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
– O’Toole Is Driving Some Gun Owners to Ditch the Conservatives
– – Conservative MP Bob Saroya’s Personal Anti-Gun Bill Is Defeated
– Government Plans New Laws on Gun Storage, Gun Tracing
– CSSA Says Liberals May Prohibit Online Gun Sales
– Accenture Wins $24,973 Contract From RCMP Firearms Program
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.
TheGunBlog.ca — Following are comments by James Cassells, Glock GmbH’s Canadian sales manager, about topics ranging from the Austrian company’s record-high business in Canada in 2020 and plans for 2021 to why police are switching to 9 mm and Cassells’ background with Glock.
TheGunBlog.ca — Glock GmbH, the maker of the world’s most-popular handgun, said its sales in Canada rose to a record last year, driven by demand for its G17 Gen 5 pistol and the smaller G19 Gen 4 “Canadian.”
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Federal Court held an all-day hearing today on the injunction motion to stop the Liberal-RCMP mass gun confiscations underway.
Here’s a summary of what happened.
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
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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.
Highlights This Week
– Dennis Young: Cancer Update, Website Handover to Christopher di Armani
– RCMP Has Targeted Over 20,000 Gun Owners With Post-May 1 Prohibitions
– CSSA, CSAAA: No Amnesty for Gun Owners Targeted By RCMP Prohibitions After May 1
– Justice Ministry: Amnesty Protects Gun Owners Targeted by RCMP Prohibitions
– Public Safety Ministry Confirms Altis HR Confiscation Contract Is Canceled
– Bill Blair Shows Contempt for Gun Owners in Response to MP Dan Mazier
– Liberals Omit Mass Gun Confiscations in Summary of Meeting With Provinces
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights This Week
– Altis HR Wins Contract to Supply Gun-Confiscation Project Manager
– Altis HR Cancels Confiscation Project Manager Contract After ‘Threats’
– Alberta Plans Bill 211 to Block Any Municipal Gun Confiscations
– RCMP Adds New 12-Gauge Shotgun to May 1 Confiscations
– Colt Canada Delivers New C20 Rifle to Canadian Forces Sniper Teams
