With friends like this
As anybody who follows Canadian politics should know, NDP MP Thomas Mulcair is MP for École Polytechnique. As an NDP leadership candidate, Mulcair has just been presented his first big…
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More facts that gun registry opponents will deny
Once again, their assertions of long gun registry opponents have little connection to actual facts. 79.7% of firearms seized by Canadian law enforcement agencies are non-restricted long guns - the…
Long gun registry helps fight domestic homicide, police chief says
There's also many cases Sean, that happen daily and right across this country, where the police will go to an incidence of domestic violence where there is concern that if…
On fact based policy making
The gun lobby will tell you that police don't use gun registry information to make tactical decisions. They couldn't be more wrong. After discovering their suspect had several guns registered…
One of these things is not like the other
89% of domestic shooting homicide victims are female. The bill before Parliament will make it easier for domestic abusers to arm up. John Rafferty and Bruce Hyer are upset that…
Hearing voices
The gun lobby will tell you their fight against the gun registry is about heritage. They'll tell you about the first time they went hunting. They'll tell you about their…
The Seinfeldian candidate
It's becoming harder to consider NDP leadership candidate Nathan Cullen as a serious contender. Cullen's failure to take a stand on the Tory bill to repeal the long gun registry…
Credit where credit is due and darts where they are deserved
It's nice to see the NDP taking a principled stand on the life saving long gun registry. Well, most of them anyway. Who does Nathan Cullen think he's playing to…
Breaking gun registry news from the pre-internet era
Canada's unregistered gun lobby says that repealing the long gun registry will "lighten the legislative burden sports shooters and hunters face every day".They fail to note that the last terrorist…
Worth reading. Worth correcting.
This morning, the Toronto Star published an interesting article on the impacts of the Tory war on vulnerable Canadians long gun registry repeal bill.I won't repeat the core of the…
Tory gun registry bill will help arm criminals
In their celebratory press release, Canada's premier gun lobby group reveals the fatal flaw in the Harper government's new gun registry bill.They note that "the bill removes the requirement to…
Some say
Some say that a shotgun isn't a threat to public safety.We respectfully disagree.
More on the Tory internet scam
American photo?NRA values.
Just another internet scam
Canada's Conservative Party has launched an online petition in support of its long held commitment to repeal the long gun registry.The Conservative Party says that funding is desperately needed to…
While the NDP was enabling the gun lobby
The gun lobby was fighting to make it easier to arm criminals, terrorists and child soldiers.Thanks Nathan.
97% mandate for for sensible gun laws
Earlier today, members of the European Parliament voted 624-17 to complete the implementation of the United Nations Firearms Protocol, the international standard for firearms regulation.The results of the vote are…
Canada’s gun lobby’s election failure reveals NDP gun registry fallacy
Reading today's Postmedia story about labour union spending during the 2011 federal election campaign led this blog to wonder about other third party spending.Reviewing the listing of third parties on…
NDP leadership goes straight to flying pig stage
Gun lobby endorsed NDP leadership candidate Nathan Cullen declares “I am a gun-control candidate.”
Shorter Nathan Cullen
Gun violence against me: scary and badGun violence against vulnerable women and children: not so much