On January 27th, 2021, Liberal, Green and NDP MPs defeated Conservative MP Bob Soroya’s Private Members Bill C-238 – intended to increase penalties for anyone possessing a smuggled firearm – by a vote of 171 to 150. At best, it was a well-intentioned but poorly-drafted solution to the problem of smuggled guns. At worst, it was an abject failure to comprehend Section 96 of … [Read more...]
Mexico’s Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
Mexico is one of three countries in the world whose constitution guarantees citizens the right to bear arms: United States, Mexico and Guatemala. This constitutional right is rendered all but meaningless by a host of government restrictions on it – the warm wet dreams of anti-2nd Amendment advocates. Like all limitations on civilian firearm ownership, Mexico's restrictions … [Read more...]