We live in an increasingly bizarre world where wrong is deemed right, and law-abiding citizens are treated like criminals. Marco Mendicino, Canada's latest Public Safety Minister, boasted this nonsense on Twitter: "This is a government that is prepared to take the steps that are necessary. We’ve already put into place additional restrictions and prohibitions on … [Read more...]
Pennsylvania State Rep Demands ID Requirement to Buy Ammunition
Democrat State Representative Brian Kirkland wants to force gun owners to show state- or federally-issued identification before they can buy ammunition. The goal, says Rep. Kirkland, is to keep loaded guns out of the hands of minors. Seriously. Kirkland says he’s plugging a hole in current legislation with this bill because current Pennsylvania law states that unless … [Read more...]
David Lametti Drops Mandatory Minimums for Serious Firearm Offences
Justice Minister David Lametti's performance during last Thursday's press conference for Bill C-22 rivalled Justin Trudeau's or even William Shatner's for overacting. "We're turning the page on a FAILED [overemphasised for dramatic effect] Conservative criminal justice policy." "It was an approach that did NOT [overemphasised for dramatic effect] make our communities … [Read more...]
Bill Blair Enrages Liberals’ Most Ardent Supporters with C-21
It's fascinating to watch Bill Blair get roasted for 'betraying' a host of lobby groups who want the government to confiscate my legally-acquired and legally-owned firearms but those same lobby groups refuse to support Firearm Prohibition Order Reform to keep illegal guns out of the hands of convicted violent criminals. Their position is a little bizarre, to be honest. I … [Read more...]
Singapore Bans Possession of 3D Gun Blueprints
On January 5, 2021, Singapore’s Parliament passed Bill No. 44/2020, Guns, Explosives, and Weapons Control Bill, which makes possession of 3D gun blueprints a criminal offence without a licence. The legislative change is designed to stop unauthorized 3D printing of “major” gun parts but does not apply to accessories that can be fitted to a firearm, such as flash suppressors, … [Read more...]
Liberal Firearm Confiscation Scheme Proves Deadly for Temp Agency
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair keeps stepping in steaming piles of dog poo with his proposed Firearm Confiscation Compensation Scheme. Minister Blair is 0-3 at finding a scapegoat for seizing and destroying legal firearms from licensed, RCMP-vetted firearm owners. Conversely, Minister Blair is 3-0 at leaving illegal guns in the hands of drug dealers, gangs and other … [Read more...]
Toronto Drug Dealer Salim Slammy and Our MIA Minister of Public Safety
On September 24, 2020, Salim Slammy, a 27-year-old Toronto man, was arrested after a search of his home uncovered illegal drugs, large amounts of cash, two handguns and an automatic machine pistol. Police found: $40,000 in cash an unspecified amount of crystal methamphetamine an unspecified amount of MDMA an unspecified amount of cocaine two semi-automatic … [Read more...]
Albertans: Jason Kenney’s Firearms Advisory Committee Wants Your Opinion
Premier Jason Kenney is going to appoint a Chief Firearms Officer accountable to Albertans. As part of the change, the Alberta Firearms Advisory Committee seeks input from Alberta gun owners on how to best assert provincial authority on firearms issues. The Alberta Firearms Advisory Committee, chaired by Brooks-Medicine Hat MLA, Michaela Glasgo, invites you to share your … [Read more...]
O’Keal Brown: The Face of Canada’s Problem with Guns
On Saturday, October 3, 2020, someone walked into an apartment at 18 Skipton Court and shot three people. Gary Douglas Gallant, 36, died at the scene and two other victims were taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Police identified O’Keal Brown as the suspect and issued a warrant for his arrest for one count of first-degree murder and two … [Read more...]
Peter Anthony Kampos and Canada’s Gun Law “Loophole”?
On March 23, 2017, Peter Anthony Kampos walked into the Canadian Tire store in Terrace, B.C., and used his expired Possession and Acquisition Licence to buy an Aero Survival Rifle chambered in a 9mm Luger. Peter Kampos then drove from Terrace to Prince George, then to Chilliwack, BC, shooting at the drivers of 22 transport trucks along the way. Only by a miracle were none of … [Read more...]
