TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP responds below to our questions on transferring so-called “Non-Restricted” rifles and shotguns since May 18, when new criminalizations from Bill C-71 (2019) targeting government-licensed gun owners took effect.
Highlights
– Week-Ahead Agenda
– Alberta CFO Urges Mendicino to Abandon Bill C-71’s New Prohibitions
– RCMP Updates Webpage on ‘Buying and Selling (Transferring) Firearms’
– Anti-Gun Angus Reid Institute Publishes Anti-Gun Poll From January
TheGunBlog.ca — Alberta’s Chief Firearms Officer urged the federal government to delay or abandon its Bill C-71 prohibitions against government-licensed gun users set to start tomorrow, citing “intense concerns.” Details “In view of the magnitude of these changes, I call on you to immediately announce a moratorium on their introduction for at least one year to…
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– Buy Your Guns Before Bill C-71 New Criminalizations Start Next Week, CSAAA Says
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association urged federally licensed gun users to buy any new rifles and shotguns before Bill C-71’s new criminalizations start next week.
Highlights
– Bill C-71 Restrictions Start This Month on Buying/Selling ‘Non-Restricted’ Guns
– Pierre Poilievre Promises Respect for Gun Owners If Elected PM
– Najma Ahmed, Founder of Anti-Gun Doctors Group, Doesn’t Know a Thing About Guns
TheGunBlog.ca — A new Order in Council shows the Canadian government will start enforcing Bill C-71’s new restrictions on government-licensed gun owners and stores this month.
Highlights
– Paul Rogan, Founding Editor of Canadian Access To Firearms, Has Died
– Trudeau Reiterates Aim of Further Suppressing Government-Licensed Gun Owners
– Government Appeals Court Order in Effort to Hide RCMP’s ‘Nullification’ Algorithm (See the 2 PDFs)
– Kawartha Lakes (Ontario) City Council Covers Firearm-Discharge Bylaw
– Government Now Says It Expects New Bill C-71 Restrictions in 2022 From 2021
– Anti-Gun Groups Urge Government to Criminalize Handgun Owners
– CSAAA: January 2022 Newsletter
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…
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.
– Ontario CFO memo on ATTs from Chantal Trahan to gun clubs and ranges.
– Trahan’s exclusive comments to TheGunBlog.ca on lifetime background checks and ATTs.
Highlights
– Bill C-71 Will Take Effect From July to September, Blair Says; Outlines New Restrictions
– Factoids on Gun Users and Businesses From This Week’s Canada Gazette on Bill C-71
– Bill Blair’s Press Secretary, Mary-Liz Power, Moves to Justin Trudeau’s Office
TheGunBlog.ca — Following are factoids and tidbits on Canadian gun users and businesses from today’s Canada Gazette notice (dated June 26) on the imminent restrictions from Bill C-71, the government’s newest law to suppress hunting and shooters.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government will activate Bill C-71, its 2019 law against gun owners and businesses, in stages from July to September, Minister Bill Blair said.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Liberal-Party led government, which works to further criminalize gun owners, said it will activate Bill C-71 this year and will draft its new restrictions on home firearm storage over the next two years.
Highlights
– Gun Licences Fell in 2020 for First Time in a Decade on Covid-19
– RCMP Provides 2020 Data on Gun Licences and Registrations
– RCMP Says 132 Gun Owners Now Seeking Section 74 Hearings on ‘Nullifications’
– Blair’s Office Says ‘Significant Elements’ of Bill C-71 to Take Effect This Summer
– Blair’s Office Says No Plans for Home-Alarm System for Gun Owners, Denying CSSA Report
Highlights
– Canada Gun Imports Rose in February to Six-Month High
– Bill C-71: ‘Significant Elements’ to Take Effect This Summer, Blair’s Office Says
– Trudeau Says O’Toole ‘Promised to Make Assault Weapons Legal Again’
– Bill Blair: ‘Everybody in the Extremist Is in the Gun Lobby’
– M.D. Charlton Wins $1 Million Contract to Supply RCMP AR-15 Surefire Lights
Memos Show:
– Bill C-71 to take effect over the next year
– New “Firearms Buyback Secretariat”
– RCMP prints 10,000 PAL cards per week
– May 2020 memo on CCFR’s planned court challenge
– And more
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Ministry of Public Safety comments below on the steps for the coming into force of Bill C-71, the governing Liberal . . . This content is for subscribing members. Please sign in below, or subscribe.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s RCMP, the agency that approves and tracks gun users, said today it deleted web pages about Bill C-71 in June after the government passed the new law against hunters, sport shooters and gun stores. The two pages provided information for more than 10,000 families and businesses targeted by the first round of…