TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s RCMP, the agency that approves and tracks gun users, said today it deleted web pages about Bill C-71 in June after the government passed the new law against hunters, sport shooters and gun stores. The two pages provided information for more than 10,000 families and businesses targeted by the first round of…
TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP removed its web pages on Bill C-71, the Canadian government’s new law against federally licensed hunters, sport shooters and gun stores. Two pages outlining the law’s first round of gun prohibitions and confiscations from individuals and businesses appear to have gone offline days or weeks ago, sometime after the legislation was…
TheGunBlog.ca — Bill C-71 began coming into force today as the governing Liberal Party of Canada’s new law against hunters, farmers, sport shooters and gun shops, with mass gun bans. The bill faced some of the broadest and most active opposition of any legislative proposal since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took office in October 2015….
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s federal agency in charge of firearm prohibition said it doesn’t know how many CZ 858 and SAN Swiss Arms rifles are in the hands of federally licensed owners since most of the guns don’t require ownership registration. It had previously estimated 10,000 to 15,000. Owners will be required to register their guns…
TheGunBlog.ca — Following are comments by Canada’s Ministry of Public Safety on when Bill C-71 officially takes effect as a new law against federally licensed gun owners and businesses. Some parts come into force immediately following the Royal Assent ceremony that could happen at any time, and some parts will take effect later through a…
TheGunBlog.ca — The Liberal Party of Canada is copying the tactics and fallacies of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein by comparing hunters, farmers and sport shooters to murderers and terrorists to promote new gun bans. Many people were unsettled by a Liberal comment today on guns “designed to hunt people” such as worshippers, gays and kids….
TheGunBlog.ca — The Conservative Party of Canada reiterated its pledge to repeal Bill C-71 if elected to government. The Ottawa-based party e-mailed the following statement to TheGunBlog.ca today. (Le français suit.) Background: Bill C-71 Passes Final Vote in Senate as New Law to Ban Guns https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1133864147010183169 Justin Trudeau’s Backdoor Gun Registry to Become Law…
TheGunBlog.ca — The Liberal Party of Canada’s new law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters makes it a crime to take a newly banned gun to a target range without an arbitrary new approval, putting the owners at risk of having “safe queens.” Risk for Gun Owners Many federally licensed shooters are buying new firearms…
TheGunBlog.ca — Bill C-71 passed its third and final vote in the Canadian Senate today as the governing Liberal Party’s new law to criminalize hunters, farmers and sport shooters and take away more of their guns. Senators voted 55 in favour and 33 against at 5:34 p.m. in Ottawa with 2 abstentions. Pro-Liberal members supported…
TheGunBlog.ca — The AR-15 target rifle is selling out at stores across Canada. Federally licensed sport shooters are snapping up $3,000 guns on concern Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will ban new sales to win votes in the October election. The website of Firearms Outlet Canada showed all AR-15s “Out of Stock” today at 3 p.m….
TheGunBlog.ca — Concern about gun bans is surging to a record on Google in Canada, as the governing Liberal Party prepares to take away firearms from more hunters, farmers, sport shooters and collectors. Google Trends for Canada shows May is on course for the highest monthly interest in the term “gun ban” using the world’s…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian law allows the government to ban guns by a cabinet prohibition order and, if Bill C-71 becomes law, will let cabinet delay confiscation by allowing existing owners to retain their guns, the Ministry of Public Safety said today. Zarah Malik, a spokeswoman for the ministry in Ottawa, made the comment to TheGunBlog.ca…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may order gun bans against federally licensed hunters, farmers and sport shooters, CTV News reported today, citing an interview with Bill Blair, the minister exploring mass confiscation. Blair didn’t rule out the governing Liberal Party prohibiting firearms through a so-called “Order in Council” before the October election, he…
TheGunBlog.ca — The Conservative Party of Canada opposes the governing Liberal Party’s plans to ban guns from hunters, farmers and sport shooters, and will “scrap and reverse” Bill C-71 if the Conservatives win this year’s election, Member of Parliament Michelle Rempel said in a video this week. The Liberals are preparing to pass Bill C-71…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Senate will vote on Bill C-71 for the third and final time on May 9, said the Senate sponsor of the bill, pushing the government’s plan to further restrict hunters, farmers and sport shooters a step closer to becoming law. “There was an agreement between the leaderships of the different parliamentary groups…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Senate committee reviewing Bill C-71 voted today to weaken the government’s planned law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, but the senator leading opposition to the bill said the government will probably ignore the changes. Update 23:40 Toronto time: A senator said she will propose to the Senate to inject a handgun…
TheGunBlog.ca — We are republishing this article from 2019, after Candice Bergen was elected interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
TheGunBlog.ca — Bill C-71, the Canadian government’s planned law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, turns one today. Here is a brief timeline of key dates with highlights of our coverage over the past year. We wish Bill C-71 a lousy birthday and a quick demise. https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1108409788830896129 Prelude 07 March 2018 Anti-Gun Law Outlook: Today’s…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Library of Parliament published a summary of Bill C-71, the government’s planned law against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, in December. It provides a different analysis than The Bill C-71 Book, which you can buy from our Bill C-71 page. Highlights Overview of legal framework, timing and technicalities of the bill, without…
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government will undertake “pretty big measures” this year to further limit gun owners as it considers new bans for hunters, farmers and sport shooters, Minister Bill Blair told CTV News yesterday. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said separately to a Senate committee in Ottawa he expects Blair will have “something pretty…
