Calgary Police Chief Doesn’t Back Handgun Bans: Calgary Herald
02 January 2020TheGunBlog.ca — Calgary Police Chief Mark Neufeld doesn’t support Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s goal of criminalizing honest handgun owners, according to an interview published this week in the Calgary Herald. Neufeld is at least the 10th active or retired police leader across Canada to publicly question Trudeau’s plans to help municipalities expel lawful residents…
Bullet Points: Week of 2019 December 30
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE02 January 2020Weekly roundup of news, analysis and insight on Canadian gun culture, politics and policy.
Ontario to Name New CFO After Dwight Peer Promoted
31 December 2019TheGunBlog.ca — The Ontario government will name a new Chief Firearms Officer as Dwight Peer, the current chief provincial regulator, leaves the post following a promotion.
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…