When faced with a trespassing criminal, Canada’s laws on the use of force to repel criminals on our own property are still a terrifying mess. Firing a warning shot is deemed legal in Saskatchewan but criminal in Ontario. Both cases involve elderly Canadians who fired warning shots to scare away criminals. In the case of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, resident Hugh Lindholm the … [Read more...]
[Video] High River RCMP Dog and Pony Show
RCMP in High River, Alberta, broke into the homes of evacuated residents and seized every firearm that wasn't bolted down or locked in a safe, claiming "public safety". These criminals with badges and guns must lose their jobs and face criminal charges for violating the Charter Rights of High River residents. Write your MP, Prime Minister Harper, Premier Alison Redford … [Read more...]
RCMP Commissioner Robert Paulson Finally Speaks to High River RCMP Gun Thefts
It took over a week but RCMP Commissioner Robert Paulson finally came out of hiding to face Canadians about the criminal actions of his force in High River, Alberta. Well, he didn’t actually come out of hiding to face Canadians. He merely published a letter to the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP on the RCMP’s website. He still hasn’t reached down into … [Read more...]
ATTENTION High River Residents – Essential Information Required!
The Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA) sends its best wishes to the residents of High River, Alberta at this difficult time. Some of you will be facing the most dreaded of problem a family can have – the prospect of losing homes and property. As you are permitted to return to your homes, the CSSA has a special request to those who may have had firearms confiscated … [Read more...]
Canadian Shooting Sports Assn’s Excellent Job of Educating Canadian Politicians Continues
by Tony Bernardo, CSSA/CILA What better way to have politicians from every party understand the failings and foibles of Canadian firearms laws than to invite them to the shooting range? The Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association, the Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA) and the Canadian Institute for Legislative Action (CILA) held the 2nd Annual … [Read more...]
Unanimous Quebec Court of Appeal tells Quebec it has No Right to Gun Registry Data
It’s been a great week for Freedom and Liberty on two fronts this week. First, the Senate repeals Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act and now a Quebec Court has told the government of the Province of Quebec it has no right to the gun registry data. What great news! In a unanimous decision the Quebec Court of Appeal told the Province of Quebec to get lost. Sure, they … [Read more...]
MP Jason Kenny Explains Why Educating Our Elected Officials Is So Important
Jason Kenney is arguably one of the best MPs in the country. His work on the Immigration file is excellent. He takes his job seriously and handles the inane questions of the mainstream media well. That said, Jason Kenney clearly did not know how fundamentally the Firearms Act changed Canadian property rights when it comes to firearm ownership. Writer and longtime political … [Read more...]
Sheldon Clare and the NFA Barking up the Wrong Tree?
On April 23, 2013, Sheldon Clare and the National Firearms Association (NFA) issued a press release titled “Charging Fees to Avoid a Criminal Charge is Bad Policy”. Sheldon Clare opens that press release saying, “Charging a fee for people to avoid a criminal charge is simply wrong.” While that may absolutely be true, it’s also a policy long-established and accepted by … [Read more...]
Will You Write a Lettter of Support for Bruce Montague, his firearm collection and family home?
I received an interesting email the other day from Pastor Jim Butler of the Free Grace Baptist Church, located in Chilliwack, BC. He drafted a letter to Ontario Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) and the Ontario Attorney General and wanted my input on that letter before sending it. You can download and read that letter … [Read more...]
Bruce Montague Appeals Firearm Destruction Order
Bruce Montague, the Ontario gunsmith who challenged the constitutionality of Canada's Firearms Act, is appealing the destruction order for over $100,000 of his firearms. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) seized Montague's entire firearm collection back in 2004 when he was arrested and charged with violating Canada's Firearms Act. Bruce Montague and several other men defied … [Read more...]
Ian Thomson Case: The Full Legal Decision
[powerpress] Ian Thomson was acquitted of unsafe storage of firearms charges on January 3, 2013. You can download the full transcript of the decision here: http://rightsandfreedoms.s3.amazonaws.com/pdf/THOMSON-IAN-TRANSCRIPT_20130103.pdf While I personally haven't read it fully yet, I'm told it makes for some interesting reading. I'll … [Read more...]
Ian Thomson’s Interview with SunTV’s Brian Lilley
The day after Ian Thomson was acquitted of bogus unsafe storage charges in Welland, Ontario, Brian Lilley from the SunTV show Byline interview him. Here is that interview. If you are able to help Ian Thomson with part of his outstanding $30,000 legal bill for defending himself against charges that should never have been brought in the first place, please send your … [Read more...]
Ian Thomson Triumphs over Asinine justice system… momentarily, at least
January 3, 2012 Ian Thomson of Port Colbourne, Ontario, was found NOT GUILTY by Justice Colvin in a 45-minute decision that finally takes the weight off the man who had the audacity to defend his life from masked men trying to murder him in his home while he slept. It's a case that should never happened. Police should have commended Thomson for his restraint in firing … [Read more...]
Mass Hysteria: Government’s Age-Old Boogeyman by Jane Gaffin
Has the world suddenly gone bonkers? Well, no. The world seemingly has been afflicted with mass insanity since time immemorial. Hi-tech toys merely allow the madness to be refined. Eavesdropping on every telephone conversation, snooping into every e-mail message, cameras and recorders spying on and listening to citizens on every street corner, super-snoop … [Read more...]
“Windy Wendy” Cukier wastes no time in whining to the media about court loss
"Windy Wendy" Cukier, ever the complainer, didn't waste a second in getting her sniveling complaints out to the media in the wake of Ontario Superior Court of Justice Judge D. M. Brown's decision to kill The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic lawsuit to keep the long gun registry data. "This decision is a setback but we will continue to fight for sensible controls on … [Read more...]
