Advocacy
The law is already *heavy*
A current Canadian legal explainer says the quiet part clearly: firearms law is already heavy. The real policy question is aim.
Advocacy
Evidence-led Canadian firearms policy analysis, calmly pro-ownership and grounded in the laws, numbers, and source documents.
Gear
The best first precision rifle is still a *.22*
Current Canadian rimfire matches show the sane way into precision shooting: start small, learn wind and position, and let targets decide what gear actually matters.
Gear
The FRT is not the *law*
The RCMP's Firearms Reference Table is useful gear intelligence, but it is not the rulebook. New Canadian shooters should learn that distinction early.
Advocacy
The *suitcase* is the policy failure
A CityNews report on an alleged 89-firearm smuggling attempt into Canada shows the policy gap Ottawa keeps stepping around: the regulated owner is visible, while the real handgun pipeline is elsewhere.
Advocacy
The portal says *wait*
Public Safety's May 7 update tells owners to wait for notification and a funding agreement before disposal. That small instruction says a lot about the buyback.
Advocacy
The prize list is the *point*
CCFR's Raining Guns contest worked because it made lawful Canadian firearms ownership visible as regulated property, business support, and ordinary gear culture.
Advocacy
The exemption is the *warning light*
B.C.'s new FVPA sells itself as gang law. The warning for lawful shooters is the exemption: if ordinary range activity needs carving out, the law was wider than advertised.
Advocacy
Saskatchewan put a receipt on the *ban*
Saskatchewan's new appraisal service turns the federal buyback fight back into property, storage, receipts, and the lawful owners Ottawa keeps finding first.
Advocacy
The gun show is not a *loophole*
A busy May 2 gun show listing in Ontario is a useful reminder: in Canada, the gun show is not a loophole. It is one of the last human places where new shooters can learn gear, law, and culture at the same table.
Advocacy
A hundred guns, and the *point* Ottawa misses
The CCFR's 100-gun contest is loud, cheeky, and legally mundane. That is why it works: it shows new shooters a community refusing to let Ottawa turn lawful ownership into something shameful.
Advocacy
The breach they won't *pay* for.
On April 27, the federal government confirmed in writing: no compensation was ever paid to the 2.2 million firearm owners exposed in the 2021 Canadian Firearms Program breach. The vendor still has the contract.
Advocacy
Don't *walk* into the detachment
Opinion. The RCMP had to warn Canadians not to walk banned rifles into a detachment. A federal buyback six years in the making still has no clear compliance path that does not risk criminal charges for vetted owners trying to follow it.