The intent of this website is to provide a forum to support gun-related activities in the Province of Saskatchewan.  The website will be maintained by volunteers and be kept as simple as possible.  We look to promote all the shooting sports in the Province of Saskatchewan, and to do it with a political bent (Scrap Bill C-68, the Firearms Act).

Call to Action

I’m hoping to convince a number of you to write your MLA’s, MP’s, Bill Blair and Justin Trudeau voicing your strong opposition to the May 1^st OIC
https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/firearms/need-know-the-government-canadas-new-prohibition-certain-firearms-and-devices,

Bill C-21 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiru8bpvo3wAhUCQawKHc38DsEQFjACegQIDBAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publicsafety.gc.ca%2Fcnt%2Fcntrng-crm%2Ffrrms%2Fc21-en.aspx&usg=AOvVaw3UYq8z3zjKMkMtCDQnE0vqand,  and

C-22https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2021/02/bill-c-22-mandatory-minimum-penalties-to-be-repealed.html 

I’m also including a sample letter below that can be used in its entirety or as an information guide to compose a letter in your own words.  In addition to this feel free to use the statistical information along with the reference links in support of your objections. I understand that many people don’t enjoy writing letters but law-abiding gun owners everywhere need to be heard before all of our firearms are taken away.  Hopefully this will make it a little easier.

Lastly you may have heard of Bill C-10, https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/pl/charter-charte/c10.html a bill to control what is allowed to be posted on the internet.  While many believe that there are some harmful and hateful things online, for the most part these are already regulated or illegal.  Since the original introduction of this bill significant changes have been introduced. What c10 now aims to do is regulate individuals as if they were broadcasters and limit free speech.  As much of what legal firearms owners and groups post opposes the governments point of view it may become blocked or removed in the future, taking our collective voices away.  This is very concerning and again letters should be sent to your MP, the PM, the NDP and David Lametti the Canadian Minister of Justice, voicing your opposition to this bill. 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjK1Lm90K3wAhWEVc0KHY5qAAQQFjABegQIAhAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fbill-c10-user-generated-content-1.6007192&usg=AOvVaw2siLKMHMyZ4GbYYHQ80OI0

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Sample Letter

Statistics

Gun Stats: https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/2018-commissioner-firearms-report

• 2,209,906 Canadians with a firearm licence authorized by the federal police (RCMP) at 31 Dec. 2019.
• Approx. 300,000 Canadians own at least one handgun 
• 75,634 registered AR-15’s owned by licensed Canadians 
• 13% or 1/7 Canadians are gun owners 
• Women account for about 15% of all gun owners (and growing) 
• There are over 1M registered, restricted firearms owned legally in Canada 
• Of all Canadian cities, Montreal boasts the highest levels of gun ownership per capita, followed by Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Ottawa for the top 5 

The business of guns: https://www.conferenceboard.ca/research/angling-hunting-trapping-and-sport-shooting

• There are almost 4500 businesses in Canada with a business firearm license 

• There are about 1400 licensed, RCMP-approved gun ranges across the country 
• Hunting, sport shooting contributes $8.5B annually to the GDP 
• Hunting, sport shooting contributes $3B+ annually in tax revenue 
• There are 45,000 Canadians employed full time in this industry 

Guns and Crime: 

• There are almost half a million Canadians who are prohibited from owning firearms 
• There are 24 federal gun laws in Canada, and many more provincial and municipal laws, proving Canada has some of the strictest gun laws in the world 
• Less than 1% (0.7%) of all domestic violence calls even have a firearm present at the address, let alone used or threatened https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2016001/article/14303-eng.pdf
• Firearms are present in less than 3% of all violent crime in Canada https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/committee/421/SECD/Briefs/Stats_Can_Presentation_ppt_e.pdf
• Since 2013, gang related firearm violence has nearly doubled https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/committee/421/SECD/Briefs/Stats_Can_Presentation_ppt_e.pdf

Suicide and Guns: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-624-x/2012001/article/11696-eng.htm

• Guns are a distant third in preferred method for suicide in Canada, behind hanging and pills 
• 84% of Canadian suicides do not involve a firearm 
• Gun legislation has had little to no effect on suicide (or homicide rates) in Canada https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0234457
• Mental health resources continue to be the #1 failure in preventing suicide (Todd Doherty’s 988 PMB would be a benefit) 

Law Enforcement Support for Gun Bans? 

No - National Police Federation – union for 60k RCMP https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/increased-supports-needed-to-address-gun-violence-and-illegal-firearms-in-canada-801443067.html

No – Canadian Association for Chiefs of Police: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/naive-police-chiefs-say-handgun-ban-wont-stop-flow-of-weapons-into-canada

News Archive

..... That's all for now folks.

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