Bullet Points: Week of 2019 December 23-29
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE24 December 2019Weekly roundup of news, analysis and insight on Canadian gun culture, gun rights, gun politics and gun policy.
Bullet Points: Week of 2019 December 16-22
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE22 December 2019TheGunBlog.ca newsletter for members. Includes news, analysis and insight on Canadian gun culture, politics and policy. Updated throughout the day, every day. In focus this week: Scenario Analysis: Rifle Confiscation Order — How It Might Go Through
Canada Gun News: Week of 2019 December 16
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE20 December 2019Highlights From This Edition — (1) Scenario Analysis: Rifle Confiscation Order: How It Might Go Through. (2) Newest Articles at TheGunBlog.ca (3) News Bullets.
Glen Motz Q&A on New Petition: ‘An Order in Council Is Wrong’
20 December 2019TheGunBlog.ca — Glen Motz, a member of parliament for Canada’s opposition Conservative Party, comments on a soaring new petition he sponsored to stop government plans to order mass rifle confiscations. Highlights “An order in council is wrong.” It “circumvents the whole democratic process.” “Why don’t they do an order in council on the gang violence?”…
Wolverine Supplies, Kodiak Defence Stop Collaboration on WK180-C
20 December 2019(Update Dec. 25: Adds Hipwell comment on CGN, adds link to Kodiak follow-up statement.) TheGunBlog.ca — Wolverine Supplies Ltd., one of Canada’s largest independent gun distributors and retailers, and Kodiak Defence Inc. said they stopped working together to make and sell the top-selling WK180-C rifle. Update Dec. 25: “I am very saddened by this development…
No Evidence That Canadian Gun Laws Affect Safety, Research Shows
17 December 2019(Update Dec. 18: Adds that lead researcher disagreed with this article.) TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other activists hostile to hunters, farmers and sport shooters never cite any evidence linking gun laws to safety for a very simple reason: There isn’t any. Researchers at Western University in Ontario couldn’t find a single…
Police Officer Against Gun Confiscations Outlines Home Searches
16 December 2019TheGunBlog.ca — A Twitter user describing themselves as a police officer in Ontario outlined how home searches work, as they seek to stop Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plans for mass gun confiscations against honest families. The person, a “Former Soldier, Present Police Officer,” said in a tweet they work for a “major metropolitan Police…
Trudeau Tells Blair to Pass New Laws for Mass Gun Confiscations
13 December 2019(Update Dec. 23: Adds mandate letter to Freeland.) TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau officially instructed Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair to pass new laws for mass gun confiscations against hunters, farmers, sport shooters and other safe and responsible firearm users. Update Dec. 23: He directed Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland to work…
Ontario CFO Peer Discusses New Visits During Club Shooting Days
12 December 2019TheGunBlog.ca — Ontario Chief Firearms Officer Dwight Peer, who oversees approvals and inspections of the province’s almost 300 target ranges, discusses new visits to clubs and ranges during shooting days and live-fire events. The drop-ins began at a handful of clubs this year and are different from formal inspections when ranges are closed. The CFO…
Canada Gun News: Week of 2019 December 09
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE12 December 2019Highlights From This Edition — (1) Ontario CFO Peer Discusses New Visits During Club Shooting Days. (2) Canadian Medical Association to Update Action Against Gun Owners (3) In the News