Canada's National Firearms Association Annual General Meeting 2012 Join us at the Quality Hotel & Suites in Woodstock Ontario Our event will begin Friday, May 4 with an evening meet and greet during which you will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the board of directors and other NFA activists. During the weekend, there will be information and training sessions on various topics, led by knowledgeable presenters including...

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Brandon Wallingford, FACU President FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FACU OPPOSES PROPOSED REFERENDUM TO BAN FIREARMS GROUPS ON CAMPUS OTTAWA- Disgraced Carleton University Students Association (CUSA) VP Internal Ariel Norman distributed seven (7) proposed referendum questions without notice at the January 10th CUSA Council Meeting, the first meeting after a five (5) month long legal dispute between sixteen (16) CUSA council...

January 12, 2012 Canada's National Firearms Association Media Release PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER POORLY INFORMED ON CLASSIFICATION OF FIREARMS Speaking from Prince George, NFA President Sheldon Clare expressed surprise at comments made by Public Safety Minister Vic Toews regarding his support for the classification of the Armi-Jager AP-80 as a prohibited weapon.  "Clearly Minister Toews was poorly and selectively briefed by his RCMP advisers...

Print this article (PDF) » Prepared By: Sheldon ClarePresident, Canada’s National Firearms Association Subject: Is the Armi-Jager AP 80 a variant of the AK-47? Here is my opinion regarding as to whether or not the Armi-Jager AP-80 is truly a "variant" of the AK-47. I hope that this information is useful. As a collector of firearms for over 25 years I have had the opportunity to study and examine many firearms, including military small arms of...

The RCMP has been issuing registration revocation notices and demands to surrender in regards to certain registered firearms owned by firearms license holders. The purpose of this is to force the confiscation of as many registered non restricted firearms as possible before the requirement to hold a registration for a non restricted long gun ends after Bill C-19 becomes law. Principally, this situation affects the owners of these two firearms: A...

January 9th, 2012 Canada's National Firearms Association Media Release CONSERVATIVE PARTY GUN REGISTRY AD MISLEADING "Gun owners who fail to keep their papers in order are still treated as criminals." In December, the Conservative Party launched an ad campaign targeting the pocketbooks of law abiding gun owners by extolling the virtues of the government's Bill C-19, the legislation they introduced scrapping the long-gun registry.  The ad...

HOUSE OF COMMONS CHAMBRE DES COMMUNES CANADA     Standing Committee on Plublic Safety and National Security Comité permanent de la sécurité publique et national     EVIDENCE NUMBER 15, TÉMOIGNAGES DU COMITÉ NUMÉRO 15     UNEDITED COPY - COPIE NON ÉDITÉE Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - Le mardi 29 november 2011   ***  

HOUSE OF COMMONS CHAMBRE DES COMMUNES CANADA     Standing Committee on Plublic Safety and National Security Comité permanent de la sécurité publique et national     EVIDENCE NUMBER 14, TÉMOIGNAGES DU COMITÉ NUMÉRO 14     UNEDITED COPY - COPIE NON ÉDITÉE Thursday, November 24, 2011 - Le jeudi 24 november 2011   ***  

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Despite spending a whooping $2.7 billion on creating and running a long gun registry, Canadians still have not reaped any benefits.  Even though the registry started registering long guns in 1998, it has yet to solve one single murder. Instead it has been an enormous waste of police officers' time, diverting their efforts from patrolling Canadian streets and doing traditional policing activities. As parliament debates whether to eliminate...

  Personal BackgroundMr. Chair, Vice Chairs, Honourable Members – good afternoon.My name is Solomon Friedman. I am a criminal defence lawyer in private practice with the Ottawa firm of Edelson Clifford D’Angelo LLP.Although I maintain a comprehensive criminal law practice, I also specialize in defending individuals charged with firearms related offences.IntroductionMy clients, and I as their counsel, experience, on a regular basis, the...

CTV - Ending Gun Registry Could Fuel Firearms Trafficking— The Canadian Press This story is incorrect. Firstly, Canadians are prohibited from physically exporting firearms out of the US. Firearms can only be exported out of the US by federally licensed exporters who have to physically transport the firearms to the border. Secondly, with the demise of the registry Canadians returning to Canada with firearms will need to show that they have a...

Global News : Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:18 PM The Quebec legislature has passed the fourth motion in five years to ask Ottawa to keep data from the federal long-gun registry when it is destroyed. Why should Canadians be concerned with the registry, and what happens now? Global News talks with gun policy expert Gary Mauser.  Mauser is professor emeritus, in the Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies and the Beedie...

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25 October, 2011 Canada’s National Firearms Association Media ReleaseFor Immediate Release NFA supports Conservative efforts on firearms law reform Canada’s National Firearms Association is pleased to support the efforts of the Conservative government in fulfilling its promise to end the requirement to register long guns. Speaking from Prince George, NFA President Sheldon Clare stated “The Harper government’s positive efforts in making this step...