Highlights
– Canada Gun Imports Rise 25% in January – September, Led By Shotguns From Italy
– NFA Says Sheldon Clare Decided to Step Down as President
– RCMP Website Has Been Offline for Two Days
– CSAAA Is Hiring a Managing Director
– 70-Year-Old Gunsmith Rodger Kotanko Shot to Death By Toronto Police at His Home
– NFA: O’Toole’s Firearms Flip-Flop
TheGunBlog.ca — Following are key takeaways for and about Canadian gun owners from a March report by Environics Research Group for Canada’s Liberal Party-led government.
TheGunBlog.ca — A majority of Canadians favour criminalizing all gun owners, with Liberal Party supporters showing the highest hostility among the three largest political parties, according to an opinion poll published this week by Leger.
The outlook for Canadian gun owners in Election 2021 is bleak. Here’s a rundown as of today.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Liberal Party-led government is promoting its political and regulatory attacks against gun owners with new video ads and an updated webpage focused on violent crime, as media reports say an election is imminent.
Highlights
– Ontario Court Begins Canada’s First Section 74 Hearing to Block ‘Nullifications’
– Ontario CFO’s Trahan Comments on Lifetime Background Checks, ATTs
– Canadian Medical Association Lobbies to Reduce Personal Gun Ownership
– Christine Generoux Updates on Federal Court Motion Saying Liberals Are in Contempt of Court
Highlights
– Bill C-71 ‘Lifetime Background Check’ for Gun-Licence Applications and Renewals Is Now in Effect
– Christine Generoux Says Liberals Are in ‘Contempt of Court’ for Refusing to Provide Evidence
– Andrew Lawton Starts Showing ‘Assaulted’ Documentary on May 2020 Liberal Crackdown
Highlights
– Liberal Payoff to Gun Owners Targeted By Mass Confiscations May Cost Over $750 Million: Parliamentary Budget Officer
– Alberta Premier Jason Kenney Interviews Olympic Pistol Shooter Lynda Kiejko
– Gun Imports Total $17.9 Million in May
– Canadian Military Comments on November 2020 Pistol Incident
– Government Answers New Question for Military Pistol Bids (Questions 20-24)
TheGunBlog.ca — Following are factoids and tidbits on Canadian gun users and businesses from today’s Canada Gazette notice (dated June 26) on the imminent restrictions from Bill C-71, the government’s newest law to suppress hunting and shooters.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government will activate Bill C-71, its 2019 law against gun owners and businesses, in stages from July to September, Minister Bill Blair said.
Highlights
– Gun Imports Jump in April to Highest Level in Four Years
– Christopher di Armani Updates on Continuing the Work of Dennis Young
– Guns in the North: Assessing the Impact of Social Identity on Firearms Advocacy in Canada
– Charter Overtakes Canadian Firearms Safety Course as Top Download
– NFA Video: What Is the NFA?
– Nova Scotia ‘Mass Casualty Commission’ to Investigate Access to Guns
Highlights
– Section 74 Win: Ontario Court to Hear Two More Cases Against RCMP ‘Nullification‘ Tactic
– Saskatchewan Reiterates Opposition to Trudeau’s Crackdowns on Gun Users, Including Bill C-21
– Saskatchewan Says New Provincial CFO to Be In Place by September
– CCFR, CGC Named to Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission
– Pitt Meadows Gun Club in B.C. Gets $20,000 Grant to Replace Trap Machine
– I Took an ATC Requal Taught By the Owner of Burke’s Gun Oil
Highlights
– Alberta Minister of Justice’s Office Elaborates on Plans for New CFO
– Analysis of CityTV’s ‘The Gun Chase’ Video Documentary
– Bill C-21: Legislative Summary in Plain English (PDF)
– CSSA: RCMP Is Still Using ‘Long-Gun Registry’ That Was Ordered Deleted
– Conservative Party Raises Record $8.48 Million in First Quarter
– U.S. Gun-Rights Orgs Cheer Supreme Court Cert of Second Amendment Case
Highlights
– Blair’s Office Says Estimating Gun-Confiscation Costs ‘Underway’
– Alberta Is in ‘Final Stages’ of Naming New CFO After Law to Block Handgun Bans
– Liberal Budget 2021 Doesn’t Mention Cost of Mass Gun Confiscations
– Conservative MP Blaine Calkins Asks Blair for Cost of Gun Confiscations
Highlights
– Gun Licences Fell in 2020 for First Time in a Decade on Covid-19
– RCMP Provides 2020 Data on Gun Licences and Registrations
– RCMP Says 132 Gun Owners Now Seeking Section 74 Hearings on ‘Nullifications’
– Blair’s Office Says ‘Significant Elements’ of Bill C-71 to Take Effect This Summer
– Blair’s Office Says No Plans for Home-Alarm System for Gun Owners, Denying CSSA Report
Highlights
– Canada Gun Imports Rose in February to Six-Month High
– Bill C-71: ‘Significant Elements’ to Take Effect This Summer, Blair’s Office Says
– Trudeau Says O’Toole ‘Promised to Make Assault Weapons Legal Again’
– Bill Blair: ‘Everybody in the Extremist Is in the Gun Lobby’
– M.D. Charlton Wins $1 Million Contract to Supply RCMP AR-15 Surefire Lights
Highlights
– Most-Viewed Reports in First Quarter 2021
– Section 74: Alberta Judge Allows Hearing to Decide Jurisdiction in 4 Cases
– CACP Supports Criminalizing Owners of Items That Look Like Guns
– Liberals May Allow Provinces to Confiscate Handguns as Parties Oppose Bill C-21
– Section 74: Alberta Justice Fradsham Says Crawford Hearing Can Proceed
– Some Mayors Against Bill C-21 Are NOT Our Friends
– Toronto Police Data Show Illegal Shootings Doubling Under Tory, Liberals
– Newmarket, Ontario, Mayor Wants National Handgun Confiscation
– RCMP Warns of Possible Ransomware Attack
– Reader Comment: I Will Not Do Business With Any Business That Helps the Government Destroy Our Guns
– When Police Don’t Knock
– Section 74: Procedural Win as Alberta Judge Allows Evidence
– Canadian Military Begins Search for New C22 ‘Modular Pistol and Holster System’
– Liberals Won’t Present Budget Until at Least April
– Personal: 10th Anniversary of Japan Earthquake That Shook Up My Life
Highlights
– Trudeau a Decade Ago: Guns Are Part of Canadian Culture and Heritage
– Blair Comments on New Handgun-Safe Rules, Insurance
– Terry Korth Discusses Canada’s Gun Market
– B.C. Proposes New Law Inventing New Gun-Related Penalties
– Most-Viewed Articles at TheGunBlog.ca in February 2021
– Shooting Federation of Canada Restarts Recreational Program
– Study: Mental Illness Not a Factor in Most Mass Shootings
