Advocacy
Peel's PAL applications doubled. Clubs see a *new crowd*
RCMP data supplied to CBC shows PAL applications up 110% in Peel since 2016. Ontario clubs say the newcomers are younger, more diverse, and increasingly women.
Advocacy
Evidence-led Canadian firearms policy analysis, calmly pro-ownership and grounded in the laws, numbers, and source documents.
Advocacy
Who belongs in Saskatchewan's gun-ban *class*?
CCFR says it filed a Saskatchewan compensation class action. The fair-value theory is public; the pleading that defines the proposed class remains out of view.
Advocacy
Two days in November will test Ottawa's *gun-ban power*
CCFR says November 9-10 are set for its Supreme Court appeal. The dates matter because Cabinet must defend how it used delegated power to prohibit lawfully owned firearms.
Advocacy
A NATO revolver enters Canadian *custody*
Mark Carney says a Turkish NATO gift is with the RCMP and has been decommissioned. Ottawa now owes Canadians a short, public custody record.
Advocacy
55 breach counts ask the *harder question*
CSSA's current review points to 24 people charged with 55 prohibition-order breaches in 30 days. Winnipeg's releases show why a charge after arrest is not prevention.
Advocacy
New South Wales handed Canada a *dealer warning*
A current Australian buyback story is not Canadian law. It is still a useful warning: the dealer counter is part of the regulated system, not spare scenery.
Advocacy
Prince George, 19 stages, and the *missing on-ramp*
The 2026 IPSC Canadian Handgun Nationals prove the sport still has serious Canadian infrastructure. The harder question is how new shooters are supposed to enter it.
Advocacy
Montreal deserves more than an SKS *shortcut*
If CBC/Radio-Canada is right that the Cote-des-Neiges rifle was an SKS, the SKS belongs in the discussion. It does not become the whole file.
Gear
Make the new semi-auto *earn it*
Fresh Canadian threads around BAR-style rifles, Makasi, and Carmel preorders point to the same rule: non-restricted status matters, but it is not a substitute for proof.
Advocacy
A PAL number is not a *crime strategy*
CSSA's latest paperwork-versus-headlines piece lands because licensed owners know the feeling: being easy to find is not the same thing as being the public-safety problem.
Advocacy
C-21 listened at the *wrong counter*
A fresh look at the C-21 consultation file is a reminder that Canadian firearms policy keeps missing the people already standing inside the law.
Advocacy
Aim at the *hard file*
A fresh Toronto case is a hard reminder: public safety lives in warrants, violent files, tracing, and criminal networks, not another speech aimed at the licensed owner Ottawa can already find.