Election 2019

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…

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…

Trudeau’s Bulletproof Vest: Tactical, Moral, Political Questions

TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wore a bulletproof vest in response to an unspecified threat of attack at an election-campaign rally yesterday near Toronto, according to media photos and reports citing unnamed sources. https://twitter.com/TheGunBlog/status/1183788964009971712 It’s important to protect innocent life. The situation and the response raise questions about tactics, morals, politics and journalism….

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 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…

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…

Trudeau Promises Mass Gun Bans, Confiscations in Election 2019

TheGunBlog.ca — Justin Trudeau promised the biggest instant gun bans against hunters, farmers and sport shooters in Canadian history if he is re-elected prime minister. Liberal Gun Ban Plan Take Our Poll Trudeau pitched his newest bans today in Toronto as the Liberal Party leader seeks to recover from scandals. Opinion polls show Liberal voters…

Marstar President Khoee Q&A: Election Outlook for Gun Industry

TheGunBlog.ca — Marstar Canada President Payam Khoee comments below in an interview about what’s at stake in next month’s election for his firearm business and the industry. Marstar specializes in importing and selling military-surplus firearms. The company is based in Vankleek Hill, 100 km east of Ottawa. Khoee led the employee buyout of the company…

Liberals to Restrict Gun Owners in Cities, Bill Blair Tells CBC

TheGunBlog.ca — The Liberal Party of Canada may further restrict hunters and sport shooters living in cities if it wins next month’s election, Bill Blair, the Liberal minister of gun bans, told CBC Radio One today. The party is looking at “additional restrictions on where a firearm can be possessed or stored within a municipality,”…

Election 2019: Three Realities and Four Possible Outcomes

TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian election that kicked off this week is the most-critical vote in a generation for hunters, sport shooters and the gun industry. It will determine the future of civilian firearm ownership in our country. Here are three realities for gun owners and four possible election outcomes. They are adapted from our new…