Firearm News: May 9 2020
Here is the update from the RCMP just posted today on their website regarding the new Canadian firearms BANS and regulations
and more specifically shotguns!
It appears that the Liberals in concert with the RCMP have found a way to try to save Bill Blair and somewhat hide their incompetence by suddenly finding a "different definition for bore diameter" in their own files (not that they are not already well known for making up their own measuring/classification rules).
See link to CFC/RCMP website: https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/firearms/need-know-the-government-canadas-new-prohibition-certain-firearms-and-devices://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/firearms/need-know-the-government-canadas-new-prohibition-certain-firearms-and-devices
While good news for shotgun owners - this is confusing seeing that the RCMP has already added both shotguns and hunting rifles to their FRT prohibited list as they admitted in the last published CSSA bulletin (see Bulletin: CSSA Bulletin). It also helps the Liberal plan - i.e. to divide and conquer - when it comes to attacking all firearm owners - i.e. hunters and sport shooters. See the 29+ new firearms added to OIC banned list by RCMP here (more banned firearms). Note that the RCMP continues to add these without real justification or oversight - sometimes just because they look scary!
Remember: All it takes for bad people to prevail is for good people to do nothing!
(BTW: Still waiting to here how the Liberals justify exempting aboriginals from hunting with prohibited rifles that Trudeau says publicly are not suitable, and how the AR-15 is now a public safety threat while it was publicly stated by the Solicitor General of Canada in 1979 that it was specifically NOT a public safety threat in Canada due to the intensive licensing system for firearms owners - which has only become more intense since then?!
See link: AR-15 Removed from List
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Firearm News: May 5 2020
Trudeau and Blair BAN 12 Gauge and 10 Gauge SHOTGUNS
+ some High Power Hunting Rifles!
Due to the current legal wording of the recent Order in Council banning firearms - shotguns and rifles with a bore diameter of 20 mm or greater, and some high-power hunting rifles exceeding 10,000 joules, are now PROHIBITED firearms. This includes most 12 gauge shotguns with removable chokes. Prohibited firearms must be stored properly and cannot be transported for any reason and thus cannot be brought to a range. It is now a criminal offense to do so!
Read the legal opinion here: SOR2020-96-CSSA-Legal-Opinion-re-12-gauge-shotguns.pdf
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Firearm News: May 2 2020
CFC/RCMP - What you need to know about the Government of Canada’s new prohibition on certain firearms and devices
See link to CFC/RCMP website: https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/firearms/need-know-the-government-canadas-new-prohibition-certain-firearms-and-devices?mc_cid=f011727eaf&mc_eid=185e94cf11
Firearm News: May 1 2020
Trudeau Cancels Quick Gun Confiscations After Massive Resistance
Liberals plan new prohibitions, will delay confiscation via “grandfathering.”
1 May 2020 2 min read
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TheGunBlog.ca — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today cancelled his plans to confiscate 250,000 rifles from federally licensed firearm owners within two years, as massive resistance and complexity suggested he would fail.
He instead ordered instant prohibitions and is promising a “grandfathering regime” to seize the gear after owners die.
New Gun Ban Plan
Cancel quick confiscation of 250,000 rifles
Allow ownership until death via “grandfathering”
Ban owners from using, buying, selling, importing, transporting
Confiscate guns after owners die
‘Safe Queens’ or Surrender
The new bans threaten owners with jail unless they keep their firearms locked in gun safes at home as “safe queens.”
Owners will also have the option of surrendering their firearms to the police in exchange for payment within two years, what the Liberals refer to as a “buyback.”
Reprinted from the CCFR website:
1500 GUNS BANNED FROM LAW-ABIDING CANADIANS - TRACEY WILSON
~Ottawa, May 01, 2020
In a historic, sweeping ban, Justin Trudeau and Bill Blair have decimated the firearms industry in Canada. A segment that contributed over $8B to the GDP, employs over 40,000 Canadians in 4500 small businesses across the country.
A staggering 1500 models and variants of rifles were wiped off the market today, with plans to confiscate them from legal owners who have done nothing to warrant such a far-reaching attack. This will impact hundreds of thousands of Canadians who have followed every rule and regulation asked of them, and committed no crime. Legal owners have a two year amnesty to decide if they will forfeit their property for compensation or deactivate them in order to keep them.
The list can be found on the government of Canada’s site: Canada Gazette
Trudeau and Blair used the horrific tragedy in Nova Scotia, a crime committed by an unlicensed criminal with illicit firearms, to prop up his failed policy.
They also circumvented democracy by using an OIC rather than legislation that would have required a debate, study of the issue and votes by parliamentarians.
The CCFR’s Rod Giltaca & Tracey Wilson will be attending a technical briefing today on request by the Minister of Public Safety. Stay tuned for our course of action in the coming days.
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Info on Firearm License expiry and renewals
The COVID-19 crisis has created concerns among the many
PAL and RPAL holders.
The RCMP/CFC stated on March 30, 2020 that the production of firearms license cards is on hold until further notice - here is
what you need to know about this process.
https://cssa-cila.org/firearms-license-expiry-and-license-renewals/
Older news: RCMP to use C-42 to “extend” licenses