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…
gun violence
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…
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…
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…
Shorter Nathan Cullen
Gun violence against me: scary and badGun violence against vulnerable women and children: not so much
More NDP hypocrisy on guns
When guns are killing people in foreign places, the NDP has a clear position, Canada should do whatever we can to stop it.When they're killing vulnerable women and children in…
Dear Canadian gun owner
Please do not write your newly elected Member of Parliament. You're just not smart enough to know what you actually want. You may not even realize the depth of your…
Which NDP long gun registry policy do you prefer?
Over the course of this campaign, New Democrats have taken a number different and sometimes incompatible positions on the life saving long gun registry. Which do you prefer? 1) Municipal…
Another NDP candidate takes yet another position (at least for this party) on the life saving long gun registry
Interlake Spectator (Manitoba) April 27, 2011 Palsson (NDP) – "I would introduce a private members bill to let the municipalities decide whether or not they want it—Let the cities have…
Disturbing in too many ways to count
Today we learn that a handpicked Harper Tory gun control advisor and the man responsible for the largest single terrorist attack on US soil prior to 9/11 found inspiration from…
It’s not that hard to do the right thing on the long gun registry. So why won’t the NDP do that?
Sudbury Star April 23, 2011 Rejecting criticism from Nickel Belt Conservative candidate Lynne Reynolds that he had "lied" about the registry, Gravelle said he simply changed his mind. "I've gotten…