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Canada Gun News: Week of 2022 February 28

Highlights
– Mendicino Plans New Anti-Gun Law ‘Soon,’ Maybe More Bans By OIC
– Liberals May Ask Gun Owners to Mail-In Our Confiscated Gear, Tracey Wilson Reports
– Policeman Who Killed Rodger Kotanko Shot Him in Self-Defence, SIU Says
– Public Safety Canada’s 2022-23 Plan Suggests Trudeau to Extend Deadline for Gun Confiscations
– Interview With Donovan Dewis of Canadian Access To Firearms (Video)

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Public Safety Canada’s 2022-23 Plan Suggests Trudeau to Extend Deadline for Gun Confiscations

TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Department of Public Safety’s workplan for 2022-2023, published this week, suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will extend the April 30 deadline for his mass gun confiscations targeting government-licensed firearm owners.

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Government Won’t Say If It Planned ‘Nullifications’ for May 2020 Attacks

TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government department running the mass criminalization of licensed gun owners since May 2020 declined to say if it intended the “nullification” of our firearm-registration certificates as part of its crackdown.

The response strengthens the view that the RCMP – Canadian Firearms Program invented the tactic, possibly without basis in law or regulation.

Almost 100% of Gun Owners Have So Far Rejected Trudeau’s Confiscations, iPolitics Reports

TheGunBlog.ca — Good News: Almost 100% of the Canadian gun owners targeted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s May 2020 mass criminalizations have so far rejected his confiscation order, according to RCMP data reported today by iPolitics.

Trudeau Tells Mendicino in Mandate Letter to Further Suppress Gun Owners

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s top priority for Minister Marco Mendicino in his so-called “mandate letter” published today is to further suppress government-licensed gun owners and destroy more of our gear. Highlights Continue restrictions of Bill C-71 Pursue mass criminalizations and confiscations ordered on 01 May 2020 Destroy “long-gun” ammo mags capable of holding…

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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.

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Government Estimates Its May 2020 Crackdown on Licensed Gun Owners Affects 150,000 Firearms

TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government estimates its May 2020 attacks on gun owners affects 150,000 of our firearms, and said it hasn’t begun to compensate confiscation victims.
The Department of Public Safety was responding to our questions in relation to a report by IBM Canada.

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Government Q&A on Bill C-71 Delays, IBM Gun-Confiscation Contract Extension, And More

TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Department of Public Safety responded today to our questions on five topics:
1. Bill C-71 New Measures Coming Into Force
2. RCMP Commissioner of Firearms Report 2020
3. IBM Contract on Compensating Gun Owners Targeted By OIC
4. $8.8 Million in New Confiscation Expenses
5. Election 2021 Commitments on New Restrictions

Magali Deussing, a spokesperson for the department in Ottawa, responded today by e-mail to our questions.