Your News About Guns – Vos Nouvelles Sur Les Armes À Feu
The Senate is set for a final vote Thursday on a Liberal gun-control bill that has been one of the government’s most contentious pieces of legislation since Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale tabled it in the Commons more than a year ago. Conservative senators were still engaged Tuesday in a […]
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 […]
OTTAWA — Canada’s national homicide rate last year was the highest it’s been in a decade, Statistics Canada says, because of a spike in gang-related violence and shootings. In a report released Wednesday, the agency said there were 660 reported homicides in Canada last year. Not only was that an increase […]
The RCMP has improved its internal approval process for online postings after sending out a potentially misleading message on firearms earlier this year, a House of Commons committee heard this week. The procedure and house affairs committee has been hearing testimony about whether an RCMP post about Bill C-71 was in contempt of Parliament for treating the Liberals’ […]
Investigations into whether gun licences should be revoked due to violent incidents or mental illness have faced “significant delays” that could endanger public safety, says an internal RCMP review. A lack of timely access to certain police and medical information has contributed to processing backlogs for firearms officers reviewing licence […]
The Ministry of Environment is looking to buy 147 semi-automatic carbines for conservation officers in Saskatchewan. In a request for proposals posted this week, the ministry said the weapons are needed to keep officers safe, noting they often deal with “high risk individuals, that are often armed.” Assistant deputy minister […]
A criminal network that stretched from Winnipeg to Vancouver was dismantled by the Winnipeg Police Service and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) during a long-term investigation launched early in 2018. Ten suspects were incarcerated after 10 months of investigation under a Riverbank project. Investigative work began in Winnipeg and […]
A parliamentary committee is looking into whether the RCMP should be found in contempt of Parliament for posting potentially misleading advice to firearm and gun shop owners regarding the Liberals’ gun legislation. At the centre of the dispute is the question of whether the Canadian firearms program’s website anticipated a decision of Parliament by […]
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