TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP responded July 27 to our questions about its 20 July 2020 letter to firearm owners saying their ownership certificates were nullified following a May 1 confiscation order.
TheGunBlog.ca — Rudy Venditelli, the owner of Dante Inc., one of Canada’s biggest independent gun stores, comments below on business, the market outlook, and the effects of the governing Liberal Party’s May 1 firearm-confiscation order. TheGunBlog.ca edited the interview from a series of e-mail and phone conversations from May until now. Venditelli, who took over…
Newest Update: Aug. 02
TheGunBlog.ca — The five teams fighting the governing Liberal Party of Canada’s gun-confiscation order in federal court had their first meeting with the Federal Court today.
Includes downloadable motions to intervene from:
– Canadian Taxpayers Federation
– National Firearms Association
– Coalition for Gun Control
TheGunBlog.ca — Chantal Trahan, the manager of licensing and transfers for the Ontario Chief Firearms Office, comments on firearm transfers, as well as on the May 1 federal confiscation order, and Authorizations To Transport firearms.
TheGunBlog.ca — Saskatchewan named Robert Freberg as its new Chief Firearms Officer, hiring a high-profile advocate for hunters, farmers and sport shooters.
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights This Week
– CSSA Sees ‘Trickery’ in RCMP Gun-Ownership Cancellations
– OFAH Asks Bill Blair to Extend PALs to Deal With Backlog
– CCFR Won’t Organize Mass Filing Against RCMP Ownership Cancellations
– NFA: Challenging Firearm Reclassification Under Section 74 of Firearms Act
– Liberals Hold Majority in Newest Poll Projections
– Ian Runkle, Gun Lawyer, Discusses RCMP Letter in First YouTube Video
– ‘Please Don’t Buy One’: RCMP B.C. Says to Avoid Airsoft
TheGunBlog.ca — Glock, the maker of the world’s most-popular handgun, expects a Canadian version of its model 45 pistol to arrive in Canada late this year after delays from Covid-19, and aims to sell more country-specific editions.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Human Rights Commission rejected complaints that the governing Liberal Party’s firearm-confiscation order of May 1 is racist for creating different rules for different races of gun owner.
Following is their response to several complaints.
Updated July 24
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Minister of Justice said the government intends to offer a “grandfathering regime” to victims of its mass gun confiscations. It may be the first time a minister has mentioned the “grandfathering” option.
TheGunBlog.ca — Every political party in Canada’s parliament is working to eliminate or further restrict private firearm ownership, except one: the Conservative Party. It’s beyond disheartening that the country’s millions of gun users failed again to support the party and the candidates running to lead it. Conservative Leadership Election Party HQ said July 14 it…
TheGunBlog.ca — The town of Cold Lake in Alberta is fighting the Liberal Party of Canada’s attacks on hunters, farmers and sport shooters, and called on other municipalities to join. Why It Matters Opposition to the May 1 Liberal firearm-confiscation order is growing day by day, boosting the probability it will fail. Towns and cities…
TheGunBlog.ca — Following are the proposed firearm policies of the four candidates running to lead the Conservative Party of Canada.
(Update Aug. 13: Adds that Generoux isn’t a lawyer in first and third paragraphs.) TheGunBlog.ca — At least five groups or individuals have gone to Canada’s Federal Court to stop the governing Liberal Party’s gun-confiscation order, but Christine Generoux is the first one representing herself without a lawyer. Generoux submitted her so-called “Application for Judicial…
The RCMP, which controls private firearm ownership in Canada, comments below on changing its legal opinion last month on the popular Derya MK-12 shotgun to a “Prohibited variant” of the AR-15 or AR-10 rifle.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is backing the CCFR lawsuit against the governing Liberal Party’s May 1 confiscation order attacking honest citizens. Illegal, Unconstitutional “Our position is that the Order-in-Council is outside the bounds of the rule of law and the Constitution,” Jay Cameron, Litigation Manager for the Calgary-based JCCF, said in…
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights This Week
– More Stores Warn of Gun, Ammo Shortages
– Conservative Leadership Candidates Debate Gun Policy: NFA
– Huntsville, Ontario, Preparing New By-Law on Firearm Discharge
– Communist Party of Canada Updates Program of ‘Revolutionary Ideology’
– CCFR Has Raised Over $220,000 for Lawsuit, iPolitics Reports
– Trudeau’s Bulletproof Vest in 2019 Election: More Inconsistencies
– AR-15 Parts Imports Being Blocked By CBSA and Global Affairs
TheGunBlog.ca — Officers with the RCMP, Canada’s largest police agency, almost never have to draw their guns on duty, according to data last month on the “use of force.” The 20,000 police officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police drew and displayed, pointed or discharged their firearms in less than 0.1% of the 8.79 million…
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights This Week
– Gun Owners Are Stronger Than We Realize
– Fourth Lawsuit Against Confiscation Order Filed in Federal Court
– Gun Imports Fall 9.3% in January-May 2020 Vs. 2019
– Anti-Gun Radicals Use Rideau Hall Incident to Smear PAL Holders
– Derek Sloan Runs on Right to Self-Defence in Conservative Leadership
– U.S. June Gun Background Checks Rise to Record
TheGunBlog.ca — Following are the most-viewed articles and pages at TheGunBlog.ca for the periods indicated. Why It Matters Shows what matters to the leaders and influencers of gun rights in Canada. Shows what matters to Canada’s firearm community in general. Serves as a benchmark for news trends on Canadian gun rights and gun politics. Second-Quarter…
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights This Week
– Take OFAH’s Survey on the Gun Confiscations
– CCFR Begins National Newspaper Advertising Campaign
– ‘Coalition for Gun Control’ to Intervene in Lawsuits Against Confiscations
– Ontario Council of Shooters ‘Firmly Opposes’ Liberal Gun Confiscations
– CBC Poll Tracker Shows Trudeau Likely to Win Majority
