RCMP REPORT ISSUING ONE PROTECTION OF LIFE CARRY PERMIT
NOVEMBER 18, 2018 – Filed ATIP request for the current number of Authorization to Carry Permits issued by Province
FEBRUARY 20, 2019 – RCMP responds but withholds the number of Protection of Life Carry Permits issued advising that release of that number ‘could reasonably be expected to threaten the safety of individuals’.
MARCH 22, 2019 – Filed a complaint with the Information Commissioner of Canada about the exemption used by the RCMP to withhold the number of ATCs issued for Protection of Life.
MAY 2, 2019 – Received the RCMP reply dated April 25, 2019 with the current number of ATCs issued for Protection of Life = ONE.
NFA – SENATOR’S ATTEMPT TO BAN HANDGUNS FAILS
SENATOR MCPHEDRAN TO MOVE BILL C-71 AMENDMENT TO “PROHIBIT” HANDGUNS IN CANADA – News Release – Ottawa, April 8, 2019 – Today at the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence’s (SECD) clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms, Senator Marilou McPhedran, an independent Senator for Manitoba, will move to amend clause 16 that already proposes to amend subsection 84(1) of the Criminal Code – exactly the subsection that could also be amended to add handguns to the “prohibited firearm” list in the Code. CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST
RELEASED: 191 PAGES OF BILL BLAIR’S BAN HANDGUNS CONSULTATIONS
PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA RELEASES 191 OF 220 PAGES ON BILL BLAIR’S BAN HANDGUNS AND ASSAULT WEAPONS CONSULTATIONS – Public Safety Canada ATIP Response dated March 18, 2019 Received by Dennis R. Young on March 27, 2019
MP BRAD TROST’S FOUR ORDER PAPER QUESTIONS – MARCH 18, 2019
Q-23192 Firearms Interest Police (FIP) Database Deficiencies
Q-23202 Auditor General Firearms Program ‘major additional costs’
Q-23212 Benefits of Firearms Ownership
Q-23222 Effectiveness of Firearms Interest Police (FIP) Database
UPDATED AUTHORIZATION TO CARRY (ATC) STATISTICS BY PROVINCE
RCMP RELEASE UPDATED AUTHORIZATION TO CARRY (ATC) STATISTICS BY PROVINCE – RCMP ATIP Response dated Feb 20, 2019 – Received March 6, 2019 by Dennis R. Young – Thanks to TheGunBlog.ca for the statistics and the photo.
- ATCs issued for Self Protection from Human Threats = Exempted (See note below)
- ATCs Issued for Employment = 6,688
- ATCs Issued for Wilderness Protection = 224
NOTE: The number of ATCs issued for Self-Protection from human threats withheld under section 17 of the Access to Information Act: “The head of a government institution may refuse to disclose any record requested under this Act that contains information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to threaten the safety of individuals.” A complaint will be filed with the Information Commissioner challenging this exemption. QUESTION: How can releasing a number threaten anyone’s safety?
ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY: FIREARMS PROGRAM ERRORS FOR 2017
CANADIAN FIREARMS PROGRAM: RCMP REPORT ON LICENSING AND REGISTRATION ERRORS FOR 2017 – Why weren’t these errors reported in the 2017 RCMP Commissioner of Firearms Report tabled in Parliament in December 2018? – Analysis and Commentary by Dennis R. Young March 3, 2019
MAUSER: BILL C-71 ENDANGERS PUBLIC SAFETY
CHARTS AND GRAPHS
- Handgun and Long gun Homicides as a Percentage of Firearms Homicides
- Homicide Methods, Canada (1990-2017)
- Suicide Methods, Canadian Territories (2007-2016)
ONTARIO – NUMBER & LOCATION OF CFO ‘DESIGNATED FIREARMS OFFICERS’
EXCERPT: “Under the authority of section 98 of the Firearms Act, there are 78 Firearms Officers designated by the Chief Firearms Officer of Ontario. Details related to the breakdown can be found in the attached table.” Ontario CFO FOIP Response dated Feb 21, 2019 – Received Feb 25, 2019 by Dennis R. Young
CSSA: ISSUES ADDRESSED AT BILL C-71 SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING
NEWS RELEASE OTTAWA – Canadian Shooting Sports Association President, Steve Torino, and Executive Director, Tony Bernardo, testified before the Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence in a marathon session last evening that brought organizations and individuals on both sides of the gun debate together in the new Senate of Canada Building to examine Bill C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms. Messrs. Torino and Bernardo outlined several significant problems with Bill C-71 including the change to lifetime background checks; changes to the licence verification process; requirements for businesses to keep detailed recordings of all firearm transactions; changes to the electronic conditions of Authorizations to Transport (ATTs); and the removal of the Governor-in-Council to declare a firearm to be non-restricted. [Click on link above to read the rest]