TheGunBlog.ca — Glock, the world’s biggest maker of handguns, aims to have the Canadian version of its new model 44 pistol chambered in .22LR in stores in March. It expects a Canadian edition of the 9 mm model 45 next summer.

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to order mass rifle confiscations against hunters, farmers and sport shooters requires a new law and could take two years to set up, Bill Blair, the minister for firearm bans, told iPolitics. Why It Matters The timing and risks to pass new legislation raise optimism the gun-ban…

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau aims to order the mass confiscation of hunting and sporting rifles within a year, “ideally before next summer,” CBC reported last week, without saying where it obtained the information. The government is working to be ready to pay owners who surrender their property when it issues the order,…

(Update Dec. 8: Expands Blair quotes, adds context.) TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government will order federally licensed firearm owners to surrender 250,000 of their hunting and sporting rifles “as quickly as possible,” Bill Blair, the minister for gun bans, told reporters yesterday. It’s the first time the government said it will use an “order in…

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will include owners of the popular Ruger Mini-14 rifle when he orders hundreds of thousands of families to surrender their guns or face jail. Trudeau didn’t name the rifle today during a speech in the House of Commons, while offering one of the strongest hints that it’s among…

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau changed the wording of his plans for mass gun bans yesterday, expanding the scope of municipal handgun prohibition to include “communities.” He introduced the new language in the so-called Speech from the Throne outlining his priorities. The speech is written by the prime minister’s office and was delivered…

https://youtu.be/J7WRWNVaGKk?t=4573 TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau renewed his election promise to ban guns from hundreds of thousands of families who use firearms for hunting, sport shooting and on farms and ranches. He will speak to the House of Commons in Ottawa tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. New Smear Today’s Speech from the Throne to…

TheGunBlog.ca — The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters called on the Canadian government to invest in preventing violence instead of wasting tax dollars to confiscate and buy guns from federally licensed firearm users. “We are not going to tolerate more wasted tax dollars on government schemes that target hunters, sport shooters and gun collectors,”…

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TheGunBlog.ca — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police comments below on its Firearms Reference Table, a private catalogue of its opinions on how firearms should be classified within the law. Caroline Duval, a spokeswoman for the Ottawa-based agency, e-mailed the comments to TheGunBlog.ca today in response to our questions. Who are your clients for the FRT?…