Canadian firearms policy and rights

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A buyback date in Dubbo, an estimate in Ontario

NSW has named buyback stations and opening dates. Ontario’s public window remains approximate, and Public Safety’s progress page still lacks completed individual outcomes. The payment promises also need a careful reading.

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For three firearm offences, Canada's count rose 103 per cent

Statistics Canada's records reproduce a 103 per cent rise from 2015 to 2025 for three named firearm offences. Their rate rose about 74 per cent. The broader gun-violence series measures something different.

Close right-side view of an SKS receiver and wood stock, with its short fixed magazine immediately ahead of one trigger guard on a charcoal mat.

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SKS review advisers expect a first meeting later this fall

Public Safety has supplied a first-meeting forecast for its classification advisers. Owners still need a usable account of the review and their promised place in it.

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CTF's court bid for RCMP buyback cost records

CTF has requested a hearing over withheld RCMP buyback cost plans. The court record and official funding figures deserve a careful reading.

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Your ammunition, someone else's porch

An ammunition parcel at the wrong door leaves the buyer needing delivery evidence, a retailer contact, and a clear explanation of the coverage terms.

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What CBSA's postal audit found about missed targets

A new suppressor case makes CBSA's earlier postal audit worth revisiting. Its missed-target finding needs a careful reading and a public follow-up.

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Who may shoot an amnesty rifle this fall?

A Lake of Bays police release raises a practical ownership question. The extended firearms amnesty still protects a narrow set of people, uses, and trips.

An open olive ammunition can with brass cartridges on a steel shelf, with closed containers and a mesh enclosure behind.

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DND promises tighter counts after Toronto's ammunition seizure

Toronto police allege 2,500 recovered rounds were stolen from the Canadian Armed Forces. DND promises inventory changes this fall; the public still needs the loss and reconciliation timeline.

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Reading the NWT's gun counts alongside Canada's sales records

NWT firearm violations rose from 117 in 2021 to 239 in 2025. The tracing debate also needs a clear account of the licence checks and business sales records Canada already requires.

A volunteer patches holes in a brown cardboard target with tan pasters on an outdoor shooting bay, with two more cardboard targets, a white steel target and autumn trees behind.

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Ten pages, and sport shooters face a record objection

Canada's October 6 Supreme Court reply challenges new sport-use evidence, argues owners can identify unnamed variants, and separates prohibition from compensation.

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Tower Road shooting charges cite a provincial notice

Five Tower Road charges reported October 9 concern a provincial public-land notice. Ontario’s area map and Georgian Bay’s municipal bylaw answer separate questions.

Two dark cylindrical suppressors rest on a pale shelf inside a glass display.

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ATF drops NFA approvals for suppressors. Canada keeps its ban.

ATF's October 9 suppressor policy removes specified U.S. NFA approval and registration requirements from enforcement. Canada's prohibited-device rule stays in place.

A buyback date in Dubbo, an *estimate* in Ontario

For three firearm offences, Canada's count rose *103 per cent*

SKS review advisers expect a first meeting *later this fall*

CTF's *court bid* for RCMP buyback cost records

Your ammunition, *someone else's* porch

What CBSA's postal audit found about *missed targets*

Who may shoot an *amnesty rifle* this fall?

DND promises *tighter counts* after Toronto's ammunition seizure

Reading the NWT's *gun counts* alongside Canada's sales records

Ten pages, and sport shooters face a *record objection*

Tower Road shooting charges cite a *provincial notice*

ATF drops *NFA approvals* for suppressors. Canada keeps its ban.

A buyback date in Dubbo, an estimate in Ontario

For three firearm offences, Canada's count rose 103 per cent

SKS review advisers expect a first meeting later this fall

CTF's court bid for RCMP buyback cost records

Your ammunition, someone else's porch

What CBSA's postal audit found about missed targets

Who may shoot an amnesty rifle this fall?

DND promises tighter counts after Toronto's ammunition seizure

Reading the NWT's gun counts alongside Canada's sales records

Ten pages, and sport shooters face a record objection

Tower Road shooting charges cite a provincial notice

ATF drops NFA approvals for suppressors. Canada keeps its ban.