Review of “Reforming CPIC” by Library of Parliament Legal Analyst
Can mandating that CPIC maintain the addresses of violent offenders, once released from custody, be challenged under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? This was…
Canada
Arming and Disarming: A Book Review
R. B. Brown is to be commended for writing the first comprehensive history of gun control in Canada. He shows how governmental attempts to manage…
Did Deinstitutionalization increase suicide by cop?
In the 1980s and 1990s governments around the world decided to shut down public mental institutions, releasing the inmates to fend for themselves, even those…
Some thoughts about reforming CPIC
There are two interrelated problems with the Canadian Police Information Centre [or CPIC] that demand to be solved: (1) the unacceptably low priority assigned to collecting…
Do Canadian gun laws save women’s lives?
Lethal Firearm-Related Violence Against Canadian Women: Did Tightening Gun Laws Have an Impact on Women’s Health and Safety? Domestic violence remains a significant public health…
The Liberals’ Gun Control Regime Still Missing the Real Target!
Dennis R. Young just wrote a great article. Firearms laws control law-abiding gun owners but those too dangerous to own firearms, not so much. More…
Calibre rates Minister Goodale’s new Firearms Advisory Committee
CANADA’S FIREARMS ADVISORY COMMITTEE: THE SCORECARD Daniel Fritter March 3, 2017 Of the ten members, five represent organizations that are themselves members of the…
Are women at risk from men who own firearms?
Here are two analyses I did a few years back that can shed some light on the question. I hope to present soon a new…
Are gun controls in Europe effective?
An extensive study that I published with American criminologist and constitutional lawyer Don Kates confirms the negative results of previous international studies in 2007. Our…
