Category: firearms

Key Elements of the Liberal Government’s Firearms-Control Announcement

Key elements of the Liberal government’s firearms-control announcement Monday: — A national freeze on importing, buying, selling or otherwise transferring handguns, with very limited exceptions; — Automatic removal of gun licences from people committing domestic violence or criminal harassment, such as stalking; — Increase maximum penalties for gun smuggling and trafficking to 14 years from…


Liberals Set to Introduce New Firearms Bill

The Liberal government will be introducing a new bill related to firearms on May 30, according to the House of Commons notice paper. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino will be presenting the bill, titled “An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms).” While commenting on the school shooting in Texas earlier…


Feds Halt Sales of Homemade Guns Before August Rule Is Implemented

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has told one of the nation’s largest homemade firearms parts retailers, JSD Supply, to stop selling its products. The move comes more than three months before President Joe Biden’s controversial “ghost gun” regulation goes into effect on Aug. 24, 2022. The new rule, which is expected…


Gary Mauser: Ottawa’s New Rules on Sale of Firearms Effectively Create a Long-Gun Registry

Commentary Would you like to give a firearm to your son or daughter? Perhaps to teach them firearms safety? Don’t do it … without first calling the RCMP. Starting May 18, giving a rifle to your child or grandchild will be illegal without first getting permission from the RCMP—even if you already own the firearm…


Federal Government Targets Non-Restricted Firearms With New Rules

The federal government has announced a new set of rules that will apply to non-restricted firearms, which it says is aimed at reducing gun violence, while critics say it is a resurrection of the long-gun registry. As of May 18, firearms businesses will be required to retain sales and inventory records related to non-restricted firearms,…


UK Police Urge Gun Owners To Hand Over Weapons

Britain’s National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) has urged the owners of hundreds of gas guns, blank-firing pistols, and unregistered shotguns to hand them over before they are stolen and used in violent crime. NABIS is co-ordinating a National Firearms Surrender, running May 12–29, and is asking people to bring in weapons so they can be…


‘No-Compromise’ Gun Lobby Group to Challenge Biden’s Ghost Gun Rule in Court

Gun Owners of America, which describes itself as the “no-compromise gun lobby,” is preparing a legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s ghost gun regulation, according to GOA Senior Vice President Erich Pratt. In a memorable April Rose Garden press conference, during which Biden showed how to put together gun parts, he announced a new rule…


LIVE: AG Garland Announces Firearms Enforcement Action

Justice Department officials and law enforcement partners will announce a significant firearms trafficking enforcement action.


ATF Revokes License of Gun Manufacturer Following Lawsuit

In a rare move, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) revoked the firearm manufacturing license of Nevada-based JA Industries last week in response to a lawsuit, according to a new court filing. ATF did not specify in the filing on what grounds the license was revoked. The bureau’s decision came after a…


Rising Cost of Ammunition Hits Firearms Owners in the Wallet

PHOENIX, Ariz.—Competitive target shooter Dan Sutton, of Glendale, Arizona, has seen the price of everything go up over the past year. But it’s the rising price of ammunition that really hits close to home. “It started a year ago,” said Sutton, one of a dozen contestants in a long-range shooting competition at the Ben Avery…