Memos Show:
– Bill C-71 to take effect over the next year
– New “Firearms Buyback Secretariat”
– RCMP prints 10,000 PAL cards per week
– May 2020 memo on CCFR’s planned court challenge
– And more
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government’s Bill C-21 against licensed firearm owners will invent new rules for the thickness and locks of our handgun safes and let cities and towns require mandatory gun insurance, Minister Bill Blair said today.
TheGunBlog.ca — Regina Police Chief Evan Bray said banning federally licensed handgun owners would be an “absolute monster piece of work” to manage.
Highlights
– O’Toole Pledges to Repeal Trudeau’s Attacks Against Gun Owners as PM
– Government Responds to How Bill C-21 Relates to Bill C-22 on Guns
– NFA: They Hate Us
– OFAH: Bill C-21 and Municipal Handgun Prohibitions
– Government Responds to How Bill C-21 Relates to Bill C-22 on Guns
TheGunBlog.ca — Conservative Party MP Shannon Stubbs said a comment by Liberal Minister Bill Blair to the House of Commons today was “frankly frickin ridiculous,” as he presented his new draft law to criminalize Canadian gun owners.
TheGunBlog.ca — Erin O’Toole, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, pledged to repeal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s regulatory attacks against gun owners, ending six months of near silence on firearm policy.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Department of Justice responds below to our questions on how Bill C-21 interacts with Bill C-22 in relation to gun owners, after the government proposed the new laws last week.
Includes slides from Bill C-22 technical briefing.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government is drafting new rules on storing guns and on using the Firearms Marking Regulations and Bill C-71 to trace every gun to its owner.
The Department of Public Safety comments below.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proposed Bill C-21 today as a sweeping and complex new law against federally licensed gun owners, as he works to weaken citizens, hurt the firearm market, and kill modern shooting sports.
Highlights
– Blair May File New Anti-Gun Law on Feb. 16, House Agenda Shows
– Edward Burlew Files First Section 74 Appeal for Group Fighting ‘Nullifications’
– Federal Court Dismisses Injunction Motions to Stop Liberal+RCMP Attacks
– Christine Generoux Comments on Federal Court Dismissal of Injunction
– CZ Agrees to Buy Colt and Colt Canada
– Self-Defence: Police Won’t Charge Officer Who Exited His Car and Shot Knife-Wielding Man to Death
– RCMP Outlines Canadian Firearms Program 2.0 to Improve Online Services
(Update Feb. 19: Adds in last paragraph that Burlew filed second appeal.) TheGunBlog.ca — The court fight escalated this week to restore justice for Canadian hunters, farmers and sport shooters and stop the federal government’s and federal police’s regulatory attacks. Edward Burlew, one of the country’s leading firearm lawyers, filed the first court appeal on…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Liberal Party-led government will present its new law against federally licensed gun owners on February 16, the House of Commons agenda shows. The Liberals have also organized media briefings on the topic.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Federal Court dismissed three injunction motions to temporarily freeze the federal government’s and federal police’s politically motivated attacks against hunters, farmers and sport shooters.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which administers private gun ownership, said it’s working to expand and improve online services through its Canadian Firearms Program 2.0.
Highlights
– Most-Viewed Articles at TheGunBlog.ca for January 2021
– Five Reasons to Support Court Actions That Support You
– Why Are Gun Shops Sold Out of Ammo If Nobody Is Shooting? We’re Hoarding.
– Judge Outlines How Section 74 of Firearms Act Is ‘Unique’
– Edward Burlew Hired to Work on Several Section 74 Appeals
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s gun imports fell for the third consecutive year in 2020, one of the most-turbulent years for the firearm industry.
We analyze the highlights based on the December 2020 import data Statistics Canada published today.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s gun market in 2020 was one of the most-turbulent in the history of the firearm industry.
Following are five factors that defined the market. Many of them continue to affect business in 2021.
TheGunBlog.ca — An Ontario Superior Court found a man “not guilty” of murder this month for shooting someone who died moments later, allowing the accused’s claim of self-defence.
We look at the judge’s decision for insight into how courts analyze and interpret the legal defence of Self-Defence.
Highlights
– Federal Court Hears Injunction Motion to Stop Liberal-RCMP Crackdown
– New Zealand Shows How High Gun Confiscation Costs Can Go
– ‘Guns Are a Disease,’ Ontario Judge David Harris Said in 2020 Decision
– Lorne Gunter: RIP Dennis Young, A Champion of Canada’s Firearms Owners
– PDF of Government’s Appeal of Ryan Stark Court Win in Alberta
TheGunBlog.ca — The office of Bill Blair, Canada’s minister in charge of restricting federally licensed gun users and businesses, reiterated plans for further laws and prohibitions today after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Supplementary Mandate Letters last week.
