Cold Lake, Alberta, Asks Towns to Fight Gun-Confiscation Order
17 July 2020TheGunBlog.ca — The town of Cold Lake in Alberta is fighting the Liberal Party of Canada’s attacks on hunters, farmers and sport shooters, and called on other municipalities to join. Why It Matters Opposition to the May 1 Liberal firearm-confiscation order is growing day by day, boosting the probability it will fail.Towns and cities are…
Gun Policies of Conservative Party Leadership Candidates 2020
16 July 2020TheGunBlog.ca — Following are the proposed firearm policies of the four candidates running to lead the Conservative Party of Canada.
Christine Generoux Is Her Own Lawyer in Lawsuit to Stop Gun Bans
14 July 2020(Update Aug. 13: Adds that Generoux isn’t a lawyer in first and third paragraphs.) TheGunBlog.ca — At least five groups or individuals have gone to Canada’s Federal Court to stop the governing Liberal Party’s gun-confiscation order, but Christine Generoux is the first one representing herself without a lawyer. Generoux submitted her so-called “Application for Judicial…
RCMP Comments on Prohibiting Derya MK-12 Shotgun as AR-15 Variant
13 July 2020The RCMP, which controls private firearm ownership in Canada, comments below on changing its legal opinion last month on the popular Derya MK-12 shotgun to a “Prohibited variant” of the AR-15 or AR-10 rifle.
CCFR Lawsuit Backed By Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
13 July 2020TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is backing the CCFR lawsuit against the governing Liberal Party’s May 1 confiscation order attacking honest citizens. Illegal, Unconstitutional “Our position is that the Order-in-Council is outside the bounds of the rule of law and the Constitution,” Jay Cameron, Litigation Manager for the Calgary-based JCCF, said in…
Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 July 06
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE11 July 2020Updated daily throughout the week. Highlights This Week – More Stores Warn of Gun, Ammo Shortages – Conservative Leadership Candidates Debate Gun Policy: NFA – Huntsville, Ontario, Preparing New By-Law on Firearm Discharge – Communist Party of Canada Updates Program of ‘Revolutionary Ideology’ – CCFR Has Raised Over $220,000 for Lawsuit, iPolitics Reports – Trudeau’s…
RCMP Draws Guns on Less Than 0.1% of Calls, Use-of-Force Data Show
06 July 2020TheGunBlog.ca — Officers with the RCMP, Canada’s largest police agency, almost never have to draw their guns on duty, according to data last month on the “use of force.” The 20,000 police officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police drew and displayed, pointed or discharged their firearms in less than 0.1% of the 8.79 million…
Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 June 29
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE05 July 2020Updated daily throughout the week. Highlights This Week – Gun Owners Are Stronger Than We Realize – Fourth Lawsuit Against Confiscation Order Filed in Federal Court – Gun Imports Fall 9.3% in January-May 2020 Vs. 2019 – Anti-Gun Radicals Use Rideau Hall Incident to Smear PAL Holders – Derek Sloan Runs on Right to Self-Defence…
Most Viewed Articles in Second Quarter, First Half 2020
01 July 2020TheGunBlog.ca — Following are the most-viewed articles and pages at TheGunBlog.ca for the periods indicated. Why It Matters Shows what matters to the leaders and influencers of gun rights in Canada.Shows what matters to Canada’s firearm community in general.Serves as a benchmark for news trends on Canadian gun rights and gun politics. Second-Quarter Highlights New…
Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 June 22
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE28 June 2020Updated daily throughout the week. Highlights This Week – Take OFAH’s Survey on the Gun Confiscations – CCFR Begins National Newspaper Advertising Campaign – ‘Coalition for Gun Control’ to Intervene in Lawsuits Against Confiscations – Ontario Council of Shooters ‘Firmly Opposes’ Liberal Gun Confiscations – CBC Poll Tracker Shows Trudeau Likely to Win Majority