TheGunBlog.ca — The Liberal Party of Canada’s new law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters makes it a crime to take a newly banned gun to a target range without an arbitrary new approval, putting the owners at risk of having “safe queens.” Risk for Gun Owners Many federally licensed shooters are buying new firearms…

TheGunBlog.ca — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it’s “actively working” to prepare the 2018 Commissioner of Firearms report with data on gun licensing and ownership by hunters, farmers, sport shooters and firearm collectors. Tania Vaughan, a spokeswoman for the Ottawa-based RCMP, made the comment to TheGunBlog.ca today by e-mail in response to our questions…

TheGunBlog.ca — Bill C-71 passed its third and final vote in the Canadian Senate today as the governing Liberal Party’s new law to criminalize hunters, farmers and sport shooters and take away more of their guns. Senators voted 55 in favour and 33 against at 5:34 p.m. in Ottawa with 2 abstentions. Pro-Liberal members supported…

TheGunBlog.ca — The AR-15 target rifle is selling out at stores across Canada. Federally licensed sport shooters are snapping up $3,000 guns on concern Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will ban new sales to win votes in the October election. The website of Firearms Outlet Canada showed all AR-15s “Out of Stock” today at 3 p.m.…

TheGunBlog.ca — Concern about gun bans is surging to a record on Google in Canada, as the governing Liberal Party prepares to take away firearms from more hunters, farmers, sport shooters and collectors. Google Trends for Canada shows May is on course for the highest monthly interest in the term “gun ban” using the world’s…

TheGunBlog.ca — Wolverine Supplies, one of Canada’s largest independent gun stores, made the following comment on Facebook and Instagram today as speculation rises the government will ban new sales of AR-15 target rifles and use Bill C-71 to confiscate the guns from families after the owners die. Wolverine Supplies is based in Virden, Manitoba. Background…

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian law allows the government to ban guns by a cabinet prohibition order and, if Bill C-71 becomes law, will let cabinet delay confiscation by allowing existing owners to retain their guns, the Ministry of Public Safety said today. Zarah Malik, a spokeswoman for the ministry in Ottawa, made the comment to TheGunBlog.ca…

TheGunBlog.ca — The number of Canadians with a gun licence rose to a record in March after 24 straight quarterly gains, RCMP data show. The increasing appeal of sport shooting, particularly for women, also drove Canadian handgun owners to a new high. The country counted 2,186,161 adults with a firearm Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL)…

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may order gun bans against federally licensed hunters, farmers and sport shooters, CTV News reported today, citing an interview with Bill Blair, the minister exploring mass confiscation. Blair didn’t rule out the governing Liberal Party prohibiting firearms through a so-called “Order in Council” before the October election, he…

TheGunBlog.ca — The Conservative Party of Canada opposes the governing Liberal Party’s plans to ban guns from hunters, farmers and sport shooters, and will “scrap and reverse” Bill C-71 if the Conservatives win this year’s election, Member of Parliament Michelle Rempel said in a video this week. The Liberals are preparing to pass Bill C-71…