TheGunBlog.ca — The office of Alberta’s Minister of Justice comments below on plans to name its own Chief Firearms Officer, as Premier Jason Kenney works to shield gun owners from the federal government’s political attacks.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government is still calculating the costs of the mass gun confiscations it unleashed last May against federally licensed firearm owners, after omitting the expense in yesterday’s annual budget.
TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP comments below on its 26 February 2021 “nullification” notice to 1,865 more gun owners targeted by its May 2020 regulatory attacks, after a “technical issue” led to them being missed last year.
More than 70,000 people have now been notified.
Read our Q&A with the RCMP.
TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP provided the following data at 31 December 2020:
– Number of individuals with a firearm Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL)
– Number of individuals with at least one gun registered with the RCMP
– Number of firearms registered with the RCMP
– Table of firearm registrations by type of firearm
TheGunBlog.ca — The number of Canadians with a federal gun licence fell last year for the first time in a decade, as shutdowns to stop Covid-19 prevented people from applying for a permit. This year is on course for a new drop.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Shooting Federation of Canada told Minister Bill Blair that his new draft law to criminalize federally licensed gun owners is “harmful” to Olympic and Paralympic disciplines and “will fundamentally choke our sport off at the roots.”
TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP, which regulates Canada’s gun stores, is inviting them to apply to become licensed firearm destroyers, as it works with the government to attack gun users and businesses.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Department of Public Safety says its planned gun-storage restrictions in Bill C-21 target licensed owners of “all classes and types of firearms,” and violating municipal by-laws would risk “licence revocation and criminal sanctions.”
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 Department of Justice responds below to our questions on how Bill C-21 interacts with Bill C-22 in relation to gun owners, after the government proposed the new laws last week.
Includes slides from Bill C-22 technical briefing.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government is drafting new rules on storing guns and on using the Firearms Marking Regulations and Bill C-71 to trace every gun to its owner.
The Department of Public Safety comments below.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which administers private gun ownership, said it’s working to expand and improve online services through its Canadian Firearms Program 2.0.
TheGunBlog.ca — The office of Bill Blair, Canada’s minister in charge of restricting federally licensed gun users and businesses, reiterated plans for further laws and prohibitions today after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Supplementary Mandate Letters last week.
TheGunBlog.ca — Following are comments by James Cassells, Glock GmbH’s Canadian sales manager, about topics ranging from the Austrian company’s record-high business in Canada in 2020 and plans for 2021 to why police are switching to 9 mm and Cassells’ background with Glock.
TheGunBlog.ca — Glock GmbH, the maker of the world’s most-popular handgun, said its sales in Canada rose to a record last year, driven by demand for its G17 Gen 5 pistol and the smaller G19 Gen 4 “Canadian.”
TheGunBlog.ca — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which administers private gun ownership in Canada, responds below to our questions on its work to confiscate firearms from the owners it licences, and on the owners’ work to stop them.
(Correction Dec. 27: Corrects headline and article to delete incorrect analysis of planned handgun prohibitions.)
TheGunBlog.ca — The office of Canadian Minister Bill Blair outlines the next steps in the government’s planned laws against federally licensed gun owners.
TheGunBlog.ca — Greg Dunn of Dunn & Associates comments below after winning the first court case for gun owners against the May 1 regulatory attacks by Canada’s governing Liberal Party and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Dunn, based in Calgary, was the lawyer for Ryan Stark in his request to access a Section 74 hearing…
(Update Dec. 1: Adds RCMP comment.) TheGunBlog.ca — Alberta’s Chief Firearms Office, a unit of Canada’s federal police, ordered Alberta Tactical Rifle Supply to stop making, selling or advertising its rifles, jeopardizing the company’s existence and leading to a lawsuit. Ken Dobie, a firearms officer with the Edmonton-based regulator, signed the three-page letter dated Oct….
TheGunBlog.ca — Bill Blair, Canada’s minister for the mass gun confiscations against hunters, farmers and sport shooters, said this week it’s too expensive and inefficient for police to administer the seizures. He didn’t say who will.
