Are PAL holders murderers?
Are firearms owners murderers as some claim? Senator Pratte misinterpreted Statistics Canada data in his Senate address, when he introduced Bill C-71 in the Senate. “According to…
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Bill C-71 is a red herring
Bill C-71 is a Red Herring Submission to the Federal Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Bill C-71 April 2018 Gary A Mauser,…
Indigenous murder rates are shockingly high
A recent murder in rural Canada has captured headlines, but news reports ignore the elephant in the room: indigenous murder rates are shockingly high. Aboriginal…
Do more guns mean more crime?
Rural Canada is “gun country.” But do more guns mean more crime? In 2017 StatsCan reported that both violent crime and property crime rates were…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Are PAL holders a threat to police?
Are gun owners a threat to police or public safety? The police think you are. Every night, the police check all licensed firearms owners….