Highlights
– In Memoriam: Dennis Young
– CCFR Says It ‘Is Over $1 Million Into’ Into Fight to Stop Liberal-RCMP Crackdown
– How Canada’s Liberals Exploiting the U.S. Capitol Riot Will Further Hurt Gun Owners
– Trudeau’s Follow-Up Mandate Letter to Freeland Doesn’t Mention Guns
– Register to Watch Next Week’s Federal Court Hearing to Stop the OIC
– Alberta Posts Job for Chief Provincial Firearms Officer
TheGunBlog.ca — Following is our Q&A from 2018 with Dennis Young, who died of cancer this week after a quarter century advocating for the rights of Canadian gun owners.
Highlights
– The Backlash Is Coming After Mobs Invaded the U.S. Capitol
– Federal Court Update: Government’s Motion of Record to Stop Injunction Against OIC: PDF
– November Gun Imports Show 2020 Is On Course for Third Annual Drop
– Gary Mauser Responds to Article in The Conversation
– Canadian Military Will Invite Bidders in February to Supply New Pistols
Highlights This Week
– Liberals Hire IBM for $1.2 Million to Work on Gun Confiscations
– CCFR: Gun Ban Canada – Exposed; Episode 4 – Common Sense Gun Laws?
– Judge Rejects Charter Argument, Finds Man Guilty of Unlawful Gun Storage
TheGunBlog.ca — Following are the most-viewed articles and pages at TheGunBlog.ca for the periods indicated. The rankings exclude the homepage, which is consistently No. 1. Why It Matters Shows what’s trending among the leaders, influencers and most-engaged citizens in Canadian gun culture, gun rights, gun politics and gun policy. Most Viewed Articles and Pages Fourth…
TheGunBlog.ca — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which administers private gun ownership in Canada, responds below to our questions on its work to confiscate firearms from the owners it licences, and on the owners’ work to stop them.
TheGunBlog.ca — IBM will work with Canada’s governing Liberal Party and the RCMP on their mass gun confiscations targeting hunters, sport shooters and firearm collectors.
Highlights This Week
– Attorney General of Canada Responds in Section 74 Application: PDF
– Attorney General: Over 140 Gun Owners Have Applied for Section 74 Court Hearings to Fight ‘Nullification’
– Liberals Stop Mentioning ‘Grandfathering’ As Confiscation Option
– Liberals Invite Candidates for Next Election
– Calgary Police Say January Shooting Deemed ‘Non-Culpable Homicide’
TheGunBlog.ca — Following is a 22-page PDF response by the Attorney General of Canada seeking to block a Nova Scotia resident from justice in the fight against the federal government and federal police’s “nullification” attacks.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party told an opposition MP last week it expects to confiscate about 150,000 rifles and shotguns from hunters, farmers, sport shooters and businesses under its May 1 political attacks.
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Highlights This Week
– Court Win: Judge Sides With Gun Owners on ‘Nullification’ Notices
– Self-Defence: Man Found Not Guilty in Deadly Shooting
– Gun Imports Plunge in October to Lowest in Almost Three Years
– Trudeau Says He’ll Move Forward ‘Very Soon’ With New Anti-Gun Laws
– Government Defers ‘Firearms Marking Regulations’ to 2023
– Smith & Wesson Shares Rise as Gun Demand Boosts Sales to Record
– Most-Viewed Articles at TheGunBlog.ca in November 2020
(Correction Dec. 27: Corrects headline and article to delete incorrect analysis of planned handgun prohibitions.)
TheGunBlog.ca — The office of Canadian Minister Bill Blair outlines the next steps in the government’s planned laws against federally licensed gun owners.
TheGunBlog.ca — Greg Dunn of Dunn & Associates comments below after winning the first court case for gun owners against the May 1 regulatory attacks by Canada’s governing Liberal Party and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Dunn, based in Calgary, was the lawyer for Ryan Stark in his request to access a Section 74 hearing…
TheGunBlog.ca — An Alberta court sided with gun owners fighting the federal government and federal police’s regulatory attacks, marking a significant procedural win for the rights of Canadian hunters, sport shooters and firearm collectors.
(Update Dec. 1: Adds RCMP comment.) TheGunBlog.ca — Alberta’s Chief Firearms Office, a unit of Canada’s federal police, ordered Alberta Tactical Rifle Supply to stop making, selling or advertising its rifles, jeopardizing the company’s existence and leading to a lawsuit. Ken Dobie, a firearms officer with the Edmonton-based regulator, signed the three-page letter dated Oct….
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights This Week
– RCMP Labour Union Opposes Liberal-RCMP Mass Gun Confiscations
– RCMP Q&A: Backlog for New Gun Licences Rises to 4 Months, 32,000
– Accused Man Says He Shot Assailant in Self-Defence
– Liberals to Pay $78 Million for Contractor to Design Mass Gun Confiscations
– RCMP Publishes 2019 Commissioner of Firearms Report
Alberta Tactical Rifle Supply (ATRS) sued the Canadian government and four RCMP and Alberta CFO employees for $130 million in damages from the May 1 gun bans. It’s the first cororate case of its kind in Federal Court.
TheGunBlog.ca — Bill Blair, Canada’s minister for the mass gun confiscations against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, said this week it’s too expensive and inefficient for police to administer the seizures. He didn’t say who will.
TheGunBlog.ca — Q&A with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Canadian Firearms Program on its backlog processing applications for gun licences, and how it’s responding.
TheGunBlog.ca — Pete Merrifield, vice president of the National Police Federation, the RCMP labour union, discusses urging Canada’s government to help police stop violent gangs instead of seizing guns from federally licensed owners and stores. Read: RCMP Labour Union Opposes Liberal-RCMP Mass Gun Confiscations Merrifield made the comments today in a telephone interview with TheGunBlog.ca. The…
