TheGunBlog.ca — The cost of Canada’s Liberal Party-led effort to confiscate many rifles and shotguns from government-licensed gun users has risen to $75 million, wasting more taxpayer wealth on an ideological attack that is on track to fail.

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TheGunBlog.ca — The Toronto Police Association blasted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for celebrating his attacks against government-licensed handgun users as if the crackdowns had benefited safety.

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TheGunBlog.ca — The Shooting Edge Inc., one of Canada’s largest independent gun stores, said today it shut down and filed for bankruptcy, squeezed by plunging sales following the Liberal Party of Canada’s attacks on firearm users and by soaring fees demanded by its landlord.

TheGunBlog.ca — Saskatchewan said it hasn’t issued any licences to confiscate guns from federally licensed gun businesses, further suggesting the federal Liberal Party’s efforts to force such seizures across the country are on track to fail.

TheGunBlog.ca — We asked so-called “artificial intelligence” software to create a podcast today based on TheGunBlog.ca, as part of our continuing experiments with AI tools, technology and media. It’s astounding. Have a listen.

TheGunBlog.ca — John Rustad, the leader of the B.C. Conservative Party and the leading candidate to win next month’s provincial election, called the federal Liberal Party’s mass firearm confiscations “overreach” and said he would refuse to support the crackdown if he becomes premier. “I will not have any provincial resources being spent on their initiative.”