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Shiloh Blue Keewatin: Firearm Prohibition Order Repeat Offender Extraordinaire

At the time of this latest arrest for unauthorized possession of a firearm, Shiloh Blue Keewatin was already subject to three separate Firearm Prohibition Orders – the result of previous convictions.

Robin Dean Wuttunee: Poster-Criminal for our Broken Firearms Prohibition Order System

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, when will you fix Canada’s failed Firearm Prohibition Order system so violent repeat offenders like Robin Dean Wuttunee can’t endanger the lives of innocent Canadians?

Jacques Roy: Poster-Criminal for Canada’s Broken Firearm Prohibition Order System

After repeated arrests for drug trafficking, violence and breaching numerous Firearm prohibition Orders, why was Jacques Roy not in jail?

Why won’t our our judicial system protect society from proven threats to public safety, like Jacques Roy?

Alain Gamache: Poster-Criminal for Everything Wrong with Canada’s Firearm Prohibition Order System

Alain Gamache epitomizes the revolving door justice system so many front-line police officers complain about. These officers do their job, get the violent criminal off the streets only to see them released days later to carry on their life of crime.

Christian Ghilli: Negligent Discharge Costs World Junior Skeet Champion His Life

The death of this talented young man, a rising star in the skeet shooting community, is a stark reminder that basic firearm safety rules must be followed at all times. 

PAL/RPAL Holders: Do NOT Install PocketWell App

So, my gun owning friends, if you value your Possession and Acquisition License (PAL) or your Restricted Possession and Acquisition License (RPAL) avoid the government of Canada’s Pocketwell app like the plague.

Teneal Richards: Poster-Criminal for Broken Firearm Prohibition Order System

It may be a surprise to you, but it’s no surprise to me that our justice system lost track of another violent offender and repeat violator of a Firearm Prohibition Order.

Andrew Jason Hudder: Poster-Criminal for Canada’s Broken Firearm Prohibition Order System

“I do not necessarily agree with the Crown’s suggestion that Andrew Jason Hudder is firmly entrenched in a criminal lifestyle such that an exceptional sentence is needed, despite the firearm with the serial number scratched off, the location of the firearm – strapped to his chest – and comments from the Parole Board of Canada of Mr. Hudder’s association with a security threat group during his last period of federal incarceration.”

3 Dead from Negligent Discharges in Past 24 Hours

Normally I only see a couple of negligent discharge deaths each month, but this morning I woke up to three reports in a single day.  This is distressing, since all three deaths were wholly preventable. 

As Violent Repeat Offenders Ply Their Wicked Trade, Liberal Govt Focuses on Licensed Gun Owners

If only a Liberal saying “doing more” meant taking illegal guns out of the hands of violent criminals. Alas, it does not.

It means more restrictions on Canadians who obey the law while ignoring the drug dealers, gang members and a variety of other criminals who shoot up downtown Toronto nightly.

How Stupid Must these Licensed Gun Owners Be?

Calvin Warren-Grandbois, Michael Steinke and Bradley Smigorowsky must be a special kind of stupid to think they could get away with legally buying guns and selling them to criminals already under Firearm Prohibition Orders.

Negligent Discharge: 3-year-old finds gun in kitchen drawer, shoots himself in the head

A 3-year-old boy is dead and, as brutal as it is for me to write it and you to read it, this child is dead because of his parents’ negligence.

Shamaya Lynn: Young Mom Killed on a Zoom Call

On August 11th, 21-year-old Shamaya Lynn, an Altamonte Springs resident, was on a Zoom call with a co-worker when she suddenly fell backwards and was unresponsive. This coincided with a loud bang.

15-year-old Boy Injured by Negligent Discharge of Stolen Handgun

On May 5, 2021, a 15-year-old boy in Burlington, North Carolina, was injured after two teenagers in the apartment next door discovered a loaded handgun in the apartment occupied by Sade Michelle Robinson and fired the gun. Their negligent discharge of a firearm sent the 15-year-old to hospital, where he was treated and is expected to make a full recovery.

Pennsylvania State Rep Demands ID Requirement to Buy Ammunition

Democrat State Representative Brian Kirkland wants to force gun owners to show state- or federally-issued identification before can buy ammunition.