Quebec judge says Quebec government gets to keep its useless gun registry data
I'm shocked. Okay, not really, but I really ought to be surprised that anyone still believes Canada's useless gun registry actually saved any lives, or that it's even possible for it to save lives. The recent shooting at Quebec premier-elect Pauline Marois's election night rally only highlights the uselessness of the gun registry. Despite the passage of Bill C-19 the gun … [Read more...]
Canadian Government will finally repeal gun show regulations
It's about time... too. This is one of the holdovers from the Liberals' failed Firearms Act. They had hoped to effectively ban Canadian gun shows by regulating them out of existence. Even the Liberals knew they faced an uphill battle with these and deferred them for years before eventually losing power to Stephen Harper's Conservative government, who has also deferred them … [Read more...]
Wendy Cukier’s dangerous fallacy that women can’t defend themselves
Women like Wendy Cukier are dangerous. Wendy Cukier of Canada's Coalition for Gun Control is one of those individuals who believe the entire world should be run to fit her personal desire, and that’s a very dangerous thing. Yes, to guys like me who happen to like guns, to be sure, but she is far more dangerous to woman than she will ever be to me or any other man and our … [Read more...]
Since the RCMP won’t delete the long gun registry data like the law says, the CSSA wants to make the database completely useless
The Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA) is not impressed with the RCMP's refusal to obey the law and delete long gun records from Canada's useless gun registry. With the passage of Bill C-19 and its Royal Assent on April 5, 2012 all of this data was to be destroyed, but the RCMP has yet to destroy a single record according to sources close to the RCMP. In the … [Read more...]
Gun Registry Bureaucrats screwed up data entry so we should KEEP the flawed long gun registry?
Let me get this straight. Government bureaucrats screwed up on data entry so that's why we should KEEP the flawed long gun registry? That is a ludicrous argument, but that’s exactly what writer Patrick Cain of Global News is saying. Opponents of Canada’s gun registry have long argued that the system is useless precisely because the information in the database is … [Read more...]
Pro-Gun Groups praise Vic Toews for ending “back-door” registry, but did he really?
After Bill C-19 passed and was proclaimed into law Canada’s so-called “Long Gun Registry” was officially dead. Except that it wasn’t. The law said it was, but the RCMP is still dragging its heels when it comes to actually deleting the data contained in the registry database. They claimed it will take months to work out the details of how to delete the data which is, to be … [Read more...]
Another Gun Registry Success!
Yes, it’s another gun registry success in La Belle Provence early Sunday morning as two unknown gunmen traded shots across a crowded intersection of Prince Arthur and Saint-Dominique streets on Montreal’s Plateau. Thank God we have registered handguns since 1934 here in Canada… and I also thank God that we’ve required every individual who owns a handgun in Canada to have an … [Read more...]
Open Letter to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews: Law-abiding gun owners treated worse than criminals
April 4, 2012 The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety Public Safety Canada House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear Minister: On Thursday, March 29, 2012 in the House of Commons you said: "I can indicate our Conservative government does not support treating law-abiding hunters, farmers and sports shooters as criminals." The sad fact is that … [Read more...]
Police State: When the Police choose which laws they will obey
When the Police choose which laws they will obey, what do you have? This question has come up this week in the wake of the refusal of at least 5 provincial Chief Firearms Officers across Canada to obey the law of the land as expressed by the passage of Bill C-19. As most already know, Bill C-19 struck down the requirements for people to register their non-restricted … [Read more...]
Williams Lake Sportsmen’s Association: “We burned 545 long gun registrations today.”
The Williams Lake Sportsmen’s Association in BC hosted a long gun registration burning party on Sunday, April 22nd at their club grounds. In preparation for this event a number of dignitaries were invited but unfortunately did not attend. Wendy Cukier of the Coalition for Gun Control, an organization which was instrumental at selling a firearms registry to the Federal … [Read more...]
Wendy Cukier & Heidi Rathjen, Join The Gun Registration Certificate Burning Party!
That's right... folks across the nation are having parties to burn their long gun registration certificates. It's the best way I can think of to celebrate one small step in the proper direction for the rights of Canadians when it comes to firearms. I wish I'd thought of it before I received Mike Ackermann's photos. All of mine apparently had an accident involving a … [Read more...]
Finally… one small step away from the Abyss
It’s been a very long time coming, but we’ve finally taken a very small step away from the abyss. As of midnight last night there is no longer a requirement to register non-restricted firearms (most rifles and shotguns) in Canada. The RCMP posted the highlights of the change in law on their Canadian Firearms Program website almost immediately, with the caveat that the … [Read more...]
Senator Daniel Lang speaks eloquently about the uselessness of gun registration
Senator Daniel Lang is opposed to gun registration, and for good reason. He comprehends history. Senator Lang represents The Yukon, and was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2009. He comprehends the issues that are important to Yukoners and indeed all Canadians. He is one of the sponsors of the bill to end the long gun registry and, to quote … [Read more...]
RCMP Member forgets loaded handgun on BC Ferry. Imagine if you or I did that…
Sometimes things happen. Everyone forgets a bag now and then. It happens to even the most diligent person. But when you are a serving member of the RCMP and your carry bag contains your loaded service pistol... well... there's going to be a bit of a problem, isn't there? Now I commend the unnamed RCMP member for immediately notifying his superiors of his screwup. I actually … [Read more...]
Lawyer Solomon Friedman hits a home run before the Canadian Senate
I'd happily add my 2 cents worth to what Mr. Solomon says in the video below, but then I would be robbing you of the opportunity to listen to someone who, on a daily basis, has been battling the stupid legislation we know as the Firearms Act and its Criminal Code amendments. Lawyer Solomon Friedman does an excellent job of explaining why ordinary, law-abiding Canadians are … [Read more...]