RCMP Trains With Guns Once a Year for Half a Day
16 January 2015The RCMP requires its officers to train with firearms for half a day once a year beyond their basic instruction. “They’re required to qualify every year,” Deputy Commissioner Janice Armstrong told journalists today in Moncton, New Brunswick. “They’ll spend half a day at the range qualifying every year.” Emergency-response units practise with a variety of weapons,…
Man Charged for Shooting Home Intruder, Sun Says
15 January 2015A man who used a firearm to protect himself against three burglars in his New Brunswick home could face more prison time than the intruders, the Edmonton Sun said, citing a police report. On Dec. 19 while trying to defend himself from the home invaders, at least one of whom was armed, Michael Woodard, 68,…
NFA Isn’t a Gun Lobby
12 January 2015Canada’s National Firearms Association isn’t a gun lobby. The group doesn’t advance or defend the interests, rights or freedoms of guns. Firearms are things, inanimate pieces of metal, wood and plastic, and don’t have interests, rights or freedoms.
Killers Don’t Care About Magazine Capacity
11 January 2015The biggest advantage school shooters have is time to carry out their killings without opposition, not the size of the cartridge magazines in their guns, according to research in Concealed Carry Magazine. The killers behind the deadliest U.S. school massacres fired at less than 60 percent of the speed possible from a 5-round magazine with a…
Gun Lobby Plans ‘Biggest Fight’ in Its History
06 January 2015Canada’s National Firearms Association, the country’s main gun lobby, said it’s planning the biggest fight in its history before a federal election this October. The group aims to raise $40,000 to revamp its website as part of the plans, the Edmonton-based NFA said today on FundRazr.com, which is hosting the fundraiser. The association also is seeking 200,000 signatures…
What Does ‘Unloaded’ Mean?
06 January 2015TheGunBlog.ca — What is a “loaded” or an “unloaded” firearm? It’s a simple question, and the answer might seem obvious to you. But if you listen to different people in different parts of the world, you’ll get different answers. Loaded Vs. Unloaded Knowing the difference between a “loaded” and “unloaded” gun is essential to its safe and…
I Just Bought My First Gun. Now What?
05 January 2015(This is the first of a series of posts about buying, owning, transporting, storing and using firearms. Think of it as: “What They Don’t Teach You in the Firearms Course.”) I just bought my first gun. Now what do I do? After three years of imagining, thinking, considering, evaluating, planning, analyzing, anticipating, reviewing, testing and…