Topic: RCMP
Verbatim: RCMP Said It Deleted Quebec Long-Gun Registry Records
12 June 2017 - NewsFollowing are comments by the RCMP in 2015 and 2016 related to deleting registration records of Quebec residents from the so-called “Long-gun Registry.”
RCMP Kept Half of Long-Gun Registry Data, 2015 Transcript Shows
10 June 2017 - NewsThe RCMP kept almost half the data from Canada’s so-called “Long-gun Registry” that was stopped by law in 2012, a two-year-old official transcript shows. The law ordered all registration records destroyed. Gun owners are concerned about government’s plans for registry data and suspicious of RCMP statements about what was or wasn’t erased. RCMP kept what…
RCMP Trial This Week Focused on This Report Recommending AR-15
05 May 2017 - NewsHere is a 2010 report that recommended the RCMP adopt the AR-15 rifle. The study and its author were in focus this week at a trial to decide if Canada’s federal police are guilty of having failed to provide appropriate equipment and training to officers responding to attackers. The case is relevant to all of us.
RCMP Began to Train Shooting on the Move Last Year, Gazette Says
29 March 2017 - NewsPeople are often astonished that most police officers aren’t into shooting or guns, don’t train often with firearms and are lousy at marksmanship. But being armed and being skilled with your arm are completely different.
RCMP Ban on 10/22 Magazines Unconstitutional, CSSA Lawyer Says
28 July 2016 - NewsThe RCMP’s ban on Ruger 10/22 magazines capable of holding more than 10 cartridges is unconstitutional, the lawyer for the Canadian Shooting Sports Association said, urging owners, importers and sellers of the products to join a legal defence.
RCMP Attack on Ruger 10/22 Owners Unites Gun-Rights Groups
24 July 2016 - NewsThe RCMP’s attack on owners of the popular Ruger 10/22 small-calibre rifle is prompting Canadian gun-rights groups to unite in opposition. The RCMP plans to reclassify 10/22 magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of the .22 LR cartridge as “prohibited devices,” Calibre Magazine said July 18, potentially leading to criminal charges for anyone who owns, transports or sells them.…
RCMP Used to Issue 140,000 ATTs Per Year
08 July 2016 - DataThe RCMP used to issue about 140,000 Authorizations To Transport (ATT) firearms each year to civilians who asked for permission to take their guns from the store to home, or from home to the target range, the gunsmith or the airport. Most of them were for target practice and sports shooting, the RCMP said in a notice in…
RCMP Clarifies New ATT Rules
02 September 2015 - NewsIf you have an Authorization to Transport a firearm, you don’t need to do anything to benefit from the simplified transportation rules that took effect today.
Outrage Over High River Is About More Than Guns
All Canadians should be concerned by the RCMP’s actions during the flood in June 2013 in High River, Alberta, because it points to a breakdown in the rule of law.
RCMP Trains With Guns Once a Year for Half a Day
16 January 2015 - NewsThe RCMP requires its officers to train with firearms for half a day once a year beyond their basic instruction. “They’re required to qualify every year,” Deputy Commissioner Janice Armstrong told journalists today in Moncton, New Brunswick. “They’ll spend half a day at the range qualifying every year.” Emergency-response units practise with a variety of weapons,…