This edition was e-mailed to members on Friday 08 November 2018. Highlights Gun Industry Is Hurting, Who Is Responsible? Anxiety Around Nov. 20 RCMP Alert on Silencers Sold as ‘Solvent Traps’ In the News
TheGunBlog.ca — The government of Alberta is planning a law to shield residents from lawsuits when they use force legitimately to protect their lives and property at home. https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1192516252507496450 Government Press Release To defend the rights of law-abiding property owners, the government will introduce changes to the Occupiers’ Liability Act. These changes would eliminate the…
TheGunBlog.ca — The following letter from a reader shows the significance of guns and hunting for many Canadians. We are printing the text with the author’s permission. The three-dot ellipsis marks … were in the original, and we separated some into paragraphs. Send letters to: [email protected] See also our Reader Comments page of quotes from…
TheGunBlog.ca — Following are the most-viewed articles and pages at TheGunBlog.ca for the periods indicated. Notable: High Interest in Armed Protection Combining readership of these two articles would rank just outside the top-10 most-viewed of all time: Two Canadians Have ‘Authorization To Carry’ Guns, Filing Shows (08 Nov 2018) One Person in Canada Has…
TheGunBlog.ca — The Alberta government is working to protect rural residents against a wave of attacks and thefts, while Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is working to disarm them. https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1188142459471253506 Schweitzer Doug Schweitzer, the provincial minister of justice, has said he wants to clarify rules on self-defence and boost property rights so innocent people stay…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will elaborate on his plans for mass gun bans against hunters, farmers and sport shooters after parliament resumes next month, the office of his minister for confiscation said today. Federally licensed firearm users are working to stop or avoid Trudeau’s incarceration/confiscation orders and wondering how soon they may…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadians who value safety, liberty and good government are working to stop Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plans for the biggest gun bans in the country’s history following his re-election on Oct. 21. One of their hopes is that provincial governments will refuse to enforce Trudeau’s confiscation order against hundreds of thousands of hunters,…
TheGunBlog.ca — The Liberal Party of Canada will fail to stop criminal gangs with its plans for mass gun confiscation targeting federally licensed firearm owners, Garry Clement, a former RCMP official, told Power and Politics on CBC News. Clement, a former national director of the Proceeds of Crime Program at the Ottawa-based Royal Canadian Mounted…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wore a bulletproof vest in response to an unspecified threat of attack at an election-campaign rally yesterday near Toronto, according to media photos and reports citing unnamed sources. https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1183788964009971712 It’s important to protect innocent life. The situation and the response raise questions about tactics, morals, politics and journalism….
TheGunBlog.ca — A re-elected Liberal Party government will offer Canadian farmers, hunters and sport shooters $1,000 on average for each of the 250,000 rifles it will order them to surrender, iPolitics reported yesterday, citing the party. The low-ball offer means people who submit will lose most of the value of their firearms, and all of…
TheGunBlog.ca — For Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, yesterday’s totalitarian dystopia is today’s campaign promise. In a 2011 interview with The Hill Times newspaper, the Liberal Party politician dismissed Conservative Party concerns that a future government might use its registry of federally licensed firearm owners to order mass gun confiscations. Two weeks ago, that’s what…
(Correction 30 April 2020: Corrects headline and article to correct name of rifle possessed by Quebec mosque attacker.) TheGunBlog.ca — Justin Trudeau suggested he will order farmers, hunters and sport shooters to surrender their CSA Vz. 58 and Ruger Mini-14 rifles among the 250,000 rifles he wants to confiscate if re-elected prime minister of Canada this…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian National Pistol Champion Allan Harding is speaking out against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s election-campaign threats to jail hundreds of thousands of sport shooters, farmers and hunters unless they surrender their guns. “More than anything, my concern is: Where does this stop?” Harding, a two-time national gold medalist in 50-metre pistol, told TheGunBlog.ca…
TheGunBlog.ca — If Justin Trudeau and Bill Blair are right about the AR-15 rifle, Canadians should be scrambling to protect themselves against imminent massacres by police. Military-style assault rifles are designed to cause mass human casualties, and they have no place in Canada. So we’re going to ban them. More on our plan to strengthen…
TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP will decide which rifles to confiscate from hunters, farmers and sport shooters if Justin Trudeau is re-elected prime minister of Canada next month, CTV News reported, citing Trudeau’s Liberal Party. The comment seems to contradict election promises made Sept. 20 by Trudeau and Bill Blair, his minister for confiscation. Mass Incarceration…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Ministry of Public Safety comments below on the steps for the coming into force of Bill C-71, the governing Liberal . . . This content is for subscribing members. Please sign in below, or subscribe.
TheGunBlog.ca — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said it’s “legal harassment” and “an outrage” that a robber who broke into the property of Edouard Maurice is now suing the homeowner, the Calgary Herald reported today. The intruder filed a lawsuit against Maurice of Okotoks, south of Calgary, for $100,000 alleging ricochet injuries after Maurice fired two…
TheGunBlog.ca — The Vancouver Police Department opposes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s goal of banning federally licensed handgun owners and stores from Canada’s third-largest city. The VPD is part of a growing country-wide movement of police leaders and organizations against politicians working to criminalize lawful, legitimate and licensed hunters, farmers and…
TheGunBlog.ca — The Liberal Party of Canada will help cities ban federally licensed handgun owners unless they keep their guns in government-approved central storage at target ranges, Bill Blair told CTV News yesterday. Blair, the Liberal minister for firearm confiscation, was speaking on CTV’s Question Period hosted by Evan Solomon. He was elaborating on plans…
TheGunBlog.ca — Firearm Legal Defence, Canada’s original insurance plan for gun owners, said it defends hunters, farmers and sport shooters who face wrongful criminal charges, but can’t protect against government gun bans. Zach Schwingenschloegl of CapriCMW, the lead broker for Firearm Legal Defence, made the comment to TheGunBlog.ca this week by e-mail. The interview is…
