Evidence-led Canadian firearms policy analysis, calmly pro-ownership and grounded in the laws, numbers, and source documents.
Advocacy
Three weeks after the declaration deadline, the federal assault-style firearms compensation program has collected less than half of what it budgeted for. The program's own numbers are now the clearest argument against it.
Advocacy
Opinion. On April 17, the Canadian Army released a promotional video for a new service rifle: the Canadian Modular Assault Rifle. Six years of civilian buyback rhetoric has rested on that word. The Army just claimed it, from the same Kitchener factory.
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 October 30. What the law changed is clear. What changed in public-safety terms is genuinely mixed.
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.