Q&A With Nicolas Johnson of TheGunBlog.ca
Q&A With Nicolas Johnson of TheGunBlog.ca, originally published in Canadian Access To Firearms (CATF).
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Calibre Magazine Publisher Daniel Fritter on Gun Publishing and Politics (Video)
TheGunBlog.ca — Watch our video conversation with Daniel Fritter, the founder and publisher of Calibre, which calls itself Canada’s firearms magazine.
Interview With Donovan Dewis of Canadian Access To Firearms (Video)
TheGunBlog.ca — Watch our interview with Donovan Dewis, the publisher of Canadian Access To Firearms (CATF).
‘The Gun Chase’ By CityTV: Analysis
TheGunBlog.ca — “The Gun Chase” by CityTV is a factual and informative video documentary about Toronto’s illegal gun trade. It’s part of a mass-media landscape that mostly portrays firearms and their users in a bad light.
Here’s our quick analysis of last night’s show.
NFA Buys Full-Page Ad in The Hill Times to Tell MPs: ‘We Vote’
TheGunBlog.ca — Canada’s National Firearms Association bought a full-page ad in today’s edition of The Hill Times newspaper, as the House of Commons starts up and the governing Liberal Party outlines its priorities. The minimalist, mostly black design is dominated by a simple message for the 338 members of parliament who are hired and fired…
Week in Review: Matt Gurney, Globe and Mail, Liberals, Doctors
Highlights of the Week: April 1 – 7 Following are some of the highlights of the past week affecting Canadian gun owners and shooters as the government prepares new prohibitions and confiscations. Friendly Gun Owners ‘Want Their Rights Respected,’ Conservative MP Candice Bergen Says Matt Gurney of the National Post criticized an editorial in the…
CBC ‘Year of the Gun’ Film Continues One-Sided Firearm Coverage
TheGunBlog.ca — CBC, Canada’s state broadcaster, will show “Year of the Gun” tomorrow as a new film about individuals and gangs who shoot people illegally and their victims, the latest in a string of programs presenting firearms only as tools of crime. The media company updated articles promoting the point-of-view documentary following this story. Summary…
Editors of Canada’s No. 2 Paper Urge Seizure of PAL Holder Guns
TheGunBlog.ca — The editors of Canada’s No. 2 newspaper by circulation called on the federal government to confiscate handguns from lawful sport shooters, even if it strips away their rights. The editors didn’t suggest seizing weapons from criminals.
CBC Radio Cross Country Checkup on July 29: Gun Ban
(Update 23:40 Toronto time: Adds link to replay.) TheGunBlog.ca — CBC radio’s Cross Country Checkup will ask Canadians about their views on gun bans on today’s show, after The Globe and Mail said this week the government plans to prohibit handguns. Here’s a link to the show website. This content is for subscribing members. Please sign in…
New Shooter Visits Campus Gun Club for University Affairs
TheGunBlog.ca — If you run a gun club, range, store or training, please read the article published today in University Affairs by a new shooter describing her first trip to a campus gun club (at the Calgary Shooting Centre). It’s informative and encouraging.
Top Guns of YouTube: Rankings by Subscribers, Views and Growth
TheGunBlog.ca — Following is the third annual ranking of YouTube’s top gun channels by subscribers, growth, views and more.
Real Shooters Don’t Hide Their Gun Porn
TheGunBlog.ca — Tens of thousands of Canadian shooters get Calibre magazine mailed to them in a package that masks the naked firearms on its cover. For Pierre Plourde, the desire to hide is why the gun-rights movement is failing.
CCFR Plans New Sport-Shooting Show on Wild TV
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights said it’s working on a new show with Wild TV to introduce sport shooting to the channel’s estimated 2.4 million viewers across the country. I renewed my membership today after learning about the plan. (See more disclosures here.)
The Bigger Story of CBC’s Video Recall Is What It Shows About Us
The bigger story of what happened this week, beyond the micro-victory of getting the CBC to remove and fix a short video on Canada’s gun laws, is the display of power by grassroots, decentralized, uncoordinated, independent, networked actors.
CBC Briefly Pulls ‘Guns in Canada 101’ Video to Fix a Few Errors
The CBC temporarily removed its video on “Guns in Canada 101” to correct a few errors following a complaint to the ombudsman, after shooters, gun-rights groups and media criticized the clip and the company for the inaccuracies and misrepresentations.
Gary Mauser Officially Starts ‘Justice for Gun Owners’ Blog
Gary Mauser, one of Canada’s leading academics on firearms, inaugurated his new website today, Justice for Gun Owners: Fighting for Sensible Canadian Gun Laws.
CSSA Does Point-by-Point Takedown of Misleading CBC Gun Video
(Update: CBC temporarily removed the video on April 12 after a complaint to its ombudsman. Christopher di Armani saw that as a victory for shooters. I agree and develop that theme here.) The Canadian Shooting Sports Association did a superb point-by-point takedown of a CBC video on gun laws packed with errors, misleading suggestions and possibly a wrongful confiscation by law-enforcement officers.
Q&A With ‘Firearm Injuries in Youth’ Researcher Natasha Saunders
The following is an interview with Natasha Saunders, the lead researcher and author of a study published yesterday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, “Risk of firearm injuries among children and youth of immigrant families.” (See TheGunBlog.ca’s First Take on the study.)
First Take: Inside Today’s Study of ‘Firearm Injuries’ in Youth
The Canadian Medical Association Journal released a study today showing that an average of one child and young adult was shot each day in Ontario between 2008 and 2012. The following is some context based on what we know and what we don’t know. TheGunBlog.ca has requested an interview with the lead researcher.
Watch ‘Armed and Reasonable: How to Buy a Gun in Canada’ by Vice
Watching “Armed and Reasonable: How to Buy a Gun in Canada” by Vice is a breath of fresh air that is forcing me to ditch some assumptions. I always braced myself for the worst when reading so-called “news” or watching so-called “documentaries” about guns and gun owners in Canada. Most of what I see in…