On May 1st, 2020, the Liberal government banned a swath of semi-automatic firearms by Order in Council (OIC), all of which are commonly used for hunting and sporting purposes in Canada. Every week we also learn of more horror stories based on SOR/2020-96. This week we learned of an RCMP memo sent to Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). The letter advised “some AR-15 parts” are now prohibited … [Read more...]

May 26, 2020: the day Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh stopped the beating heart of Canada’s democracy. It’s now time to resuscitate her. It’s time to bring Parliament back to life. Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall sponsored Petition e-2629 to help build the political defibrillator required to restart Parliament’s heart, wake her from the government-induced … [Read more...]

Last week Dr. Caillin Langmann released his study, “Effect of firearms legislation on suicide and homicide in Canada from 1981 to 2016.”[i] Dr. Langmann’s study confirmed what most gun owners already knew – that Canada’s gun laws don’t affect violent criminals or those intent on ending their own lives. He focused on finding what effect, if any, Canada’s three major firearm legislative milestones … [Read more...]

Last week a letter from the RCMP landed in the mailboxes of licenced firearm owners across the country. Titled “Announcement of a Firearms Prohibition”, the letter is puzzling because it provides so little actual information about which firearms were banned on May 1, 2020. For example, the letter says, “Nine (9) types of firearms by make and mode, and their variants;” but never tells the reader … [Read more...]