TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s gun imports soared to a record $238.4 million in 2022, as government-licensed firearm users snapped up rifles, shotguns and handguns before the governing Liberal Party’s new prohibitions.
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TheGunBlog.ca — The number of Canadians with a gun licence rose to a record in 2022, defying the governing Liberal Party’s increased attacks on firearm users.
TheGunBlog.ca — Here are Canada’s top-10 handgun brands among government-licensed owners, based on the number of personally owned pistols and revolvers registered with the RCMP.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s government-licensed handgun users requested 160,815 handgun transfers from May 30 to September 30, after Trudeau said he’s killing the legal handgun market.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s government-licensed firearm users bought almost 90,000 handguns in the seven weeks after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he’s killing the legal market, a shopping spree that wiped out supply and set records. We estimate the total now exceeds 100,000.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian handgun imports jumped to a record in June, as gun users raced to stock up before Trudeau kills the legal market for pistols and revolvers. The Trudeau administration said today it will criminalize government-licensed importers starting in two weeks
TheGunBlog.ca — Almost all the gun owners targeted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s May 2020 mass criminalizations rejected his confiscation order and kept their firearms, according to new government data.
TheGunBlog.ca — The number of Canadians with a government-issued gun licence rose 1.8% in 2021 to a year-end record, as firearm ownership for protection, sport, collecting and other activities continues to gain in popularity.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian gun imports jumped to their second-highest level on record in 2021, driven by demand for Italian shotguns, Finnish rifles and Czech handguns.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadians bought roughly 30,000 AR-15 target rifles in the lead-up to PM Trudeau’s political attacks of 01 May 2020. The data, shared here for the first time, show the magnitude of the shopping spree to counter the crackdown.
TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP, which controls personal gun ownership in Canada, said it has a four-month delay processing new firearm licences, in line with the backlog a year ago over slowdowns related to Covid-19.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian gun imports rose 25% in the first nine months of 2021, led by shotguns from Italy. Full-Year Outlook: firearm imports are on course for their first gain in four years.
TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP comments below on its 26 February 2021 “nullification” notice to 1,865 more gun owners targeted by its May 2020 regulatory attacks, after a “technical issue” led to them being missed last year.
More than 70,000 people have now been notified.
Read our Q&A with the RCMP.
TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP provided the following data at 31 December 2020:
– Number of individuals with a firearm Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL)
– Number of individuals with at least one gun registered with the RCMP
– Number of firearms registered with the RCMP
– Table of firearm registrations by type of firearm
TheGunBlog.ca — The number of Canadians with a federal gun licence fell last year for the first time in a decade, as shutdowns to stop Covid-19 prevented people from applying for a permit. This year is on course for a new drop.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian gun imports sank in January-April even before the Covid-19 crisis hit.
Shipments plunged to the weakest April in eight years.
January-April 2020: -12% to $47.5 million.
TheGunBlog.ca — More than 24% of respondents to an informal Statistics Canada survey of about 200,000 people were “very or extremely” worried the Covid-19 crisis could lead to civil disorder, the statistics agency said today.
TheGunBlog.ca — The number of Canadians with a federal gun licence rose for the 10th straight year in 2019 to a new record, driven by demand for firearms for sport and collecting to home safety and hunting. Why It Matters The number of licence holders is the best indicator we have of: private gun ownership…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will order hunters, farmers and sport shooters to surrender about 200,000 of their firearms if re-elected, Global News reported today, citing Bill Blair, the minster for confiscation. The estimate covers what Blair called “assault-style weapons,” Global said, citing Blair speaking to reporters this morning. It would be the…
TheGunBlog.ca — The number of Canadians with a gun licence rose to a record in March after 24 straight quarterly gains, RCMP data show. The increasing appeal of sport shooting, particularly for women, also drove Canadian handgun owners to a new high. The country counted 2,186,161 adults with a firearm Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL)…