability to resist predatory social movements such as communism and religious fanaticism through lethal force and immediate neutralization of a threat. Handguns represent an even stronger aspect of this individual franchise and self responsibility by ensuring their owners and carriers a means of easily deployable and extremely effective defense against criminal elements of society in a wide variety of predatory types ranging from the common mugger and assailant, to rapists, psychopathic thrill killers, and extremists bent on using terror and mass murder to achieve political or selfish goals. It is the ability to responsibly wield and use this deterrence when needed, that separates a truly free citizen from a defenseless slave and subject.
You can have a hypothetical "free" society where EVERYTHING from drugs, vehicles, pop culture, dress, literature and entertainment, careers and industries, are free and legal to pursue, BUT, if civilian firearm ownership is not included, this hypothetical society is still not free. Far from it actually. That is because firearms ownership and the ability to defend and assert sovereignty through force, is the BASIS of ALL freedoms. Without this ability, EVERYTHING are mere privileges that can be revoked or changed at will by the governing entity, and without the ability to assert force, all the citzenry have against state overreach is useless complaints and bleating, which can simply be ignored by the state. The ability of the citizenry to own the same force which the state employs to assert it's will, and exert this force when necessary, is the ONLY thing which keeps all potential overreach in check.
There is NO way any society can deem itself truly "free", unless the civilian population can legally own and wield the same manner of personal small arms in use by current military and police forces in defense of their own lives and livelihoods. Otherwise, do not even try to call yourselves a "free state", because without individual franchise in the form of weapon ownership, everything is a mere privilege.
