UPDATE #3: TheGunBlog.ca reports the CBC has now re-issued the video on their "Keeping Canada Safe" portal with two text updates and a disclaimer below the video. Not good enough. Keep up the pressure on the CBC to either pull the video completely or redo the segment with accurate information. UPDATE #2: The CBC pulled it from the other link on the CBC website … [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...]
Adam Vaughan: Ontario Gun Owners and Gun Clubs – Know Thine Enemy
As many Canadians may not know, in 2008 the Toronto City Council passed a bylaw banning shooting ranges on city property as well as businesses that manufacture firearms from operating within the city limits. Shooting ranges operated by governments are okay under the bylaw. Shooting ranges operated by private individuals or non-profit groups are not. This is, of course, … [Read more...]
Bill C-580 Press Release from CSSA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NDP’s Bill C-580 gives gun owners renewed energy for election fight Sport shooters show disgust at feeble ploy to “fix” gun registry (Vaughan ON – October 21, 2010) Private Members’ Bill C-580 tabled by NDP MP Charlie Angus earlier this month is ill-conceived and leaves firearms owners to conclude it is nothing more than a confiscation … [Read more...]
A Message to All NFA and CSSA Members
A Message to All NFA and CSSA Members by Norman "Griffon" Lapierre, President, Canadian Association for Self Defense Dear member of the firearms community, I am writing these lines while trying to remain as non-partisan as possible. The following message addresses itself to members of the CSSA and NFA equally. The focus on firearms will soon fade from the media over … [Read more...]