Gun Laws

• Minneapolis shooting reignites debate over gun control and prayer

  Debate reignites after Minneapolis school shooting: critics call "thoughts and prayers" inadequate; others defend prayer amid calls for gun reform.

  U.S. News

  Aug 30, 2025
  
• Pass gun bill without delay, father of Ontario shooting victim tells senators

  The father of a woman who was fatally shot in October by her former partner is urging senators to pass a federal gun-control bill without delay.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2023
  
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• Liberals advance assault-style gun ban with legislation, regulation: LeBlanc

  The Liberal government is moving ahead with efforts to keep assault-style firearms out of the hands of Canadians, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Monday.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2023
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• Gun control groups urge NDP to take stand, support ban on assault weapons

  Various groups pushing for stronger restrictions on guns urge the federal New Democrats to come out decisively in support of a permanent ban on assault-style firearms.

  Politics

  Apr 25, 2023
• N.S. mass shooting: how gun smuggling happened, and the inquiry’s call for reforms

  The final report of the public inquiry into Canada's worst mass shooting, released last week, details troubling breakdowns in information sharing and recommends reforms.

  Canada

  Apr 7, 2023
• Saskatchewan leaders praise Liberal decision to drop gun law reform legislation

  Liberal MP Taleeb Noormohamed said the government is withdrawing a list of guns that would have been classified as "prohibited" as part of a push to ban "assault-style" weapons.

  Canada

  Feb 3, 2023
• Mandatory minimum penalty for firing gun at house unconstitutional: Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a mandatory minimum sentence of four years for firing a gun at a house is unconstitutional.

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2023
• AFN votes to reject Ottawa’s gun-control bill, citing potential risk to treaty rights

  Chiefs are set to vote on whether to press Trudeau's government to exclude certain weapons that are commonly used by First Nations hunters exercising their treaty rights.

  Canada

  Dec 8, 2022
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• Polytechnique shooting survivor objects to firearm coalition’s ‘disrespectful’ sales promotion

  The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights' online shop recently offered 10 per cent off clothing, mugs and other items to customers who used 'POLY' as a promo code.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2022
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• Calgary man charged after police say he ran fraudulent firearm training course

  On Aug. 31, Calgary police seized ammunition, documentation associated with several RPAL applications, photographs and personal information belonging to the victims.

  Crime

  Sep 14, 2022