Gun Control

Trudeau’s gun ban – what the foreign press is reporting

Twitchy – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau putting forward a national freeze on gun ownership

Telegraph UK – Canada plans to freeze handgun sales in wake of US school shooting

The move is intended to tackle rising levels of gun crime, but critics say the key issue is guns that are illegally smuggled from the US

Politico – Invoking Uvalde, Trudeau out to freeze handgun sales

“We need only look south of the border to know that if we do not take action, firmly and rapidly, it gets worse,” the prime minister said as he introduced new measures.

BBC – Handguns: Canada proposes complete freeze on ownership

The legislation would not ban the ownership of handguns outright – but would make it illegal to buy them.

Guardian – Canada plans complete freeze on handgun ownership

Bill Blair, minister of emergency preparedness, said Canada was “very different from the United States”. “In Canada, gun ownership is a privilege, not a right,” he said. “This is a principle that differentiates ourselves from many other countries in the world, notably our colleagues and friends to the south. In Canada, guns are only intended to be used for hunting and sport purposes.”

The Times – Canada to freeze handgun sales after Texas shooting

Rod Giltaca, the head of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights, called the handgun freeze “absurd”.

NYPost – Canada moves to ban sale of handguns in sweeping bill introduced after Uvalde shooting

… Under the law, US gun smugglers would be hit with stronger criminal penalties and authorities would have more resources to crack down on guns making their way across the border.

NYT – Canada Plans to Ban Handgun Sales and Possession of Assault Weapons

“We have a responsibility to act to prevent more tragedies,” Prime Minister Trudeau said as he proposed tightening the country’s already stringent control of firearms.

Breitbart – Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Freezes Handgun Sales, Purchases

Trudeau opined, “Gun violence is a complex problem, but at the end of the day the math is really quite simple: The fewer the guns in our communities, the safer everyone will be.”

Breitbart News reported that Chicago had a handgun ban from 1982 til 2010. During that time, homicide numbers skyrocketed as only criminals had guns.

Think the government is going to target gun smuggling on Indian reserves?

Last time I checked there were few gangsta’s lining up to purchase registered firearms.

3D printer sales will skyrocket.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Gun Control, Gun Rights

National handgun ‘freeze’ among new firearm regulations proposed by Ottawa

A national freeze on importing, buying or selling handguns is a central feature of firearm-control legislation tabled today by the federal Liberals.

The government says the bill would also allow for the removal of gun licences from people involved in acts of domestic violence or criminal harassment, such as stalking.

The government plans to fight gun smuggling and trafficking by increasing criminal penalties, providing more tools to investigate firearms crimes and strengthening border measures.

National handgun freeze key feature of new firearm-control bill

OTTAWA – A national freeze on importing, buying or selling handguns is a central feature of firearm-control legislation tabled today by the federal Liberals.
The government says the bill would also allow for the removal of gun licences from people involved in acts of domestic violence or criminal harassment, such as stalking

The government plans to fight gun smuggling and trafficking by increasing criminal penalties, providing more tools to investigate firearms crimes and strengthening border measures.

Government tables bill to freeze sale, imports of handguns

New gun control legislation the federal government tabled today includes a national freeze on the purchase, sale, importation and transfer of handguns in Canada — the government’s most ambitious attempt yet to restrict access to firearms in this country.

While the proposal falls short of a full ban on handguns, it would effectively limit the number of them in Canada.

“In other words, we’re capping the market for handguns,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a press conference Monday.

Until now only criminals were interested in smuggled guns. Now normal citizens will have no choice.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Gun Control, Gun Rights

Working with provinces to ban handguns a priority says Trudeau government

Tougher bail rules, sentences for gun violence in Canada ‘certainly an option’: minister

Justice Minister David Lametti says imposing tougher bail conditions and longer sentences for gun violence in Canada is “certainly an option” as the government eyes further reform to firearms laws.

At the same time, he suggested helping provinces and territories ban handguns remains a “top” priority.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Gun Control, Gun Rights

Is the US’s gun problem becoming Canada’s gun problem?

Relatively strict laws help keep firearms violence well below US levels but advocates say ‘there’s much more we could be doing’

On a spring evening in 2020, a gunman disguised as a police officer and armed with automatic weapons began a shooting rampage in rural Nova Scotia that left 23 dead.

Days after Canada’s worst mass shooting, the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, promised swift action, announcing an immediate ban on about 1,500 makes and models of military-grade and “assault-style” weapons in the country.

