Free Speech – Does It Mean What You Think?
The principle of free speech is a protection from government’s attempts to restrict what we say. It does not, nor was it ever intended to restrict what you say in someone else’s home, be it a physical home or a virtual one, like this blog or social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook or Twitter.
Antonio Sampogna: Licenced Gun Owner’s Choices Baffle Lawyers and Judges Alike
Antonio Sampogna’s actions will now be used by anti-gun activists and politicians to tarnish all gun owners with the same brush. This is evidenced by a belief rampant on social media, one that raises the hackles of every law-abiding and licenced gun owner who reads it.
Police Misconduct: Abbotsford Constable Christopher Nicholson
Violating the public’s trust is nasty business. Violating the trust of your fellow police officers is an even far more heinous offence because, as Abbotsford Police Constable Christopher Nicholson did, it puts their lives at risk.
Tyson Mallett: Judge Delivers Second Chance on Gun Charges
After police caught Tyson Mallett with an illegal rifle and no firearm licence, he escaped jail time entirely and must only pay a $500 fine.
Tyson Mallett is one lucky man.
Officer Down: Truro Police Service Constable Catherine Campbell
Off-duty Truro Police constable and volunteer firefighter Catherine Campbell was murdered on September 11, 2015, by Christopher Garnier after they left a Halifax bar together. He then dumped her body in a ravine to hide his crimes. Now he’s appealing his conviction.
RCMP and Fredericton Police: Accidental or Negligent Discharge of a Firearm?
An equipment failure causing a firearm to discharge is accidental. A poorly designed or poorly constructed firearm that fires when bumped (somewhere other than the trigger) is also accidental. If your finger, body part or part of your gear touch the trigger and cause the gun to fire, it’s negligence. This describes 99% or more of all unintended firearm discharges.
Rachel Small: RCMP Due Diligence or Violation of Privacy?
Did you know the RCMP has a Tactical Internet Intelligence Unit? Or that this unit may scour social media looking for information about you? Neither did Rachel Small, a political activist from Toronto, until a Canadian Press reporter gave her a copy of the RCMP’s 6-page report on her.
In Praise of Canadian Athletes in the Shooting Sports
Lynda Kiejko and Allan Harding are just two accomplished athletes representing our nation in the shooting sports. Here are a few of Canada’s shooting sports ambassadors and their recent accomplishments, most of which go unnoticed outside of small, regional newspapers.
Buck Evans: Repeat Offender Violating His Firearm Prohibition Order
Why does the government of Canada refuse to change the law so police can track violent repeat offenders with Firearm Prohibition Orders? If they had, perhaps Buck Evans may still be alive today.
Red Flag Law? Let’s Track Violent Offenders with Firearm Prohibition Orders
Canada doesn’t need a new “red flag law.”
If Minister Bill Blair truly wants to improve public safety, he must rewrite legislation surrounding Firearm Prohibition Orders so violent offenders are tracked and routinely checked for compliance.
Child Terrorizes Kansas School With Finger Gun
Zero-tolerance rules sound great on paper but they quickly devolve into mindless bureaucratic stupidity. The case of one 12-year-old girl attending Westridge Middle School in Overland Park, Kansas, epitomizes this insanity.
How to Obtain Your Firearm Possession and Acquisition Licence
Many Canadians believe anyone can walk into their local gun store, toss a wad of cash on the counter and walk out with a gun. Worse, this lie is often promoted by reporters and elected officials alike.
Firearm Licence Revocation Lies from Justin Trudeau
The Prime Minister’s ignorance of Canada’s firearm legislation and our firearm control framework is not unexpected, but it is disheartening.
Canada’s Firearm License Revocation System
I honestly don’t know how the government can broaden our the current licence revocation system when “A chief firearms officer may revoke a licence, an authorization to carry or an authorization to transport for any good and sufficient reason…”
Firearms Act, Section 70
Apple Violates Your Privacy Rights Again
Last year we learned Apple sends audio recordings to a 3rd party, violating your privacy. This week we learned Apple routinely violates your right to privacy another way – by scanning all the images on your Apple device.
Dr. Leslyn Lewis: Leadership Candidate for Conservative Party
Leslyn Lewis is the prototypical Canadian immigrant success story. Her family left everything behind to come to Canada in the hope of giving their children a better life. They had nothing but willingness and their work ethic to guide them.
Now she’s a lawyer, an educator and she’s running to lead the Conservative Party into the next federal election. She wants to be the next Prime Minister of Canada.
More Thoughts on R. v. Iniguez and Our Charter Rights
The R. v. Iniguez decision interests me for a whole host of reasons, not the least of which are the ramifications it could mean for 200,000+ licensed firearm owners whose guns our government wants to confiscate and destroy.
School Shooter Alert: Margo Gaines, a 6-year-old with Downs Syndrome
We’re still stuck in a paradigm tyrannized by what I call “Bureaucrat’s Rule Number One.”
The Rules Are More Important Than People
They have it backwards… completely backwards. People are far more important than the best rules or policy statements.
Warrantless Search Sets Illegal Sub-Machine Gun Owner Free
Elvis Iniguez is a free man today because the Toronto Police Services violated his Charter rights. They searched his home without a warrant and without his informed consent.
The question we must ask is, “Did the judge make the correct decision?”
Has the Conservative Party Forgotten its Grass-Roots Foundations?
Many conservatives, myself included, want a robust and vibrant leadership contest with a wide array of applicants. We believe it’s only by bringing in candidates from across the spectrum of our party can we hope to elect the best and the brightest among us.
The Canadian Government’s Scheme to Censor the Internet
A government license to speak my mind on the internet? I already have a licence. It’s called the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.