Crown corporation says it’s concerned about the risk of conflict between staff and gun owners

The average Canada Post staff is also probably not trained to ensure firearms are safe. If a gun were to be brought in the staff would have to know how to handle, unload and store firearms. This knowledge would still be needed if guns were brought in with locks as some models may still hold one in the chamber.

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The article makes it sound like the guns will be dropped off by owners already packaged, it would be no different than guns that are already shipped through Canada Post. I think the danger is that post offices and vans will become gun loot piñatas for anyone that wants to give it a shot during the time frame that the confiscation takes place (unless the government spreads it put over many months, ex. people with PAL # ending in 1 go for three months, then people with PAL # ending in 2 go for three months, etc)

It seems like a poor policy to just trust that other people are dropping the guns off in a safe condition.

Guns shipped from retailer/manufacturers have a smaller risk of being improperly stored or loaded when shipped.

There is still a risk of a Canada Post employee realizing these boxes contain restricted firearms and arranging them to be stolen/stealing them themselves.

I just don’t think Canada Post is the right entity to handle a gun buyback.

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It seems like a poor policy to just trust that other people are dropping the guns off in a safe condition.

Guns shipped from retailer/manufacturers have a smaller risk of being improperly stored or loaded when shipped.

These concerns don’t track with literal decades of experiences with individuals shipping firearms to each other and for factory warranty.

There is still a risk of a Canada Post employee realizing these boxes contain restricted firearms and arranging them to be stolen/stealing them themselves.

This is a much, much bigger concern. Canada Posts chain of custody is not the greatest on good days with mundane mail.

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Ottawa’s plan is to have owners of banned guns place the unloaded and secured weapons in government-issued boxes

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