Three Questions for Al Flaherty’s Owner Domenic Saverino
07 December 2016Al Flaherty’s Outdoor Store, founded in Toronto during World War II, has grown to become one of Canada’s biggest firearms retailers. It’s also the last remaining gun shop in Canada’s largest city. Pressure on the company and its peers continues to mount. The government is preparing new gun laws, a costly requirement to mark new firearms is…
Goodale Confirms Plan for New Gun Laws, Advisory Committee
06 December 2016Canadian Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale said he’s preparing new gun laws and will overhaul an advisory committee, reiterating last year’s campaign pledges by the Liberal-led government.
Gun Policies of Conservative Party Leadership Candidates (2)
04 December 2016(Update 27 May 2017: Andrew Scheer was elected party leader today. See highlights of his gun policies here.) (New in this update: Chris Alexander, Maxime Bernier, Kellie Lietch, Erin O’Toole, Andrew Scheer, Brad Trost.) TheGunBlog.ca is compiling the policies and statements of candidates running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada related to the freedoms…
Gun Policies of Conservative Party Leadership Candidates (1)
03 December 2016This is a collection of policies and statements by candidates running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada about the legal possession and use of firearms, as well as the party’s own policy. Party members are scheduled to elect the next leader in May 2017. Each candidate’s comments were copied from their websites. Updates will be published as…
Getting It Right: It’s Not a Browning ‘Hi-Power’ or ‘High Power’
27 November 2016(Update 05 Jan. 2021: Browning’s website began using a hyphen consistently in “Hi-Power” some time after we published this article. The Internet Archive provides a snapshot of the webpage when we wrote it.) TheGunBlog.ca — One of the world’s most-popular pistols is based on a design by John Browning of the U.S. and was completed…
Stabbing Is Top Method of Homicide, So Why Such a Focus on Guns?
24 November 2016Stabbings exceeded shootings as the leading method of homicide in Canada last year. Again. So why do we ignore knives and focus so much on guns?
Canadian Firearms Safety Course Handbooks, Latest Edition (2014)
17 November 2016The Canadian Firearms Safety Course student handbooks are essential reading for anyone taking the mandatory courses to get a gun licence, and a useful reference for all shooters in Canada.
New Gun Licences Rise by the Most in at Least 8 Years
29 October 2016Great news for the Canadian gun community: 2016 is on course for the biggest increase in gun licences since at least 2009, as men, women and youth seek firearms for recreation, competition, hunting and collecting.
October 1984: Glock 17 Gets First Review in North America
02 October 2016(TheGunBlog.ca) — This month marks the 32nd anniversary of the first major review in North America of the Glock 17 pistol, one of the world’s most popular handguns. Peter Kokalis reviewed the polymer-framed firearm in Soldier of Fortune magazine as the U.S. military prepared for the so-called XM9 tests to pick a new handgun. The article is reprinted below,…
Laws Don’t Keep People Safe, People Do
25 September 2016