Steve Coppola is the editor of Holdover, a Canadian publication covering precision shooting, firearms policy, handloading, tools, and lawful firearms ownership.
Advocacy
Six years after the May 2020 prohibition, the Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program has moved from politics into paperwork. The amnesty clock runs out SCC + 90-day amnesty. What the law changed is clear. What changed in public-safety terms is genuinely mixed.
Gear
Ten firearms keep turning up in Canadian safes, in the quiet racks at Canadian Tire and Cabela's, and in the classifieds. Non-restricted only. The list is editorial. The reasoning is on the page.
Advocacy
Canada's licensed firearms population has grown from 1.95M to 2.4M since 2005. Every major federal restriction since 2019 has landed on the most-vetted civilians in the country. A 21-year look at who owns firearms in Canada, and how they have been treated.
Opinion
The Canadian Starter Kit - 10/22, SKS, pump 12-gauge - is what every new PAL holder gets told to buy. It cost me close to $1,800, taught me a few genuinely useful things, and sold before I bought the 338 Lapua that actually fits.
ban-risk-entry
Current and legal per listing, with conventional rifle cues that keep it below the watch bands.
ban-risk-entry
Current and legal per listing, with conventional rifle cues that keep it below the watch bands.
ban-risk-entry
Current and legal per listing, with conventional rifle cues that keep it below the watch bands.
ban-risk-entry
Current and legal per listing, with conventional rifle cues that keep it below the watch bands.
ban-risk-entry
Current and legal per listing, with conventional rifle cues that keep it below the watch bands.
ban-risk-entry
Current and legal per listing, with conventional rifle cues that keep it below the watch bands.
ban-risk-entry
Current and legal per listing, with conventional rifle cues that keep it below the watch bands.
ban-risk-entry
Current and legal per listing, with conventional rifle cues that keep it below the watch bands.