TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government said its survey on banning guns is an “open, anonymous and barrier-free tool” as it responded to concern of biased questions and unreliable answers. One person said he filled in the survey more than 25,000 times. TheGunBlog.ca contacted the Ministry of Public Safety last month about the concerns, and checked…

TheGunBlog.ca — Happy Birthday, Susan Nattrass! Following are highlights of a Canadian Olympic trap shooter and world-record setter. Nattrass is possibly the most-decorated and longest-running competitor in Canadian shooting history. https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1059543905224527873 Susan Nattrass 1950: Born Nov. 5 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada 1977: Canadian Sports Hall of Fame 1981: Order of Canada 1987: Ph.D. in…

TheGunBlog.ca — Lynda Kiejko won gold in women’s 10-metre air pistol today at the Championship of the Americas, qualifying the first Team Canada shooter for the 2020 Olympics. Kiejko’s victory in Guadalajara, Mexico, also got a new quota spot for Canada to shoot in the 2019 Pan American Games. Allan Harding won the first Pan…

TheGunBlog.ca — Allan Harding, the Canadian pistol champion, won enough international match points today for Team Canada to send its first shooter to the next Pan Am Games. The country has won gold the past three times and gone on to the Olympics. Harding was competing in 10-metre air pistol in the Championship of the Americas…

TheGunBlog.ca — The Conservative Party of Canada, the only federal political party standing up for gun owners, prepared the following memo of issues and messages to oppose the governing Liberal Party’s plans to further restrict farmers, hunters and sport shooters. (Version française suit.) The document was sent to TheGunBlog.ca today by e-mail from someone close…

TheGunBlog.ca — The House of Commons committee investigation of the RCMP undermining parliament on Bill C-71 is the first review of its kind in Canadian history, said Glen Motz, the member of parliament who requested the examination.

TheGunBlog.ca — Senator Tony Dean led the Canadian Senate debate on Bill C-71 on Oct. 3 in support of the government’s proposed law to further restrict and penalize lawful hunters and sport shooters. Following are the references and links to the statistics he used in his speech.

TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government’s Bill C-71 is a “piece of crap” that will threaten the lives of farmers and penalize honest hunters and sport shooters while doing nothing to stop criminals, Senator David Tkachuk told the Senate today. Tkachuk, a member of the opposition Conservative Party, said the proposed law fails to address the…

TheGunBlog.ca — Canada legalized buying, selling and using cannabis for fun in certain limited cases this month. We asked the federal police, which licenses gun owners, how the legal purchase or use of weed might affect eligibility to get and keep a firearm Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL). Here is their response.

TheGunBlog.ca — Residents of Ontario, home to more than one-fourth of Canada’s registered gun owners, vote Oct. 22 for their mayors, municipal councillors and school-board trustees. Here’s a quick and dirty guide to avoid electing a gun grabber if you have to make a quick decision and have zero clue about the candidates.