TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today he will present his Liberal Party’s new proposals against firearm owners when he campaigns for re-election in October on “strengthening gun control.” He didn’t mention his June plan for the largest single gun bans in Canadian history if he wins. https://twitter.com/globeandmail/status/1161408981291528193?s=20 Trudeau Quotes Via The Globe…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSiEjaODyZ4 TheGunBlog.ca — Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders and at least five other active and retired Canadian police leaders have a message for politicians campaigning to ban guns from hunters, farmers and sport shooters: No. Saunders yesterday declined to support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mayor John Tory’s marketing for massive bans to win votes.…

TheGunBlog.ca — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is standing up for the millions of hunters, farmers and sport shooters across Canada by opposing proposals from the prime minister and the mayor of Toronto to criminalize gun owners or seize their gear. Ford reiterated his opposition to Toronto Mayor John Tory today, the Toronto Sun reported. The…

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian and U.S. politicians and mass media are acting out their usual routine following the weekend massacres in the U.S. and a few attacks across Toronto. Politicians exploit the events to win votes. Media exploit the events to win eyeballs. Everyone blames everyone except the person who pulled the trigger. (Blame: Trump, Scheer,…

TheGunBlog.ca — Dwight Peer, the Chief Firearms Officer for Ontario, comments below on the Canada-wide surge in buying AR-15 target rifles in May and June, gun-owner licensing, and related topics. Peer spoke with TheGunBlog.ca on July 4 at his office in Orillia, about 130 km north of Toronto.   Ontario Chief Firearms Officer Dwight Peer…

TheGunBlog.ca — Yellowknife Shooting Club ran its second Ladies’ Fun Shoot last week as ranges across Canada introduce women to target sports. Eight women from their 20s to their 40s learned the basics of pistol handling and marksmanship at the July 6 event outside Canada’s northernmost territorial capital, said Robert Anderson, who helped run the…

TheGunBlog.ca — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada’s largest police agency, comments below on its guns, firearm training, support and requirements for officers involved in shootings, and related topics. Caroline Duval, a spokeswoman for the Ottawa-based RCMP, sent the comments to TheGunBlog.ca by e-mail on July 3 in response to our questions. We summarize our…

TheGunBlog.ca — Following are the most-viewed articles and pages at TheGunBlog.ca for the periods indicated.   Second Quarter: April – June 2019 Bill C-71 Passes Final Vote in Senate as New Law to Ban Guns (28 May 2019) Trudeau Has ‘Secret Plan’ on ‘Sweeping Gun Ban,’ MP Clement Says (09 May 2019) AR-15 Selling Out…

TheGunBlog.ca — Bill C-71 began coming into force today as the governing Liberal Party of Canada’s new law against hunters, farmers, sport shooters and gun shops, with mass gun bans. The bill faced some of the broadest and most active opposition of any legislative proposal since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took office in October 2015.…

TheGunBlog.ca — Edward Burlew, a leading Canadian firearm lawyer, sent the following letter to TheGunBlog.ca as the governing Liberal Party of Canada plans the single biggest gun confiscation in the country’s history against hunters, farmers, ranchers, sport shooters and firearm collectors. TheGunBlog.ca added paragraph breaks and sub-headings. Background: AR-15 Selling Out in Canada on Concern Trudeau…