By Guest Columnist Tony Bernardo Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government continued its all-out assault against federally-licensed, RCMP-vetted firearms owners this year, but every move Trudeau’s government made this year was built upon the rotten foundation of their May 1, 2020 Order in Council Gun Ban. Trudeau continued to lower sentences for a host of crimes, including gun smuggling and other … [Read more...]
RCMP Caught Lying to Parliament
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 7, 2022 RCMP Caught Lying to Parliament Canadian Firearms Program Technical Specialist Murray Smith Misleads MPs OTTAWA – Today, Tony Bernardo, Executive Director of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association, issued the following statement regarding comments made by the RCMP’s Murray Smith at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National … [Read more...]
Saskatchewan Firearms Act Proposes to License Fed Gun Grabbers
Congratulations to Christine Tell, Saskatchewan Minister of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety, for putting the federal government on notice. Federal Firearm Seizure Agents must, within 45 days, pay fair market value compensation, as determined by the Saskatchewan Firearms Commissioner, to the individual from whom the firearm was seized. 5-3 If a firearm is seized from an owner pursuant to … [Read more...]
Liberals Propose to Ban Semi-Automatic Firearms
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 22, 2022 OSHAWA, ON – Today, rumours that Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government will ban semi-automatic rifles and shotguns are confirmed. An amendment to Bill C-21, currently before a House of Commons committee, was tabled today that will ban all semi-automatic rifles and shotguns capable of accepting an external magazine. That Bill C-21, in Clause 1, be amended … [Read more...]
Canadian Shooting Sports Association Launches Multi-Pronged Lawsuit Against Trudeau Government over Handgun Freeze
Donate Below FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Canadian Shooting Sports Association Launches Multi-Pronged Lawsuit Against Trudeau Government over Handgun Freeze November 21, 2022 OSHAWA, ON –The Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA) launched a multi-pronged lawsuit against the Canadian federal government for their de facto handgun confiscation scheme euphemistically labelled a “handgun … [Read more...]
Trudeau Kills Legal Handgun Sales in Canada
“We cannot continue to wait to protect people,” Surrey MP Randeep Sarai told reporters at this morning’s press conference.[i] An odd comment, since Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has utterly failed to stop gun smuggling from the United States or the drug dealer and gang violence that flows from it. “Today, our national freeze on handguns is coming into force,” the prime minister said. … [Read more...]
Manitoba joins the party! No Provincial Resources for Firearms Confiscations
On September 28, Kelvin Goertzen, Manitoba Minister of Justice and Attorney General, joined Alberta and Saskatchewan in stating that provincially-funded and grossly understaffed RCMP personnel will not pander to the federal Liberal government’s virtue-signalling agenda. “We feel many aspects of the federal approach to gun crimes unnecessarily target lawful gun owners,” Minister Goertzen wrote, … [Read more...]
Saskatchewan Joins Alberta – No Provincial Resources for Fed Gun Grab
On September 27, Christine Tell, Saskatchewan Minister of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety, informed RCMP Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore that “the Government of Saskatchewan does not support and will not authorize the use of provincially funded resources for any process that is connected to the federal governments proposed ‘buy back’ of these firearms.”[i] “The Government of … [Read more...]
Firearm Confiscation Compensation Prices Released
This morning, July 28, 2022, Public Safety Canada released the proposed compensation prices the federal government will pay licensed firearm owners after confiscating their legally-owned firearms. Notably, “The proposed price list for individual firearm owners is subject to change.” In a public relations stunt to try and make the confiscation of your property palatable to you, Public Safety … [Read more...]
Liberal Lies: Banning Legal Sales to Licensed Firearm Owners will Stop Drug Dealers and Gangs
Our phone lines and emails are burning up with one question. When Does This “Freeze” Take Effect Marco Mendicino [intentionally?] sowed massive confusion about when this “freeze” on handgun sales actually takes effect. “We are not waiting for this bill (C-21) to pass to take action,” Marco Mendicino said. “Today we table changes to regulations under the Firearms Act to bring these handgun … [Read more...]