TheGunBlog.ca — Toronto Mayor John Tory asked the city’s 100,000 federally licensed gun owners to leave town, he said today on NewsTalk 1010 radio. He didn’t ask the murderers and gangs responsible for a wave of shootings to leave or to stop.

TheGunBlog.ca — Toronto Mayor John Tory officially asked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ban and confiscate all handguns and all semi-automatic rifles and shotguns from all federally licensed gun owners across the country. In case a handgun ban fails, Tory requested new federal laws to “create gun repositories” where licensed firearm owners across the…

TheGunBlog.ca — Following are quotes on being dangerous by Jordan Peterson, a novel by Robert Heinlein, the movie “Act of Valor,” and others. #BeDangerous Act of Valor (2012) Before my father died, he said the worst thing about growing old was that other men stopped seeing you as dangerous. I’ve always remembered that, how being dangerous…

TheGunBlog.com — Al Flaherty’s Outdoor Store, the last gunshop in Toronto, was uniquely targeted last week by a City Council motion to ban the sale of handguns in Canada’s largest city. Following is an interview with Domenic Saverino, the store owner, about the vote and a possible ban on handguns across the country.

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will decide in mid-August whether to ban handguns across Canada, the Globe and Mail reported last week. Contact the PM today. Don’t let him turn you into a “former” gun owner.

(Update 23:40 Toronto time: Adds link to replay.) TheGunBlog.ca — CBC radio’s Cross Country Checkup will ask Canadians about their views on gun bans on today’s show, after The Globe and Mail said this week the government plans to prohibit handguns. Here’s a link to the show website.

TheGunBlog.ca — Following are comments by Canadian shooters, associations, manufacturers and others across Canada about a possible government ban on handguns. (Updated 07 August.) (Update 07 August: Adds Jordana Goldlist.) The government told TheGunBlog.ca today that it’s “open to all possible options” after The Globe and Mail reported late yesterday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will…

TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government said it’s “open to all possible options” to keep communities safe from what it called “gun violence,” responding to an article in The Globe and Mail saying the prime minister may decide to ban handguns next month. The Prime Minister’s Office directed questions by TheGunBlog.ca to the Ministry of Public…