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
Glock’s First .22 Pistol Coming to Canada in March, G45 Is Next
10 December 2019TheGunBlog.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.
Blair Tells iPolitics Confiscation Needs New Law, Two Years Away
10 December 2019TheGunBlog.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…
Trudeau Aims to Order Mass Rifle Confiscation Before Summer: CBC
09 December 2019TheGunBlog.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,…