Interesting take on how to dispose of unlicensed firearms (and some exaggerations about the dangers of .22s), but also a shame that this turn-in program isn't able to be used to preserve vintage firearms in a museum or educational setting.

Mr. Anasangaree is once again tap dancing when it comes to answering questions about the confiscation program.

He doesn't accept Mr. Lloyd's figures regarding the 2% participation rate, and obfuscates with current participation figures that are supposedly meant to inspire confidence in the program.

According to the Public Safety Minister, police will NOT be going door-to-door to collect prohibited and illegal firearms. Seemingly millions of Canadians will be criminals, in possession of these "weapons of war", but the Public Minister suggests local police services will enforce the law with no specifics.

Additionally, Mr. Anasangaree adds empty rhetoric regarding the effects on crime this program will have, citing the mass casualty report that followed the Portapique shootings which were committed by an unlicensed criminal known to police, with illegal firearms.

Enjoy!

Hi this is the email i received from the FQT, please share:

The Fédération Québécoise de Tir (FQT) has launched a petition to the House of Commons and, after a minor modification to meet official requirements, it has been approved and is now officially online.

This petition, initiated by Mr. Mario Racine, FQT administrator and President of the Armed Professionals sector, and supported by the FQT, has just been published. Your participation is essential.

ORIGINAL PETITION TEXT (This text had to be slightly modified to meet the requirements of the House of Commons)

We acknowledge that the buyback program aims to address legitimate public safety concerns. However, this approach remains symbolic and does not tackle the root causes of violence in Canada.

The government is spending millions to buy back firearms legally owned by responsible citizens. Yet the real source of violence is people in mental distress, not the weapons themselves. Furthermore, firearms used in serious crimes almost always come from the black market.

This petition therefore calls on the Government of Canada to end the legal firearms buyback program and redirect those funds toward concrete mental health services, including:

Support for community organizations,

Psychiatric care,

Resources for people experiencing homelessness.

Investing in mental health will make it possible to:

Intervene before a situation becomes tragic,

Support people in distress and their loved ones,

And strengthen safety in our communities.

TEXT REMOVED, BUT STILL VALID FOR US:

The Fédération Québécoise de Tir (FQT) is taking concrete action to support mental health by donating $25,000 to the organization CAP SANTÉ MENTALE / RÉSEAU AVANT DE CRAQUER. In addition, a discretionary amount will be added for each signature collected.

It is high time we stopped wasting our hard-earned money. Every dollar must serve real priorities: mental health, support for seniors, assistance for vulnerable people — not buying and destroying firearms. As long as these fundamental needs continue to be ignored, violence will keep striking our communities.

It is time to act as responsible leaders!

We invite all members of shooting clubs in Quebec as well as all citizens of Canada to support this initiative and demand that the government put an end to the buyback program and act where it truly matters.`

BACK TO SUBMITED TEXT FOR HOUS OF COMMONS:

The petition is open for signatures from March 6 to June 4, 2026, and is sponsored by MP Jason Groleau (Beauce, Conservative Caucus).

CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW to sign the petition now and share it within your network!

Every signature counts!

Once this petition reaches 500 signatures, it will be read during Members of Parliament sessions in the Ottawa parliament.

On behalf of the people who truly need it...

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

Based on the data calculated in this comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/canadaguns/s/oZlTfOs8Aj

Story time everyone

So I work for a firearms Busniess is ontario.

Today i tried to submit some of the firearms that are currently prohibited under this ridiculous farce of a program.

Not only does the website not work. When I tried calling the person on the phone was no help what so ever.

The website won't let me start a claim and when I go to add the busniess info. The system just keeps on error in put saying that there is missing info.

Finally got annoyed and tried calling into the program for assistance. The person on the phone gave me the run around for 20mins. Asking me the same question repeatedly then placed me on hold. Told her that I am representing the company and kept asking for the owner to verify info. Informed her that I can provide her any information that she may need and still insisted she needs the owner on the phone.

How does this program expect anyone to cooperate baffles me when they make it nearly impossible to use.

Thank god I didnt participate in the individual buy back.

Around 67K declared their firearms for the buyback and apparently they haven't started collecting yet.

With just over 5 months to go and a whole slew of law enforcement refusing to lift a finger to help, they're not actually going to get this done by 10/30, are they?

(I know the SCC could grant an injunction to extend it because they're agreed to hear the CCFR's case, but I'm referring to the complete lack of progress on the buyback itself as the deadline approaches.)

https://firearmrights.ca/2026-its-raining-guns-contest/

"The CCFR is rolling out the biggest gun contest in Canadian history. It's called “It's Raining Guns”.

