Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz. (Supplied by GlenMotzMP.com) Firearms petition, introduced in southern Alberta, surpasses 100,000 signatures Jan 24, 2020 3:53 PM

CARDSTON, AB – More than 100,000 Canadians have expressed their opposition to a proposed ban on “military-style assault rifles”.

Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz created the e-2341 petition on December 17, 2019, declaring that, “We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to put any new firearms laws, bans, buyback programs or changes to licensing before the House of Commons to be debated.”

Motz claims in the petition that the use of an Order in Council to achieve this is “an egregious overreach of executive authorities, bypassing the democratic process of the House and the elected representatives of Canadians,” and would “strip law-abiding Canadians it has approved through the RCMP Canada Firearms Program, of their legally purchased property.”

According to the petition, the proposed buyback of legal, licensed firearms would cost taxpayers over $250,000,000.