Canada Gun News: Week of 2022 April 25
Highlights
– Trudeau Is Considering Ending Lawful Handgun Ownership in Canada
– SECU Publishes Its Report on Illegal Use of Guns
– Gary Mauser: Should Semi-Autos Be Banned? Response to Blake Brown
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– Trudeau Is Considering Ending Lawful Handgun Ownership in Canada
– SECU Publishes Its Report on Illegal Use of Guns
– Gary Mauser: Should Semi-Autos Be Banned? Response to Blake Brown
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– Week-Ahead Agenda
– Ontario Liberals Promise to End Handgun Ownership If Elected to Government
– Doug Ford Fires Back at Liberals’ Proposed Handgun Ban
– NFA: Taking the Fight to the Provinces
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– Alberta CFO Urges Feds to Cancel May 2020 Attacks
– Alberta Accepts Advisory Committee Recommendations for Gun Rights
– Saskatchewan Sets Up Firearms Advisory Committee
– RCMP Says Gun-Licence Fees Fall By a Few Cents Starting 31 March 2022
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– Budget 2022 Reiterates Wish to Confiscate Guns From Licensed Owners
– Canada Gun Imports Total $9.2 Million in February
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– A Gun-Rights Proposal for Canadian Municipalities, By Patrick Plunkett
– RCMP Says It Doesn’t Have Stats Available on How Few People Surrendered TheIr Guns So Far
– CSSA: Pierre Poilievre to Speak at AGM’s ‘Stick to Your Guns’ Dinner on April 30
– RCMP Still Blames Covid-19 for Four-Month Delay Processing New Gun Licences
– RCMP Plans Contract to Buy New Pistols in December
– RCMP Updates Its Webpage on Mass Gun Confiscations
Highlights
– Canada Gun Licences Rise to New Record in 2021
– Almost All Gun Owners Rejected Trudeau Confiscation Order
– Don’t Retreat, Reload: The Fundamental Problem with Ottawa’s ‘Buy-Back’ Program
– RCMP Updates Its Webpage on Mass Gun Confiscations Begun in May 2020
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– Trudeau Extends Deadline for Gun Confiscations After Near Total Rejection
– Jean Charest Says He Wouldn’t Change Canada’s Gun Laws or Repeal Trudeau’s Confiscations
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– Interview: Allan Harding, Canadian National Pistol Champion (Video)
– CSSA: Jean Charest Is No Friend to Canada’s Firearm Owners
– Mendicino Is Doing a Canada-Wide Anti-Gun Tour
– Canada Gun Imports Almost Double in January 2022 Vs. 2021
– Rodger Kotanko Family Challenges SIU Report Clearing Policeman Who Killed Gunsmith
– Statistics Canada Briefs SECU on Criminals Who Use Guns and Ammo
– NSSF: Canada’S Heavy-Handed Trucker Response Foreshadows Gun Confiscations
Highlights
– Mendicino Plans New Anti-Gun Law ‘Soon,’ Maybe More Bans By OIC
– Liberals May Ask Gun Owners to Mail-In Our Confiscated Gear, Tracey Wilson Reports
– Policeman Who Killed Rodger Kotanko Shot Him in Self-Defence, SIU Says
– Public Safety Canada’s 2022-23 Plan Suggests Trudeau to Extend Deadline for Gun Confiscations
– Interview With Donovan Dewis of Canadian Access To Firearms (Video)
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Department of Public Safety’s workplan for 2022-2023, published this week, suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will extend the April 30 deadline for his mass gun confiscations targeting government-licensed firearm owners.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government will propose a new law against gun users “soon,” Minister Marco Mendicino told a parliamentary committee today, as he outlined plans to further suppress government-licensed firearm owners and businesses.
Highlights
– 2020 RCMP Commissioner of Firearms Report
– Government Won’t Say If It Planned ‘Nullifications’ for May 2020 Attacks
– CSAAA Won’t Respond to Government Questionnaire Seeking Help With Mass Gun Confiscations
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government department running the mass criminalization of licensed gun owners since May 2020 declined to say if it intended the “nullification” of our firearm-registration certificates as part of its crackdown.
The response strengthens the view that the RCMP – Canadian Firearms Program invented the tactic, possibly without basis in law or regulation.
Highlights
– Interview With Wes Winkel of CSAAA and Ellwood Epps (Video)
– Government Comments on Gun-Confiscation Questionnaire E-Mailed to 23 Businesses
– Canada Invites Bids to Supply New Military Pistol, After Canceling Previous Tender
– Government Submits 2020 Commissioner of Firearms Report to Parliament
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Department of Public Safety comments below on its “technical consultations” questionnaire e-mailed to 23 gun businesses last week, as it fails to convince owners to surrender their guns for destruction.
Highlights
– Canada Gun Imports 2021 Jump to Second-Highest Value on Record
– Liberals Ask Gun Stores to Help Run Mass Gun Confiscations
– Some JTF-2 Members Are Voicing Opposition to Trudeau’s Attacks on Gun Owners
– Jordan Peterson Tweets Photo of Himself at the Gun Range
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– Pierre Poilievre Nods to Gun Owners in Pitch to Become Prime Minister
– Rejoice: Erin O’Toole Voted Out as Conservative Party Leader After Caucus Revolt
– Federal Court Challenges: Christine Generoux Updates Her GoFundMe Campaign
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– Paul Rogan, Founding Editor of Canadian Access To Firearms, Has Died
– Trudeau Reiterates Aim of Further Suppressing Government-Licensed Gun Owners
– Government Appeals Court Order in Effort to Hide RCMP’s ‘Nullification’ Algorithm (See the 2 PDFs)
– Kawartha Lakes (Ontario) City Council Covers Firearm-Discharge Bylaw
– Government Now Says It Expects New Bill C-71 Restrictions in 2022 From 2021
– Anti-Gun Groups Urge Government to Criminalize Handgun Owners
– CSAAA: January 2022 Newsletter
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– Court Win: Judge Sides With Gun Owners, Allows Hearings to Fight Trudeau’s May 2020 Attacks
– Rodger Kotanko Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Toronto Police
– Tenda Canada Is Now Making Videos
– FN Makes New Version of High Power Pistol
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– Alberta Willing To Go to Court to Oppose Handgun Confiscations
– NFA Says Facebook Shut Down Its Closed Facebook Group (Video)