PolySeSouvient’s Unassailable Logic on Handgun Bans
On August 8, 2020, PolySeSouvient, one of Canada’s gun ban advocacy groups, put out this tweet: The implication is the handgun owner is responsible for the theft of his or her handguns, not the criminals. There is no fault, no blame assigned to the thieves who broke into the house, then into the gun safe to steal these handguns, despite a minimum of three Criminal … [Read more...]
Pierre Poilievre: The REAL Scoop on Why the RCMP Came Clean Friday Afternoon
For two weeks, gun owners have tried and tried to get the Minister of Public Safety, the man responsible for the RCMP, to answer one simple question. “Minister Blair, is the RCMP’s letter to gun owners a Firearm Registration Certificate Revocation letter?" For two weeks Bill Blair and the RCMP refused to answer this simple question. Then, miraculously, on the Friday … [Read more...]
ACT New Zealand Says Firearm Prohibition Order Bill Needs an Overhaul
ACT New Zealand promotes free markets, free ideas, personal responsibility and personal accountability – all those principles progressive, virtue-signalling governments oppose - and while they support the concept philosophically, the current bill needs a lot more work before they can support it further. “We fully support the intention of going after the gangs and illegal … [Read more...]
Bill Blair Repeats Lies in Response to ePetition e-2341
It should come as no surprise that Public Safety Minister Bill Blair continues to peddle lies about his May 1st gun ban by Order in Council - specifically: "our prohibition will not impact the activities of law-abiding hunters or sport shooters." and "These weapons have no legitimate civilian use, as they are designed to take as many lives as possible, as efficiently as … [Read more...]
Police use guns designed “to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time”
On May 1, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lectured Canadians on the evils of the AR-15 firearm. "These weapons were designed for one purpose and one purpose only to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time. There is no use and no place for such weapons in Canada." Public Safety Minister Bill Blair echoed the Prime Minister's virtue-signalling … [Read more...]
Bill Blair – Master of Misinformation and Misdirection
Bill Blair may only be a second-term Liberal MP but make no mistake – Bill Blair is a career politician. The Minister of Misinformation's defence of his ban on so-called “military-style assault weapons” is just the latest ideological step in Blair’s long political career. He became Chief of the Toronto Police Service on April 26, 2005. During his tenure as Toronto’s top … [Read more...]
Gun Bans in Canada’s Two-Tiered Justice System
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” – George Orwell, Animal Farm “The Governor in Council is not of the opinion that any thing prescribed to be a prohibited firearm or a prohibited device, in the Annexed Regulations, is reasonable for use in Canada for hunting or sporting purposes...” – SOR/2020-96: The Liberal government's Order in … [Read more...]
Liberal Gun Bans, Opinion Polls and The Truth
On May 1st, 2020, the Liberal Government banned over 1,500 makes and models of guns they labelled “military-style assault rifles.” The same day, Angus Reid Institute trotted out a poll to support the ban, saying “an overwhelming majority” of poll respondents – 78% – “support or strongly support” the ban on assault-style weapons.[i] Interestingly, the Angus Reid poll also … [Read more...]
Canadian Gun Laws: A Primer for People Who Don’t Know Much About Gun Laws
This primer on Canadian firearm law is intended for anyone who Doesn’t know much about guns; Doesn’t know much about Canada’s firearm owner licensing system; Doesn’t know much about Canada’s legislative framework for controlling access to firearms; Wants to learn a little bit about how Canada deals with firearms and access to them. If any of the above applies … [Read more...]
Democracy Doesn’t Need Blunt Instruments by Rob Sciuk
Canada’s constitutional democracy was carefully fashioned by balancing the jurisdiction of the Provinces and the Federal government, and it works best when a critical eye is cast upon the ruling class. There is a disturbing tendency to try and accrue additional powers and, in recent years, to concentrate those powers in the very small circle known as the Prime Minister’s … [Read more...]
