Federal Court Update: Today’s Meeting, Arkadi Bouchelev Q&A on Injunction
26 August 2020Update on today’s Federal Court meeting with the lawyers fighting the Liberal Party of Canada’s ’s mass gun confiscations, and with lawyers defending the Liberal attacks. Update Aug. 27: – Adds Federal Court Procedural Order (Timeline) – Adds clarifications by Bouchelev
Erin O’Toole Wins Conservative Party Leadership in Final Round
24 August 2020TheGunBlog.ca — Erin O’Toole, who proposed the most-detailed and comprehensive gun policies among the four candidates running to head the Conservative Party of Canada, was elected as the new party leader. Why It Matters Gun users and businesses have a strong defender to head the Conservatives, our only ally in the House of Commons.O’Toole is…
Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 August 17
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE23 August 2020Updated daily throughout the week. Highlights – NFA: Solomon Friedman and Guy Lavergne Update on Federal Court Cases – ‘Canada’s Gun Store’ Airs ‘Long-Distance Shooting Is Nerdy’ Video – CCFR Says It Has Spent $770,000 on Legal Battle to Stop Confiscations: iPolitics – CSSA Supports Hipwell Lawsuit, Adding to Parker, Group of Nine – Canadian…
National Competitor Nils Ek Q&A: Why I Took the Liberals to Court
22 August 2020TheGunBlog.ca — Nils Ek, a Canadian national pistol competitor, discusses why he joined a group fighting the governing Liberal Party in Federal Court, saying their mass gun confiscations are unconstitutional and illegal. TheGunBlog.ca spoke with Ek by e-mail over the past month. The editor of TheGunBlog.ca has donated to Ek’s case and others among the…
Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 August 10
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE16 August 2020Updated daily throughout the week. Highlights This Week – Sixth Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court to Stop Gun Confiscations (O’Dell Engineering) – Gary Mauser: Should Firearms Owners Be Licensed? – RCMP ‘Has Resumed’ Processing New Gun Licences as Covid Slows – NRA-ILA: Canadian Gun-Rights Groups Condemn RCMP Letter – Doctors Who Hate Gun Owners Founder…
Self-Defence Shooting: Supreme Court of Canada to Hear New Case
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE15 August 2020TheGunBlog.ca — The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal by a homeowner saying he shot and killed an intruder in self-defence, its first self-defence case since the government updated the Criminal Code in 2013. Case: Peter Khill (Ontario) Keep reading for key points, context, PDF by Khill’s lawyers, and links.
Black Creek Labs Owner Rob MacIntyre Q&A: Business, NEA, PX19
15 August 2020Black Creek Labs CEO Rob MacIntyre discusses topics including: – working as a security contractor in Iraq – early involvement with Northeastern Arms – how he’s responding to the Liberal confiscations – BCL’s new PX19 pistol – Possible collaboration on a new semi-auto rifle
Hipwell Lawyer Files 2,358 Pages of Evidence for Federal Court Fight
14 August 2020TheGunBlog.ca — John Hipwell’s lawyer, Edward Burlew, filed 2,358 pages of evidence with Canada’s Federal Court today, as the founder of Wolverine Supplies Ltd. fights the governing Liberal Party’s attacks against hunters, farmers and sport shooters.
Liberals Invite 15 Companies to Bid for Mass Gun Confiscations
12 August 2020TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party invited 15 companies to bid on designing and running the mass gun confiscations underway, suggesting the government didn’t have a plan when it ordered the forced surrender, and still doesn’t. The list includes some of the world’s largest consulting companies that qualified to apply as so-called “Supply Arrangement Holders.”…
Court Refuses to Provide Section 74 Hearing Application Form
12 August 2020(Update Aug. 14: Adds new replies starting at No. 12.) TheGunBlog.ca — An Ontario Court of Justice employee in Toronto refused repeatedly to provide the form to apply for a hearing under Section 74 of the Firearms Act, giving their opinion on the case and blocking access to a judge. Following is the e-mail correspondence…