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HISTORY'S BIGGEST CRACKDOWN ON HONEST CITIZENS

Important Context

The Liberal Party of Canada's criminalization of hundreds of thousands of government-licensed firearm owners is the BIGGEST CRACKDOWN against honest citizens by any democracy in history ... outside of war.

[Canada's National Firearms Association @CanadasNFA]

Ian Runkle of Runkle of the Bailey - @IanRunkle - appears at the U.S. Gun Rights Policy Conference, 2026.
https://t.co/pRir3mgULw

[Canada's National Firearms Association @CanadasNFA]

American gun owners are looking north and watching Canada as a cautionary tale of what happens when a government runs amok with its firearms policies for nothing more than political gain.

It would be great if Ottawa could stop providing them the entertainment...

-The Moderator

𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐈𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐍𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐛
𝑁𝑅𝐴-𝐼𝐿𝐴
𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
https://t.co/47M6Aqdztl

[Canada's National Firearms Association @CanadasNFA]

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬?

At the Valour Park Association 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭 in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada's National Firearms Association spoke with Hans Brink of the The Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museum and Valour Park to discuss an event that was about much more than a day on the range.

Hans takes us through the historically significant firearms featured at the shoot, explains why preserving Canada's military history matters, and shares some insight into the work, planning, and coordination required to make this landmark event happen.

From preserving historic firearms and keeping Canada's military heritage alive to bringing enthusiasts together for a good cause, this was an event worth remembering.
And Hans may just let the cat out of the bag about when we could see the next one!
Watch the interview, learn more about the history behind the firearms, and find out what it takes to make an event like this possible.

Canada's National Firearms Association was proud to sponsor this event, supporting the Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museum, the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Regimental Society, and the Valour Park Association.

The NFA had in attendance Ontario Director and Lobbyist Tom Mavin - @Feral999 , General Manager Ginger Fournier, Director at Large Nathaniel Milljour, and Alberta Director Dwayne Gorniak - @white_whisker .

It was great to see MLA Garth Rowswell of the UCP attending the event, and always a great time catching up with Avery Shoaf of Rust Valley Restorers fame.
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WHY CANADA LOSES

Winning Countries: Firearm engineers design the best products they can, based on the laws of nature (physics, chemistry, etc.).

🇨🇦: Firearm engineers deliberately design INFERIOR products, based on the laws of Liberals.

[Kostas Moros @MorosKostas]

It never ceases to be a wild stat to me that the main financier of gun control in the United States is worth more than the total economic activity of the entire gun industry in a given year.

Gun control orgs so desperately want to imagine themselves as David. But they are a big, authoritarian, nannystate Goliath.

[March For Our Lives @AMarch4OurLives]

The United States has more guns in civilian hands than every military in the world combined.

[TheGunBlog.ca @TheGunBlog]

Yukon Proposes Its Own Firearms Act to Support Gun Owners Against Federal Crackdowns

Govt tabled Bill No. 11 in Yukon Legislative Assembly on Oct. 07.

"The Yukon Firearms Act would allow for the creation of a new firearms advocate for the Yukon ..."

https://t.co/KBGFOk8vwB

[Rebel News @RebelNewsOnline]

Yukon moves to protect gun owners with new Firearms Act ahead of federal amnesty deadline

Law-abiding firearm owners in Yukon would be protected from federal overreach if the new legislation is passed.

More details: https://t.co/xP9t3bVnSy.

[Yukon Strong 🫎 @YukonStrong]

Here we go folks, Yukon Firearms Act is live

I would like to thank @CurrieDixon and Justice Minister Laura Lang for getting this act in prior to the amnesty deadline

https://t.co/6AbYUEvpan

[David Yamane @davidyamane]

Malcolm Gladwell does an amazing job taking research done by other people, adding his own reporting, and then writing it up in a compelling way. His forthcoming book on “The American Way of Killing” is a great example, judging from his Revisionist History podcast (2023) on the subject. In this Atlantic interview, he makes some good points that we already know from existing scholarship on the topic (which, unlike Gladwell, almost no one outside the field will ever read). Examples: It’s impossible to ban AR-15s because they are just semiautomatic rifles. Those concerned about gun violence should focus more on the violence than the guns. If you’re concerned about gun death, the best bang for your buck is to focus on suicide. The U.S. is not more criminal than other peer countries but our crime is more lethal because of guns. Criminal gun violence is situational and endemic not general and epidemic.

https://t.co/ZTu27tXIOK

[🏴‍☠️ 𝔾𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕖 𝕄𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕥 🏴‍☠️ @GunnieMadcat]

New term " highly lethal military style firearms". For fucks sake just say "guns we dont like".

