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An adult places a large sealed powder jug beside a smaller sealed bottle on an orderly worktable.

In an apartment, an eight-pound jug leaves three pounds

Section 302 gives a non-detached dwelling a 20 kg smokeless-powder limit until any one container holds more than 1 kg. Then the total ceiling is 5 kg.

A retailer employee places an AR-pattern rifle on a padded inventory counter.

From 12,143 to 74,073 firearms claimed

The 187-business ATIP figure belongs to the first compensation phase. Public Safety's current business total is 74,073 firearms claimed across both periods.

An owner reads a statistical table beside a safely supported air pistol.

What the gun-crime number is made of

Statistics Canada counted 14,488 firearm-related violent crimes in 2024. One combined category contains 4,548 of them and supplied about half the ten-year rate increase.

A range volunteer records a round on a clipboard beside a stack of orange clay targets.

Cookstown's first 75 leave two at 72

The official live skeet sheet lists 44 competitors after three rounds. Two are at 72, with 175 qualification targets still open.

A seller checks a buyer's identity beside a cased bolt-action rifle.

Section 23, from the seller's side of the table

Canada recorded 421,022 reference-number requests in 2025. Firearms Act section 23 puts the request, identity check, and 90-day clock on the seller's side.

AMP MARK II DB annealer on Steve's reloading bench with brass staged above the touchscreen.

AMP MARK II DB annealer review

After roughly 3,500 cases and eight months of weekly use, the AMP MARK II DB has made annealing a repeatable part of Steve's reloading workflow.

A P320 owner examines an empty tan grip module beside separated slide and barrel parts.

The $2,249.99 P320 kit leaves out the registered part

A current Canadian P320 kit includes the slide, barrel, grip module, and an empty trigger guard. The omitted FCU explains what Canada registers.

Two adults pass a detached sound moderator across a plain rural club counter.

Britain dropped the moderator variation and kept the licence

Britain stopped recording each sound moderator as a firearm while keeping possession behind a valid certificate. Canada now has a concrete middle ground to answer.

A range volunteer checks an electronic target and cable under an empty outdoor shelter.

Rifle and pistol nationals, live from Saskatoon

Saskatoon's August 8-15 national program runs from 10 m to 50 m. Here is how to follow the current schedule, start lists, and live scoring.

Sixty-four dollars on the ground

Fifty new Hornady .308 cases cost C$63.95 at one Ontario retailer. The same replacement value can be lying on a range floor, after permission and inspection.

A competitor and range officer review a score on a tablet beside a quiet outdoor stage.

Results from Prince George: 308 names, seven divisions

The 2026 IPSC Canada Handgun Nationals results contain 308 rows across seven divisions. Here are the published leaders and what the table records.

A trainee and coach inspect one target pistol at a quiet firing point.

BCTSA narrowed the training letter to one handgun

BCTSA's current exemption page generally limits a training-only applicant to one handgun. The federal law supplies no numeric cap.

A fictional licensed owner works at a desktop with an unreadable phone set aside.

Advocacy

RCMP's 99.01 per cent result ends at received

The CFP met its 35-day application standard 99.01 per cent of the time. That clock ends when the file enters processing.

Two shooters check an unreadable phone together in a quiet range clubhouse.

Advocacy

Docket 41859: five corrections

A July 28 firearms article turned a federal response into a Court decision. The public docket corrects five claims.

Two club members study statistical printouts in a worn range classroom.

Advocacy

Seventy-three per cent more RPALs, and the paper found little

Restricted licences grew 72.88 per cent from 2013 to 2019. A new Canadian working paper found little evidence of a strong link with deaths or crime.

An owner moves a marker on a wall calendar beside a closed storage cabinet.

Advocacy

Seven days for compensation, 90 after the Court rules

One owner says Public Safety gave him seven days to secure a collection appointment. The legal amnesty runs on a separate Supreme Court clock.

A handloader examines a copper-plated spitzer above a plain tray.

Handloading

CamPro put .311 back in the catalogue

CamPro's current 180-grain .311 plated-bullet listing gives Canadian .303 owners a component lead. The public load-data centre leaves the recipe question open.

A customer waits at a service counter beside a boxed riflescope and receipt sleeve.

Gear

The lifetime warranty stops at the border

A lifetime optics warranty tells a Canadian buyer very little until the dealer names the service route.

A shooter ranges a target beside a supported rifle.

Precision

On a Canadian firing line, 300 needs a unit

Canadian shooting disciplines use metres and yards side by side. Label the range, solver entry, and dope card before one number becomes two distances.

Advocacy

One Ontario buyback contact, six unpublished totals

One Ontario owner says the buyback program contacted him. Ottawa's current workflow now needs public counts for agreements, kits, appointments, validation, destruction, and payment.

A sporting-goods worker stocks plain ammunition boxes on a low shelf before opening.

Gear

Four ammo increases in nine months

Four supplier increases took effect between October and June. For Canadian shooters, the useful number is the replacement cost of a full season.

A visitor waits on the forecourt below the Supreme Court of Canada in early-morning Ottawa light.

Advocacy

Nine groups fill the firearms appeal's pending column

Five replies landed on July 27-28, yet nine private applicants remain pending in Canada's Supreme Court firearms appeal.

A prone Target Rifle shooter aims through aperture sights on a long outdoor range.

Precision

At Borden, 900 metres still runs on iron sights

Entries are open for Canada's August Target Rifle championship at Mons Range. The discipline pairs aperture sights with prone sling support from 300 to 900 metres.

A community worker prepares chairs around a shared table in an unnamed Metro Vancouver youth drop-in.

Advocacy

A $1.04-million grant with something to measure

New Westminster's second federal prevention round arrives with a narrow 2024 baseline. Give the local work time, then publish what changed.

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In an apartment, an eight-pound jug leaves three pounds

From 12,143 to 74,073 firearms claimed

What the gun-crime number is made of

Cookstown's first 75 leave two at 72

Section 23, from the seller's side of the table

AMP MARK II DB annealer review

The $2,249.99 P320 kit leaves out the registered part

Britain dropped the moderator variation and kept the licence

Rifle and pistol nationals, live from Saskatoon

Sixty-four dollars on the ground

Results from Prince George: 308 names, seven divisions

BCTSA narrowed the training letter to one handgun

RCMP's 99.01 per cent result ends at received

Docket 41859: five corrections

Seventy-three per cent more RPALs, and the paper found little

Seven days for compensation, 90 after the Court rules

CamPro put .311 back in the catalogue

The lifetime warranty stops at the border

On a Canadian firing line, 300 needs a unit

One Ontario buyback contact, six unpublished totals

Four ammo increases in nine months

Nine groups fill the firearms appeal's pending column

At Borden, 900 metres still runs on *iron sights*

A *$1.04-million grant* with something to measure

At Borden, 900 metres still runs on iron sights

A $1.04-million grant with something to measure