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.
Alberta Tactical Rifle Supply (ATRS) sued the Canadian government and four RCMP and Alberta CFO employees for $130 million in damages from the May 1 gun bans. It’s the first cororate case of its kind in Federal Court.
TheGunBlog.ca — Ontario’s Chief Firearms Office sent the following memo to the provincial Ministry of the Solicitor General, as the RCMP expanded its FRT every few days to confiscate more guns.
Chantal Trahan, the CFO’s manager of firearm licensing and transfers, provides additional context.
Highlights from Murray Smith’s affidavit last week to support the Liberals and RCMP in Federal Court.
Includes PDF of the document.
The RCMP, which controls private firearm ownership in Canada, comments below on changing its legal opinion last month on the popular Derya MK-12 shotgun to a “Prohibited variant” of the AR-15 or AR-10 rifle.
TheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP, which controls private gun ownership in Canada, published an expanded list of the rifles and shotguns it’s preparing to confiscate from federally licensed owners and businesses. The list of roughly 9,500 models follows rising criticism of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for secretly using its Firearms Reference Table to ban guns…
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights This Week
– RCMP Is Secretly Making Guns ‘Prohibited’ in FRT, Reports Say
– RCMP Has Mailed Notices to PAL Holders About Gun Confiscations
– Solomon Friedman Files Court Challenge of Gun-Confiscation Order
– Liberals Plan Gun-Licence Extension of Six Months for Covid-19
– News Bullets From Other Media/Sources
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights This Week
– RCMP Publishes Public Firearms Reference Table (FRT) for First Time
– Ontario CFO Peer to Remain After Promotion Until Successor Named
– Blair Reiterates Plan to Confiscate Rifles at SECU Committee
– Conservative Leadership: Eight ‘Approved Applicants’ By Deadline
– News Bullets From Other Media
TheGunBlog.ca — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police comments below on its Firearms Reference Table, a private catalogue of its opinions on how firearms should be classified within the law. Caroline Duval, a spokeswoman for the Ottawa-based agency, e-mailed the comments to TheGunBlog.ca today in response to our questions. Who are your clients for the FRT?…
TheGunBlog.ca — Tony Bernardo, the executive director of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association, comments below on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Firearms Reference Table. We spoke with him by phone on Nov. 25. The Q&A was edited for clarity. What is the Firearms Reference Table? It is the No. 1 catalogue of guns in…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s federal firearm regulator said it’s still “working at posting” its so-called Firearms Reference Table of opinions on the legal classifications of guns, without any timing to publish the private catalogue. Critical Label The FRT shows the RCMP’s interpretation of whether a firearm should be considered “Non-restricted,” “Restricted” or “Prohibited,” the only three…
TheGunBlog.ca — The attached document wasn’t verified or authenticated by TheGunBlog.ca. It appears to show 41 pages of declassified “Secret” slides, e-mails and memos by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 2010.
Sig Sauer Inc.’s MPX firearm chambered in 9 mm is now available to Canadian shooters after the RCMP classified it as a “Restricted” carbine for use with a five-round magazine, the same as an AR-15. A “non-restricted” model may come later.