Dwight Peer, the Chief Firearms Officer for Ontario, comments below on the Canada-wide surge in buying AR-15 target rifles in May and June, gun-owner licensing, and related topics. Peer spoke with TheGunBlog.ca on July 4 at his office in Orillia, about 130 km north of Toronto. Ontario Chief Firearms Officer Dwight […]
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Bill C-71 Passes Final Vote in Senate as New Law to Ban Guns
Bill C-71 passed its third and final vote in the Canadian Senate today as the governing Liberal Party’s new law to criminalize hunters, farmers and sport shooters and take away their guns. Senators voted 55 in favour and 33 against, with 2 abstentions starting at 5:34 p.m. in Ottawa. Pro-Liberal members supported […]
Handgun Owners Rise to New Records
The number of Canadians with a gun licence rose to a record in March after 24 straight quarterly increases, RCMP data show. The surging appeal of sport shooting also drove Canadian handgun owners to a new high. The country counted 2,186,161 adults with a firearm Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL) […]
L’interdiction des armes à feu – MISE À JOUR
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 […]
AR-15 likely target of planned OIC
The other day, Tony Clement rose in the House of Commons to ask Bill Blair the following: “I am told on good authority that the prime minister has a secret plan to ban legal firearms. Apparently, this secret plan is to be executed by cabinet directive with no debate in […]
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 […]
Motion visant à ajouter une interdiction des armes de poing au projet de loi C-71 rejeté au Sénat
La sénatrice Marilou McPhedran a présenté au Sénat une motion du 8 avril visant à interdire les armes de poing au projet de loi C-71, qui a été rapidement rejeté. La motion a été renvoyée devant le Comité sénatorial permanent de la sécurité nationale et de la défense et a […]
Armes de poing bientôt inderdit au Canada?
Il y a quelque temps nous vous avons avisé que ce ne serait qu’une question de temps avant que les libéraux décident de s’en prendre aux armes de poing. Malheureusement le jour est venue… Aujourd’hui, la sénatrice McPhedran proposera la modification du projet de loi C-71 visant à « interdire […]
Banning firearms has no effect on homicide/suicide – dr. mirza
With a small but boisterous group of “anti gun lobby” doctors seeking “protection from guns”, we thought we would consult the experts in these areas. The following testament was provided by Dr. Rida Mirza, child & adolescent psychiatrist from London, ON. Dr. Mirza has done extensive research in the areas […]
Minister says new gun-control recommendations due ‘in the coming weeks’
OTTAWA — Federal minister Bill Blair says his ideas for new gun-control rules might come within weeks. Since August, Blair been working on ways to get handguns and assault rifles off Canada’s streets, with measures that might include anything from restrictions on sales to crackdowns on smuggling. Today he told […]