Government Plans New Gun Laws by End of Year, iPolitics Reports
03 October 2017The Canadian government will present new gun laws by the end of the year, iPolitics reported today, citing Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale.
Glock 19 Canadian Version Coming With Special Barrel, Maple Leaf
17 September 2017TheGunBlog.ca — Glock GmbH is designing a special version of its model 19 compact pistol for Canada, with a unique barrel and a laser-engraved maple leaf on the slide.
Yukon’s Gun Store: Hunters Mean Business Is ‘Really Good’
06 September 2017If you want to talk with Tammy Gabriel, the manager of Yukon’s main gun store, you’d better make an appointment outside of business hours. During my visit to Hougen’s Sportslodge in Whitehorse on the Friday before Labour Day weekend, she kindly agreed to my last-minute request for an interview, but was so busy serving customers…
‘Guns Are a Symbol of Freedom’: Q&A With Paul Rogan in Yukon
02 September 2017Paul Rogan, the founding editor of Canadian Access to Firearms, wasn’t always a libertarian thinker and activist. The 75-year-old campaigned for the socialists as a young adult in the 1960s in his homeland of France, before discovering the writings of Ayn Rand and experiencing a political conversion. TheGunBlog.ca met with Rogan today in Whitehorse, Yukon, to…
Defence Is Counter-Ambush Since Attack Is a Surprise: Rob Pincus
20 August 2017No matter how much we think about personal defence and train our minds and bodies to respond to possible violence in daily life, we’ve got to remember that any attack will come as a surprise. Rob Pincus, who trains people to protect themselves with guns, suggests we think about defence as counter-ambush.
RCMP’s Top Gun Suppliers 2016: Colt Canada, M.D. Charlton, S&W
17 August 2017Colt Canada Corp. was the RCMP’s biggest supplier of guns last year, as Canada’s national police equipped officers with AR-15 rifles. M.D. Charlton Co., which sells SIG Sauer, Mossberg and Winchester among its brands, came second, followed by Smith & Wesson Corp. in third place.
Ontario Police Pick Glock 17M as Pistol to Start Service in 2018
16 June 2017The Ontario Provincial Police, Canada’s second-biggest police agency, picked the Glock 17M pistol in 9 mm to replace the SIG Sauer P229, becoming the country’s first major department to adopt the new handgun of the FBI.
Goodale’s Office Comments on RCMP Backup of Quebec Gun Registry
14 June 2017Following are comments by Canada’s Ministry of Public Safety about records kept by the RCMP from the so-called “Long-gun Registry,” which the police has said repeatedly it finished deleting more than two years ago.
Glock to Supply Ontario Police With Pistol to Replace SIG P229
13 June 2017Glock GmbH, which makes pistols used by 80 percent of police departments in Canada, won a contract to supply a new handgun to the Ontario Provincial Police, replacing the SIG Sauer P229 after almost a quarter century of use.
Verbatim: RCMP Said It Deleted Quebec Long-Gun Registry Records
12 June 2017Following are comments by the RCMP in 2015 and 2016 related to deleting registration records of Quebec residents from the so-called “Long-gun Registry.”