Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 May 03
Highlights
– Canadian Military Picks SIG P320 As Its New Pistol
– Gun Imports Fall 3.5% in First Quarter, Led By Handguns. Ammo Shipments Jump 30%.
– Most Viewed Articles at TheGunBlog.ca in April 2021
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Canadian Military Picks SIG P320 As Its New Pistol, Invites Bids
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s military appears to have chosen the SIG Sauer P320 handgun to replace its aging Browning Hi Power models, according to technical documents published today.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 April 26
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
Alberta Minister of Justice’s Office Comments on Plans for New CFO
TheGunBlog.ca — The office of Alberta’s Minister of Justice comments below on plans to name its own Chief Firearms Officer, as Premier Jason Kenney works to shield gun owners from the federal government’s political attacks.
‘The Gun Chase’ By CityTV: Analysis
TheGunBlog.ca — “The Gun Chase” by CityTV is a factual and informative video documentary about Toronto’s illegal gun trade. It’s part of a mass-media landscape that mostly portrays firearms and their users in a bad light.
Here’s our quick analysis of last night’s show.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 April 19
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
Alberta Is in ‘Final Stages’ of Naming New CFO After Law to Block Handgun Bans
TheGunBlog.ca — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said the province is in the “final stages” of hiring its own Chief Firearms Officer, as he works to block the federal government’s political attacks against hunters, farmers, ranchers and sport shooters.
Blair’s Office Says Estimating Gun-Confiscation Costs ‘Underway’
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government is still calculating the costs of the mass gun confiscations it unleashed last May against federally licensed firearm owners, after omitting the expense in yesterday’s annual budget.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 April 12
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
RCMP Q&A on February 26 ‘Nullification’ Notice to 1,865 More Gun Owners
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.
RCMP Provides 2020 Data on Gun Licences and Registrations
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
Gun Licences Fell in 2020 for First Time in a Decade on Covid-19
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.
Five Points Gun Owners Get Wrong About the Liberal+RCMP Attacks
TheGunBlog.ca — Many Canadian gun owners are confused about the Liberal+RCMP political attacks begun in May 2020. Here are five points to help you get what they are, and what they aren’t.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 March 15
– Manitoba Says Bill C-21 ‘Unfairly Targets Legal Firearm Owners’ Names Advisory Group
– CSSA: Liberals to Offer Choice of Gun Destruction, Confiscation or Home Alarm
– CSAAA: Liberals May Be Secretly Setting Up Businesses to Promote Gun Destruction
– Trudeau ‘A Traitor’ Unless Gun Bill Overhauled, Say Families of Polytechnique Victims
– NFA: List of NFA-Endorsed Candidates for Conservative Party National Council
Bill C-21 Is ‘Harmful’ to Olympics, Shooting Federation of Canada Tells Blair
TheGunBlog.ca — The Shooting Federation of Canada told Minister Bill Blair that his new draft law to criminalize federally licensed gun owners is “harmful” to Olympic and Paralympic disciplines and “will fundamentally choke our sport off at the roots.”
Canadian Firearms Safety Course Sets New Download Record at Publications Canada
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Firearms Safety Course student handbook set its second annual record as the top download at the Government of Canada Publications website.
Section 74: Court Sets First Hearing to Review ‘Nullifications’
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian gun owners won a new procedural victory in court today in their fight to stop the federal police and federal government crackdowns against honest citizens.
RCMP Invites Gun Stores to Apply as Gun Destroyers
TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP, which regulates Canada’s gun stores, is inviting them to apply to become licensed firearm destroyers, as it works with the government to attack gun users and businesses.
Government Says Bill C-21 Storage Rules Target All Gun Owners
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Department of Public Safety says its planned gun-storage restrictions in Bill C-21 target licensed owners of “all classes and types of firearms,” and violating municipal by-laws would risk “licence revocation and criminal sanctions.”
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 March 01
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