TheGunBlog.ca — The Liberals could use their planned Order in Council (OIC) to kill the legal handgun market any day, and certaintly before the fall.
Here is a snapshot of the process behind the timing.
TheGunBlog.ca — Almost all the gun owners targeted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s May 2020 mass criminalizations rejected his confiscation order and kept their firearms, according to new government data.
TheGunBlog.ca — The number of Canadians with a government-issued gun licence rose 1.8% in 2021 to a year-end record, as firearm ownership for protection, sport, collecting and other activities continues to gain in popularity.
TheGunBlog.ca — Watch our interview with Allan Harding, Canadian national pistol champion. We cover topics including: shooting a pistol at 50 metres, traveling with guns and ammo, mental training for competition and for life, and aiming for the next Olympics.
TheGunBlog.ca — Watch our interview with Donovan Dewis, the publisher of Canadian Access To Firearms (CATF).
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.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Department of Public Safety comments below on its “technical consultations” questionnaire e-mailed to 23 gun businesses last week, as it fails to convince owners to surrender their guns for destruction.
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.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian subsidiary of Beretta Holding Group, one of the world’s biggest gun companies, said 2021 sales were “fantastic” and 2022 looks “exciting,” boosted by its brands including Beretta, Benelli, Holland & Holland, Sako and Tikka.
TheGunBlog.ca — Watch our conversation “swapcast” with Travis Bader, the owner of Silvercore and the producer of the Silvercore Podcast.
We blend the personal and professional as we take turns sharing our experiences in Canada’s gun community.
Watch our interview with Spyros Chrysochou, who runs the Canadian operations of Beretta Holding Group as general manager of Stoeger Canada.
Beretta Holding is one of the world’s biggest gun companies. brands include Beretta, Benelli, Holland & Holland, Sako and Tikka.
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.
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.
TheGunBlog.ca — Following is our exclusive video interview with Sheldon Clare, who stepped down this month after more than 11 years as president of Canada’s National Firearms Association.
TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP, which controls personal gun ownership in Canada, said it has a four-month delay processing new firearm licences, in line with the backlog a year ago over slowdowns related to Covid-19.
TheGunBlog.ca — What is a hunting firearm? It’s a simple question with high stakes in Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is threatening hundreds of thousands of hunters and other government-approved gun owners with criminal charges, police raids, and jail over the answer. Six groups of people targeted by Trudeau are fighting him in Federal Court…
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.
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.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian gun owners took a step forward today in the Federal Court cases fighting the government’s May 2020 political attacks against hunters, sport shooters and firearm collectors.
They’ll be allowed to argue the RCMP’s Firearms Reference Table aided the crackdown.
