TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a “secret plan” to order a “sweeping gun ban” early next month aimed at hunters, farmers and sport shooters, said Tony Clement, an independent member of parliament. He declined to identify his source for the information. “We are prepared to consider whatever measures will be effective” for…

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian individuals own 66,262 AR-15 and related rifles classified as “Restricted,” said the federal agency in charge of licensing shooters and registering their guns. Businesses had 12,000 and museums owned 25, for a total of 78,287 such firearms at April 30, Marie Damian, a spokeswoman for the Ottawa-based Royal Canadian Mounted Police, told…

TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP, Canada’s largest police force, is failing to equip and train officers with life-saving AR-15 rifles and body armour, Canada’s Auditor General said today following an audit. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police bought more than 5,000 of the semi-automatic rifles since deciding in September 2011 to make them available to officers for…

TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Senate will vote on Bill C-71 for the third and final time on May 9, said the Senate sponsor of the bill, pushing the government’s plan to further restrict hunters, farmers and sport shooters a step closer to becoming law. “There was an agreement between the leaderships of the different parliamentary groups…

TheGunBlog.ca — One person in Canada has a so-called “Authorization To Carry” (ATC) loaded guns for personal protection against human attackers, Dennis Young reported today, based on a special filing he obtained from the federal police. That’s one person less than the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in October. The Ottawa-based RCMP’s Canadian Firearms Program…

TheGunBlog.ca — Liberal Party of Canada supporters are the most hostile to gun owners such as hunters, farmers and sport shooters, a poll published today by Leger Marketing Inc. showed. The survey this month found 93 percent of men and women intending to vote Liberal in October’s election favour “stricter gun control legislation for Canada,”…

TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Firearms Act of 1995 invented a series of crimes for hunters, farmers, sport shooters and every other private citizen who owns a gun, even if they do nothing immoral or injurious, according to an evaluation report by the Department of Justice in 1998. Following are select highlights from the report, followed by…

TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government is reviewing responses in Minister Bill Blair’s public consultation on gun bans to decide whether to go ahead with new prohibitions or change the law at all, said a spokeswoman for the minister. “Our Government is carefully considering all feedback received from our recent consultations to determine if any changes…

TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government didn’t rule out mass gun confiscation against hunters, farmers and sport shooters after publishing a report yesterday showing “polarized views” on the topic. Minister Bill Blair, who led public consultations on bans, told CBC News’s Power & Politics show last night the government is “ready to consider every and any…

TheGunBlog.ca — The following letter was sent by Mark Carew to Doctors for Protection From Guns and their registered lobbyist last month. Carew shared it with TheGunBlog.ca this week for publication.   Good Evening, Honourable Doctors, I am a firearms owner and an active target shooter. I own two revolvers that I use for target…