Fact-checking is an odd industry. We’ve seen plenty of examples of “fact-checks” that seemingly dispute the actual facts, ignoring the plethora of evidence supporting an initial claim, all because the fact-checker really wanted the claim to be false.
The Trudeau government is losing a key ally in its efforts to take hundreds of thousands of military-style firearms out of circulation, jeopardizing one of the top items in its public security agenda.
Launched in 2020, the federal government’s plan to buy back and destroy firearms it has banned — such as AR-15s — has long been vilified by firearms industry groups and the Conservative Party of Canada.
On Sunday, SpaceX, X, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk countered Kamala Harris’s ongoing gun control push with an X post that framed “the right to bear arms” as the means of protecting all other rights.
Several civil society organizations, including women’s advocates, are calling on the Liberal government to swiftly flesh out firearm legislation passed last year by enacting crucial regulations and directives.
In December, Parliament approved a government bill that includes new measures to keep firearms out of the hands of domestic abusers.
It also cements restrictions on handguns, increases penalties for firearm trafficking and aims to curb homemade ghost guns.
Premier Danielle Smith intends to strengthen the little-known Alberta Bill of Rights this fall to include protections for people who refuse to be vaccinated, but she’s facing heavy pressure from United Conservative activists to go much farther in her overhaul, CBC News has learned.
A group from the premier’s riding in Medicine Hat, which calls itself the Black Hat Gang, has met with senior government officials and proposed a massive new draft of Alberta’s rights document. The “gang” wants it to enshrine an array of new rights, including confidentiality of health information and “informed consent” to medical care, as well as rights to keep and bear firearms, to use “sufficient force” to defend one’s property, and “freedom from excessive taxation.”
A palpable tension hangs over Encino as news of the latest burglary spreads through the San Fernando Valley neighborhood after months of reported break-ins.
It’s all people seem to talk about while walking their dogs or in group text chats with neighbors. Some residents want to form a neighborhood watch, while others are taking quotes from private security companies to patrol the streets outside their multimillion-dollar homes.
At least 10 burglaries were reported in Encino in the last month, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Residents say there have probably been more in this Valley neighborhood, which is home to roughly 60,000 people.
There are plenty of excellent ways to exercise Second Amendment rights, such as hunting, enjoying or competing in the shooting sports or developing a firearm collection. However, the most important aspect of the Second Amendment is that it preserves the individual right to keep and bear arms to defend oneself, family and community.
A prominent gun-control group fears the Liberal government has abandoned its commitment to enact a comprehensive ban on assault-style firearms, citing “no tangible progress” on key steps to fulfil the pledge.
In an open letter to Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, PolySeSouvient spokeswoman Nathalie Provost expresses concern that “we won’t see these measures materialize in our lifetimes” as the clock ticks toward a federal election that must be held by October of next year.
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared gun violence a public health crisis, a move aimed at curbing the US’ role in leading the world in shooting deaths.
In a first-of-its-kind report urging action, the country’s top doctor noted that a majority of Americans or their family members have experienced gun violence.
A public health approach could help, Dr Murthy argues, as it did with changes to seatbelt safety in vehicles and warnings about health impacts of smoking cigarettes. He hopes to remove politics from an issue that has bitterly divided lawmakers and instead have Americans look at the impacts and the data.
With the gun buyback program yet to kick into gear, the RCMP has released data on the number of newly listed prohibited firearms that have been taken out of circulation since 2020.
The federal police force says it has taken custody of a grand total of 2,123 such firearms, which have been surrendered, seized, or obtained through other processes.
We usually have an uphill climb trying to combat the media’s disinformation regarding guns, gun rights, and gun control. There’s a lot of wrong takes being published and pushed as if they’re beyond contestation, despite there being serious flaws with the data and arguments being presented.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday to overturn a Trump-era policy banning bump stocks for semi-automatic firearms, arguing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) exceeded its authority.
A 28-year-old Akwesasne man faces 126 criminal charges for allegedly smuggling dozens of firearms, magazines and ammunition into Canada through Mohawk territory in Eastern Ontario.
h/t DS
OTTAWA — Retailers participating in the federal gun buyback scheme should be able to turn in banned firearms using courier companies starting this fall, as the Trudeau government gears up to begin the first phase of the long-awaited program.
On Wednesday, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced regulatory changes that will allow retailers to surrender banned firearms using courier services, a move critics say is long overdue and that gun-control advocates celebrate as a “critical” first step in a program that has been mired in controversy.
While there are profound similarities between Canada and the United States, we would do well to remember that those cultural similarities simply hide the profound differences. And, of course, there are governmental differences as well.
For example, they don’t have a Second Amendment. There is nothing there to limit the government and preserve the right to keep and bear arms.
More than that, though, in the wake of Nova Scotia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared that he needed to unilaterally do something about guns. It was an emergency.
An op-ed at the Canadian publication The Globe and Mail, however, is questioning that now.
