Phone Call Friday, 01 June 2018: Stop Bill C-71
01 June 2018RCMP Alters Bill C-71 Website After MP Questions Appropriateness
30 May 2018TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s RCMP revised its website on Bill C-71 today after an opposition member of parliament said the federal police enforcing draft legislation undermined parliament’s authority to decide the law. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police changed the title on a web page on the planned law to “How would Bill C-71 affect individuals?” from “How does…
The Bill C-71 Book Shows How Draft Gun Law Aims at Wrong Target
29 May 2018Update: Buy the PDF or Amazon paperback via this page. Free PDF Download TheGunBlog.ca — Two leaders of Canada’s firearm community, TheGunBlog.ca and the Canadian Shooting Sports Association, joined forces on a new book to help gun owners, policymakers and journalists understand how Bill C-71, the government’s first proposed firearm legislation in a generation, aims…
RCMP Says Bill C-71 Won’t Change Law on Gun Lending or Borrowing
26 May 2018TheGunBlog.ca — Bill C-71, the Canadian government’s proposed law to ban more guns and further restrict federally licensed hunters and sport shooters, won’t affect rules on borrowing and lending firearms, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. It will make it tougher to buy and sell them. Bill C-71 could become law as early as next month.…
One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Five Categories of People Who Use Guns
24 May 2018TheGunBlog.ca — Gun policy in Canada and other countries fails in part because it takes an approach of “one size fits all.” Using a single legal-institutional framework backfires because people use guns for different motivations and goals, and in different ways. Here are five broad categories of gun users who would benefit from different policies.
RCMP Counts 683 Registered CZ 858/SA Rifles, Reviewing C-71 Info
16 May 2018TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP said it has ownership details for 683 legally owned CZ 858 and SAN Swiss Arms rifles, leaving 10,000 to 15,000 other federally licensed owners at risk of instantly becoming criminals without knowing it if the government passes Bill C-71. Canada’s national police agency also said it’s reviewing its website on the…
Most Multiple Shooters Are Stopped by People With Guns, FBI Says
13 May 2018TheGunBlog.ca — Canada almost never authorizes private individuals to carry guns for protection. In the U.S., almost every attacker who killed or tried to kill multiple people with bullets in the past two years was stopped or countered by bullets, or people armed with them, the FBI said last week.
Pistol Champion Allan Harding Comments on Bill C-71, Competition
12 May 2018TheGunBlog.ca — Allan Harding, the 2016 and 2017 Canadian National Pistol Champion, is the only male pistol shooter competing to represent Team Canada in the 2018 International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup Series. He spoke to TheGunBlog.ca about competing around the world while managing a team of software engineers for Adobe Systems, the road to…
Bill C-71 Goes Back to House of Commons June 7, SECU Chair Says
09 May 2018TheGunBlog.ca — Bill C-71, the Canadian government’s draft law to make it tougher for federally licensed gun owners to buy, own and use firearms, will return to the House of Commons on June 7, said the head of a parliamentary committee reviewing the text.