CANADIAN FIREARMS DIGEST POSTINGS – AUGUST 24, 2018
National and International firearms news for the week ending August 24, 2018
TOXIC TRUTH: HOW MISINFORMATION IS LEADING THE CHARGE TO BAN LEAD TACKLE
TOXIC TRUTH: HOW MISINFORMATION IS LEADING THE CHARGE TO BAN LEAD TACKLE – The federal government claims that 460 tonnes of led sinkers are lost every year. The quantum leap of logic here assumes every lead sinker bought by anglers is lost that same season and eaten by an unsuspecting loon. This tonnage figure also includes five- to ten-pound downrigger balls used for deep sea trolling. Just how big are these loons? By Phil Morlock, Chair of the Canadian Sportfishing Industry Association Government Affairs Committee. OUTDOOR CANADA HUNTING SPECIAL 2018 – Page 26 www.outdoorcanada.ca
NO ‘EVIDENCE-BASED’ JUSTIFICATION FOR RCMP FIREARMS INSPECTIONS
1,428 Firearms Inspections conducted by RCMP CFOs since January 2015 – 1 Revocation
THE STOP BILL C-71 BOOK
The Bill C-71 Book: What It Means, How It Hurts You, and 3 Easy Steps You Can Take Right Now to Block It is the most comprehensive and easy-to-read overview of the draft law. The free PDF/e-Book is a joint project of The Canadian Shooting Sports Association(CSSA), Canada’s leading gun-rights advocacy group, and TheGunBlog.ca, the country’s leading source of news on gun politics and the firearm industry. Authors Christopher di Armani and Nicolas Johnson. CSSA News Release – May 29, 2018