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Battleground 2019: South Okanagan – West Kootenay

October 17, 2019

Just a few hours south of Calibre’s home offices in Kelowna sits a riding that’s seen tremendous swings throughout the election campaign, with the NDP and Conservatives trading blows week after week, just as th...

Battleground 2019: Yukon!

Daniel Fritter

October 17, 2019

Almost everyone in Yukon Territory has a gun. It represents one of the the last settled frontiers, if you can even call it that, and is the birthplace of the longest running Canadian firearms-centric publicatio...

Battleground 2019: Fredericton – 500 Gun Owners Needed!

Daniel Fritter

September 25, 2019

The 2019 election is weeks away. Justin Trudeau has committed to banning some 250,000 so-called "assault rifles," and plans to make further revisions to the way firearms are bought and sold, potentially bringin...

AR-15 likely target of planned OIC

Daniel Fritter

May 10, 2019

Yesterday Tony Clement rose in the House of Commons to ask Bill Blair the following: "I am told on good authority that the prime minister has a secret plan to ban legal firearms. Apparently, this secret plan is...

Seven Post-Secondary Schools Have Firearms Clubs… and Counting

Tim Fowler

April 17, 2019

You might be surprised to know that gun clubs at Canadian universities are getting traction. According to Dave Fahlman, President of Canadian University Shooting Federation, C.U.S.F. is leading 11 new post-seco...

Examination Underway: New Talking Points from the LPC

Daniel Fritter

September 21, 2018

It would appear that Liberal MPs have been given new "evidence-based" talking points as Bill Blair's examination gets underway. Local MP Stephen Fuhr, representing Calibre's home riding, had the following respo...

Trudeau Mandate: To “lead an examination of a full ban on handguns and assault weapons”

Daniel Fritter

August 28, 2018

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has sent ministerial Mandate Letters to his cabinet, giving direction to each member of his cabinet, and providing clear and concise goals in the period leading up to the 2019 elec...

Are Canada’s police done with gun control?

Daniel Fritter

August 19, 2018

Surprising statements by the new President of the Canadian Association of the Chiefs of Police, and Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer, as well as recently appointed Commissioner of the RCMP Brenda Lucki indica...

3 Things every gun owner NEEDS to do RIGHT NOW

Daniel Fritter

August 10, 2018

If you own firearms in Canada, you really should be doing three things... and you need to do them immediately. From the Danforth to the latest shooting in Fredericton, Canadian gun control movements are pressur...

An open letter to non-gun people that want to fix gun violence

Daniel Fritter

July 27, 2018

Gun violence is oftentimes couched in medical terms; we hear of the epidemic of gun violence, or a rash of shootings. But here’s the reality: gun violence is not the disease. Gun violence is a symptom. No gu...