New Brunswick to Equip ‘Peace Officers’ With AR-15 Rifles
TheGunBlog.ca — The government of New Brunswick will equip provincial “peace officers” with AR-15 rifles, a popular firearm for stopping attacking humans and animals.
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Price List: Liberals Offer $1,337 to AR-15 Owners in Mass Gun Confiscations
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party offered $1,337 to AR-15 owners who surrender their rifles to the mass gun confiscations begun in May 2020.
Canadians Bought 30,000 AR-15 Target Rifles in Lead-Up to Trudeau’s May 2020 Attacks
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadians bought roughly 30,000 AR-15 target rifles in the lead-up to PM Trudeau’s political attacks of 01 May 2020. The data, shared here for the first time, show the magnitude of the shopping spree to counter the crackdown.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 May 24
Highlights
– Canpar, Loomis Stop Shipping Guns and Ammo in Shock to Industry
– Section 74: J.P. Says Burlew Has Found New Evidence for Appeals, Updates GoFundMe
– CZ Group Completes Acquisition of Colt and Colt Canada
– Quebec Conservation Officers Plan to Buy 300 AR-15 Rifles for Protection
– Conservative MP Stubbs Reiterates Promise to Repeal Gun-Confiscation OIC and Bill C-71
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Liberals Aim to Confiscate 150,000 Rifles and Shotguns, They Tell Stubbs
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party told an opposition MP last week it expects to confiscate about 150,000 rifles and shotguns from hunters, farmers, sport shooters and businesses under its May 1 political attacks.
ATRS Sues RCMP, Alberta CFO Staff for $70 Million in Gun-Confiscation Damages (Correction)
Alberta Tactical Rifle Supply (ATRS) sued the Canadian government and four RCMP and Alberta CFO employees for $130 million in damages from the May 1 gun bans. It’s the first cororate case of its kind in Federal Court.
RCMP Comments on Prohibiting Derya MK-12 Shotgun as AR-15 Variant
The RCMP, which controls private firearm ownership in Canada, comments below on changing its legal opinion last month on the popular Derya MK-12 shotgun to a “Prohibited variant” of the AR-15 or AR-10 rifle.
Blair’s Office Responds to His AR-15 Comment: Full E-mail
TheGunBlog.ca — Following is the full e-mail to TheGunBlog.ca today in response to our information request to the office of Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair, regarding his June 15 comments about the AR-15.
Blair’s Office Can’t Justify His AR-15 Comment to House
TheGunBlog.ca — The office of Bill Blair, Canada’s minister in charge of firearm policy, couldn’t provide evidence for his AR-15 comments this week to the House of Commons, the newest case of his false assertions about gun ownership. Why It Matters What Happened TheGunBlog.ca asked Blair’s office at the Ministry of Public Safety for examples…
Trudeau Orders Immediate Rifle Bans, Promises ‘Grandfathering’
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today ordered federally licensed gun owners to surrender many of our rifles to police within two years, while promising to allow “grandfathering” for confiscation at death. Gun Ban Plan Criminalize owners immediately with a two-year “amnesty” (Stay Out of Jail card) Re-classify many “Non-restricted” and “Restricted” rifles and…
Liberals May Order Gun Prohibitions This Week, CBC Reports
(Correction April 30: Corrects list of guns. Updates models and details, adds Trudeau comment.) Newest update: April 30 at 23:20 Toronto time. TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party may order new gun prohibitions this week as the first step in its mass confiscations against hunters, farmers, sport shooters and collectors, CBC News reported. TheGunBlog.ca estimates…
Trudeau Reiterates Plan for Mass Gun Bans Against PAL Holders
https://youtu.be/FUblBdLaGYI?t=1141 TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister Bill Blair used a weekend shooting attack in Nova Scotia to reiterate their plans to target federally licensed firearm owners with new restrictions and mass gun confiscations. RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki also commented on the . . . This content is for subscribing members. Please…
Bill Blair Expects Rifle Prohibition Order ‘In the Near Term’
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s minister for mass gun confiscation said he expects a prohibition order against federally licensed firearm users and stores “in the near term,” and is working to further restrict home gun ownership.
Trudeau’s Mass Confiscation Order Will Include Mini-14 Owners
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will include owners of the popular Ruger Mini-14 rifle when he orders hundreds of thousands of families to surrender their guns or face jail. Trudeau didn’t name the rifle today during a speech in the House of Commons, while offering one of the strongest hints that it’s among…
Trudeau and Blair’s AR-15 Bashing Puts Police in a Pickle
TheGunBlog.ca — If Justin Trudeau and Bill Blair are right about the AR-15 rifle, Canadians should be scrambling to protect themselves against imminent massacres by police. Military-style assault rifles are designed to cause mass human casualties, and they have no place in Canada. So we’re going to ban them. More on our plan to strengthen…
Trudeau Promises Mass Gun Bans, Confiscations in Election 2019
TheGunBlog.ca — Justin Trudeau promised the biggest instant gun bans against hunters, farmers and sport shooters in Canadian history if he is re-elected prime minister. Liberal Gun Ban Plan Take Our Poll Trudeau pitched his newest bans today in Toronto as the Liberal Party leader seeks to recover from scandals. Opinion polls show Liberal voters…
Ontario CFO Comments on AR-15 Buying Surge, Gun Licensing
TheGunBlog.ca — Dwight Peer, the Chief Firearms Officer for Ontario, comments below on the Canada-wide surge in buying AR-15 target rifles in May and June, gun-owner licensing, and related topics. Peer spoke with TheGunBlog.ca on July 4 at his office in Orillia, about 130 km north of Toronto. Ontario Chief Firearms Officer Dwight Peer…
RCMP Comments on Firearm Training, Officer Shootings, New AR-15
TheGunBlog.ca — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada’s largest police agency, comments below on its guns, firearm training, support and requirements for officers involved in shootings, and related topics. Caroline Duval, a spokeswoman for the Ottawa-based RCMP, sent the comments to TheGunBlog.ca by e-mail on July 3 in response to our questions. We summarize our…
Trudeau Gun Ban Targets 200,000 Long Guns: Global News
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will order hunters, farmers and sport shooters to surrender about 200,000 of their firearms if re-elected, Global News reported today, citing Bill Blair, the minster for confiscation. The estimate covers what Blair called “assault-style weapons,” Global said, citing Blair speaking to reporters this morning. It would be the…
Liberals Plan Gun Bans If Re-Elected, Blair Tells Globe and Mail
TheGunBlog.ca — The Liberal Party of Canada will order mass gun bans against federally licensed firearm owners if re-elected to government, Minister Bill Blair told The Globe and Mail as the election campaign ramps up. Liberal Gun-Ban Plan Liberals go after licensed, safe, responsible gun owners. Gun ban is one of first campaign promises for…