Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said law enforcement officers seized 11,000 illegal guns at the Canada–U.S. border last year, admitting that the majority of guns used in crime in Canada originate from the United States. In an interview with Global News’ The West Block on April 30, Mendicino was asked how many crime guns originate…
Marco Mendicino Says Majority of Illegal Guns in Canada Come From the US
42 Arrested, 173 Guns Seized in Disruption of Cross-Border Firearms Trafficking: Toronto Police
The Toronto police said 42 individuals have been arrested and over 400 criminal charges were laid as a result of a yearlong investigation into a major cross-border firearms trafficking scheme. The police operation, dubbed Project Moneypenny, saw the seizure of 173 firearms, alongside ammunition and roughly $184,000 in proceeds of crime, from Canada and the United…
Federal Court Begins Hearing Challenge to Firearms Ban
The legal challenge to the Liberal government’s order to ban over a thousand models of firearms is being heard in federal court this week. Multiple suits were filed after the federal government designated in May 2020 a set of then-legal firearms as prohibited. A buyback program estimated to cost hundreds of millions of dollars is…
Saskatchewan Passes Firearms Act in Response to Federal Gun Control Legislation
The Saskatchewan government passed the Saskatchewan Firearms Act (SFA), saying the law intends to protect the rights of firearms owners from federal gun control legislation. “It is important for Saskatchewan to have its own provincial firearms legislation to ensure the concerns of responsible firearms owners are taken into account,” Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Minister…
Oregon Legislature to Vote on Gun Control Measures Currently Before Court
April 5, 2023
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Oregon Second Amendment advocates are raising the alarm over what they consider an attempted end run around the courts to impose fortified ballot Measure 114-style gun control through legislation. On April 4, the Oregon State Senate Judiciary Committee voted Senate Bill 348 (SB 348) out of committee and onto the floor of the legislature for…
Despite California’s Mass Shootings, Biden Wants to Emulate Its Gun Laws
March 16, 2023
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Commentary President Biden traveled to Monterey Park, California, the site of a mass public shooting that left 11 dead in January, to announce new executive actions on gun control. He touts the proposals as necessary “to reduce gun violence and make our communities safer.” But California already has all the gun control laws that Biden…
National Firearms Registry on the Cards in Australia
Authorities could have access to details of firearm ownership across Australia in the near future after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the creation of a national database was on the cards. Currently, firearms are registered on a state-by-state basis in Australia, yet the violent shooting of two police officers in Queensland last December has spurred…
Appeals Court Finds Federal Gun Ban on Domestic Violence Offenders Unconstitutional
February 2, 2023
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A federal court on Thursday ruled that it is unconstitutional to ban Americans accused of domestic violence from possessing firearms, even if they’re subjected to restraining orders. Applying the logic the U.S. Supreme Court put forward last summer in deciding a landmark Second Amendment case, a panel of three judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit…
Customs Agents Did Not Seize Any Contraband From Trains for 4 Years: Federal Records
Canada’s customs agents did not seize any contraband by rail over a four-year period before 2022, federal records show. “The CBSA [Canada Border Services Agency] did not seize any illegal items from train cars for the years 2018 to 2021 inclusively,” cabinet wrote in an Inquiry of Ministry tabled in the House of Commons by…
LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (Jan. 24): Classified Docs Found at Former VP Mike Pence’s Home; Trump Leads Biden in Possible 2024 Run: Poll
Documents with classification markings were found at Mike Pence’s home, lawyers for the former vice president said. A “small number of documents” marked classified were found on Jan. 16 at Pence’s home in Indiana, Greg Jacob, one of the lawyers, informed the National Archives and Records Administration in a Jan. 18 letter obtained by The…
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