Unintended Consequences, Part 3 Justin Trudeau claims he has a “clear mandate” to move forward with his plan to ban guns after losing over a million votes and his previous majority government. “You are sending our Liberal team back to work; back to Ottawa with a clear mandate. We will get guns off our streets...”[i] Trudeau is obviously too blind to notice vast swaths of our nation rebuked … [Read more...]

For the CSSA, our Election 2019 efforts were tightly focused on one thing – getting the firearms community out to vote.   At last year’s SHOT Show in Las Vegas, we met with Keith and Paul Beasley (Canada in the Rough – Canada's BEST outdoors show!) and discussed how to leverage our partnership to reach more gun owners prior to the election.   As always, the Beasley brothers didn’t hesitate, … [Read more...]

by Tony Bernardo CSSA Executive Director Many (many!) firearm owners have called and written since the election asking, “What will happen next?” Here’s what we know so far, and what we foresee in the near future. Bill C-71 will be implemented, in full, probably by the new year. This will do several things – none of them good. First, owners of Swiss Arms Classic firearms and CZ-858 rifles will … [Read more...]

Unintended Consequences, Part 2 A shocking number of Canadians believe guns should be banned from licensed owners. They mistakenly believe taking guns away from honest, RCMP-vetted citizens will magically stop criminals and the gang violence that the evil shower upon our communities.   Let’s assume, for the sake of this commentary, such an approach could actually work. What does the path to … [Read more...]

In his efforts to pander to “progressive” voters in the Toronto region, Justin Trudeau promised to ban 250,000 rifles. There are only 75,000 AR-15 target rifles registered with the RCMP. So the obvious question for owners of “Non-Restricted” firearms is this: “How many of my guns is Trudeau going to confiscate?” “Gun control” advocates have long decried the fact many guns that “look evil” are … [Read more...]

The CSSA is compelled to write this open letter to all of you because your lack of firearms knowledge is so bad you’re embarrassing yourselves. The following facts are presented for your edification. The “AR” in “AR-15” rifle does NOT stand for “assault rifle” or “automatic rifle.” It stands for ArmaLite Rifle, after the company that developed it in the 1950s. The small box that ammunition … [Read more...]

Election 2019 could determine if Canadians will legally own guns or not.   Does that scare you?   It should.   The Liberal government is already on record saying they will ban semi-automatic rifles, regardless of classification, from hundreds of thousands of licensed Canadian firearm owners.   But, of course, that’s just their starting point. Advocacy groups who want to ban handguns and … [Read more...]