Bullet Points: Week of 2020 March 30
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE01 April 2020Updated daily throughout the week. Highlights This Week – Liberals Say New Restrictions on Gun Owners ‘Remain a Crucial Priority’: Canadian Press – Most Viewed Articles in March 2020 – COVID-19: Global Politics & Society, Poverty & Hunger in Canada – News Bullets
RCMP Firearms Program Updates on COVID-19 Impact on Services
26 March 2020TheGunBlog.ca — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Canadian Firearms Program, which controls private gun ownership, said it’s experiencing “significant impacts” to licensing from the COVID-19 crisis. Highlights New PALs on hold PAL cards on hold PAL renewals online only, not by mail The following is reprinted from the RCMP website with a date stamp of…
Bullet Points: Week of 2020 March 23
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE26 March 2020Updated daily throughout the week. Highlights This Week – The Bright Side of Seeing Gun Shops Sold Out – Mass Media Focus on Rising Gun and Ammo Sales Amid COVID-19 – Talking Points for Media Interviews – News Bullets
RCMP: ‘It Has Been Recommended’ to Stop Gun-Safety Courses on COVID-19
25 March 2020TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP, which controls private gun ownership in Canada, said “it has been recommended” to stop teaching the mandatory firearm-safety courses for a gun licence to avoid COVID-19 contagion. RCMP Comment “It has been recommended that the delivery of the Firearms Safety Course(s) be postponed to follow the social distancing protocols in place…
RCMP ‘Working Hard’ on Gun Licences With Delays From COVID-19
23 March 2020TheGunBlog.ca — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which controls private gun ownership, said it’s “working hard” through the COVID-19 crisis to process firearm licences, while facing delays. Caroline Duval, a spokeswoman for the regulator in Ottawa, commented by e-mail today in response to questions from TheGunBlog.ca. Q&A With the RCMP on Licensing, Work During COVID-19…
Ontario CFO’s Chantal Trahan Comments on COVID-19 Response
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE23 March 2020TheGunBlog.ca — The Ontario Chief Firearms Office comments below on its COVID-19 response relating to gun licensing, safety courses and target ranges. Chantal Trahan, the CFO’s Manager of Licensing and Transfers, made the comments yesterday in response to questions from TheGunBlog.ca. The Firearm Safety Education Service of Ontario, which oversees the province’s firearm-safety instructors, said…
Trudeau Says No Emergencies Act for Now, Hajdu Warns of Jeopardy to Civil Liberties
21 March 2020https://youtu.be/sjsnYbrklFs?t=655 TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today he isn’t planning to use the Emergencies Act for now to contain the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Minister of Health Patty Hajdu said separately that failing to respect rules to self-isolate “does actually put our civil liberties at jeopardy.” Trudeau and Hajdu spoke at separate events…
Gun Sales Rise on COVID-19 Concern of Shortages, Social Unrest
17 March 2020TheGunBlog.ca — Sales of guns and ammo are rising in Canada on concern the COVID-19 coronavirus will lead to supply shortages or even social unrest. Stores are shutting their doors to stop contagion, while ramping up online and phone service amid a buying surge from the 2.2 million men and women with a federal firearm…
Bullet Points: Week of 2020 March 16
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE16 March 2020Highlights This Week – CFSC Gun-Licence Courses Are Closing to Prevent COVID-19 Spread – Gun Sales Rise on COVID-19 Concern of Shortages, Social Unrest – Police Across Canada Are Scaling Back Service, Enforcement on COVID-19 – Ontario CFO Letter to Club and Range Executives on COVID-19 Response
Bullet Points: Week of 2020 March 09
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE11 March 2020Highlights This Week – Coronavirus May Save Gun Owners From the Liberals – Liberals ‘Moving Quickly’ on Rifle Ban, Blair Says in Report – RCMP Says It Will Work With Liberals on Anti-Gun Plans – Blair Reiterates Plan to Order Mass Confiscations, NFA Reports – Saskatchewan to Appoint Its Own CFO: Regina Leader-Post – News…