Advocacy
Stop Crediting the Buyback for *Police Work*
Recent Canadian enforcement against smuggling, drugs, and illegal firearms should be credited honestly. Do the police work, then do not sell it as buyback success.
Steve Coppola
Steve Coppola is the editor of Holdover, a Canadian publication covering precision shooting, firearms policy, handloading, tools, and lawful firearms ownership.
Advocacy
Twenty-four handguns, wrong target
Halton police found 24 U.S.-sourced handguns in a trafficking file. Ottawa should notice the difference between a criminal pipeline and licensed-owner paperwork.
Advocacy
Pop cans became policy *targets*
A banned-plinking-rifle joke landed because it says what owners keep seeing: Ottawa turned ordinary lawful gear into a compliance problem and called the target public safety.
Advocacy
67,000 declarations are not a public-safety plan
The federal buyback declaration number is not proof the policy is working. It is evidence Ottawa still has not earned trust from the licensed owners it keeps trying to manage.
Advocacy
PAL test week, with less panic
A fast PAL/RPAL study companion for the week before CFSC or CRFSC: practice questions, weak-area drills, ACTS/PROVE, storage, transport, and quick reference.
Handloading
Run the numbers before you buy the press
A Canadian reloading cost calculator for the real question: cartridge, volume, equipment, components, and the round count where the press starts paying you back.
Advocacy
Say it *clearly*, or lose the room
CCFR hiring a content creator is a signal: Canadian firearms advocacy now happens where new shooters, critics, and casual voters actually form their opinions.
Gear
Blame the *pipeline* before the rifle
Global News says Cadex rifles reached Russia through alleged diversion. Canadian shooters should recognize the real story: supply chains, sanctions, and precision manufacturing, not another excuse to blame lawful owners.
Advocacy
Safety courses keep *filling* under the handgun freeze
Toronto's course board is a small signal, but an honest one: even under the handgun freeze, new Canadian shooters are still paying to learn the lawful path.
Gear
Your first PAL comes with a *regret list*
A Canadian thread about the firearm that got away says more than nostalgia. New shooters inherit a market shaped by bans, freezes, scarcity, and policy aimed at the easiest owners to find.
Advocacy
The evidence should exist before the *cheque*
A $742 million firearms program should not need an access request to find its public-safety argument. Licensed owners deserve evidence before policy burden.
Handloading
I started handloading with *.338 Lapua*
Most people get into handloading the same way I did: by looking at what factory match ammunition costs in Canadian dollars, doing some quick arithmetic, and deciding to buy a press. The conclusion is approximately correct. It leaves out a great deal.