SELF-DEFENCE AND FIREARMS IN CANADA
https://canadafreepress.com/article/self-defence-and-firearms-in-canada
SELF-DEFENCE AND FIREARMS IN CANADA
We are not yet become a nation of cowards and the law does not require our submission to criminals. That is a decision which ought to be made by each individual in the circumstances at hand, being trusted and empowered by his government to act appropriately. By Rick Hemmingson, Lacombe, Alberta – Canada Free Press – January 8, 2020
EXCERPT: Recent news stories about the use of a firearm to stop the commission of various crimes and subsequent statements from the RCMP have (again) raised the issue of armed self-defence under Canadian law. Does that right still exist? If so, how and when can it be exercised?
FINDINGS: VANCOUVER PD DOESN’T KEEP STATISTICS ON ‘CRIME GUNS’
B.C. INFORMATION COMMISSIONER’S FINDINGS: VANCOUVER PD DOESN’T KEEP STATISTICS ON ‘CRIME GUNS’
The VPD even tell the Office of the B.C. Information Commissioner: “There is no such definition within the VPD or NWEST.”
Letter of Findings by the Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner of B.C. dated January 6, 2020 – Vancouver Police Department File FOI 19-0222A
NWEST ‘CRIME GUN’ DEFINITION: The 2014 Annual Report prepared by the Canadian Firearms Program, Firearms Investigative & Enforcement Services Directorate (FIESD), Firearms Operations and Enforcement Support Unit (FOES) NWEST and the RCMP rely on a new FIESD definition of a “crime gun”: A firearm is a crime gun if it meets any one of the following criteria: “any firearm that is illegally acquired, suspected to have been used in crime (includes found firearms), has an obliterated serial number, illegally modified (e.g., barrel significantly shortened). (Page 10 of the 2014 FIESD Report). https://canadafreepress.com/article/critique-of-canada-firearms-program-2014-fiesd-annual-report
THIS WEEKS POSTINGS TO THE CANADIAN FIREARMS DIGEST
National and International Gun Control News for the week ending January 3, 2020
THIS WEEKS POSTINGS TO THE CANADIAN FIREARMS DIGEST
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PUBLIC SAFETY: VERIFYING MINISTER BLAIR’S STATEMENTS ON STRAW PURCHASES OF FIREARMS
PUBLIC SAFETY: VERIFYING THE SOURCE OF MINISTER BLAIR’S STATEMENTS ON STRAW PURCHASES
Public Safety Access to Information File: A-2019-00184 dated December 16, 2019 – Received December 20, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
93-PAGE ATIP RESPONSE INCLUDES:
• A Dialogue on Handguns and Assault Weapons: Engagement Paper – October 2018
• 2019-18 National Strategic Firearms Threat Assessment: Presentation to the Canadian Firearms Advisory Committee – February 20, 2019
• Firearm-Related Crime in Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics: Presentation to the Canadian Firearms Advisory Committee – February 20, 2019
• Firearm-Related Crime in Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics: Presentation to the Canadian Firearms Advisory Committee – August 30, 2019
• Feasibility Study on Collecting Additional Data on the Criminal Use of Firearms – Funding Request by Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics – Undated
• Assessing The Feasibility Of Additional Data Collection On The Criminal Use Of Firearms: CACP Police Information Statistics Committee – Undated
• Assessing The Feasibility Of Collecting Additional Firearms Data: Consultation Document – Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics – December 2018
THIS WEEKS POSTINGS TO THE CANADIAN FIREARMS DIGEST
National and International Gun Control News for the week ending December 20, 2019
UPDATE: WEAPONS POSSESSION CONTRARY TO AN ORDER, BY PROVINCE AND TERRITORY
UPDATE ON THE NUMBER OF ‘ACTUAL INCIDENTS’ OF WEAPONS POSSESSION CONTRARY TO AN ORDER, BY PROVINCE AND TERRITORY, 2014-2018
Statistics Canada Reports 5,550 Total ‘Actual Incidents’ in Canada for the five years, 2014-2018 – By Dennis R. Young – December 18, 2019
Ontario 1,522
Alberta 1,272
Quebec 786
Manitoba 587
Saskatchewan 574
British Columbia 565
Nova Scotia 114
New Brunswick 55
Nfld & Labrador 33
NWT 15
PEI 9
Yukon 9
Nunavut 9
CSSA: MINISTER BLAIR’S MANDATE LETTER IS FILLED WITH CONTRADICTION
CSSA COMMENTARY: MINISTER BLAIR’S MANDATE LETTER IS FILLED WITH CONTRADICTION
Instead of focusing on the opioid crisis that’s claimed almost 14,000 lives since Trudeau was elected in 2015, his priority for Bill Blair is to take away guns from federally-licensed, RCMP-vetted Canadians. Opioids are a massive threat to public safety, yet the Trudeau government isn’t lifting a finger to address this clear and present danger to Canadians.[ii] Why not? Probably for the same reason the Trudeau government isn’t lifting a finger to address the 443,000 people who are prohibited from owning firearms yet reoffend almost daily.[iii] It takes time, effort and resources to tackle such mundane but serious issues, and it lacks the critical requirement for any Liberal firearms initiative: virtue-signalling. TEAM CSSA E-NEWS | DECEMBER 17, 2019
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National and International Gun Control News for the week ending December 13, 2019
RCMP MEMBER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS RESULTING IN FATALITIES 2007-2017
EXCERPT: “The RCMP examined member-involved shootings that resulted in fatalities over a 10 year period (2007 to 2017). ln total, there were 61 fatalities, with 22 (36%) being Indigenous, 37 (61%) Caucasian, one (1.6%) middle eastern and one (1.6%) of mixed ethnicity. Of the Indigenous fatalities, 12 occurred on a reserve or Indigenous community (55%). Of the 61 fatalities, 46 were determined to be justified in using lethal force, 13 are still under investigation and two incidents were forwarded to the Crown for charge assessment. A list of the fatalities and the circumstances is listed in Annex A.” RCMP Briefing Note to the Minister of Public Safety dated December 7, 2017 – Public Safety ATIP Response File: A-2018-00372