Minister Geneviève Guilbault launches the moment on the gentle method to convince hunters to register their firearms on the register. “There are fines, yes, for people who have not fulfilled their obligations, but you know, before the repression, I prefer to bet on the prevention part,” she said Monday, in […]
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Opinion: The evidence simply doesn’t support calls for gun bans in Canada
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As handgun crimes go up, Liberals and Conservatives disagree on remedy
Thieves broke into three outdoor-equipment shops in the Quebec towns of Alma, Sherbrooke and Magog between Oct. 16 and Nov. 13, making off in the middle of the night with about 50 handguns worth tens of thousands of dollars. In the midst of these thefts, on Nov. 7, Toronto police […]
The Montreal Mafia get firearms from the United States
Leonardo Rizzuto and Raynald Desjardins were arrested in possession of pistols. It was the surprising discovery that the police made during Operation Magot, which targeted the sons of sponsor defender Vito Rizzuto to share the drug market in Montreal, “Le Journal”. Tension was high in the mafia at the time […]
Large proportion of gun owners, many hunters feel unfairly targeted
Rifles at a merchant Photo: CBC Although they represent a very large proportion of gun owners, many hunters feel unfairly targeted by the new firearms registry when they do not represent the “threat” that people are hoping to eradicate. groups favorable to the register. A text by Lise Millette The […]
Gun owners have not said their last word
A pressure group is asking the Minister of Public Safety to abolish the Quebec gun registry. On October 26, Luc Boucher, a member of the pressure group “All against a Quebec gun registry”, sent a letter to the new Quebec Minister of Public Security, Geneviève Guilbault. Since the Coalition Avenir […]