TheGunBlog.ca — A report by Canada’s firearm regulator shows there are “no reasons why” the country’s 2.2 million men and women with a gun licence shouldn’t have firearms, suggesting the prime minister’s plans for mass confiscations are unjustified.
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.
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TheGunBlog.ca — A Calgary councillor who wants to expel federally licensed firearm owners is working with the mayor to propose a panel to study “gun violence,” a favourite phrase of anti-gun activists.
TheGunBlog.ca — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said this week Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plans for municipal handgun prohibitions won’t improve safety because violent offenders can easily work around them. Pallister made the comment to reporters in Winnipeg on Jan. 15, according to a YouTube video of the media briefing shared by the Manitoba government….
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TheGunBlog.ca — Saskatchewan opposes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plans for mass gun bans against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix reported today, citing Minister of Justice Don Morgan. Saskatoon StarPhoenix Quote Don Morgan said the government is “not taking anything off the table” when it comes to opposing the federal government’s gun…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s National Firearms Association told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to expect “civil resistance” eventually, as he prepares some of the biggest confiscations against honest citizens of any democracy in history. The NFA shared the letter from President Sheldon Clare to Trudeau in an e-mail to members today: NFA Quote Whether willfully or by…
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TheGunBlog.ca — Calgary Police Chief Mark Neufeld doesn’t support Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s goal of criminalizing honest handgun owners, according to an interview published this week in the Calgary Herald. Neufeld is at least the 10th active or retired police leader across Canada to publicly question Trudeau’s plans to help municipalities expel lawful residents…
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Highlights From This Edition — (1) Scenario Analysis: Rifle Confiscation Order: How It Might Go Through. (2) Newest Articles at TheGunBlog.ca (3) News Bullets.
TheGunBlog.ca — Glen Motz, a member of parliament for Canada’s opposition Conservative Party, comments on a soaring new petition he sponsored to stop government plans to order mass rifle confiscations. Highlights “An order in council is wrong.” It “circumvents the whole democratic process.” “Why don’t they do an order in council on the gang violence?”…
TheGunBlog.ca — A Twitter user describing themselves as a police officer in Ontario outlined how home searches work, as they seek to stop Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plans for mass gun confiscations against honest families. The person, a “Former Soldier, Present Police Officer,” said in a tweet they work for a “major metropolitan Police…
(Update Dec. 23: Adds mandate letter to Freeland.) TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau officially instructed Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair to pass new laws for mass gun confiscations against hunters, farmers, sport shooters and other safe and responsible firearm users. Update Dec. 23: He directed Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland to work…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to order mass rifle confiscations against hunters, farmers and sport shooters requires a new law and could take two years to set up, Bill Blair, the minister for firearm bans, told iPolitics. Why It Matters The timing and risks to pass new legislation raise optimism the gun-ban…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau aims to order the mass confiscation of hunting and sporting rifles within a year, “ideally before next summer,” CBC reported last week, without saying where it obtained the information. The government is working to be ready to pay owners who surrender their property when it issues the order,…
(Update Dec. 8: Expands Blair quotes, adds context.) TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government will order federally licensed firearm owners to surrender 250,000 of their hunting and sporting rifles “as quickly as possible,” Bill Blair, the minister for gun bans, told reporters yesterday. It’s the first time the government said it will use an “order in…
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…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau changed the wording of his plans for mass gun bans yesterday, expanding the scope of municipal handgun prohibition to include “communities.” He introduced the new language in the so-called Speech from the Throne outlining his priorities. The speech is written by the prime minister’s office and was delivered…