“These weapons were designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time. There is no use and no place for such weapons in Canada,” he said. “Effective immediately, it is no longer permitted to buy, sell, transport, import or use military-grade assault weapons in this country.”

Guardianista gun grabbers ahead.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Gun Control, Gun Rights, USA

Handguns present in majority of firearm-related violent crimes, says StatCan report

Firearm-related homicides have gone up 37 per cent over the past 11 years and handguns were the most commonly used weapon in such crimes, a report from Statistics Canada has found, but it warns there are large data gaps in information collection.

… The proportion of homicides where a firearm was used rose from 26 per cent in 2013 to 37 per cent in 2020, it said. Handguns were the weapon of choice in 59 per cent of the firearm crimes, it added.

“Firearm-related violent crime typically represents less than three per cent of police-reported violent crime in Canada,” said the report.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, Gun Control, Gun Rights

What Canada Doesn’t Know About Its Guns

New record-keeping requirements for nonrestricted firearms began this month, but the origins of Canada’s so-called crime guns are largely unknown.

A drone lifted off from Michigan this month and flew across the St. Clair River toward Port Lambton, Ontario. Its spooked pilot aborted the landing after being spotted by a neighbor, leaving the police to later fish the drone out of a tree and discover 11 handguns strapped to it with plastic bags, tape and carabiner clips.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Crime, Gun Control, Gun Rights

‘I carry every day. You can’t depend on anyone,’ say NRA members as America arms up in wake of mass shootings

The national debate around firearms has changed dramatically since Sandy Hook massacre – but so has the demographic of those buying them

Kristen Franke’s “Packin’ Neat” stall was a surprise hit at the National Rifle Association’s usually chest-thumping annual convention.

The women who lined up to enquire after Mrs Franke’s pink leather holsters and leopard-print handbags – designed specifically to conceal handguns – suggested a swift trade.

“I told my husband when we married that ours wouldn’t be a gun household, but that all changed when I became a victim of a crime,” Mrs Franke told The Telegraph of what gave her the inspiration for her bespoke family-run Florida company.

Armed female bystander kills man firing at party in West Virginia

A US woman has fatally shot a man who opened fire on a crowd of people with a semi-automatic rifle in Charleston, West Virginia.

Dennis Butler, a 37-year-old with an extensive criminal history, was killed after he targeted a group of around 40 people attending a birthday party.

Police spokesman Tony Hazelett said the woman’s quick reaction saved lives and may have prevented a mass shooting.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGun Control, Gun Rights, Guns and Ammo

“Journalism”

Scary tings.

We used to walk through our neighborhood to the “Woods” aka the Humber river with our pellet guns with no problems whatsoever.

A very vague early childhood memory concerns an unfortunate accident in which one brother of an area family shot the other in the head with a .22, he died.

Our parents would remind us of this as the situation warranted.

I should ask my brother when next I visit. He is the last living repository of such ancient family lore.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGun Control, Gun Rights

Trudeau signals new gun-control changes coming; here’s what the Liberals have promised

In the wake of a horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signalled that the Canadian government will be moving ahead on new gun-control measures “in the coming weeks.”

In previous Parliaments, the Liberals have made changes to Canada’s gun laws, including strengthening background check requirements and banning more than 1,500 models and variants of “assault-style” firearms. And, while some elements of their plans have still yet to come to fruition—including their proposed mandatory gun buyback program—in the 2021 federal election, Trudeau promised to go further.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Gun Control, Gun Rights

Mass Shooting Facts to Shut Down Your Liberal Sister and Her Annoying, Man-Bunned, Non-Binary ‘Boy’ Friend at Your Memorial Day BBQ

” … The same Democrats who scream about “gun violence” are letting legacy criminals out of jail or keeping them out with low/no bail laws. What do criminals do for a living? They commit crimes, frequently with guns. We want guns to defend ourselves. How about we lock up ALL criminals despite their skin color? Send them all to jail. It’s called “equality” and it’s the goal, remember? Political correctness is getting people killed. The Democrats don’t get to start a multi-year crime tsunami and then demand we give up our guns.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGun Control, Gun Rights

Progressives have made gun control harder

The Left’s disregard for law and order damaged the cause of reform

Every murder is a unique tragedy — and yet there’s something horribly familiar about the headlines this morning. “Texas shooting: 19 children among dead in primary school attack” is the BBC’s top story today; but it probably won’t be long before we’re reading about a similar event — with only the precise location and casualty count changing.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Shooting", Gun Control, Gun Rights