Daniel Fritter, Author at Calibremag.ca

THE BEST VARMINT RIFLE YOU DIDN’T KNOW EXISTED: ANSCHÜTZ 1771

August 16, 2017

There’s something so satisfyingly Teutonic about the umlaut. The term for a pair of dots above a vowel that serve to indicate a different pronunciation, the umlaut is used in Germanic languages, and always seem...

BC BANS GRIZZLY TROPHY HUNT

Daniel Fritter

August 14, 2017

The BC government headed up by a loosely-formed coalition between the BC NDP and Green parties will be terminating all grizzly bear hunting later this year. A press release issued this afternoon from the BC Min...

PUBLIC SAFETY: INSENSITIVE, INAPPROPRIATE TO REQUIRE FIREARMS COMMITTEE MEMBERS WORK WITH FIREARMS

Daniel Fritter

August 11, 2017

The saga boondoggle that is the Canadian Firearms Advisory Committee, or CFAC continues. According to this recent article penned by Andrew Lawton, when asked to address this ongoing petition asking all membe...

NORTH EASTERN ARMS ACQUIRED BY BLACK CREEK LABS

Daniel Fritter

August 10, 2017

One of Canada's most... ahem... discussed firearm manufacturers has a new owner: North Eastern Arms, known for producing a line of excellent CZ 858 accessories formerly under the Neit Arms brand, then a line of...

LONG GUN REGISTRY AMENDMENT: DATA TO QUEBEC

Daniel Fritter

June 9, 2017

The bill previously mentioned that looked to amend the Ending the Long Gun Registry Act has been tabled. It does not institute nor re-open the topic of a federal long gun registry. Its core purpose is to end...

THE ACT ENDING THE LONG GUN REGISTRY IS BEING AMENDED

Daniel Fritter

June 7, 2017

Ralph Goodale will introduce “An Act to amend the Ending the Long-gun Registry Act” this afternoon in the House of Commons. Due to technical issues with the government’s website, the text of the bill is as y...

ANDREW SCHEER WON… HERE’S WHY THAT’S GOOD

Daniel Fritter

May 28, 2017

Andrew Scheer is the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. For many gun owners under the impression that it needed to be Bernier or bust, we have the following advice: Stop panicking. Slow down. ...

ARSENAL STRIKE ONE SPEED: RUSSIAN INGENUITY?

Daniel Fritter

May 20, 2017

Ever since Gaston Glock began popularizing the polymer-framed, striker-fired pistol in 1982, we’ve seen dozens of renditions on the theme, all trying to out-Glock all of Glock’s most striking (pun very...

CBC OMBUDSMAN ON ONTARIO STUDY COMPLAINTS: “SORRY, NOT SORRY.”

Daniel Fritter

May 11, 2017

The CBC Ombudsman has responded to complaints regarding the misleading CBC reporting on the now-infamous peer-reviewed study that alleged one child in Ontario is injured every day by a firearm. The report has s...

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