MISE À JOUR: «L’interdiction des armes à feu» du gouvernement libéral interdira les fusils AR-15 OSHAWA – La question du député Tony Clement concernant une possible interdiction des armes à feu par décret, combinée à la non-réponse du ministre Bill Blair, a suscité une tempête de spéculations hier. Le 10 […]
Tag: Bill C-71
Liberal gun bill finally set to clear Parliament
A Liberal government gun bill that has drawn resistance from some gun owners since Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale tabled it in the House of Commons more than a year ago is set to pass its final vote in Parliament this week. The Senate majority of Independent senators, and a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Most people think we must criminalize gun possession in Canada
Most Canadians are shocked to hear that Canada has the fourth highest level of gun violence amongst OECD nations. A revealing comparison is with Japan, which has an absolute ban on firearms. Japan reports an average of 0.005 firearm homicides per 100,000 people per year. Canada, by the same measure, averages 0.48, nearly […]