According to gun control advocates’ logic, Australia’s buyback should have been followed by a sudden drop in firearm homicides and suicides. After all, access to legal guns ought to have been greatly diminished. It seems obvious: ban guns and there won’t be any gun crime. After two people were killed […]
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Police say they’ve busted a gun-manufacturing ring in the Toronto area
Ontario Provincial Police say they have busted an organized crime group that was manufacturing illegal handguns and selling them to street gangs in the Greater Toronto Area, Niagara Region and elsewhere. “This is a GTA-centred group,” Supt. Bryan MacKillop of the OPP organized crime enforcement bureau said in an interview […]
Ottawa considers gun control options with a handgun ban seen as costly and possibly ineffective
OTTAWA—The federal government is considering further restrictions on handguns but will stop short of an absolute ban, as the cost to buy back legally owned handguns is pegged as high as $2 billion, the Star has learned. Escalating gun violence across the country, including Toronto, spurred calls for the federal […]
Gun groups worried about government’s ability to trace guns to owners
The groups say new marking regulations could be the “final piece” needed to trace every non-restricted gun in the country. Local and national firearms advocacy groups are sounding the alarm over what they perceive as an attempt by the federal government to effectively recreate the long-gun registry, which was scrapped […]
Gun controls will be tightened, Trudeau tells Montreal radio audience
The Canadian prime minister said he hasn’t excluded the possibility of banning them outright. The federal government is considering adopting measures that would see tighter controls applied to handguns and assault weapons, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. In a radio interview with 98.5FM in Montréal, the prime […]
Canada’s Bill C-71 to Pass by Early Spring, Senator Tells CTV
Canada’s Senate is likely to approve Bill C-71 in winter or early spring, CTV News reported today, citing the sponsor of the planned law to further curtail the privacy and freedom of hunters and sport shooters. “I am confident that it will pass, eventually,” Senator André Pratte told CTV News in an interview […]
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MISE À JOUR, Facebook ont décidé de nous retirer de la liste noire! Bonjour à tous! Comme plusieurs le savent, j’ai appris une mauvaise nouvelle hier soir. Chaque fois qu’un article est publié sur notre site, je mets l’information sur la page Facebook de GunsNews. Hier, j’ai malheureusement eu la surprise d’apprendre que […]
Better gun control required
The PolySeSouvient group traveled to Ottawa on Monday to reiterate the urgency of adopting greater gun control. He denounces that Bill C-71, introduced at the beginning of the year, is still not in force. On the eve of the 29th anniversary of the Polytechnique tragedy, the group fears that the […]
RCMP might be in contempt of Parliament over Bill C-71
Displaying information on its website that gave the public and gun store owners the impression Bill C-71 was already in force has landed the RCMP in trouble. An RCMP bulletin to gun stores and placed on their public website said the Swiss Arms and some Czech CZ 858 rifles are […]
Privacy breach in Canadian handgun consultations
Minister Bill Blair admits Canadian government recorded IP addresses of Canadians filling out online survey Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction, Bill Blair, has admitted to a privacy breach in an online survey that was advertised to Canadians as “anonymous”. The government recorded the IP addresses of everyone surveyed […]