Steve Coppola - Holdover (Page 2)

A scoped bolt-action chassis rifle rests in a vehicle cargo area beside a hard case, with an owner's hand on the case.

Gear

Nothing in section 10 says case

Subsection 10(1) of SOR/98-209 requires one thing to transport a non-restricted rifle: that it be unloaded. No case, no trigger lock, no separate ammunition. The case rule Canadians recite at each other is real, but in Ontario it comes from the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act.

An instructor gestures beside the open action of a supported chassis rifle in a firearms safety classroom.

Advocacy

2,473,661 firearms licence holders belong in Canada's gun story

Canada ended 2025 with 2,473,661 firearms licence holders. The number describes a trained, screened culture of hunting and sport that belongs in Canada's own story.

Vehicles approach a Canadian border inspection area beneath bilingual CBSA and ASFC signs.

Advocacy

A uniform cannot excuse concealment

Major Kendrick Barling's sentence leaves the Canadian Forces with a separate task: make its own firearms-accountability standard clear, public and consistent.

A fictional hunter packs generic shotshells into a fabric pouch at a weathered outdoor table beside a cabin.

Advocacy

Buckshot counts as shot.

B.C. put its province-wide lead-shot proposal on hold, but the current file still leaves an eight-pellet buckshot question for the next version to answer.

A fictional handloader checks an opaque component container at an independent Canadian retailer's shelf.

Handloading

An American label, an Australian origin

Finance Canada's new counter-tariff list works by tariff item and origin. Its current table has no 36.01 propellant-powder entry, while Hodgdon says H4350 is made in Australia.

A fictional range volunteer folds a wet canvas shelter beside a puddled service path after rain.

Precision

Canada takes second in the America Match

Canada trailed the United States by one point after 900 yards at Borden, then took second in the America Match with a nine-point final-range swing.

Two adults inspect a generic target pistol at an indoor range bench before a session.

Advocacy

Fifteen lanes, one guest pass

Ajax is getting a 15-lane range. The guest pass attached to that idea has a legal meaning: a supervised guest may use a restricted firearm at an approved range, even though individual handgun ownership remains largely closed.

Advocacy

An April note, an unopened firearms review

Public Safety's records show planning and technical-group member selection for the firearms review. Owners still have no published route into the promised engagement.

Advocacy

Whitby drew the line at the porch

Whitby shows why Canadian self-defence should protect reasonable force against an immediate threat and punish gunfire after the danger passes. The people who created the confrontation still demand serious accountability.

A hand uses a torque wrench on a scope mounted to a black chassis-style rifle at a home worktable.

Gear

Your scope needs its own answer

Public Safety Canada says accessories submitted outside the individual firearm list will be destroyed without compensation. Its collection instructions also require a firearm to be complete and fully assembled. Get the answer about attached gear in writing before an appointment.

A fictional range coach watches two wind flags at an unnamed Canadian long-range firing point.

Precision

Canada finished third in the Canada Match

Great Britain's current result table puts Canada third in the 2026 Canada Match at Mons. The score shows how quickly a long-range team day can move.

A clay-sport competitor carries an open over-under shotgun away from an empty firing point after a relay.

Precision

Cookstown's ten medal rows close the scorecard

SFC's final Cookstown shotgun result records ten medal categories, from trap and skeet to junior, master, and para competition.