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Wolverine Supplies, Kodiak Defence Stop Collaboration on WK180-C

(Update Dec. 25: Adds Hipwell comment on CGN, adds link to Kodiak follow-up statement.) TheGunBlog.ca — Wolverine Supplies Ltd., one of Canada’s largest independent gun distributors and retailers, and Kodiak Defence Inc. said they stopped working together to make and sell the top-selling WK180-C rifle. Update Dec. 25: “I am very saddened by this development…

No Evidence That Canadian Gun Laws Affect Safety, Research Shows

(Update Dec. 18: Adds that lead researcher disagreed with this article.) TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other activists hostile to hunters, farmers and sport shooters never cite any evidence linking gun laws to safety for a very simple reason: There isn’t any. Researchers at Western University in Ontario couldn’t find a single…

Police Officer Against Gun Confiscations Outlines Home Searches

TheGunBlog.ca — A Twitter user describing themselves as a police officer in Ontario outlined how home searches work, as they seek to stop Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plans for mass gun confiscations against honest families. The person, a “Former Soldier, Present Police Officer,” said in a tweet they work for a “major metropolitan Police…

Trudeau Tells Blair to Pass New Laws for Mass Gun Confiscations

(Update Dec. 23: Adds mandate letter to Freeland.) TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau officially instructed Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair to pass new laws for mass gun confiscations against hunters, farmers, sport shooters and other safe and responsible firearm users. Update Dec. 23: He directed Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland to work…

Ontario CFO Peer Discusses New Visits During Club Shooting Days

TheGunBlog.ca — Ontario Chief Firearms Officer Dwight Peer, who oversees approvals and inspections of the province’s almost 300 target ranges, discusses new visits to clubs and ranges during shooting days and live-fire events. The drop-ins began at a handful of clubs this year and are different from formal inspections when ranges are closed. The CFO…

Blair Tells iPolitics Confiscation Needs New Law, Two Years Away

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to order mass rifle confiscations against hunters, farmers and sport shooters requires a new law and could take two years to set up, Bill Blair, the minister for firearm bans, told iPolitics. Why It Matters The timing and risks to pass new legislation raise optimism the gun-ban…

Trudeau Aims to Order Mass Rifle Confiscation Before Summer: CBC

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau aims to order the mass confiscation of hunting and sporting rifles within a year, “ideally before next summer,” CBC reported last week, without saying where it obtained the information. The government is working to be ready to pay owners who surrender their property when it issues the order,…

Trudeau to Order Rifle Bans ‘As Quickly As Possible’: Bill Blair

(Update Dec. 8: Expands Blair quotes, adds context.) TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government will order federally licensed firearm owners to surrender 250,000 of their hunting and sporting rifles “as quickly as possible,” Bill Blair, the minister for gun bans, told reporters yesterday. It’s the first time the government said it will use an “order in…

Trudeau’s Mass Confiscation Order Will Include Mini-14 Owners

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will include owners of the popular Ruger Mini-14 rifle when he orders hundreds of thousands of families to surrender their guns or face jail. Trudeau didn’t name the rifle today during a speech in the House of Commons, while offering one of the strongest hints that it’s among…

Trudeau Expands Municipal Gun-Ban Plan to Include ‘Communities’

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau changed the wording of his plans for mass gun bans yesterday, expanding the scope of municipal handgun prohibition to include “communities.” He introduced the new language in the so-called Speech from the Throne outlining his priorities. The speech is written by the prime minister’s office and was delivered…

Trudeau Renews Pledge of Mass Gun Bans, To Address Parliament

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau renewed his election promise to ban guns from hundreds of thousands of families who use firearms for hunting, sport shooting and on farms and ranches. He will speak to the House of Commons in Ottawa tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. New Smear Today’s Speech from the Throne to outline…

OFAH Calls on Trudeau Government to Target Violence, Not Hunters

TheGunBlog.ca — The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters called on the Canadian government to invest in preventing violence instead of wasting tax dollars to confiscate and buy guns from federally licensed firearm users. “We are not going to tolerate more wasted tax dollars on government schemes that target hunters, sport shooters and gun collectors,”…

RCMP Comments on Firearms Reference Table Users, Access, Fees

TheGunBlog.ca — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police comments below on its Firearms Reference Table, a private catalogue of its opinions on how firearms should be classified within the law. Caroline Duval, a spokeswoman for the Ottawa-based agency, e-mailed the comments to TheGunBlog.ca today in response to our questions. Who are your clients for the FRT?…

CSSA’s Tony Bernardo Comments on RCMP’s Firearms Reference Table

TheGunBlog.ca — Tony Bernardo, the executive director of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association, comments below on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Firearms Reference Table. We spoke with him by phone on Nov. 25. The Q&A was edited for clarity.   What is the Firearms Reference Table? It is the No. 1 catalogue of guns in…

RCMP Redesigns Canadian Firearms Program Website

TheGunBlog.ca — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police redesigned the website for its Canadian Firearms Program, which manages licensing for the country’s 2.2 million gun-licence holders and tracks when they buy and sell guns. “The Canadian Firearms Program website has a new look!” the Ottawa-based agency said today on its new homepage. “The website has been…

Alberta Passes Motion to Support Hunters and Sport Shooters

TheGunBlog.ca — The Alberta government passed a motion today to support hunters, sport shooters and other safe and responsible firearm users against the mass confiscations promised by Canada’s prime minister.

The motion could be the strongest opposition yet to plans for the biggest instant gun bans in Canadian history.

CSAAA Comments to Toronto City Council on Gun Bans: Full Text

TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association told Toronto City Council it’s letting down residents by working against gun and ammo businesses and millions of hunters and sport shooters instead of working to reduce crime. The CSAAA, the main group for Canada’s 1,500 firearm-related businesses and their almost 50,000 staff, made the comment…