Analysis of CPC Leadership Candidate’s Firearm Policy Statements
Before We Begin This is a lengthy and detailed evaluation of the firearm policy statements made by each candidate in the Conservative Party's leadership race. To cast your ballot for leader you must be a member in good standing and the deadline for purchasing your CPC membership is May 15th, 2020 - just four days away as of today, Monday, May 11, … [Read more...]
RCMP and CBSA Contradict Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, RCMP Relents
Late Friday night the RCMP declared all 12-gauge and 10-gauge shotguns are legal "because we say so." Please read my assessment of Minister Blair's similarly worded legal advice on Facebook and Twitter at the end of this article. My thoughts there apply to the RCMP's latest as well. Friday was not a good day for Public Safety Minister Bill Blair. The Canadian … [Read more...]
If You Own Guns Sign These FIVE Petitions (plus one for UNIFOR members)
UPDATE: May 19 | Added MP Cheryl Gallant's petition to fire Public Safety Minister Bill Blair. UPDATE: May 9 | Added petition for UNIFOR Members against the union using their member dues to promote gun bans from honest people. If you read The Bill C-71 Book, you already know what I think about petitions, so the obvious question becomes ... “Christopher, why … [Read more...]
How did We Come to This? by Rob Sciuk (Courtesy Canadian Access to Firearms)
The following column by Rob Sciuk is republished here with permission of Canadian Access to Firearms, Canada's premier firearm classified ads newspaper. How did We Come to This? by Rob Sciuk We are our own worst enemy The Canadian Firearms Act of 1995 (C68) introduced a number of draconian, expensive, unconstitutional and ultimately useless measures … [Read more...]
Firearm Licence Holders: Is a Political Beliefs Test Next?
A political beliefs test for German gun owners may coming if their Interior Minister gets his way. This desire to test for thought crimes is sparked by Germany’s latest lunatic with a gun and his hate-filled internet manifesto. Once a gun owner beliefs test implemented there, you can bet it will come to Canada next, courtesy of Loki Hulgaard's Racist Manifesto or another one … [Read more...]
Antonio Sampogna: Licenced Gun Owner’s Choices Baffle Lawyers and Judges Alike
What makes a licenced gun owner, avid target shooter and hunter, decide selling guns to criminals is a good idea? That’s the unanswered question remaining after Antonio Sampogna was, on February 14, 2020, sentenced to five years in prison for a series of gun crimes. Sampogna was once a law-abiding man who, for reasons nobody understands, he chose to sell a gun and … [Read more...]
How to Obtain Your Firearm Possession and Acquisition Licence
Many Canadians believe anyone can walk into their local gun store, toss a wad of cash on the counter and walk out with a gun. Worse, this lie is often promoted by reporters and elected officials alike. It's critical for Canadians to understand all of the legal hurdles an individual must clear before they are granted a firearm Possession and Acquisition Licence by the RCMP … [Read more...]
Firearm Licence Revocation Lies from Justin Trudeau
On February 5, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood in the House of Commons and lied to Canadians. Mr. Speaker, the police currently have the ability to remove firearms from someone who presents a threat to themselves or others, but they cannot suspend the licence and prevent that person from acquiring new firearms. That is what the red-flag law is all about. At the very … [Read more...]
Fake UN Document From 2013 Resurfaces Amid Canada’s Gun Ban Debate
On its surface, the document titled "Disarmament Commission - Civilian Weapons Confiscation Study Group" floating around social media looks real. It's written in the language of UN bureaucrats and even includes what appear to be hallmarks of an official UN document. It sets gun owners' hair on fire because it hits the hottest of hot buttons - firearm … [Read more...]
Liberal Karen Ludwig distorts facts to play the victim card
New Brunswick’s Jeff Young is an outspoken advocate for our firearms community. He’s also been working day and night since June 26, 2018, to ensure Liberal MP Karen Ludwig’s defeat in October. Ms. Ludwig (New Brunswick Southwest) is well aware of Jeff Young’s opinion of her, and his commitment to defeat her. She is rightly terrified his efforts will be successful. Why? … [Read more...]