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Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 November 22

Reading Time: 5 minutes

Highlights
– Interview With NFA Past President Sheldon Clare (Video)
– Liberal ‘Throne Speech’ Reiterates Aim to Criminalize Gun Owners
– Marco Mendicino Says ‘We Need to Do More’ to Criminalize Gun Owners
– Bullet-Related Homicide Rate Rose in 2020, Led By Nova Scotia Attacks, Statistics Canada Says
– Green Party Appoints Gun-Friendly Amita Kuttner as Interim Leader
– IBM Report to Liberals on Mass Criminalizations and Gun Confiscations (PDF)
– Trade Tribunal Tells Government to Cancel and Restart Military Pistol Contract

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 November 15

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Highlights
– Rodger Kotanko Family and Lawyer Brief Media on His Killing By Toronto Police
– NFA New Video Ad: Working Within the Law to Change the Law
– U.S. Anti-Gun Sentiment Sinks to Lowest Since 2014
– U.S. Gun Owners Increasingly Cite Crime as Reason for Ownership
– Kyle Rittenhouse Has Been Acquitted on All Charges

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 November 08

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Highlights
– Erin O’Toole Names MP Raquel Dancho as Conservative Critic for ‘Public Safety’
– Conservative MP Raquel Dancho Makes First Statement as Opposition Critic for Public Safety
– Update on Toronto Police Killing of Rodger Kotanko
– Alberta Tactical Rifle Supply’s Federal Court Challenge Is Allowed to Proceed
– Jim Newman: That Dog Don’t Hunt: Tales from The Hunt Camp Porch

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 November 01

Reading Time: 3 minutes

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

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 October 25

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Highlights
– Trudeau Names Marco Mendicino as New Minister Against Gun Owners
– NFA: Election 2021 Lessons and Next Steps for Gun Owners
– Gary Mauser: Children and Firearms Safety
– Gun Stores Are Waiting for Products Ordered a Year Ago
– RCMP Deems Kodiak Defence KD200 Bolt-Action Rifle ‘Prohibited’ Under May 2020 Mass Criminalizations

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 September 27

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Highlights
– Saskatchewan Gun-Rights Advocate Robert Freberg Takes Over as CFO to Block Trudeau’s Attacks
– Twice as Many Signatures on Petition to Recall O’Toole As on Petition to Keep Him
– J.P. Morgan Gets Shut Out of Texas Municipal Bond Market for Being Anti-Gun
– Smith & Wesson Is Leaving Anti-Gun Massachusetts and Moving to Tennessee

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 September 20

Reading Time: 4 minutes

Highlights
– Election 2021 Highlights
– Federal Court Hearing to Stop Liberal Attacks Will Miss April Deadline
– Erin O’Toole Showed Gun Owners Aren’t a Priority Before He Betrayed Us
– Select Shooting Supplies Warns of More Ammo Shortages and Price Inflation
– Liberals to Spend Another $8.8 Million on Mass Criminalizations
– Canadian Government Adds Seventh Q&A for Military Pistol Contract
– CCFR Says It Spent $152,000 on TV and Radio Ads in Election 2021

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 September 13

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Highlights
– Takeaways About Canadian Gun Owners From Environics Report for the Liberals
– FSESO: Firearm Instructors in Ontario Have a Superb New Website
– Section 74: Attorney General of Canada Seeks to Quash Individual Appeals, J.P. Says
– Calibre: Liberal Policy Promises to Ban Millions of Hunting Rifles, Lee Enfields, .22s, Etc.
– iPolitics: Anti-Gun Activists Cukier, PolySeSouvient and Doctors Didn’t Register to Campaign for Liberals This Election
– U.S. NRA: Trudeau Ramps Up Gun Control Promises, Makes Guns a Wedge Issue

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 September 06

Reading Time: 6 minutes

Highlights
– Three Responses to Erin O’Toole’s Flip: ‘I’m Sticking It to Him,’ ‘I’m Stuck With Him,’ ‘I’m Sticking With Him’
– CSSA, NFA, CCFR Support Conservative Party After O’Toole Flip-Flop on Guns
– Savage Partners with the Canadian University Shooting Foundation
– Canada Faces ‘Unsophisticated’ Attacks Using Everyday Weapons, Government Threat Report Says

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 August 30

Reading Time: 7 minutes

Highlights
– Election 2021: Erin O’Toole Says May 2020 OIC ‘Will Remain in Place’
– Election 2021: Liberals Promise New Crackdowns on Licensed Gun Owners
– Most Canadians, Especially Liberal Voters, Want to Criminalize All Gun Owners, Leger Poll Shows
– Gun Imports Rise in July to Highest Monthly Level in Four Years
– Gary Mauser: Norming Away Guns: Self Defense & Disarmament in Canada

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 August 02

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Highlights
– Canadian Gun Imports Rose 20% in January – June 2021 From Same Period in 2020
– Alberta Homeowner Who Shot, Killed Intruder During Attack Won’t Face Charges, RCMP Says
– Canada Adds New Q&A in Fifth Amendment to Military Pistol Call for Bids (PDF)
– Vista Outdoor to Offer Ammo Subscriptions in U.S.

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 July 26

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Highlights
– The ‘Public Safety’ Lie (And Some Personal Safety Truths)
– Liberals Air New Video Ads in Campaign Against Gun Owners As Election Looms
– RCMP Updates Website With Bill C-71 Restrictions on Lifetime Background Checks, ATTs
– Gary Mauser: Trudeau Government Firearm ‘Buy Back’ Plan May Cost Up To $6.7 Billion
– Gary Mauser: Gun Control Fails Again and Again

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 July 12

Reading Time: 5 minutes

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