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Canada Border Services Agency ATIP response received by William Gilliland dated August 12, 2020 Annual number for firearms smuggling broken

Public Safety Canada Access to Information Act: Requested November 10, 2018 - Final response received June 10, 2020 by Dennis

CANADIAN FIREARMS DIGEST IS BACK IN BUSINESS: After overcoming major hardware and software problems on March 6, 2020 Thanks BUZ

• “The Governor in Council is not of the opinion that any thing prescribed to be a prohibited firearm or

THIS WEEKS POSTINGS TO THE CANADIAN FIREARMS DIGEST National and International Gun Control News for the week ending May 15,

https://firearmrights.ca/en/a-collaborative-response-to-a-comprehensive-attack/ A COLLABORATIVE RESPONSE TO A COMPREHENSIVE ATTACK In a rare show of unity, over 50 Canadian organizations, representing millions

This is a lengthy and detailed evaluation of the firearm policy statements made by each candidate in the Conservative Party’s

WHERE DO OUR FIREARMS ORGANIZATIONS STAND ON THE LACK OF ENFORCEMENT OF FIREARMS PROHIBITION ORDERS? Summarized by Dennis R. Young

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending May 1, 2020

MESSAGE FROM THE CCFR CONCERNING THE TRAGEDY IN NOVA SCOTIA Pray for our brothers and sisters in Nova Scotia. Shame

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending April 17, 2020

RCMP/CPIC STATISTICS: PERSONS PROHIBITED FROM OWNING FIREARMS 1978-2018 Summary of Statistics from Firearms Commissioner’s Reports by Dennis R. Young April

REQUEST FOR REVIEW: "The Office of the Premier/Alberta Executive Council is to send the records at issue on or before

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending March 27, 2020

ANALYSIS OF TORONTO POLICE SERVICE ‘CRIME GUN’ STATISTICS FOR 2018 REVEALED: Licensed gun owners are not a major source of

TPS FOIP APS File: 19-2480, MA19-00655 - 7-Page response dated March 10, 2020 Received March 20, 2020 by Dennis R.

Briefing to Combined Meeting of Council: Public Safety Task Force - March 16, 2020 Question #1: Has Councillor Chahal abandoned

PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA HAS NO RECORDS TO SUPPORT MINISTER BLAIR’S STATEMENT ON GUN BUY-BACK PLAN Department unable to provide the

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending February 28, 2020

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Attached is the latest response from the RCMP regarding the legal advice the RCMP requested of the Dept. of Justice

RCMP UNINTENTIONAL DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS STATISTICS, BY DIVISION - 2017 RCMP Access to Information Response File A-2017-11548 dated January 17,

PUBLIC SAFETY ATIP: SELECTION CRITERIA AND LIST OF MILITARY STYLE ASSAULT RIFLES TO BE BANNED PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE: 83 pages

RCMP Response to Access to Information Act File: A-2019-00964 dated February 7, 2020 Federal CFO Designated Firearms Officers by Opt-Out

FIREARMS MARKING REGS: FINAL ATIP RESPONSE FROM PUBLIC SAFETY • Undated 'Secret' Memorandum to the Minister - Three pages with

CANADA ALREADY HAS A RED FLAG LAW CALLED THE 'FIREARMS INTEREST POLICE' (FIP) DATABASE The problem is Parliament doesn’t know

RCMP Access to Information Response (25 pages)– File A-2017-11548 dated January 17, 2020 - Received by Dennis R. Young January

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RCMP no records response to Access to Information Act request file: A-2016-02502 UNKNOWN: the numbers and types of guns used

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending January 10, 2020  

B.C. INFORMATION COMMISSIONER'S FINDINGS: VANCOUVER PD DOESN'T KEEP STATISTICS ON 'CRIME GUNS' The VPD even tell the Office of the

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending January 3, 2020  

RCMP BRIEFING NOTE TO THE MINISTER: RCMP USE OF CELL-SITE SIMULATOR TECHNOLOGY - SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 Report on Privacy Act

PUBLIC SAFETY: VERIFYING THE SOURCE OF MINISTER BLAIR'S STATEMENTS ON STRAW PURCHASES Public Safety Access to Information File: A-2019-00184 dated

Total Audio and Video Intercept Authorizations Approved = 28,001. Total Convictions = 570 Letter from RCMP Commissioner to Minister of

