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CCFR Lawsuit Backed By Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

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…

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 July 06

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

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RCMP Draws Guns on Less Than 0.1% of Calls, Use-of-Force Data Show

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…

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 June 29

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

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Most Viewed Articles in Second Quarter, First Half 2020

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…

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 June 22

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

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 June 15

Updated daily throughout the week.

Highlights This Week
– Download Latest RCMP Gun-Ban List Updated June 15
– Marstar Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter to PolySeSouvient
– Conservative Leadership Debate: Impressions
– CCFR Raises Over $150,000 for Lawsuit Against Gun Bans
– Saskatchewan to Block Trudeau Handgun Confiscations in Law
– Alberta Passes Government Motion 20 to Defend Gun Rights
– Canada’s Gun Laws Haven’t Cut Homicide or Suicide, New Study Shows
– Federal Court Reviews CCFR Lawsuit to Stop Gun Confiscations
– RCMP Use of Force Shows Police Almost Never Unholster, Point or Fire

Blair’s Office Can’t Justify His AR-15 Comment to House

TheGunBlog.ca — The office of Bill Blair, Canada’s minister in charge of firearm policy, couldn’t provide evidence for his AR-15 comments this week to the House of Commons, the newest case of his false assertions about gun ownership. Why It Matters What Happened TheGunBlog.ca asked Blair’s office at the Ministry of Public Safety for examples…

Canadian Taxpayers Federation to Join Lawsuit Against Gun Bans

TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is joining the fight to stop the governing Liberal Party’s mass gun confiscations targeting licensed firearm owners and businesses. Support Lawsuit The citizen-advocacy group said today it needs to raise $21,000 by June 30 to support the first court challenge against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s May 1 confiscation order….

Saskatchewan to Block Trudeau Handgun Confiscations With New Law

TheGunBlog.ca — Saskatchewan said today it will block the mass handgun confiscations being drafted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the latest measure to stop federal attacks against firearm owners and businesses. The province proposed amendments to Bill 194, the Miscellaneous Municipal Statutes Amendment Act, 2019, which was originally introduced in the fall. Trudeau is…

RCMP Publishes Expanded List of Guns Ordered for Confiscation

TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP, which controls private gun ownership in Canada, published an expanded list of the rifles and shotguns it’s preparing to confiscate from federally licensed owners and businesses. The list of roughly 9,500 models follows rising criticism of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for secretly using its Firearms Reference Table to ban guns…

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 June 08

Updated daily throughout the week.

Highlights This Week
– Conservative Leadership Update & Analysis
– CSSA Says ‘Do NOT Call’ RCMP to Ask If Your Guns Are Prohibited
– ‘Gun Ban Canada’ Video Documentary Airs By Wild TV, CCFR
– ‘Grave Concern’ More Gun Stores Will Close Over Confiscations
– Invade Canada! Liberal Gun Confiscations Weaken Sovereignty
– Liberals to Win Wide Majority as Conservatives Fall, Polls Show
– Alberta MLAs Continue Debate on Government Motion 20

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Conservative Leadership Election: Quick Take Before Next Week’s Debates

TheGunBlog.ca — Here’s an update and analysis of the Conservative Party of Canada’s leadership election, and what it means for gun owners.

Update June 14: An analysis published June 14 by Macleans shows Liberals winning a majority as Conservative support falls.

O’Toole Pitches Most-Detailed Gun Policies for Conservative Leadership

O’Toole Pitches Most-Detailed Gun Policies for Conservative Leadership

TheGunBlog.ca — Erin O’Toole proposed the most-detailed and comprehensive gun policies today of any of the four candidates running to lead the Conservative Party of Canada. The military veteran outlined plans for both a role in opposition and in case he is elected prime minister in the next general election. See platform below. “An O’Toole…

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Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 June 01

Updated daily throughout the week.

Highlights This Week

1. Protesting the Ban Order
– RCMP Confiscation Notices Being Shot, Burned
– Vermillion Gun Club Restricts Police Use
– Alberta Outlines Policy Changes
2. Solomon Friedman Starts Law Firm With Fady Mansour
3. CSSA Won’t Sue to Stop Bans, Picks Its Top-Two Lawsuits
4. Jim Shockey Calls Gun Bans ‘Breach in the Public Trust’
5. News Bullets From Other Media