Highlights
– New Self-Defence Case in Fatal Shooting
– CCFR Plans Court Injunction to Extend Gun-Confiscation Deadline
– Liberals Put 30+ Staff on Confiscations, CSAAA Says
– CSAAA Seeks New Deferral of Gun-Import Restrictions
Highlights
– CSAAA’s Wes Winkel on 2023 Gun Industry Trends, CSAAA ‘Legends’ (Video)
– RCMP Says ‘No Processing Backlogs’ for PAL Renewals
– Canadian Duck Hunters Fall to Record Low
TheGunBlog.ca — Watch our conversation with CSAAA President Wes Winkel as he discusses topics including: firearm-market trends market outlook, honouring industry “legends,” and contracting with the Liberals while opposing their gun confiscations.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Department of Public Safety responds to our questions about its delayed — and possibly abandoned — gun confiscations ordered in May 2020: Two phases: First businesses, then individuals. No comment on new deadlines.
Highlights
– Liberals Plan New OIC to Confiscate More Guns, Mendicino Says
– CSAAA Contract Blowback: PDF of Contract, Board Resignations, CSAAA Provides Context
– Canada Gun Imports Q1 2023 (Summary)
Highlights
– CSAAA Faces Backlash Over $700,000 Contract With Liberals
– Mendicino Again Signals Liberals Have No Idea How to Execute Their Gun-Confiscation Fantasy
– Bill C-21: Liberals, NDP Plan New Amendments
By Matt Hipwell, President, Wolverine Supplies
TheGunBlog.ca — Watch our video conversation with Wes Winkel, the president of the Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association (CSAAA), the country’s main group for the firearm industry.
We discuss the mass gun confiscations in Bill C-21 and their impact on Canada’s firearm industry.
TheGunBlog.ca — Watch our video conversation with Jenn Gadbois, the most upbeat person we know when it comes to Canada’s gun community and our future.
TheGunBlog.ca — Watch our interview with Wes Winkel, president of the Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association and owner of Ellwood Epps Sporting Goods. Recorded today. Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes.
Highlights
– CSAAA Welcomes the New Managing Director. Jennifer Leigh Gadbois
– Lorne Gunter: Why I’m Cheering for Trudeau’s Gun Buy Back to Fail
Highlights
– Almost 100% of Gun Owners Have So Far Rejected Trudeau’s Confiscations, iPolitics Reports
– Government Says It Will Share 2020 RCMP Commissioner of Firearms Report in February 2022
– RCMP Says Government Still Working on May 2020 Mass Gun Confiscations
– CSAAA Hires Jennifer Gadbois as New Managing Director
– RCMP Adds More Models to Guns Prohibited Under 01 May 2020 Attacks
– Canadian National Shooting Range Day Proposed By CCFR
– Chris Lewis: Will Handgun Bans Prevent Violent Crime in Canada?
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian firearm owners and stores risk expanded shortages of guns and ammo, an industry group said last week, quoting several suppliers.
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…
TheGunBlog.ca — Two of Canada’s leading groups for hunters and anglers and the firearm industry are inviting people across the country to take a 5-minute survey on their spending patterns to assess the size of the market. The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) and the Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association (CSAAA) promoted…
TheGunBlog.ca — Following are comments on gun policy and crime by Wes Winkel, the head of Canada’s main firearm-industry group, and the owner of one of the country’s largest independent gun stores.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s largest shooters’ rights groups and the Conservative Party are continuing to urge voters and parliamentarians to oppose Bill C-71, the Hill Times reported today, citing the organizations. Every national association of hunters and sport shooters has spoken out against Bill C-71. The editor of TheGunBlog.ca is a current or past member of…
TheGunBlog.ca — Following is a Q&A about Canada’s planned new gun law with Wes Winkel, president of the Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association, the country’s main industry group. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police responds to three questions about the firearm-classification system. Winkel, who also owns Ellwood Epps Sporting Goods about 150 km north of…
The RCMP’s attack on owners of the popular Ruger 10/22 small-calibre rifle is prompting Canadian gun-rights groups to unite in opposition. The RCMP plans to reclassify 10/22 magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of the .22 LR cartridge as “prohibited devices,” Calibre Magazine said July 18, potentially leading to criminal charges for anyone who owns, transports or sells them….