The provincial government has detailed its plan to fight Ottawa’s gun buyback program, describing the federal plan as an unconstitutional attack on the rights of Albertans.

Details of the policy, unveiled in an order paper Tuesday, assert that firearms ownership falls exclusively under provincial jurisdiction.

The motion states that the Alberta Bill of Rights guarantees the right to acquire, keep, and use firearms, as well as the right not to have property taken without “just compensation.” The motion promises to “use all legal means necessary” to actively resist the federal initiative.

The motion is Alberta’s formal declaration against the federal government’s ban on hundreds of assault-style firearms, which includes a voluntary buyback program known as the Assault-Style Firearms Co

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