Canada's gun lobby is launching an unprecedented project to hold the Liberals accountable for what they're doing to law abiding citizens. To raise the funds for this project, the CCFR is going to give away 100 guns. Yes, you heard that right, we are giving away 100 guns.

The Biggest Gun Contest in Canadian History - ENDs May 1, 2026

The contest is open right now and it ends May 1st 2026. So, you don't have long. Donate $20.00 to the CCFR and you will receive 1 free entry into the contest. The prizes will be awarded in one long video on or about May 4th. One hundred names will be chosen at random, and a donated firearm will be awarded. We asked Canada’s business community for help, and they answered the call.

The time to fight back against this outrageous and immoral confiscation program is right now. In fact, it's now or never. Read all the contest rules carefully, donate $20 and get a free entry into the contest."

https://maps.app.goo.gl/rPd6HmoiAYDexy4b8?g_st=ic

Location above is the old place on google maps. It’s very good news for people that hate going to Vancouver (me)

this would be the first preventative step that would help reduce these types of crimes from taking place.

The current measure of using “reasonable force” is relative to the homeowner’s ability to defend. What is reasonable if 5 armed men break into a family’s home without two children? What is reasonable force to defend against someone who has a ghost gun, or an illegal weapon, that most Canadians do not have access to?

I’m not a gun owner, I have a hunting license but haven’t hunted yet. I would rather not have to use a weapon on anyone, but as a soon to be father, I can’t worry about measuring the acceleration and mass of the nearest axe, hammer, or whatever I can get my hands on fast enough to calculate “reasonable force” when it comes to protecting my family and my baby.

So please, sign this petition As a preventative and protective measure for yourself and your family. Sleep a bit better knowing that we can do what we need to do, and hope we never have to do it.

thank you ❤️

I know this is paywalled, but the headline says enough. The article is thin on details. It states that the Ontario government filed an “intervention notice” with the Supreme Court on May 19 in the CCFR’s challenge of the ASF bans. Can anyone explain what this means and if it actually means that Ford is backing the CCFR like it sounds? I’m not a fan of the Star but couldn’t find anything else about this.

From the article:
“The office of Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey confirmed the Ontario government filed an intervention notice on May 19 but said "we have no further comment."”

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/ford-government-joins-supreme-court-challenge-of-assault-style-firearms-ban/article_6fd7ecac-29fb-4920-b7ce-7281950fff7a.html

well now...

I'll not bury the lede. Keep challenging laws that restrict access. Keep pushing for the right to self-defense. Push all the political parties.

Most people don't expect me to have that opinion but having a lifetime to reflect and acknowledge difficult truths has led me to this point. I’m not sure my siblings agree with me or not, or if they like me talking about it but we each must make the choices our consciences dictate. Even fewer seem to expect me to have this opinion, since I was for a time a paying member of the NDP (when and why I stopped is a different conversation) and tend to skew to the left.

This story did not occur inside of Canada, but it’s relevant.

Today was my father’s birthday. That's why I'm posting this today, it weighs heavily on my mind and heart today. When I was a teenager, he was shot once in the abdomen with a .22LR. It was a point-blank shot. The round hit his spine. The tumbling and fracturing did so much internal damage that they couldn't get blood into him fast enough or repair the damage fast enough. It was a terrible six hours of agony before he passed. That was in 1993.

As one can imagine, I've been haunted by this for most of my life, but the uncomfortable truth is - in that situation, the person with the firearm I believe was justified.

My father was a large man. A strong blue-collar mountain man. Now, there are a lot of details that my family wouldn't share with me when I was a teenager and still don't like to talk about now but there are a few things I know to be true.

1- He was under the influence. Be it alcohol, drugs, both, I've heard conflicting stories.

2- He was fighting with another man, who was much smaller than him.

3- The other man fell back to his home, was pursued, made it to his rifle, and aimed it to deter my father.

4- This detail varies depending on the teller. Some have said my father hit the gun and it went off. Some say he pulled it toward him and it went off. Some say he was just close and shot. The truth of the matter is though; it was a fight. There was a significant size and strength difference, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a 100lb difference. He was close enough that touching the rifle when it went off was viable.

The shooter was arrested initially. I visited him in jail and talked to him. He was released after a short time and not charged. Every handful of years or so I talk to him still, all these years later. I know the toll that it took on his heart and soul is heavier than any sentence the law could lay on him. I've hugged him. I've told him that he didn't need me to forgive him, because he didn't do anything wrong.

