Updated daily throughout the week. Highlights This Week – RCMP Labour Union Opposes Liberal-RCMP Mass Gun Confiscations – RCMP Q&A: Backlog for New Gun Licences Rises to 4 Months, 32,000 – Accused Man Says He Shot Assailant in Self-Defence – Liberals to Pay $78 Million for Contractor to Design Mass Gun Confiscations – RCMP Publishes…

Alberta Tactical Rifle Supply (ATRS) sued the Canadian government and four RCMP and Alberta CFO employees for $130 million in damages from the May 1 gun bans. It’s the first cororate case of its kind in Federal Court.

TheGunBlog.ca — Bill Blair, Canada’s minister for the mass gun confiscations against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, said this week it’s too expensive and inefficient for police to administer the seizures. He didn’t say who will.

TheGunBlog.ca — Q&A with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Canadian Firearms Program on its backlog processing applications for gun licences, and how it’s responding.

TheGunBlog.ca — Pete Merrifield, vice president of the National Police Federation, the RCMP labour union, discusses urging Canada’s government to help police stop violent gangs instead of seizing guns from federally licensed owners and stores. Read: RCMP Labour Union Opposes Liberal-RCMP Mass Gun Confiscations Merrifield made the comments today in a telephone interview with TheGunBlog.ca. The…

TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP labour union today opposed the Canadian federal government and federal police’s attacks against hunters, sport shooters and firearm collectors, saying the crackdown undermines safety instead of improving it.

Updated daily throughout the week. Highlights This Week – Ministry Hires Gun-Confiscation Project Manager, Gets One Bid for Revised Tender – Canada Risks More Shortages of Guns and Ammo, Suppliers Say – Federal Court Update: CCFR Objects to RCMP’s Murray Smith Pretending to Be Independent – Conservative MP Tim Uppal Visits Gun Range, Plans CFSC…

A copy of our e-mail this evening to supporting members and patrons.

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian firearm owners and stores risk expanded shortages of guns and ammo, an industry group said last week, quoting several suppliers.

TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government said it hired the only person who applied as the project manager for the governing Liberal Party’s mass gun-confiscations, and is now reviewing the only proposal it got for a second related contract.