Topic: Police
RCMP Asks Retired Police to Help With Liberal Gun Confiscations
30 July 2024 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The RCMP is asking retired and former police in its Reserve Program to help with the Liberal Party of Canada’s mass criminalizations and confiscations targeting government-licensed firearm owners.
Trudeau’s Wish to Confiscate Many Rifles and Shotguns By October 2023 Will Fail, Regina Police Chief Tells Gormley
25 October 2022 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wish to confiscate many popular rifles and shotguns will probably fail again, Regina Police Chief Evan Bray told John Gormley of CKOM radio last week.
RCMP Chief Interfered in Nova Scotia Investigation to Push Trudeau’s Anti-Gun Agenda: Halifax Examiner
21 June 2022 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The chief of the RCMP interfered in the investigation of the 2020 Nova Scotia massacre to push Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s anti-gun agenda, the Halifax Examiner reported today.
Rodger Kotanko Family and Lawyer Brief Media on His Killing By Toronto Police
18 November 2021 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The family of Rodger Kotanko and their lawyer livestreamed their first media briefing today, after Toronto police raided the 70-year-old gunsmith and killed him.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 March 29
Highlights – Most-Viewed Reports in First Quarter 2021 – Section 74: Alberta Judge Allows Hearing to Decide Jurisdiction in 4 Cases – CACP Supports Criminalizing Owners of Items That Look Like Guns – Liberals May Allow Provinces to Confiscate Handguns as Parties Oppose Bill C-21
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 March 22
– Section 74: Alberta Justice Fradsham Says Crawford Hearing Can Proceed – Some Mayors Against Bill C-21 Are NOT Our Friends – Toronto Police Data Show Illegal Shootings Doubling Under Tory, Liberals – Newmarket, Ontario, Mayor Wants National Handgun Confiscation – RCMP Warns of Possible Ransomware Attack – Reader Comment: I Will Not Do Business…
Handgun Ban Would Be ‘Absolute Monster’ to Run: Regina Police Chief
01 March 2021 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Regina Police Chief Evan Bray said banning federally licensed handgun owners would be an “absolute monster piece of work” to manage.
Canada Gun News: Week of 2021 February 08
Highlights – Blair May File New Anti-Gun Law on Feb. 16, House Agenda Shows – Edward Burlew Files First Section 74 Appeal for Group Fighting ‘Nullifications’ – Federal Court Dismisses Injunction Motions to Stop Liberal+RCMP Attacks – Christine Generoux Comments on Federal Court Dismissal of Injunction – CZ Agrees to Buy Colt and Colt Canada…
RCMP Union’s Pete Merrifield Comments on Opposition to Liberal Attacks
23 November 2020 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Pete Merrifield, vice president of the National Police Federation, the RCMP labour union, discusses urging Canada’s government to help police stop violent gangs instead of seizing guns from federally licensed owners and stores. Read: RCMP Labour Union Opposes Liberal-RCMP Mass Gun Confiscations Merrifield made the comments today in a telephone interview with TheGunBlog.ca. The…
RCMP Draws Guns on Less Than 0.1% of Calls, Use-of-Force Data Show
TheGunBlog.ca — Officers with the RCMP, Canada’s largest police agency, almost never have to draw their guns on duty, according to data last month on the “use of force.” The 20,000 police officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police drew and displayed, pointed or discharged their firearms in less than 0.1% of the 8.79 million…
Alberta’s Kenney, Schweitzer, Glasgo: Media Briefing Transcript
03 June 2020 - NewsTranscript of media briefing today on gun rights and gun policy with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, Minister of Justice Doug Schweitzer and MLA Michaela Glasgo.
Bullet Points: Week of 2020 May 11
Updated daily throughout the week. Highlights This Week – Gun-Ban Order Took Effect Before It Was Even Public, Government Says – RCMP Responds to TheGunBlog.ca on Deleting ‘Grandfathering’ – CSSA: Ban Covers 12-Gauge Shotguns ‘Capable Of’ 10kJ Muzzle Energy – CACP Police Lobby Says It Will Review Liberal Confiscation Order – Canada Post Requires Free…
Police on Twitter Start to Protest Liberal Confiscation Order
05 May 2020 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Police on Twitter across Canada began to protest the governing Liberal Party’s crackdown against hunters, sport shooters and firearm collectors, opposing the instant prohibitions targeting federally licensed firearm owners. About 25 of the country’s almost 70,000 municipal, provincial and federal peace officers have responded to the Twitter campaign started yesterday evening, plus about…
Ottawa Police Opposes Mass Gun Confiscations Sought by Liberals
04 March 2020 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The Ottawa Police Service opposes the mass gun confiscations planned by Canada’s governing Liberal Party against federally licensed firearm owners, joining a growing national police movement against the crackdown. Why Police Oppose Gun Bans Waste of police money and energy Useless for public safety Risky for public and police Better to Invest in…
Calgary Police Chief Doesn’t Back Handgun Bans: Calgary Herald
02 January 2020 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — Calgary Police Chief Mark Neufeld doesn’t support Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s goal of criminalizing honest handgun owners, according to an interview published this week in the Calgary Herald. Neufeld is at least the 10th active or retired police leader across Canada to publicly question Trudeau’s plans to help municipalities expel lawful residents…
Bullet Points: Week of 2019 December 30
Weekly roundup of news, analysis and insight on Canadian gun culture, politics and policy.
Police Officer Against Gun Confiscations Outlines Home Searches
16 December 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — A Twitter user describing themselves as a police officer in Ontario outlined how home searches work, as they seek to stop Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plans for mass gun confiscations against honest families. The person, a “Former Soldier, Present Police Officer,” said in a tweet they work for a “major metropolitan Police…
How Police Review ATCs: Info Commissioner Letter to Dennis Young
11 November 2019 - NewsTheGunBlog.ca — The following letter published today by Dennis Young outlines how police in Canada assess applications to carry loaded handguns for personal protection. The Ottawa-based Information Commissioner sent the Nov. 5 letter to Young in response to his complaint about how the RCMP handled his requests for information related to Authorizations To Carry. (See…
Trudeau and Blair’s AR-15 Bashing Puts Police in a Pickle
TheGunBlog.ca — If Justin Trudeau and Bill Blair are right about the AR-15 rifle, Canadians should be scrambling to protect themselves against imminent massacres by police. https://twitter.com/liberal_party/status/1178666751569121280 Almost every police cruiser in Canada is equipped with a semi-automatic AR-15, Blue Line, the country’s police magazine, reported in December 2017. AR-15s Galore The Royal Canadian Mounted…
Vancouver Police Opposes Trudeau-Stewart Calls for Handgun Ban
24 September 2019 - Newshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Noo1Gy9Kvsg&feature=youtu.be&t=820 TheGunBlog.ca — The Vancouver Police Department opposes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s goal of banning federally licensed handgun owners and stores from Canada’s third-largest city. The VPD is part of a growing country-wide movement of police leaders and organizations against politicians working to criminalize lawful, legitimate and licensed hunters, farmers…