He tried to escape from a much larger violent person. He tried to deter that person. The reality is, all it takes sometimes is one good punch to hit the wrong way and life changes forever - or ends. I try not to think about how it could have turned out for him if he didn't stop the threat.

Could pepper spray have worked? Maybe, it's hard to say. A stun gun? Honestly probably not. I can easily see a big mountain man slapping it away before it was effective. The .22lr did though. It wasn't done easily, it exacted a damning price, but it worked.

Even my father, while in the hospital bleeding and in terrible pain, asked that the man not be charged before he died. He took responsibility for his actions.

I've had a lifetime to think about this. Twice per year it's heavy on me. His birthday and date of death.

Don't give an inch. You can't and won't win them all in the courts, but the fight must be fought. Exact a terrible political cost for every win that the ones who want to restrict firearms further win.

It's not likely statistically, sure, but the next person who finds themselves in that spot can be any one of us.

Firearm rights are human rights. A right to protect your life. Your family’s life. At least an option, even if it’s a bad one, in the event of foreign aggression of any kind. A right to at least have a chance of keeping food in a pot for your family, and a tool to do so that can be passed down over generations. As the world and technology evolved, it’s become an intrinsic part of survival for hundreds of years.

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/EN/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7505

I love Runkle's synopsis of the proposed law in Saskatchewan (and how they are handling things). How do I convince the premier of my province (Ontario) to do the same?

Writing letters has never worked in the past. Is perhaps naming them on twitter or some other form of social pressure a method of making them take notice?

Interview of Blair Hagen, President of NFA by Travis Bader of Silvercore

Yesterday, I made a post about my experience at Ghost PLUZ earlier this week. The place was an absolute mess, and I was disgusted to say the least. I posted about how bad the place had gotten and asked if anyone in the Calgary area would like to volunteer to clean up the area, to help keep our spots open and available. I was pleasantly surprised to see the sheer volume of amazing people, willing to volunteer their labour to help clean up.

As a personal side note, I am 21 years old and have only gotten into shooting recently. I was 19 when I bought my first real gun, and since then I have had a ton of fun exploring this hobby. My immediate family doesn’t hunt or shoot, so I’m the first in my household to get into guns. This hobby has the most amazing and respectful community. Almost everyone I have met on public land while shooting, has been a friend to me. They are kind, respectful and eager to welcome the younger generation into this sport. However, day after day, I see our hobby become more of a political scapegoat. I see higher ups in the government, blatantly lying about their actions and intentions, targeting the most law abiding citizens in Canada. This, combined with the horrendous state of public land I witnessed, makes me very fearful for the future of our hobby.

If you are passionate about sport-shooting, hunting or other activities, and want to keep this hobby available to you and future generations, it would be greatly appreciated for you to join us.

If you live in or around the Calgary area, and want to do your part, please comment/upvote a day when you are available. If we can even get a few people out here, it would make a huge difference.

EDIT: How would Saturday, May 23rd work for everyone? Let me know in the comments :)

The BC Conservative Party is electing a new leader.

I reached out to the various candidates, and summarized their stances on the gun bans in the linked article. The TL;DR is that only two bothered to respond:

Caroline Elliott says she would oppose the so-called "buyback" like AB, SK, and... MB?

Iain Black said he would oppose the so-called "buyback" and doesn't support the arbitrary bans themselves.

The really important thing to know is that the CPBC has less than 25K members, in a province with roughly 400K gun owners. That means that gun owners have a chance to have a very strong voice within the party that's most likely to defeat the provincial NDP - but only if we care to be heard.

And simply put, that is going to require gun owners get involved, by becoming party members. To vote in the leadership race, one needs to be a member by April 18th, at 5 pm to vote in the leadership race. It's $25 for four years, which is a small price to pay for the chance at getting AB-style protection from gun confiscations.

Come on, British Columbians, we can do this!

I wanted to share a policy paper my team and I published evaluating the government's ban on so-called assault-style weapons.

We found no substantial evidence to support the ban and buyback.

Instead, we argue that funding should be directed towards community policing and violence interruption programs.

Read more here:

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/off-target-evaluating-post-2019-changes-to-canadas-gun-control-laws/

I know California has nothing to do with us, but considering we both suffer from some pretty silly gun laws I figured I’d share for the topic of discussion. I recently found out California does not allow detachable mags for ar15’s, anything considered “tacticool” must have to remove the action in order to reload 🤣🤣