The goal, says Rep. Kirkland, is to keep loaded guns out of the hands of minors.

Well, that should solve the problem of gang bangers and loaded guns, shouldn’t it?

Nanaimo RCMP’s Takedown of a Naïve 22-year-old and His Replica Handgun is an Object Lesson for us All

Over-reaction by the public? We gun owners often forget that the majority of Canadians have absolutely no experience with firearms beyond what they see on television and movies and are highly, if irrationally, terrified of them.

Autumn Higgs: Dead because of Boyfriend’s Negligent Discharge

16-year-old Autumn Higgs is dead because of her boyfriend’s negligent discharge of a firearm.

Negligent Discharge: Dallas Walmart

The precise details of how the negligent discharge occurred aren’t available but, according to police, the individual carrying the handgun was not licensed for concealed carry.

Memphis Pastor Ricky Floyd Hosts Gun Safety Course for Kids

“I am not as disturbed about the law being passed. I am pro citizens carrying guns, but now we have a responsibility to be trained on how to carry to protect our children,” said Pastor Floyd. “And if children are going to have their hands or be anywhere near it, they need to know some rules to keep them safe.” 

Negligent Discharge: 12-year-old girl shot, expected to recover

Christian Lehl, 21, was babysitting his nieces and nephews, when he took out a loaded handgun and showed it to an 18-year-old friend. The handgun ‘just went off’ aka a negligent discharge, and the bullet buried itself in the arm of one of Lehl’s 12-year-old nieces in another room.

Negligent Discharge: Gentry Police Officers Save Man’s Life

Two Gentry Police officers are credited with saving the life of a man who managed to unintentionally shoot himself in the leg. The unidentified man carried a loaded firearm in his pocket (never a good idea) and due to his negligence, shot himself and severed an artery in his leg.

South Africa’s Nightmare Gun Registry

Canada’s failed Long Gun Registry was an expensive and useless exercise that did not solve a single crime according to police, but at least ‘the trains ran on time’ to butcher an analogy.

The same cannot be said for South Africa’s Central Firearms Registry, where backlogs for both licenses and amnesties are piled six feet high throughout a building that’s been declared unsafe.

Defiance of Germany’s Strict Gun Laws or Good Old Fashioned Ingenuity?

For some, like the 58-year-old precision mechanic who manufactured three pistols in his spare time, it may mean obeying Germany’s strict gun laws is a waste of time.

Negligent Discharge: 2-year-old boy kills himself with father’s gun

If you own a firearm, making sure unauthorized people can’t access that firearm is your number one responsibility – especially if you have small children.

Negligent Discharge: Illinois Man Kills Girlfriend While Posing With Handgun

It only takes a fraction of a second for a negligent discharge to irrevocably alter the course of your life.

It only takes a second to make sure a firearm is unloaded.

Take that second so someone you care about doesn’t have to die

Kenya Offers Illegal Gun Manufactures Honest Jobs in New Weapons Facility

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta knows his country is riddled with illegal firearm manufacturers.

His solution? 

He offered the illegal gun makers jobs at a new and legitimate weapons manufacturing facility in Ruiru.

CanPar Cancels Firearm and Ammo Shipments

The way people are freaking out about this CanPar decision, you would think Canada Post – the only shipping option specifically mandated by the Regulations for Canada’s Firearms Act – vanished from the face of the earth yesterday, taking every other shipping company with them.

Pennsylvania : 13-year-old boy murders 12-year-old sister

On March 19, 2021, in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 13-year-old Jah’sir Vasquez pointed a loaded firearm at his 12-year-old sister Jasiyah and pulled the trigger. 

“Mom, Jah shot me!” Jasiyah screamed before falling to the ground. 

How did this 13-year-old get his hands on a loaded gun?  

His mother, Daisy Vasquez, asked him to retrieve the gun from her car. 

Negligent Discharge: Felon Shoots Himself in the Hand, Claims He Was Carjacked

Bad things can happen while carelessly playing with a loaded handgun.

And when you’re a convicted felon illegally possessing that loaded handgun, well…

Police Officer Latoya Dythe Pleads Guilty to Straw Purchasing Firearms

Officer Latoya Dythe was suspended without pay after a federal grand jury indicted her for illegally purchasing a firearm for her boyfriend, Devon Jones.