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Gun Control in the News

Conservative Snub to UN arms treaty shames Canada: Editorial
Toronto Star, June 5, 2013

Canada ‘going backwards’ on gun control, École Polytechnique survivor says
Global News, June 3, 2013

Outdated gun rules pose ‘risk to public safety,’ secret government memo warns
Global News, June 3, 2013

Toronto’s Barbra Schlifer Clinic files evidence in Charter case to restore Canadian gun registry
Toronto Star, May 31, 2013

The gun lobby on a crusade in Ottawa
La Presse (Google Translation), May 15, 2013

Canadian gun lobby – Members want armed guards in schools
Le Devoir (Google Translation), May 6, 2013

Gun seizures up but fears of porous border remain
CBC News, May 1, 2013

Firearms office prepares to collect gun licence fees
CBC News, May 1, 2013

Feds budget $260,000 to seize rifles easily converted to sub-machine guns
Global News, May 1, 2013

Federal budget cuts could hurt border agency’s fight against gun smuggling, MP says
Toronto Star, April 26, 2013

John Abbott College opened horizons for Anne-Marie Edward
The Gazette, April 23, 2013

Splashy national media event silenced on eve of gun registry data destruction
Calgary Herald, April 21, 2013

In 2009 border services in Ontario seized just 9 guns they believed were headed for the criminal market. Most guns seized at the border belong to U.S. travellers who didn’t declare them. That year, Toronto police seized 861 crime guns in the city, at least 70% were smuggled in from the U.S.
Toronto Star, April 19, 2013

Firearms advisory committee still lacks diversity of voices, Public Safety memo suggests
Windsor Star, April 10, 2013

Quebec, in clear and unanimous voice, prepares to set up its own gun registry
Globe and Mail, February 19, 2013

Conservatives’ claim to curb illegal guns falls flat
Maclean’s, February 11, 2013

Combating gun violence. Hamilton RN turns grief into action.
Registered Nurse Journal Digital Edition, January/February 2013

RCMP feared ending gun registry would hurt investigations
Toronto Star, January 29, 2013

Killing long-gun registry saves only $2M a year: documents
Toronto Star, January 25, 2013

Aspects of New York State’s post-Newtown gun laws stricter than Canadian system
Global, January 16, 2013

Loopholes allow (some) 10-round magazines in (some) semi-automatic rifles
Global, January 14, 2013

Game-changer in Northern Ireland, .50-calibre rifles are non-restricted here
Global, January 14, 2013

Sawing off a shotgun can mean serious prison time – but loophole allows new shotguns with 8.5-inch barrels
Global, January 14, 2013

LOOPHOLES: How a changing arms industry is bringing incoherence to Canada’s gun control system
Global, January 14, 2013

Editorial: What we learn from one may save the lives of many. Success in reducing firearm deaths in Canada may have blinded us to how our gun laws are being weakened
Priscilla de Villiers in Hamilton Spectator, January 1, 2013

Editorial: The gun cult in Ottawa
Outlook: Canada’s Progressive Jewish Magazine, January/February 2013

New German firearms registry shows 5.5 million guns legally owned in country
Calgary Herald, December 28, 2012

Ottawa’s controversial panel on gun laws faces review
Globe and Mail, December 21, 2012

Plans to restrict exotic rifle? Ottawa won’t say
Global, December 21, 2012

Ottawa should have enforced gun-show rules, not repealed them
Globe and Mail, December 20, 2012

Long-gun firearms sales ‘open to abuse,’ says Ontario’s Chief Firearms Officer
Hill Times, December 20, 2012

Conservatives axe gun show laws on advice of controversial advisory committee
Ottawa Citizen, December 18, 2012

OPP Commissioner worried by rumblings from Ottawa about an easing of regulations surrounding the ban on prohibited weapons such as assault weapons.
Toronto Sun, December 18, 2012

Canadian Gun Laws: Weapons Used In Mass Shootings Still Not Prohibited
Huffington Post, December 18, 2012

Critics slam feds’ decision to scrap records of rifle, shotgun sales in wake of Newtown shootings in U.S.
Hill Times, December 18, 2012

Gun seizures down in Toronto after demise of gun registry: police chief
Globe and Mail, December 17, 2012

Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair: “I think [...] as a society, but also all of us, have a responsibility to make a decision on whether we love our kids more than we love our guns
CBC, December 17, 2012

Feds show interest in extending firearm owners’ licences, despite RCMP critique
Postmedia, December 17, 2012

Assault-style weapons easily available in Canada
Toronto Star, December 17, 2012

Take aim at gun advisory body; it’s dysfunctional and biased
Red Deer Advocate, December 12, 2012

Long gun registry aids search warrant
Maple Ridge News, December 12, 2012

Quebec going it alone with gun registry
Globe and Mail, December 6, 2012

Opinion: The fight for sensible gun control continues
Montreal Gazette, December 6, 2012

Gun control advocate fears new tragedy
Toronto Star, December 6, 2012

RCMP concerned as Conservatives consider loosening firearms restrictions
Toronto Star, December 6, 2012

Harper rejects committee’s advice to relax gun laws
Globe and Mail, December 6, 2012

Conservatives quietly defer gun marking rules after signalling implementation
Winnipeg Free Press, December 5, 2012

 
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