UPDATE ON THE NUMBER OF 'ACTUAL INCIDENTS' OF WEAPONS POSSESSION CONTRARY TO AN ORDER, BY PROVINCE AND TERRITORY, 2014-2018 Statistics

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending December 13, 2019  

RCMP FAIL TO COMPLY WITH TREASURY BOARD REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO EVALUATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT’S FIREARMS PROGRAMS AND POLICIES -

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending December 6, 2019  

RCMP Response to Access to Information Act request (File: AI-2019-08479) Annual Report to the Minister dated January 8, 2019 KEY

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RCMP INSIST PROVIDING THE NAME OF THE PROVINCE WITH THE ONE PROTECTION OF LIFE CARRY PERMIT WILL 'SERIOUSLY THREATEN THE

RCMP's ONLINE DATABASES WERE PROBED AND/OR ATTACKED THOUSANDS OF TIMES PER DAY - NO EVIDENCE OF A SPECIFIC DATABASE BEING

Complaint to Information Commissioner RCMP ATIP File: A-2019-03933 by Dennis R. Young - November 3, 2019 EXCERPT: Unfortunately, none of

MAXIMUM PERMITTED MAGAZINE CAPACITY - "DUAL USE" MAGAZINES RCMP Access To Information Act Response ATIP File: A-2017-03782 Summary of Contents

https://omny.fm/shows/afternoons-with-rob-breakenridge/privacy-commissioner-to-investigate-high-river-gun GLOBAL NEWS RADIO: PRIVACY COMMISSIONER TO INVESTIGATE HIGH RIVER GUN GRAB We spoke with firearms researcher Dennis Young -

ALBERTA INFORMATION COMMISSIONER APPROVES 2ND INQUIRY INTO MISSING HIGH RIVER DOCUMENTATION Letter from Jill Clayton dated October 8, 2019 –

"After consultation with our Guns and Gangs unit, we were informed that the desired statistics/records should be requested from the

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending October 11, 2019  

Complaint filed with Ontario Information Commissioner dated October 4, 2019 by Dennis R. Young EXCERPT: “All I am requesting is

The CSSA is compelled to write this open letter to all of you because your lack of firearms knowledge is

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending September 27, 2019  

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Regina Police Chief Evan Bray and Chair of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Special Purpose Committee (SPC) on

FOIP Request filed May 20, 2019 - Toronto Police Service Letter dated Sept. 04, 2019 - Received Sept. 13, 2019

IN 2006, PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA ADMITTED 6,500 CFRO HITS PER DAY IS 'MISLEADING' Public Safety Canada website May 17, 2006:

ONTARIO SOLICITOR GENERAL DENIES ACCESS TO FIREARMS INTEREST POLICE (FIP) FILES IN MURDER-SUICIDE CASE Complaint to Ontario Information Commissioner by

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending August 31, 2019  

RCMP ATIP Response fails to provide ‘evidence’ to support millions of CFRO queries: STILL UNKNOWN: The number of CFRO queries

National and International Gun Control News for the week ending August 23, 2019  

RCMP REPORT: FIREARMS SEIZED 'CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS' BY PROVINCE, 2017-2019 RCMP Response to Access to Information Act request dated August 16,

EXCERPT: In response to questions from the Globe, Chief Firearms Officer of Ontario Dwight Peer explained that police reporting policies

If you want your e-mails to get through to me please use my g-mail account: dennisryoung.ca@gmail.com By Dennis R. Young

Municipal Affairs FOIP Response - Missing Information Complaint by Dennis R. Young - August 5, 2019 EXCERPT #1: “In addressing

ALBERTA INFORMATION COMMISSIONER’S HIGH RIVER INQUIRY CASE #004838 On June 25, 2013 Justice Minister Jonathan Denis asked: “What legal authority

EXCERPT: This week Police Association president Chris Cahill claimed Canadian "police officers" check registers (a gun registry remains for restricted

RCMP Access to Information Act File: A-2018-02026 dated January 2019 49-Page Response to Informal Request received by Dennis R. Young

RCMP Access to Information Act File: A-2018-03101 dated February 2019 Response to Informal Request received by Dennis R. Young July

Canadian Firearms Program Firearms Management and Strategic Services Directorate RCMP Access to Information Act File: A-2018-09415 dated January 2019 Response

Request for Review to Alberta Information Commissioner dated July 14, 2019 by Dennis R. Young EXCERPT: The Government Services Sector

Even the questions posed to the Judge Advocate General were withheld citing Solicitor-Client Privilege. National Defence ATIP response dated June