TheGunBlog.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…

TheGunBlog.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…

TheGunBlog.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…

TheGunBlog.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…

TheGunBlog.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…

TheGunBlog.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…

Merry Christmas from TheGunBlog.ca! This fun poem from the fight against Bill C-71 in 2018 is still relevant today.

TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government may be unable to pass Bill C-71, its planned law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, before the next election because of the Senate’s workload and election timing, iPolitics reported today. There could be insufficient time for the final approvals from when a Senate committee completes its review of the…

TheGunBlog.ca — Nick’s Sports Shop Ltd. will restart selling handguns at its store on Yonge Street in downtown Toronto to support the shooting community and defy Mayor John Tory’s push for new bans. The plan makes Nick’s the latest firearm store to oppose municipal and federal government moves against millions of Canadian hunters and sport shooters.…

TheGunBlog.ca — The Minto Group bans gun owners from its apartments, placing one of Canada’s largest property managers on the growing list of companies hostile to hunters and sport shooters. A prospective tenant in a Minto rental unit in Ottawa withdrew his application after reading the anti-gun clause in the lease, Andrew Lawton, a broadcaster…