TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a “secret plan” to order a “sweeping gun ban” early next month aimed at hunters, farmers and sport shooters, said Tony Clement, an independent member of parliament. He declined to identify his source for the information. “We are prepared to consider whatever measures will be effective” for…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian individuals own 66,262 AR-15 and related rifles classified as “Restricted,” said the federal agency in charge of licensing shooters and registering their guns. Businesses had 12,000 and museums owned 25, for a total of 78,287 such firearms at April 30, Marie Damian, a spokeswoman for the Ottawa-based Royal Canadian Mounted Police, told…
TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP, Canada’s largest police force, is failing to equip and train officers with life-saving AR-15 rifles and body armour, Canada’s Auditor General said today following an audit. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police bought more than 5,000 of the semi-automatic rifles since deciding in September 2011 to make them available to officers for…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Senate will vote on Bill C-71 for the third and final time on May 9, said the Senate sponsor of the bill, pushing the government’s plan to further restrict hunters, farmers and sport shooters a step closer to becoming law. “There was an agreement between the leaderships of the different parliamentary groups…
TheGunBlog.ca — One person in Canada has a so-called “Authorization To Carry” (ATC) loaded guns for personal protection against human attackers, Dennis Young reported today, based on a special filing he obtained from the federal police. That’s one person less than the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in October. The Ottawa-based RCMP’s Canadian Firearms Program…
TheGunBlog.ca — Liberal Party of Canada supporters are the most hostile to gun owners such as hunters, farmers and sport shooters, a poll published today by Leger Marketing Inc. showed. The survey this month found 93 percent of men and women intending to vote Liberal in October’s election favour “stricter gun control legislation for Canada,”…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Firearms Act of 1995 invented a series of crimes for hunters, farmers, sport shooters and every other private citizen who owns a gun, even if they do nothing immoral or injurious, according to an evaluation report by the Department of Justice in 1998. Following are select highlights from the report, followed by…
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government is reviewing responses in Minister Bill Blair’s public consultation on gun bans to decide whether to go ahead with new prohibitions or change the law at all, said a spokeswoman for the minister. “Our Government is carefully considering all feedback received from our recent consultations to determine if any changes…
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government didn’t rule out mass gun confiscation against hunters, farmers and sport shooters after publishing a report yesterday showing “polarized views” on the topic. Minister Bill Blair, who led public consultations on bans, told CBC News’s Power & Politics show last night the government is “ready to consider every and any…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Senate committee reviewing Bill C-71 voted today to weaken the government’s planned law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, but the senator leading opposition to the bill said the government will probably ignore the changes. Update 23:40 Toronto time: A senator said she will propose to the Senate to inject a handgun…
Highlights of the Week: April 1 – 7 Following are some of the highlights of the past week affecting Canadian gun owners and shooters as the government prepares new prohibitions and confiscations. Friendly Gun Owners ‘Want Their Rights Respected,’ Conservative MP Candice Bergen Says Matt Gurney of the National Post criticized an editorial in the…
TheGunBlog.ca — At least three Canadian government MPs and a staffer sought to associate the Conservative leader of the opposition, Andrew Scheer, with terrorism and mass murder because Carleton University’s Conservative club organized a range day today with an AR-15 rifle. Shiefke: ‘Disappointed’ “Disappointed that @AndrewScheer’s Conservatives are fundraising off of the AR-15 which was…
TheGunBlog.ca — We are republishing this article from 2019, after Candice Bergen was elected interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government reiterated today that it may ban guns owned by hunters, farmers and sport shooters, while declining to say how it might proceed with such a plan. TheGunBlog.ca asked the ministry examining the possible prohibitions and confiscations how easily Canada could copy New Zealand’s decree last month that immediately made it…
TheGunBlog.ca — The following is a comment by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police about how it works with provincial authorities on licensing firearm owners and registering their guns. TheGunBlog.ca asked the Ottawa-based federal agency for information after it published a notice on its website related to Quebec’s provincial gun registry. https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1108277100962680832 Michelle Schmidt, a spokeswoman…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Senator Pierre Dalphond said today “Let’s have a firearms-free Canada,” joining a growing group of politicians seeking to criminalize honest citizens and confiscate their property. This was Dalphond’s fourth Twitter post in a week attacking the freedom and culture of millions of men and women and calling for their guns to be taken away….
TheGunBlog.ca — Bill C-71, the Canadian government’s planned law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, turns one today. Here is a brief timeline of key dates with highlights of our coverage over the past year. We wish Bill C-71 a lousy birthday and a quick demise. https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1108409788830896129 Prelude 07 March 2018 Anti-Gun Law Outlook: Today’s…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Library of Parliament published a summary of Bill C-71, the government’s planned law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, in December. It provides a different analysis than The Bill C-71 Book, which you can buy from our Bill C-71 page. Highlights Overview of legal framework, timing and technicalities of the bill, without…
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government will undertake “pretty big measures” this year to further limit gun owners as it considers new bans for hunters, farmers and sport shooters, Minister Bill Blair told CTV News yesterday. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said separately to a Senate committee in Ottawa he expects Blair will have “something pretty…
TheGunBlog.ca — CBC, Canada’s state broadcaster, will show “Year of the Gun” tomorrow as a new film about individuals and gangs who shoot people illegally and their victims, the latest in a string of programs presenting firearms only as tools of crime. The media company updated articles promoting the point-of-view documentary following this story. Summary…
