TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Department of Public Safety responds to our questions about its delayed — and possibly abandoned — gun confiscations ordered in May 2020: Two phases: First businesses, then individuals. No comment on new deadlines.
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.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Liberals will use a new OIC as early as this summer to confiscate more guns, Minister Marco Mendicino said May 01 in comments that many people missed.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Liberals outlined new amendments to Bill C-21 today to prohibit future rifle and shotgun designs, expanding their attacks against government-licensed gun users and businesses.
Highlights
– CSAAA Faces Backlash Over $700,000 Contract With Liberals
– Mendicino Again Signals Liberals Have No Idea How to Execute Their Gun-Confiscation Fantasy
– Bill C-21: Liberals, NDP Plan New Amendments
By Matt Hipwell, President, Wolverine Supplies
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government responds below to our questions on using a so-called “Order in Council” (OIC) to prohibit and confiscate guns from government-licensed owners and businesses.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party estimated the “preliminary costs” of its mass gun confiscations at $850 million to $1 billion, according to a 2019 internal memo.
This marks the first publication of the government’s cost estimate.
Highlights
– Alberta Chief Firearms Officer Teri Bryant: In Conversation (Video)
– Canada Gun Imports Rise to Record in 2022
– Trudeau’s Office Assigns Mendicino a New Chief of Staff, Samantha Khalil
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s governing Liberal Party will work with the NDP and Bloc Québécois on new ways to expand its rifle and shotgun confiscations after withdrawing two amendments from Bill C-21 today.
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
TheGunBlog.ca — Bill Klassen, a gun owner in Yukon, told Marco Mendicino that he will ignore Bill C-21 and won’t surrender his firearms, CBC News reported yesterday.
Highlights
– Liberals+RCMP Hoped to Test Their Gun-Confiscation Tactics on P.E.I., Briefing Says
– ‘Ottawa Appears To Be Lost’ on Confiscations, Alberta Justice Minister Says
– Federal Court Allows Alberta to Join Cases Fighting Confiscations
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “appears to be lost” on how to execute his mass gun confiscations targeting honest citizens, Alberta Minister of Justice Tyler Shandro said this week.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Liberals and RCMP hoped to use government-licensed gun owners on P.E.I. as guinea pigs to test their confiscation tactics before going national, according to a government briefing made public two weeks ago.
Highlights
– Liberals Still Have No Plan to Execute Their Mass Gun Confiscations, Mendicino Says
– Self-Defence: No Charges for Man Who Killed Home Invader
– Canada Gun Imports in November 2022 Extend Annual Record
Highlights
– 2021 Commissioner of Firearms Report Coming ‘In Due Course,’ Government Says
– Liberals Still Preparing Compensation Plan for Victims of May 2020 Confiscations
– Justin Trudeau Has a Gun-Free Canada Within His Reach
TheGunBlog.ca — Alberta said today it’s expanding measures to protect gun owners from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “increasingly hostile” attacks, further undermining the country’s anti-gun regime.
TheGunBlog.ca — Watch or listen to today’s Silvercore Podcast on Bill C-21 with Travis Bader of Silvercore.ca, Nicolas Johnson of TheGunBlog.ca, and Daniel Fritter of Calibre magazine.
TheGunBlog.ca — Watch our video conversation with Wes Winkel, the president of the Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association (CSAAA), the country’s main group for the firearm industry.
We discuss the mass gun confiscations in Bill C-21 and their impact on Canada’s firearm industry.