TheGunBlog.ca — Here are a few dangerous fallacies at the heart of discussions about guns and gun ownership. Introduction Where do these fallacies come from? What makes these statements fallacies? Why are these fallacies dangerous? Fallacies Fallacy: We have gun laws. (We have gun control.) Reality: We have people laws. (We have people control.) The…

TheGunBlog.ca — The following letter by Gregory Mosdossy was e-mailed to TheGunBlog.ca and others. (The National Post published a version on April 9.) Introduction I am an emergency physician, senior consultant and associate professor at an academic health sciences centre caring for both adult and paediatric populations for over 30 years. I have worked in…

TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Senate committee reviewing Bill C-71 voted today to weaken the government’s planned law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, but the senator leading opposition to the bill said the government will probably ignore the changes. Update 23:40 Toronto time: A senator said she will propose to the Senate to inject a handgun…

Highlights of the Week: April 1 – 7 Following are some of the highlights of the past week affecting Canadian gun owners and shooters as the government prepares new prohibitions and confiscations. Friendly Gun Owners ‘Want Their Rights Respected,’ Conservative MP Candice Bergen Says Matt Gurney of the National Post criticized an editorial in the…

TheGunBlog.ca — At least three Canadian government MPs and a staffer sought to associate the Conservative leader of the opposition, Andrew Scheer, with terrorism and mass murder because Carleton University’s Conservative club organized a range day today with an AR-15 rifle. Shiefke: ‘Disappointed’ “Disappointed that @AndrewScheer’s Conservatives are fundraising off of the AR-15 which was…

TheGunBlog.ca — We are republishing this article from 2019, after Candice Bergen was elected interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government reiterated today that it may ban guns owned by hunters, farmers and sport shooters, while declining to say how it might proceed with such a plan. TheGunBlog.ca asked the ministry examining the possible prohibitions and confiscations how easily Canada could copy New Zealand’s decree last month that immediately made it…

TheGunBlog.ca — The following is a comment by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police about how it works with provincial authorities on licensing firearm owners and registering their guns. TheGunBlog.ca asked the Ottawa-based federal agency for information after it published a notice on its website related to Quebec’s provincial gun registry. https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1108277100962680832 Michelle Schmidt, a spokeswoman…

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Senator Pierre Dalphond said today “Let’s have a firearms-free Canada,” joining a growing group of politicians seeking to criminalize honest citizens and confiscate their property. This was Dalphond’s fourth Twitter post in a week attacking the freedom and culture of millions of men and women and calling for their guns to be taken away.…

TheGunBlog.ca — Bill C-71, the Canadian government’s planned law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, turns one today. Here is a brief timeline of key dates with highlights of our coverage over the past year. We wish Bill C-71 a lousy birthday and a quick demise. https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1108409788830896129 Prelude 07 March 2018 Anti-Gun Law Outlook: Today’s…