Topic: Self-Defence
Canada Gun Rights News: Week of 2023 September 18
Highlights – New Self-Defence Case in Fatal Shooting – CCFR Plans Court Injunction to Extend Gun-Confiscation Deadline – Liberals Put 30+ Staff on Confiscations, CSAAA Says – CSAAA Seeks New Deferral of Gun-Import Restrictions
Self-Defence Win: B.C. Prosecutors Say Man Shooting Aggressor Was ‘Reasonable’
20 July 2023 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The B.C. Prosecution Service (BCPS) dropped charges against a homeless man accused of shooting an aggressor, the newest legal decision in Canada supporting the use of guns and ammo for self-defence.
Ask AI: How Does Gun Confiscation Hurt Personal Safety and National Defence?
TheGunBlog.ca — We asked three popular “artificial intelligence” (AI) text generators how gun confiscation hurts personal safety and national defence: OpenAI ChatGPT-4, Google Bard, and AI21Labs Jurassic-2. Here are their responses.
Canada Gun Rights News: Week of 2023 January 16
Highlights – Trudeau Recognizes Right to Protect With Guns – CSSA Says How to Respond to Police Searching Your Home to Confiscate Your Guns – Yukon Opposes Bill C-21, Premier Ranj Pillai Says
Rodger Kotanko Family and Lawyer Brief Media on His Killing By Toronto Police
18 November 2021 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The family of Rodger Kotanko and their lawyer livestreamed their first media briefing today, after Toronto police raided the 70-year-old gunsmith and killed him.
The ‘Public Safety’ Lie (And Some Personal Safety Truths)
TheGunBlog.ca — Here’s a truth about personal safety: Nobody can prevent you from being attacked. So why do some politicians say they can keep you safe? Their promise of “public safety” is a lie.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 March 08
– When Police Don’t Knock – Section 74: Procedural Win as Alberta Judge Allows Evidence – Canadian Military Begins Search for New C22 ‘Modular Pistol and Holster System’ – Liberals Won’t Present Budget Until at Least April – Personal: 10th Anniversary of Japan Earthquake That Shook Up My Life
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 February 15
Highlights – Trudeau Files Bill C-21 as New Law to Criminalize Gun Owners – Ontario and Alberta Oppose Bill C-21 – Trudeau Says Feds Will Help Municipalities Criminalize Handgun Owners – Self-Defence: Supreme Court Hears Peter Khill Appeal in Fatal Shooting – Gary Mauser: Confiscating Firearms From Lawful Owners Won’t Stop Violence – Blair Estimates…
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 February 08
Highlights – Blair May File New Anti-Gun Law on Feb. 16, House Agenda Shows – Edward Burlew Files First Section 74 Appeal for Group Fighting ‘Nullifications’ – Federal Court Dismisses Injunction Motions to Stop Liberal+RCMP Attacks – Christine Generoux Comments on Federal Court Dismissal of Injunction – CZ Agrees to Buy Colt and Colt Canada…
Self-Defence: Highlights From Ontario Court Acquittal in Fatal Shooting
TheGunBlog.ca — An Ontario Superior Court found a man “not guilty” of murder this month for shooting someone who died moments later, allowing the accused’s claim of self-defence. We look at the judge’s decision for insight into how courts analyze and interpret the legal defence of Self-Defence.
Self-Defence Shooting: Supreme Court of Canada to Hear New Case
TheGunBlog.ca — The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal by a homeowner saying he shot and killed an intruder in self-defence, its first self-defence case since the government updated the Criminal Code in 2013. Case: Peter Khill (Ontario) Keep reading for key points, context, PDF by Khill’s lawyers, and links.
RCMP Draws Guns on Less Than 0.1% of Calls, Use-of-Force Data Show
TheGunBlog.ca — Officers with the RCMP, Canada’s largest police agency, almost never have to draw their guns on duty, according to data last month on the “use of force.” The 20,000 police officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police drew and displayed, pointed or discharged their firearms in less than 0.1% of the 8.79 million…
Civil Disorder Among COVID-19 Concerns: Statistics Canada Survey
TheGunBlog.ca — More than 24% of respondents to an informal Statistics Canada survey of about 200,000 people were “very or extremely” worried the Covid-19 crisis could lead to civil disorder, the statistics agency said today.
Canada’s Booming Demand for Guns Is Amazing, And Has Drawbacks
10 April 2020 - OpinionTheGunBlog.ca — We may not like the cause, but the boom in demand for guns from the Covid-19 crisis is doing more for Canada’s firearm industry, gun culture and “gun rights” than anything else in modern times. It also comes with drawbacks, besides the mass death, infection and economic devastation from the virus and the…
High School Gun Range Trained Students for WW2: Abbotsford News
15 November 2019 - Newshttps://www.abbynews.com/community/students-at-old-abbotsford-school-trained-for-the-war/ TheGunBlog.ca — The Abbotsford Virtual School in Abbotsford, British Columbia, trained students to fire rifles during World War II so they could protect the community if fighting came to Canada, the Abbotsford News reported. https://twitter.com/AbbyNews/status/1193997963275595777 The students learned to shoot at the range in the basement of what was then Philip Sheffield High School,…
How Police Review ATCs: Info Commissioner Letter to Dennis Young
11 November 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The following letter published today by Dennis Young outlines how police in Canada assess applications to carry loaded handguns for personal protection. The Ottawa-based Information Commissioner sent the Nov. 5 letter to Young in response to his complaint about how the RCMP handled his requests for information related to Authorizations To Carry. (See…
Alberta Plans Law to Shield People Using Force for Home Defence
07 November 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The government of Alberta is planning a law to shield residents from lawsuits when they use force legitimately to protect their lives and property at home. https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1192516252507496450 Government Press Release To defend the rights of law-abiding property owners, the government will introduce changes to the Occupiers’ Liability Act. These changes would eliminate the…
Alberta Acts to Protect Residents, Trudeau Aims to Disarm Them
25 October 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The Alberta government is working to protect rural residents against a wave of attacks and thefts, while Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is working to disarm them. https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1188142459471253506 Schweitzer Doug Schweitzer, the provincial minister of justice, has said he wants to clarify rules on self-defence and boost property rights so innocent people stay…
Trudeau’s Bulletproof Vest: Tactical, Moral, Political Questions
13 October 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wore a bulletproof vest in response to an unspecified threat of attack at an election-campaign rally yesterday near Toronto, according to media photos and reports citing unnamed sources. https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1183788964009971712 It’s important to protect innocent life. The situation and the response raise questions about tactics, morals, politics and journalism.…
Kenney Calls Robber Suing Maurice ‘Harassment’: Calgary Herald
25 September 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said it’s “legal harassment” and “an outrage” that a robber who broke into the property of Edouard Maurice is now suing the homeowner, the Calgary Herald reported today. The intruder filed a lawsuit against Maurice of Okotoks, south of Calgary, for $100,000 alleging ricochet injuries after Maurice fired two…