Not One Letter in Support of Bill C-71, Senator Tells iPolitics
05 February 2019TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Senator Mobina Jaffer hasn’t received a single letter supporting Bill C-71, but has gotten many letters opposing the government’s planned law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, iPolitics reported yesterday, citing the politician. “I haven’t received one letter that is in support of the bill,” the news website quoted Jaffer as saying in…
Why, Where and How People Get Guns Illegally: 2010 Government Study
02 February 2019TheGunBlog.ca — Following are excerpts from a 2010 report to the Canadian government on why, where and how people get guns illegally.
New Canadian Doctors Group Aims to Ban Guns From Licensed Owners
02 February 2019TheGunBlog.ca — A new group of Canadian doctors backed by the country’s main medical organizations is urging the government to ban and seize guns from federally licensed hunters, farmers and sport shooters. Its leader compared new restrictions to a “preventative vaccine” against a disease. “No civilian needs access to guns,” Najma Ahmed, the activist behind…
Ontario Police Ex-Chief Negates ‘Domestically Sourced’ Storyline
01 February 2019TheGunBlog.ca — The former chief of Canada’s No. 1 provincial police force negated a central narrative line of attack by the federal government, the mayor of the country’s largest city and others in their campaign against him and other hunters, farmers and sport shooters. “The majority of our crime guns are smuggled in from the…
You Started It
31 January 2019TheGunBlog.ca — I was talking about you when I said this on Twitter: You Started It It started with You. ——— I was talking about you. Yes, really. You. That e-mail you sent, that you thought nobody read. That comment you made, that you thought nobody noticed. That post you shared, that you thought nobody saw.…
A Canadian Approach to Public Safety (Humour)
31 January 2019TheGunBlog.ca — Following is an imaginary conversation based on real laws for Canada’s 2.2 million men and women hunters, farmers and sport shooters with police authorizations to own guns. Albert: If we want to improve public safety, what if we tracked the people who threaten it? We know a lot of them, but we won’t touch…
Blair Sees Central Gun Storage Possible ‘In Some Jurisdictions’
30 January 2019TheGunBlog.ca — Bill Blair, the Canadian minister examining gun bans for hunters and sport shooters, said ending home firearm storage and requiring central storage may be possible “in some jurisdictions,” a hunting and fishing club reported last week after a video meeting with the minister. This marks at least the third time in less than…
Toronto’s Tory Cites 2-Yr-Old Memo to Ban Guns: Mark Towhey Show
28 January 2019TheGunBlog.ca — Toronto Mayor John Tory is urging the federal government to ban guns owned by federally licensed hunters, farmers and sport shooters across Canada based on a two-year-old police memo that he refuses to share, he told Mark Towhey yesterday on NewsTalk 1010 radio. Toronto police data obtained by Dennis Young through a special…
SHOT Show 2019 Round Up: Anschütz, Blaser to Kel-Tec and Tenda
28 January 2019TheGunBlog.ca — Here are some of my highlights from this year’s SHOT Show, the world’s biggest trade show for the firearm industry. The expo ran last week in Las Vegas. It started with a range day. Names You’ll See Below AmChar, Anschütz, Blaser, Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA), Daniel Defense, European Arms Distributor, Galco, KelTec, Peacekeeper Products,…
SHOT Show 2019: Military/Police Range Day Report
22 January 2019TheGunBlog.ca — The SHOT Show range day for military and law enforcement yesterday was the quietest I experienced in the three years of attending the world’s biggest trade expo for the firearm industry. That made it quicker to try the gear on display and easier to talk to the company reps. The rest of this week…