Alberta Joins Gun Owners in Federal Court Appeal to Stop Liberals
TheGunBlog.ca — Alberta said it’s joining gun owners in their Federal Court of Appeal case to stop the federal Liberal Party’s mass criminalization order of May 2020.
Lawsuits
CSSA’s Tony Bernardo Discusses Bill C-21 Lawsuit, Gun-Rights Advocacy (Video)
TheGunBlog.ca — Watch our video conversation with Tony Bernardo, the executive director of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA), one of the country’s largest and most-influential groups for gun owners.
CSSA Files Lawsuit Against Trudeau’s Mass Handgun Confiscations
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA) said today it filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s mass handgun confiscations targeting government-licensed owners.
Liberals Refuse Federal Court Order to Give Evidence for May 2020 Attacks
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s government refused a Federal Court order to produce the evidence that led to its political attacks begun in May 2020 against gun owners.
Federal Court Orders Liberals to Hand Over Evidence for May 2020 Attacks
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Federal Court ordered the government to hand over all documents leading to its May 2020 political attacks against licensed gun owners and businesses, in a major procedural win for the teams fighting the crackdown.
Section 74: Court Sets First Hearing to Review ‘Nullifications’
TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian gun owners won a new procedural victory in court today in their fight to stop the federal police and federal government crackdowns against honest citizens.
Federal Court Dismisses Injunction Motions to Stop Liberal+RCMP Attacks
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Federal Court dismissed three injunction motions to temporarily freeze the federal government’s and federal police’s politically motivated attacks against hunters, farmers and sport shooters.
Alberta CFO Sent This Letter to ATRS Ordering Business Shutdown
(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….
Federal Court Update: Today’s Meeting, Arkadi Bouchelev Q&A on Injunction
Update on today’s Federal Court meeting with the lawyers fighting the Liberal Party of Canada’s ’s mass gun confiscations, and with lawyers defending the Liberal attacks.
Update Aug. 27:
– Adds Federal Court Procedural Order (Timeline)
– Adds clarifications by Bouchelev
Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 August 17
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights
– NFA: Solomon Friedman and Guy Lavergne Update on Federal Court Cases
– ‘Canada’s Gun Store’ Airs ‘Long-Distance Shooting Is Nerdy’ Video
– CCFR Says It Has Spent $770,000 on Legal Battle to Stop Confiscations: iPolitics
– CSSA Supports Hipwell Lawsuit, Adding to Parker, Group of Nine
– Canadian Tire Is Being Sued for Selling Gun Used in B.C. Attack
– Conservative Party to Announce New Leader on Aug. 23
– Peter MacKay Is ‘Best Choice’ for Conservatives, Toronto Star Says
– Toronto Police Cuts Gun/Ammo Budget By Almost 50% to $1.2 Million
National Competitor Nils Ek Q&A: Why I Took the Liberals to Court
TheGunBlog.ca — Nils Ek, a Canadian national pistol competitor, discusses why he joined a group fighting the governing Liberal Party in Federal Court, saying their mass gun confiscations are unconstitutional and illegal. TheGunBlog.ca spoke with Ek by e-mail over the past month. The editor of TheGunBlog.ca has donated to Ek’s case and others among the…
Hipwell Lawyer Files 2,358 Pages of Evidence for Federal Court Fight
TheGunBlog.ca — John Hipwell’s lawyer, Edward Burlew, filed 2,358 pages of evidence with Canada’s Federal Court today, as the founder of Wolverine Supplies Ltd. fights the governing Liberal Party’s attacks against hunters, farmers and sport shooters.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 July 27
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights This Week
– RCMP Says July 20 Nullification Notice Isn’t a Revocation Notice
– Federal Court Holds First Meeting With Teams Fighting Gun Bans
– Saskatchewan Smashes Liberal Anti-Gun Bias in Naming Freberg CFO
– OFAH Analyzes Survey on Newly Banned ‘Non-Restricted’ Guns
– NFA: Cassandra Parker Sees ‘Months of Litigation’ to Fight Confiscation
Federal Court Holds First Meeting With Teams Fighting Gun Bans
Newest Update: Aug. 02
TheGunBlog.ca — The five teams fighting the governing Liberal Party of Canada’s gun-confiscation order in federal court had their first meeting with the Federal Court today.
Includes downloadable motions to intervene from:
– Canadian Taxpayers Federation
– National Firearms Association
– Coalition for Gun Control
Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 July 13
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights This Week
– ‘Nullified:’ RCMP Mails Ownership Cancellations for Newly ‘Prohibited’ Guns
– Federal Court to Meet July 29 With Four Anti-Confiscation Lawsuits
– TACCOM Show Moves to April 2021 After Covid-19 Disruption
– Note on Conservative Leadership Vote
– Chrystia Freeland Values Guns for Protection, Hunting
– Vermillion Gun Club Post on Limiting Police Reached 141,714 People
Christine Generoux Is Her Own Lawyer in Lawsuit to Stop Gun Bans
(Update Aug. 13: Adds that Generoux isn’t a lawyer in first and third paragraphs.) TheGunBlog.ca — At least five groups or individuals have gone to Canada’s Federal Court to stop the governing Liberal Party’s gun-confiscation order, but Christine Generoux is the first one representing herself without a lawyer. Generoux submitted her so-called “Application for Judicial…
CCFR Lawsuit Backed By Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is backing the CCFR lawsuit against the governing Liberal Party’s May 1 confiscation order attacking honest citizens. Illegal, Unconstitutional “Our position is that the Order-in-Council is outside the bounds of the rule of law and the Constitution,” Jay Cameron, Litigation Manager for the Calgary-based JCCF, said in…
Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 June 15
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights This Week
– Download Latest RCMP Gun-Ban List Updated June 15
– Marstar Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter to PolySeSouvient
– Conservative Leadership Debate: Impressions
– CCFR Raises Over $150,000 for Lawsuit Against Gun Bans
– Saskatchewan to Block Trudeau Handgun Confiscations in Law
– Alberta Passes Government Motion 20 to Defend Gun Rights
– Canada’s Gun Laws Haven’t Cut Homicide or Suicide, New Study Shows
– Federal Court Reviews CCFR Lawsuit to Stop Gun Confiscations
– RCMP Use of Force Shows Police Almost Never Unholster, Point or Fire
Canadian Taxpayers Federation to Join Lawsuit Against Gun Bans
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is joining the fight to stop the governing Liberal Party’s mass gun confiscations targeting licensed firearm owners and businesses. Support Lawsuit The citizen-advocacy group said today it needs to raise $21,000 by June 30 to support the first court challenge against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s May 1 confiscation order….
Canada Gun News: Week of 2020 June 01
Updated daily throughout the week.
Highlights This Week
1. Protesting the Ban Order
– RCMP Confiscation Notices Being Shot, Burned
– Vermillion Gun Club Restricts Police Use
– Alberta Outlines Policy Changes
2. Solomon Friedman Starts Law Firm With Fady Mansour
3. CSSA Won’t Sue to Stop Bans, Picks Its Top-Two Lawsuits
4. Jim Shockey Calls Gun Bans ‘Breach in the Public Trust’
5. News Bullets From Other Media