Canadian homicide trends
Recent Canadian homicide trends undermine claims of anti-gun activists. Just 10% of homicides involve spousal victims, and guns are not the typical weapon used. Knives…
Canada
Gun control cannot protect victims
Gun control cannot protect victims from killers. Canada’s gun laws prove it. Both Kim Campbell (in 1991) and Jean Chrétien (in 1995) justified bringing in…
Does gun control work?
Gun control proponents assume that clamping down on guns stops murderers. But does gun control work? Over the past few decades, a variety of jurisdictions…
Shootings in Las Vegas bring out red herrings
The horrific shootings in Las Vegas have attracted excited calls for more gun control in Canada as well as the United States. Most are just…
Mass Homicide and Canada
This post is by Dr. Caillin Langmann, MD, PhD, FRCPSC, ABEM. Professor of Medicine, McMaster University. It may be downloaded from SSRN. Tragedies as…
Most gun crimes are paper crimes – just administrative violations
Most crimes that involve guns are paper crimes; just administrative violations, not violent crimes. There are no victims; no criminal intent; rarely any violence; just…
Are peaceable PAL holders being deliberately disarmed?
Are peaceable PAL holders being deliberately disarmed? The police appear to be using the firearms regulations to do so. Conviction can mean losing one’s guns,…
Faced with gang killings, the RCMP blames PAL holders?
Why is the RCMP shuffling deck chairs, when the Titanic is sinking? Handgun homicides have increased dramatically since the 1990s. Handgun homicides spiked in the…
Will the Trudeau Liberals ban lead ammunition?
Not content to ban scary guns, the Trudeau Liberals are now considering banning lead ammunition! Both lead shot and lead-core ammunition. That’s right. Banning lead…
Stop easy access to PALs on CPIC
Access to PAL’s on CPIC violates citizen’s privacy rights. Supposedly, this is for public safety, but this is dangerously false. It is standard policy for…