A lot of people are over thinking this. Alberta does not want any of it's policing budget wasted on a stupid "assault weapons" ban. They are not asking the RCMP to ignore any laws, rather they are telling them that this boondoggle is not ours to play around with.
Many municipal forces have already stated they don't have the physical resources (warehouse space, clerical staff and uniformed officers) to deal with the buy back. The feds are trying desperately to make their program work by down loading the work to local/provincial agencies. Alberta is publicly stating what all provinces will likely end up saying. The program belongs to Ottawa. Ottawa can pay the costs.
It is worth remembering that the long gun registry was killed by pointing out the enormous costs of a program that offered little utility.
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