‘Red-Flag’ Abuse: Police Raid ‘Kassandra’ and Take Away Her Guns
TheGunBlog.ca — “Kassandra” tells her personal story of how Canada’s “red-flag” laws empower her violent ex-husband — and the police — to abuse her.
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CMAJ Corrects Report to Disclose Doctors’ Links to Anti-Gun Lobby
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Medical Association Journal corrected a report related to gun owners this week, after it failed to disclose that two of its authors run a lobby group that campaigns against gun owners.
RCMP Declines to Specify Who Nullified Gun-Registration Certificates, and How
TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP responds below to our questions on who nullified the firearm-registration certificates of almost 70,000 federally licensed gun owners, and when and how the change was made.
Ministry Comments on Revised Call for Bids for Gun-Confiscation Contract
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Ministry of Public Safety responds below to our questions about its revised invitation to bid on a contract to design ways to pay victims of its mass-gun confiscations.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 October 12
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights This Week
– Liberals Plan New Round of Mass Rifle Confiscations: CSSA
– Dennis Young Obtains 20 Years of Cabinet Secrets on Firearms Act
– More Concerning Revelations About the Liberals’ Latest Gun Bans: Toronto Sun
– Globe and Mail and Toronto Star Editorial Boards Want to Kill Handgun Ownership
– Gun Ban Case Puts Property Rights To Test, CCFR Says: Sputnik
Liberals Revise Gun-Confiscation Contract and Invite New Bidders
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party invited a new group of companies to bid for a revised gun-confiscation contract after its initial invitation failed. The Ministry of Public Safety is hiring a contractor to design ways to pay off confiscation victims. It shared the new job description and invited bidders today in a Tender Notice…
Government Wrote Firearm Laws With Coalition for Gun Control: 1996 Memo
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government wrote the country’s firearm laws with the prohibitionist Coalition for Gun Control, newly obtained internal documents show.
Murray Smith, RCMP FRT Ex-Chief, Helps Liberals and RCMP Suppress Gun Owners
Highlights from Murray Smith’s affidavit last week to support the Liberals and RCMP in Federal Court.
Includes PDF of the document.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 October 05
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights This Week
– Gun Imports Fall 6.1% in January – August 2020 Vs. 2019
– Peel Police in Ontario Seek New 9 mm Pistol
– Liberals Send Secret Job Ad for Confiscation Project Manager: CSSA
– Blair Must Share RCMP 2019 Commissioner of Firearms Report By Year End
Ministry Comments on New Search for Gun Confiscation Project Manager
TheGunBlog.ca — Q&A with Canada’s Ministry of Public Safety on its new search for a project manager for its mass gun confiscations, after a previous call for bids failed. The seizures directly target federally licensed firearm owners.
RCMP Sent This Memo to CFOs on Nullification of Gun Registrations
TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP, which administers gun users in Canada, sent the following memo to provincial Chief Firearms Officers to explain a new regulatory trap used to criminalize federally licensed firearm owners and confiscate their gear. The undated note from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Canadian Firearms Program describes the surprise nullification of firearm-registration…
Federal Court Cases Split on Seeking Injunction to Stop Liberal Attacks
Update following today’s Federal Court meeting on the six cases challenging the Liberal May 1 Orders in Council.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 September 28
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights This Week
– NFA Talk With Nicolas Johnson of TheGunBlog.ca
– Liberals Didn’t Get Any Bidders for Confiscation Contract: Toronto Sun
– CCFR Files for Federal Court Injunction to Stop Gun Confiscations
– NRA: Canada’s Gun Confiscation Program: Past is Prologue
Ministry Declines to Say If Nobody Bid for Confiscation Contract
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Ministry of Public Safety declined to say if anyone applied to work on its mass gun confiscations, after a newspaper said nobody bid for the contract.
Most Viewed Articles in Third Quarter, First Nine Months 2020
TheGunBlog.ca — Following are the most-viewed articles and pages at TheGunBlog.ca for the periods indicated. Why It Matters Shows what 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 Third Quarter: July – September 2020 RCMP Comments on Prohibiting…
New Brunswick Court Says ‘No Jurisdiction’ to Review May 1 Nullifications
TheGunBlog.ca — A New Brunswick court official said it “has no jurisdiction” to review the federal government’s surprise May 1 nullification of firearm registrations, leaving gun owners looking to assert their legal rights and avoid confiscations and jail.
Ministry Says It’s Revising Bid for Confiscation Work After Failed Tender
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party will pursue plans to pay the victims of its mass gun confiscations, after its first attempt at hiring a contractor to design the seizures failed. No ‘Successful Bidder’ The Ministry of Public Safety, which is overseeing the confiscations, is revising its call for bids to develop what it calls…
Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 September 21
Highlights This Week
– Liberals Cancel Invitation to Bid for Mass Gun Confiscations
– NFA Is Funding Parker Case in Federal Court to Stop Confiscations
– Alberta Says Hunting Generates Almost $600 Million Per Year
– Liberals Extend Newly Expired Gun Licences to End of Year
– Trudeau No Longer Owns Guns, The Hill Times Reports
– ‘Ping-Pong’ Gun Politics Continue to Divide Voters, as O’Toole Courts GTA Seats
Liberals Reiterate Goal to Eliminate Handguns Via Municipalities
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party reiterated its goal to eliminate handgun ownership via municipalities, as it works to weaken citizens, cripple the firearm industry and kill modern shooting sports. The Liberals repeated the prohibition plan in today’s outline of policy priorities known as the Speech From the Throne. ‘Further Restrict or Ban Handguns’ “The…
NFA Buys Full-Page Ad in The Hill Times to Tell MPs: ‘We Vote’
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s National Firearms Association bought a full-page ad in today’s edition of The Hill Times newspaper, as the House of Commons starts up and the governing Liberal Party outlines its priorities. The minimalist, mostly black design is dominated by a simple message for the 338 members of parliament who are hired and fired…