Chiefs of Police Gun-Panel Chair Seeks New Laws, CBC Reports
17 January 2019TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police will lobby the government to pass new laws as it accuses licensed gun owners of supplying weapons to criminals, CBC News reported today, citing the chair of a committee on firearms. Highlights CACP names Regina Police Chief Evan Bray to chair Special Purpose Committee on Firearms.…
Jordan Peterson Shares Video of His Daughter at the Gun Range
17 January 2019TheGunBlog.ca — Jordan Peterson, the Canadian professor of psychology and supporter of gun rights, shared a video this week of his daughter Mikhaila at a shooting range. It comes as his latest encouraging message for the gun community as the government prepares a new crackdown. “Mikhaila, my daughter, beneficiary and exponent of the carnivore diet…
Post-Truth Politics and Coalition for Gun Control: William Rees
16 January 2019TheGunBlog.ca — William Rees, a professor emeritus of planning and human ecology at the University of British Columbia, wrote the following response to a November fundraising letter by the Canadian Coalition for Gun Control. He analyzes the letter’s message and political significance as the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares new gun laws and…
14 Stats You Should Know About Guns and Crime: Senator Don Plett
09 January 2019TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Senator Don Plett, a leading defender of hunters, farmers and sport shooters, published the following facts and statistics about firearms and crime on Jan. 4 on his website, DonPlett.ca. The article is reprinted here with permission. About Senator Plett Plett delivered a devastating critique of Bill C-71, the government’s planned law against lawful…
Coalition for Gun Control Says Handgun Ban ‘Within Our Reach’
08 January 2019TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Coalition for Gun Control said in a November fundraising letter that it got politicians to toughen a planned law against hunters and sport shooters, and that the government’s possible handgun ban is “within our reach.” The letter, published below, outlined plans to further attack the rights of federally licensed shooters by…
Glock Canada Manager Cassells Comments on New Orders, Gun Bans
02 January 2019TheGunBlog.ca — Following is an interview with James Cassells, the sales manager for Canada at Austria-based Glock GmbH. He comments on business, products, new police contracts and possible gun bans. Cassells, a former Toronto police officer and SWAT member who developed use-of-force training for the police in the early 1990s, spoke with TheGunBlog.ca by telephone…
Glock’s New G48 Is Its First Pistol Designed to Be Canada Legal
02 January 2019TheGunBlog.ca — Glock GmbH, the maker of the world’s bestselling handgun, designed its new model 48 pistol as its first standard firearm developed specifically to be legal in Canada, one of the company’s largest recurring markets outside the U.S. The single-stack 9 mm gun could be in stores across the country as early as next…
2018 Year in Review: Top 10 Lists
01 January 2019TheGunBlog.ca — Following are the editor’s personal top-10 articles of 2018 and the most-viewed posts for three time periods: 2018 fourth quarter 2018 full year Since TheGunBlog.ca was created in January 2015 Why the Lists Matter The top-10 lists serve as: a barometer of what the growing community of readers at TheGunBlog.ca cared about…
‘Tough on Crime’ Policies Won’t Stop Gangs: Jordana Goldlist
26 December 2018TheGunBlog.ca — Jordana Goldlist, a gun-rights advocate and criminal-defence lawyer in Toronto, says “getting tough on crime” won’t stop violent individuals and gangs. In the following Q&A she shares some of her insights from defending clients against charges related to murder, armed robbery, guns and drugs. Goldlist runs her own firm, JHG Criminal Law. She is…
’Tis the Day Before Christmas — Gun Ban Edition
24 December 2018Merry Christmas from TheGunBlog.ca! This fun poem from the fight against Bill C-71 in 2018 is still relevant today.