Which level of ban are you talking about? If we go back to the order in council, starting there, quantity-wise we're talking about hundreds of firearms in total and many different models across the board. The government said at the time that you can dispose of them. Well, there are lots of other complications with that. Once they're imported into a country, they can't simply be exported back to the originating country. There are a lot of other rules that the government obviously overlooked and felt it was simple to pass on to the businesses.
On February 17th, 2023. See this statement in context.