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 — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proposed Bill C-21 today as a sweeping and complex new law against federally licensed gun owners, as he works to weaken citizens, hurt the firearm market, and kill modern shooting sports.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Liberal Party-led government will present its new law against federally licensed gun owners on February 16, the House of Commons agenda shows. The Liberals have also organized media briefings on the topic.
(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 — “Kassandra” tells her personal story of how Canada’s “red-flag” laws empower her violent ex-husband — and the police — to abuse her.
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government wrote the country’s firearm laws with the prohibitionist Coalition for Gun Control, newly obtained internal documents show.
TheGunBlog.ca — Brian McRae, who oversees municipal hunting and fishing issues for the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, comments in an interview below on municipal firearm by-laws.
TheGunBlog.ca — Saskatchewan said today it will block the mass handgun confiscations being drafted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the latest measure to stop federal attacks against firearm owners and businesses. The province proposed amendments to Bill 194, the Miscellaneous Municipal Statutes Amendment Act, 2019, which was originally introduced in the fall. Trudeau is…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Department of Justice comments on when the governing Liberal Party’s gun-confiscation order took effect on May 1.
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today ordered federally licensed gun owners to surrender many of our rifles to police within two years, while promising to allow “grandfathering” for confiscation at death. Gun Ban Plan Criminalize owners immediately with a two-year “amnesty” (Stay Out of Jail card) Re-classify many “Non-restricted” and “Restricted” rifles and…
[Newest Update: 23 February 2022] TheGunBlog.ca — Having and using guns in Canada is hyper-regulated by more than 24 federal laws and regulations, plus many more provincial and municipal restrictions. The List Below is the list of federal prohibitions and restrictions based mostly on the Firearms Act and Criminal Code. SOR = Statutory Orders and…
(Update Dec. 23: Adds mandate letter to Freeland.) TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau officially instructed Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair to pass new laws for mass gun confiscations against hunters, farmers, sport shooters and other safe and responsible firearm users. Update Dec. 23: He directed Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland to work…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to order mass rifle confiscations against hunters, farmers and sport shooters requires a new law and could take two years to set up, Bill Blair, the minister for firearm bans, told iPolitics. Why It Matters The timing and risks to pass new legislation raise optimism the gun-ban…
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Federal Court ordered the RCMP last month to publish the serial numbers of 468 SIG Sauer P226 pistols after concluding the release wouldn’t violate laws protecting personal privacy. Below is a copy of the full text of the Oct. 9 decision as published on the Ottawa-based Federal Court’s website. Significance The Federal…
TheGunBlog.ca — Bill C-71 began coming into force today as the governing Liberal Party of Canada’s new law against hunters, farmers, sport shooters and gun shops, with mass gun bans. The bill faced some of the broadest and most active opposition of any legislative proposal since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took office in October 2015….
TheGunBlog.ca — Bill C-71 passed its third and final vote in the Canadian Senate today as the governing Liberal Party’s new law to criminalize hunters, farmers and sport shooters and take away more of their guns. Senators voted 55 in favour and 33 against at 5:34 p.m. in Ottawa with 2 abstentions. Pro-Liberal members supported…
TheGunBlog.ca — Bill Blair, the Canadian minister examining gun bans for hunters and sport shooters, said ending home firearm storage and requiring central storage may be possible “in some jurisdictions,” a hunting and fishing club reported last week after a video meeting with the minister. This marks at least the third time in less than…
(Update Dec. 5 at 20:20 Toronto time: Adds context on repositories in sixth paragraph.) TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government is considering changes to gun-storage laws in addition to firearm bans and other restrictions on hunters and sport shooters, the Kenora Daily Miner & News said in a report quoting Bill Blair, the minister examining prohibition. Blair…
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government will require guns to be marked in a way that links them to their owners for police tracing, raising concern of a new registration system that violates privacy and eases future bans. The new system will revamp the UN-inspired Firearms Marking Regulations and take effect Dec. 1, 2020, the Ministry…
TheGunBlog.ca — Toronto Mayor John Tory officially asked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ban and confiscate all handguns and all semi-automatic rifles and shotguns from all federally licensed gun owners across the country. In case a handgun ban fails, Tory requested new federal laws to “create gun repositories” where licensed firearm owners across the…