[Jamie Sarkonak @sarkonakj]

It has come to my attention that I have been denounced by @Advocates_Soc for criticizing judicial decisions — and yes, individual judges.

Here's the thing. When someone, for example, spends her lawyerly career writing op-eds in favour of migration and calling herself an activist, and then becomes a federal judge, and from that seat allows all sorts of undesirables to remain in Canada on weak grounds, people are free to draw a connection from A to B.

When a judge, for example, spends his lawyer years advocating fiercely for more race-based law, and then later throws out gun charges of black men on his (unsupported) assertion that police were racist during their arrests, people are free to question whether he's really a fair adjudicator.

When a judge, for example, says that a ban on drug trafficking is unconstitutional, and then *applauds* vigilante drug dealers for their self-proclaimed safe supply program — applauds them for supporting the business of organized crime and feeding the addictions of street people — that's beyond the pale. You're worried about democracy being poisoned? Worry about the judge who threw out Parliament's law against selling heroin because she felt it was "common sense" that it was supported by science.

I agree that it's not right to criticize a judge personally for impartially applying the law and coming to an unpopular decision (which they may even privately disagree with). But when their professional history, or their conduct in court, suggests allegiance to a cause that they happen to be ruling softly on, it will get noticed.

Bringing the administration of justice into disrepute is a two-way street, you know.

[CCFR/CCDAF @CCFR_CCDAF]

New firearms legislation is now in effect across British Columbia, bringing new restrictions around where firearms can be possessed and how some guns and imitation firearms are transported. https://t.co/f6Wkm4z8N1

[Firearms Policy Coalition @gunpolicy]

Side effects may include realizing the government’s lifetime-disarmament theory has no historical support.

[Firearms Policy Coalition @gunpolicy]

If you spot the signs, seek constitutional counsel immediately.

[TheGunBlog.ca @TheGunBlog]

For many of us who grew up before the 1980s, it was common to take your .22LR rifle to middle school or high school.

Unthinkable today.

- Are schools better?
- Is society better?
- Are kids happier, healthier, more capable?

Nope.

Every measure shows decline.

What happened?

[Canada's National Firearms Association @CanadasNFA]

I honestly don’t even know where to start with this one.

A man known to police and already prohibited from possessing firearms was apparently out on conditions or bail, picked up another gun, then shot at a house and killed someone (whom he knew).

And somehow, the central issue at trial was whether it was self-defence?

What is going on?!

-The Moderator

𝐒𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝟗 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐿𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑎 𝑊𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝐶𝑇𝑉 𝑁𝑒𝑤𝑠
𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
https://t.co/ACCzUbuJ1e

[🏴‍☠️ 𝔾𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕖 𝕄𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕥 🏴‍☠️ @GunnieMadcat]

Hes not wrong...

[Tom Mavin @Feral999]

Fewer than half were declared? Talk about numbers that don’t add up. The Liberal government previously reported to the Senate that it knew of 110,292 formerly registered firearms that were prohibited in the 2020 ban alone. Yet now it is suggesting there are only about 180,000 prohibited firearms in total? With roughly 2,500 makes and models now prohibited, the actual number in circulation will be far higher, potentially approaching one million. And if only about 67,000 firearms are currently on the confiscation list, that would represent little more than a drop in the bucket compared with the total number potentially affected. @CanadasNFA @Safety_Canada

[Tracey Wilson @TWilsonOttawa]

This isn’t quite accurate. Fewer than half the guns they said they’d pay for have been surrendered or declared.

They said they’d only pay for 139,000 of the 2M+ they banned.

They were never going to be fair with you 🇨🇦