CANADIAN FIREARMS DIGEST POSTINGS – AUGUST 24, 2018
National and International firearms news for the week ending August 24, 2018
STILL WAITING FOR PCO TO RELEASE BILL C-68 CABINET SECRETS
WHAT’S THE HOLD-UP? PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE HAS HAD MORE THAN A YEAR TO PROVIDE BILL C-68 CABINET DOCUMENTS By Dennis R. Young – August 24, 2018
ROD AND GUN IN CANADA EDITORIAL – MARCH 1921
ROD AND GUN IN CANADA EDITORIAL – MARCH 1921 – Excerpt: The amendments to the criminal code, which call for a permit to own firearms other than shotguns, owned prior to October 16, 1920, are causing untold inconvenience throughout the Dominion owing to their prohibitive nature. Although it is generally understood that the law was changed owing to fear of general conditions of unrest and that the sportsman was not to be molested, this has not been the case. NOTE: Thanks to Christian Inkster who found this Editorial at the family farmstead.
THE LIBERALS ARE PLAYING DISHONEST GAMES WITH STATS TO CRACK DOWN ON LEGAL GUN OWNERS
While the Liberal party sees gun control as a possible ‘wedge’ issue, StatsCan simply has no evidence to support their claims By Gary Mauser and Vincent Harinam, National Post- August 17, 2018 – Gary Mauser is professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University. Vincent Harinam is an incoming Ph.D. student at Cambridge University. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-liberals-are-playing-dishonest-games-with-stats-to-crack-down-on-legal-gun-owners
CBC ‘CRIME GUN’ ANALYSIS WITH ADDITIONAL RESEARCH LINKS
Additional supporting documentation for CBCs Evan Dyer’s: Canada can’t say where its crime guns are coming from
Additional URL Links added by Dennis R. Young – August 13, 2018
DIGGING DEEPER TO VERIFY RCMP SOURCES OF CRIME GUNS
DIGGING DEEPER TO VERIFY RCMP SOURCES OF CRIME GUNS: Please provide a breakdown of the number of RCMP seized firearms that were recorded as “Seized – Criminal Investigation” by the type of criminal investigation indicating whether the investigation was related to: (1) a violent crime, (2) a non-violent crime, (3) a property crime, or (4) an administrative paper crime. Access to Information request to RCMP by Dennis R. Young – August 12, 2018
CBC – CANADA CAN’T SAY WHERE ITS CRIME GUNS ARE COMING FROM
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gun-crime-statistics-1.4779702
CBC – CANADA CAN’T SAY WHERE ITS CRIME GUNS ARE COMING FROM – Governments, police not collecting national statistics on whether guns are smuggled or sourced domestically By Evan Dyer · CBC News · Posted: Aug 10, 2018 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gun-crime-statistics-1.4779702
FEBRUARY 16, 2018 – WHAT THE RCMP DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT THE FIREARMS THEY TRACE