TheGunBlog.ca — The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, one of Canada’s largest hunting groups, rejected the federal government’s order for mass gun confiscations, saying the “harmful regulations” are “unacceptable.” Contents OFAH letter overview and why it matters Excerpts of letter Q&A With Matt DeMille PDF of letter Repeal and Replace In a letter yesterday…

TheGunBlog.ca — Saskatchewan will name its own Chief Firearms Officer, ending the federal appointee as provinces ramp up opposition to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s attacks against gun owners and stores. Premier Scott Moe “Our government will always stand beside law-abiding Saskatchewan firearms owners,” Premier Scott Moe said yesterday on Twitter. “A provincially-appointed Chief Firearms Officer…

(Update May 28 at 20:25 Toronto time: Adds government response.) TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s order for hunters, sport shooters and businesses to surrender our firearms violates the Constitution and should be struck down, said a lawsuit initiated by J.R. Cox. The Notice of Constitutional Question filed today in the Court of Queen’s…

TheGunBlog.ca — The Office of Public Safety Minister Bill Blair outlines the Canadian government’s planned new restrictions and prohibitions targeting federally licensed firearm owners and businesses. Highlights New powers to “restrict the storage and use of handguns”New “stricter secure storage laws” in generalPromise of compensation for victims of May 1 confiscation order (“buyback”). No mention…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=ACtMzI9Dv2M&feature=youtu.be (Update May 28: Adds government response.) TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights is leading a group that sued the government and federal police today, challenging the constitutionality of a gun-confiscation order targeting hunters, sport shooters and businesses. The filing asked the Federal Court: to strike down the governing Liberal Party’s May 1…

TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party is preparing laws to help municipalities eliminate home handgun ownership, Minister Bill Blair told the Toronto Star in an interview published today. “While stopping short of a national handgun ban, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair told the Star that new rules will allow municipalities to rule that handguns cannot…

TheGunBlog.ca — The founder of one of Canada’s biggest family-owned gun stores hired a leading firearm lawyer to fight the Liberal Party’s May 1 confiscation order, as resistance to a “flagrant abuse of government power” escalates. $100,000 Goal John Hipwell, the founder of Wolverine Supplies Ltd., aims to raise $100,000 after hiring Edward Burlew to…

TheGunBlog.ca — Solomon Friedman, a lawyer with Edelson Friedman Black in Ottawa, filed the first lawsuit against the Canadian government’s May 1 gun-confiscation order targeting federally licensed owners and businesses. Following are the highlights.

Updated daily throughout the week. Highlights This Week – RCMP Is Secretly Making Guns ‘Prohibited’ in FRT, Reports Say – RCMP Has Mailed Notices to PAL Holders About Gun Confiscations – Solomon Friedman Files Court Challenge of Gun-Confiscation Order – Liberals Plan Gun-Licence Extension of Six Months for Covid-19 – News Bullets From Other Media/Sources

TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP, which controls private gun ownership in Canada, said more than 100,000 hunters, sport shooters, firearm collectors and other owners may have been targeted in this month’s order for mass confiscations. The total includes both of the following: a known number of federally licensed owners required by law to have registered 105,000…