TheGunBlog.ca — The Ontario government said Chief Firearms Officer Dwight Peer will stay in the role until his successor is named, even after the Ontario Provincial Police promoted him last month to a new rank with new command duties. Ministry Comment “Chief Superintendent Peer remains in the role . . . This content is for…
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Highlights This Week
– RCMP Publishes Public Firearms Reference Table (FRT) for First Time
– Ontario CFO Peer to Remain After Promotion Until Successor Named
– Blair Reiterates Plan to Confiscate Rifles at SECU Committee
– Conservative Leadership: Eight ‘Approved Applicants’ By Deadline
– News Bullets From Other Media
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Member of Parliament Tako van Popta attracted a surge of online fans after sharing photos of himself taking the mandatory safety course for a federal gun licence. “This is great!” Allan Harding, a three-time national pistol champion, replied on Twitter. “Thank you for taking time to do this.” The newly elected Conservative…
Comments by Canada’s Ministry of Public Safety suggest three stages for the governing Liberal Party’s confiscation order:
1. Pre-Confiscation Order to re-classify firearms as “Prohibited” “safe queens”
2. Spending Request to Parliament
3. Confiscation/Surrender Order
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Highlights This Week
– Clarifying the Steps for Liberal Rifle Confiscation
– Desmond Inquiry Shines Light on Gun-Licensing System
– Petition Rises to 175,310 Signatures Following Validation
– Bill C-71: “All of the Measures” Will Take Effect After Budget, Blair Tells iPolitics
Canadian Petition e-2341 against a Liberal order for mass gun confiscation closed yesterday with 175,310 signatures, making it the No. 1 e-petition in House of Commons history.
Following is an analysis of the petition’s risks and benefits, and significance for Canadian gun owners.
TheGunBlog.ca — Glock GmbH, the world’s biggest handgun maker, said Canada’s airplane police picked the Glock 19 as their duty pistol a few years ago, after some of the world’s most-rigorous testing. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s In-Flight Security Officer program selected the model 19 Gen 4 after 30,000 shots fired through each of five…
TheGunBlog.ca — John Hipwell, the founder of Wolverine Supplies Ltd., said today he designed the new WS-MCR multi-calibre rifle, his second semi-automatic model taking AR-15 ammunition magazines. The made-in-Canada firearm is classified “Non-restricted” in Canadian law, Virden, Manitoba-based Wolverine said today in an e-mailed press release signed by Hipwell. He said he was inspired by…
TheGunBlog.ca — Bullseye London, a major Canadian independent gun shop, is tripling in size as “very high levels of growth” for firearms, ammo and accessories offset concern over gun bans. The company continues to oppose the governing Liberal Party’s plans to order mass gun confiscations against federally licensed stores and hundreds of thousands of firearm…
The Conservative Party of Canada is the only major federal party standing in the way of mass confiscations targeting safe and responsible gun owners.
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Highlight This Week
– Why the Conservative leadership race matters to gun owners
(Correction: Corrects headline and article to remove reference to historical first.) TheGunBlog.ca — The first torchbearer for this year’s Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be a shooter. The Hellenic Olympic Committee unanimously selected Greece’s Anna Korakaki, an Olympic pistol gold medalist, for the ceremonial role leading to this year’s games, Olympic.org said today. Harding: ‘Awesome!’…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Ministry of Public Safety said in a “secret” 2018 memo that most adults with a federal firearm licence don’t pose a threat to public safety, undermining the governing Liberal Party’s plans for mass gun confiscations. First Memo “Most licenced firearms owners comply . . . This content is for subscribing members. Please…
TheGunBlog.ca — Airbnb Inc. just became one of Canada’s top activists against hunters, farmers and sport shooters. The U.S. lodging company pledged $300,000 to Canadian Doctors for Protection From Guns, which lobbies the government to ban guns from the country’s 2.2 million adults with a federal firearm licence. ‘A First Step’ “I view this partnership…
Canadian Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair has a new director of communications.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party has yet to decide how it will order mass rifle confiscations against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, CBC News reported last week, citing the Ministry of Public Safety. The government “hasn’t yet determined the mechanism” for confiscation and “isn’t excluding the possibility of proposing a bill” to parliament, CBC…
Highlights
– Airbnb becomes one of Canada’s top anti-gun activists
– Bill Blair gets new communications chief
– Liberals could confiscate via new bill in parliament vs. OIC
– Conservatives vs. Liberals in House of Commons on red-flag laws
– Ducks Unlimited responds to criticism for not sharing petition
TheGunBlog.ca — It’s impossible to talk with Fred Pellegrino without feeling excited about the future of Canada’s shooting community. Pellegrino is the owner and organizer of TACCOM, the Tactical & Competitive Sport Shooting Show. The September 2019 edition was the first and largest expo of its kind ever held in Canada. Optimism, Enthusiasm It filled…
TheGunBlog.ca — Following is a letter from Yukon Party Interim Leader Stacey Hassard to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau citing “significant concern” over Trudeau’s plans to order mass firearm confiscations from hunters and sport shooters. The Yukon Party published Hassard’s letter today on Facebook and Twitter. Here's a letter from Official Opposition Leader @StaceyHassard to…
TheGunBlog.ca — Following are comments by Glen Motz, the Canadian member of parliament who sponsored Petition e-2341, after it surged to become the most-signed e-petition in House of Commons history. More than 136,000 people have signed to stop the governing Liberal Party from using an executive order for mass confiscations against honest men and women….
