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.
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Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 March 08
– When Police Don’t Knock
– Section 74: Procedural Win as Alberta Judge Allows Evidence
– Canadian Military Begins Search for New C22 ‘Modular Pistol and Holster System’
– Liberals Won’t Present Budget Until at Least April
– Personal: 10th Anniversary of Japan Earthquake That Shook Up My Life
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
These 15 Memos to Blair Show Gun-Policy Plans, Talking Points
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
Bill C-21: Blair Outlines New Rules for Handgun Safes, Insurance
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.
Handgun Ban Would Be ‘Absolute Monster’ to Run: Regina Police Chief
TheGunBlog.ca — Regina Police Chief Evan Bray said banning federally licensed handgun owners would be an “absolute monster piece of work” to manage.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 February 22
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
‘Frankly Frickin Ridiculous’: Stubbs Confronts Blair on Bill C-21
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.
O’Toole Pledges to Repeal Trudeau’s Attacks Against Gun Owners as PM
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.
Government Responds to How Bill C-21 Relates to Bill C-22 on Guns
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.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 February 15
Highlights
– Trudeau Files Bill C-21 as New Law to Criminalize Gun Owners
– Ontario and Alberta Oppose Bill C-21
– Trudeau Says Feds Will Help Municipalities Criminalize Handgun Owners
– Self-Defence: Supreme Court Hears Peter Khill Appeal in Fatal Shooting
– Gary Mauser: Confiscating Firearms From Lawful Owners Won’t Stop Violence
– Blair Estimates We Paid $1,300 for Our Guns He Wants to Confiscate
– Edward Burlew Files 2nd Section 74 Appeal for Group Fighting ‘Nullifications’
– CACP Police Lobby Wishes Bill C-21 Ordered National Handgun Confiscation
Government Comments on Planned Rules for Gun Storage and Tracing
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.
Trudeau Files Bill C-21 as New Law to Criminalize Gun Owners
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.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 February 08
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
Edward Burlew Files First Section 74 Appeal for Group Fighting ‘Nullifications’
(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…
Blair May File New Anti-Gun Law on Feb. 16, House Agenda Shows
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.
Federal Court Dismisses Injunction Motions to Stop Liberal+RCMP Attacks
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.
RCMP Outlines Canadian Firearms Program 2.0 to Improve Online Services
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.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 February 01
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