Government Rejects Petition to Reclassify AR-15 ‘Non-Restricted’
17 August 2016The Canadian government rejected a petition to simplify buying and using AR-15 rifles, saying it’s the RCMP’s job to decide such changes. The government doesn’t plan to reclassify the firearm as “non-restricted” from its current label of “restricted,” Ralph Goodale, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, said today in a written response to a…
Premier Shooting Center Could Become Canada’s Snazziest Range
11 August 2016Derek Jones has a dream. For the past three years, in addition to his job making cameras for military drones, he has been meeting designers, planners, politicians, regulators, architects and investors to build Canada’s snazziest shooting club.
Did You Know? Olympic Shooting Facts
06 August 2016Shooting is one of the original sports of the modern Olympics, having been part of the first edition of the games in 1896. The founder of the modern Olympic Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, was a French pistol champion.
RCMP Ban on 10/22 Magazines Unconstitutional, CSSA Lawyer Says
28 July 2016The RCMP’s ban on Ruger 10/22 magazines capable of holding more than 10 cartridges is unconstitutional, the lawyer for the Canadian Shooting Sports Association said, urging owners, importers and sellers of the products to join a legal defence.
Q&A With Team Canada Pistol Shooter Lynda Kiejko
26 July 2016Lynda Kiejko qualified as one of two shooters representing Canada in next month’s Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The 35-year-old resident of Calgary will compete in the women’s 25-metre pistol and 10-metre air pistol. Kiejko began shooting at the age of 11 after her father, a three-time Olympic shooter, now deceased, set up an air-pistol…
RCMP Attack on Ruger 10/22 Owners Unites Gun-Rights Groups
24 July 2016The RCMP’s attack on owners of the popular Ruger 10/22 small-calibre rifle is prompting Canadian gun-rights groups to unite in opposition. The RCMP plans to reclassify 10/22 magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of the .22 LR cartridge as “prohibited devices,” Calibre Magazine said July 18, potentially leading to criminal charges for anyone who owns, transports or sells them.…
Government Outlines Priorities for Gun Policies
22 July 2016The following are comments by Canada’s Ministry of Public Safety about the government’s priorities for firearm policies.
RCMP Used to Issue 140,000 ATTs Per Year
08 July 2016The RCMP used to issue about 140,000 Authorizations To Transport (ATT) firearms each year to civilians who asked for permission to take their guns from the store to home, or from home to the target range, the gunsmith or the airport. Most of them were for target practice and sports shooting, the RCMP said in a notice in…
Top YouTube Gun Channels: DemolitionRanch Surges
03 July 2016DemolitionRanch attracted subscribers faster than any other major YouTube gun channel in the first six months of this year, while James Yeager added more videos than any of his peers in that period. The ranking of the top 10 channels has remained unchanged since December, with FPSRussia, hickok45 and FullMag holding onto the first three spots. This…