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 — Wolverine Supplies, one of Canada’s largest independent gun stores, made the following comment on Facebook and Instagram today as speculation rises the government will ban new sales of AR-15 target rifles and use Bill C-71 to confiscate the guns from families after the owners die. Wolverine Supplies is based in Virden, Manitoba. Background…
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 — Canada’s federal agency in charge of gun licensing everyone from hunters and farmers to Olympic shooters said it slowed printing the permits because of “technical circumstances,” fuelling speculation new firearm bans are imminent. “Due to technical circumstances, the Canadian Firearms Program (CFP) is producing firearms licence cards in a limited capacity between March…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian shooters are rushing to buy AR-15 rifles and other target guns on concern the government will ban new purchases in three weeks, said Firearms Outlet Canada Inc., one of the country’s biggest independent gun stores. Speculation of new prohibitions fired up four days ago after Tony Clement, an independent member of parliament,…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will ban AR-15 rifles owned by federally licensed sport shooters and stores next month, the Canadian Shooting Sports Association said, citing two government sources it didn’t name. “Today, two separate, unconnected government sources, one of whom who [sic.] has direct knowledge of the plan, confirm the Liberal government’s…
TheGunBlog.ca — About 30 New Zealand police officers raided a gun collector’s home, pointing their weapons at him and his 12-year-old daughter to confiscate his 11 lawfully owned firearms, Stuff reported, citing the homeowner. All his guns were seized in the raid, including ones that aren’t the target of the government’s confiscation order, the news…
TheGunBlog.ca — Following is a Q&A with Scott Patience, the owner of Bullseye London, a gun store in London, Ontario. He responds to questions about the demand for “Restricted” firearms, the outlook for business, gun politics and gun bans. Patience will be running a panel at Taccom, the Tactical and Competitive Shooting Sports Show organized…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a “secret plan” to order a “sweeping gun ban” early next month aimed at hunters, farmers and sport shooters, said Tony Clement, an independent member of parliament. He declined to identify his source for the information. “We are prepared to consider whatever measures will be effective” for…
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government is reviewing responses in Minister Bill Blair’s public consultation on gun bans to decide whether to go ahead with new prohibitions or change the law at all, said a spokeswoman for the minister. “Our Government is carefully considering all feedback received from our recent consultations to determine if any changes…
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government didn’t rule out mass gun confiscation against hunters, farmers and sport shooters after publishing a report yesterday showing “polarized views” on the topic. Minister Bill Blair, who led public consultations on bans, told CBC News’s Power & Politics show last night the government is “ready to consider every and any…
TheGunBlog.ca — Here are a few dangerous fallacies at the heart of discussions about guns and gun ownership. Introduction Where do these fallacies come from? What makes these statements fallacies? Why are these fallacies dangerous? Fallacies Fallacy: We have gun laws. (We have gun control.) Reality: We have people laws. (We have people control.) The…
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 — The Canadian government reiterated today that it may ban guns owned by hunters, farmers and sport shooters, while declining to say how it might proceed with such a plan. TheGunBlog.ca asked the ministry examining the possible prohibitions and confiscations how easily Canada could copy New Zealand’s decree last month that immediately made it…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Senator Pierre Dalphond said today “Let’s have a firearms-free Canada,” joining a growing group of politicians seeking to criminalize honest citizens and confiscate their property. This was Dalphond’s fourth Twitter post in a week attacking the freedom and culture of millions of men and women and calling for their guns to be taken away….
