Bans

Trudeau Renews Pledge of Mass Gun Bans, To Address Parliament

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau renewed his election promise to ban guns from hundreds of thousands of families who use firearms for hunting, sport shooting and on farms and ranches. He will speak to the House of Commons in Ottawa tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. New Smear Today’s Speech from the Throne to outline…

OFAH Calls on Trudeau Government to Target Violence, Not Hunters

TheGunBlog.ca — The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters called on the Canadian government to invest in preventing violence instead of wasting tax dollars to confiscate and buy guns from federally licensed firearm users. “We are not going to tolerate more wasted tax dollars on government schemes that target hunters, sport shooters and gun collectors,”…

Alberta Passes Motion to Support Hunters and Sport Shooters

TheGunBlog.ca — The Alberta government passed a motion today to support hunters, sport shooters and other safe and responsible firearm users against the mass confiscations promised by Canada’s prime minister.

The motion could be the strongest opposition yet to plans for the biggest instant gun bans in Canadian history.

CSAAA Comments to Toronto City Council on Gun Bans: Full Text

TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association told Toronto City Council it’s letting down residents by working against gun and ammo businesses and millions of hunters and sport shooters instead of working to reduce crime. The CSAAA, the main group for Canada’s 1,500 firearm-related businesses and their almost 50,000 staff, made the comment…

Antler Kitchen Chef Michael Hunter Opposes Trudeau-Tory Gun Bans

TheGunBlog.ca — Michael Hunter, the owner-chef at Antler Kitchen and Bar, is speaking out against Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Toronto Mayor John Tory’s plans for mass gun bans against hunters, farmers and sport shooters. Hunter, a hunter who serves wild game, made international headlines last year after he butchered a deer in front…

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Bans Aren’t Leadership: Liberal Ex-President in National Post

TheGunBlog.ca — Gun bans targeting lawful firearm owners are political cheap talk that should be rejected in favour of working to stop violent gangs, Stephen LeDrew, a former president of the Liberal Party of Canada, said yesterday in the National Post. LeDrew, also a lawyer and broadcaster, spoke in a YouTube video published on the…

Toronto Health Board Urges Canada-Wide Gun Bans From PAL Holders

TheGunBlog.ca — Toronto City Council’s Board of Health wants hundreds of thousands of hunters, farmers and sport shooters across Canada in jail unless we surrender our guns. What Happened The Board of Health today held a 3.5-hour meeting. It was livestreamed on YouTube. The councillors on the board supported the massive national gun bans sought…

Trudeau to Update on Gun Bans After Nov. 20, Blair’s Office Says

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will elaborate on his plans for mass gun bans against hunters, farmers and sport shooters after parliament resumes next month, the office of his minister for confiscation said today. Federally licensed firearm users are working to stop or avoid Trudeau’s incarceration/confiscation orders and wondering how soon they may…

Ontario Premier Ford’s Office Comments on Trudeau Gun Bans

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadians who value safety, liberty and good government are working to stop Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plans for the biggest gun bans in the country’s history following his re-election on Oct. 21. One of their hopes is that provincial governments will refuse to enforce Trudeau’s confiscation order against hundreds of thousands of hunters,…

Liberal Gun Bans Won’t Stop Gangs, Ex-RCMP Clement Tells CBC

TheGunBlog.ca — The Liberal Party of Canada will fail to stop criminal gangs with its plans for mass gun confiscation targeting federally licensed firearm owners, Garry Clement, a former RCMP official, told Power and Politics on CBC News. Clement, a former national director of the Proceeds of Crime Program at the Ottawa-based Royal Canadian Mounted…

Liberals to Offer $1,000/Rifle in Forced Surrender: iPolitics

TheGunBlog.ca — A re-elected Liberal Party government will offer Canadian farmers, hunters and sport shooters $1,000 on average for each of the 250,000 rifles it will order them to surrender, iPolitics reported yesterday, citing the party. The low-ball offer means people who submit will lose most of the value of their firearms, and all of…

Trudeau Is Promising Mass Gun Confiscations He Once Mocked

TheGunBlog.ca — For Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, yesterday’s totalitarian dystopia is today’s campaign promise. In a 2011 interview with The Hill Times newspaper, the Liberal Party politician dismissed Conservative Party concerns that a future government might use its registry of federally licensed firearm owners to order mass gun confiscations. Two weeks ago, that’s what…

Trudeau Suggests Vz. 58, Ruger Mini-14 Among Mass Confiscations

(Correction 30 April 2020: Corrects headline and article to correct name of rifle possessed by Quebec mosque attacker.) TheGunBlog.ca — Justin Trudeau suggested he will order farmers, hunters and sport shooters to surrender their CSA Vz. 58 and Ruger Mini-14 rifles among the 250,000 rifles he wants to confiscate if re-elected prime minister of Canada this…

‘Where Does This Stop?’ Pistol Champ Harding Responds to Trudeau

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian National Pistol Champion Allan Harding is speaking out against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s election-campaign threats to jail hundreds of thousands of sport shooters, farmers and hunters unless they surrender their guns. “More than anything, my concern is: Where does this stop?” Harding, a two-time national gold medalist in 50-metre pistol, told TheGunBlog.ca…

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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…

RCMP to Pick Which Guns to Confiscate Under Trudeau, CTV Reports

TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP will decide which rifles to confiscate from hunters, farmers and sport shooters if Justin Trudeau is re-elected prime minister of Canada next month, CTV News reported, citing Trudeau’s Liberal Party. The comment seems to contradict election promises made Sept. 20 by Trudeau and Bill Blair, his minister for confiscation. Mass Incarceration…

Vancouver Police Opposes Trudeau-Stewart Calls for Handgun Ban

TheGunBlog.ca — The Vancouver Police Department opposes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s goal of banning federally licensed handgun owners and stores from Canada’s third-largest city. The VPD is part of a growing country-wide movement of police leaders and organizations against politicians working to criminalize lawful, legitimate and licensed hunters, farmers and…

Liberals to Ban Handgunners in Cities Via Storage: Blair on CTV

TheGunBlog.ca — The Liberal Party of Canada will help cities ban federally licensed handgun owners unless they keep their guns in government-approved central storage at target ranges, Bill Blair told CTV News yesterday. Blair, the Liberal minister for firearm confiscation, was speaking on CTV’s Question Period hosted by Evan Solomon. He was elaborating on plans…

Firearm Legal Defence Won’t Cover Gun Bans: Q&A With Lead Broker

TheGunBlog.ca — Firearm Legal Defence, Canada’s original insurance plan for gun owners, said it defends hunters, farmers and sport shooters who face wrongful criminal charges, but can’t protect against government gun bans. Zach Schwingenschloegl of CapriCMW, the lead broker for Firearm Legal Defence, made the comment to TheGunBlog.ca this week by e-mail. The interview is…