THIS WEEKS POSTINGS TO THE CANADIAN FIREARMS DIGEST
National and International Gun Control News for the week ending February 14, 2020
RCMP UNINTENTIONAL DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS STATISTICS – 2017
RCMP UNINTENTIONAL DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS STATISTICS, BY DIVISION – 2017
RCMP Access to Information Response File A-2017-11548 dated January 17, 2020 – Received by Dennis R. Young January 29, 2020
22 Unintentional Discharges in 2017
1 – ‘D’ Division (Manitoba)
11 – ‘E’ Division (British Columbia)
1 – ‘F’ Division (Saskatchewan)
1 – ‘H’ Division (Nova Scotia)
8 – ‘K’ Division (Alberta)
14 with a C8 Carbine
3 with a Smith and Wesson 5946
4 with a Shotgun
1 with a 40 Calibre Glock 22
BLAIR’S BUREAUCRATS FAIL TO PROVIDE LIST OF ALL FIREARMS TO BE BANNED
REQUESTED: LIST OF ALL FIREARMS TO BE BANNED. RESPONSE: NOTHING! ATIP FILE: A-2019-00283
PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE: 33 pages (All text redacted) – 218 pages exempted citing ‘Cabinet confidences’
LAST THREE ATIP REQUESTS POSTED = TOTAL of 1,115 Pages exempted citing ‘Cabinet confidences’.
PUBLIC SAFETY ATIP: SELECTION CRITERIA AND LIST OF ‘MILITARY STYLE ASSAULT RIFLES’ TO BE BANNED
PUBLIC SAFETY ATIP: SELECTION CRITERIA AND LIST OF MILITARY STYLE ASSAULT RIFLES TO BE BANNED
PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE: 83 pages (753 pages exempted citing “Cabinet confidences’) FILE: A-2019-00281
• Ministerial Briefing to Minister Goodale – January 29, 2019
• Ministerial Briefing to Minister Blair – February 28, 2019
• Ministerial Briefing to Minister Goodale – March 11, 2019
• Ministerial Briefing to Minister Blair – March 13, 2019
• Ministerial Briefing to Minister Blair – April 4, 2019
• Ministerial Briefing to Minister Blair – April 12, 2019
• Ministerial Briefing to Minister Blair – May 9, 2019
• Secret Ministerial Briefing Agenda – November 21, 2018 (Note: Mostly redacted)
THANKS TO: Daniel Balofsky, CPA, CA, CLU for sharing the attached response to his Informal Request to Public Safety Canada.
PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA ATIP: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF BANNING SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARMS
PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE: 64 pages (174 pages exempted citing “Cabinet confidences’) FILE: A-2019-00280
• Ministerial Briefing to Minister Blair – November 22, 2018
• Combatting Gun and Gang Violence – November 15, 2018
• Bill C-71 – Proposed Response – November 14, 2018
• Public Safety Canada-Led Legislation – October 19, 2018
• 2018-2019 – Supplementary Estimates (A) Hot Issues
• Ministerial Briefing to Minister Blair – December 4, 2018
• Ministerial Briefing to Minister Blair – January 28, 2019
• Ministerial Briefing to Minister Goodale – January 29, 2019
• Ministerial Briefing to Minister Blair – February 28, 2019
• Ministerial Briefing to Minister Blair – March 13, 2019
• Ministerial Briefing to Minister Blair – April 4, 2019
• Ministerial Briefing to Minister Blair – April 12, 2019
• Secret Ministerial Briefing Agenda – November 21, 2018
RCMP REPORT NUMBER OF CFO DESIGNATED FIREARMS OFFICERS IN OPT-OUT PROVINCES
RCMP Response to Access to Information Act File: A-2019-00964 dated February 7, 2020
Federal CFO Designated Firearms Officers by Opt-Out province as of February 22, 2019: BC–15; AB–17; SK–6; MB–7; NL–3.
“Additionally, there are no records, policies, procedures, directives on the application of section 98 of the Firearms Act regarding the designation of firearms officers by Chief Firearms Officers (CFOS).”
THIS WEEKS POSTINGS TO THE CANADIAN FIREARMS DIGEST
National and International Gun Control News for the week ending February 7, 2020
FIREARMS MARKING REGS: FINAL ATIP RESPONSE FROM PUBLIC SAFETY
FIREARMS MARKING REGS: FINAL ATIP RESPONSE FROM PUBLIC SAFETY
• Undated ‘Secret’ Memorandum to the Minister – Three pages with 3 redacted sections
• Undated ‘Secret’ Memorandum to the Associate Deputy Minister – Three pages with 1 redacted section
• Undated ‘Secret’ Key Messages – Three pages with 1 redacted section
• 20 more pages of ‘Cabinet Secrets’ withheld pursuant to Section 69 of the Access to Information Act
Public Safety Canada Final Response Access to Information Act File -A2018-00327 dated February 7, 2020
PUBLIC SAFETY INTERIM RESPONSE FIREARMS MARKING REGS
175-Page Interim Response to Access to Information Request File: A-2018-00327 dated July 8, 2019 – Received July 17, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
NOTE: 200 pages of ‘Cabinet Secrets’ withheld pursuant to Section 69 of the Access to Information Act
FIREARMS MARKING REGULATIONS TAKE EFFECT DEC. 1, 2020
TheGunBlog.ca — The Canadian government will require guns to be marked in a way that links them to their owners for police tracing, raising concern of a new registration system that violates privacy and eases future bans. The new system will revamp the UN-inspired Firearms Marking Regulations and take effect Dec. 1, 2020, the Ministry of Public Safety said in today’s Canada Gazette. THEGUNBLOG.CA – NOVEMBER 18, 2018
465 PAGE FIREARMS LAWS COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS STILL A CABINET SECRET
TREASURY BOARD ATIP RESPONSE: FIREARMS LAWS COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES STILL A CABINET SECRET
“Upon examination, it has been determined that all of the information (465 pages) relevant to your request is excluded from disclosure pursuant to paragraph: 69(1)(g)re(f) of the Act (Cabinet Confidences). Treasury Board Secretariat Access to Information Act response File: A-2018-01218 dated February 5, 2020 – Received by Dennis R. Young – February 5, 2020
‘RED FLAG LAW’ FOR DANGEROUS GUN OWNERS PASSED BY PARLIAMENT IN 1995
CANADA ALREADY HAS A RED FLAG LAW CALLED THE ‘FIREARMS INTEREST POLICE’ (FIP) DATABASE
The problem is Parliament doesn’t know whether it is working or not! By Dennis R. Young – February 5, 2020