Wednesday, February 22, 2023

FEBRUARY 19, 2023 - MINTO RIMFIRE BR OPEN/SPORTER - RESULTS

Thanks to Barb J. for sending the pics and the results.

This was the first competition rimfire shoot in 2023 held in Minto NB. It followed the first quarterly meeting of the year and so it was late starting and late ending.

Thanks to Don M. and Bruce B. for organizing the shoot and for scoring. Barb J. and Bruce B. changed the targets and there were others who also helped out but I could not get everyone's name today. Thanks also to the ROs - Conrad L., Barb J., David C. Barb J. also brought cookies and banana bread while David C. brought the coffee and "fixins".

RESULTS - RIMFIRE SPORTER CLASS:
Volker T. - 398/14X               Bert deV. - 391/3X
John M. - 397/14X                Gerry J. - 356/3X
Wayne LeB. - 392/7X            Wayne K. - DNC

RESULTS - RIMFIRE OPEN CLASS:
Dan G. - 397/17X                 George M. - 385/9X               Don M. - 373/10X
Cecil H. - 393/12X               Bruce B. - 383/6X                  Gerald D. - 371/7X
Barb J. - 392/11X                Conrad L. - 382/12X              David C. - 371/7X
Norbert S. - 386/11X           Bert deV. - 378/5X

Friday, February 3, 2023

FEBRUARY 3, 2023 - WITHDRAWAL OF AMENDMENTS FROM BILL C21

 

Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights

BREAKING: Liberals withdraw amendments from Bill C21 that would have banned thousands of rifles and shotguns

Today in the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU), the Liberal government asked for unanimous consent to withdraw the controversial amendments (G4, G46) from Bill C21.

G4 was the amendment that defined what assault "style" firearms are, even though that's a manufactured term with no real meaning. The amendment equated to a sweeping semi-auto gun ban. Amendment G46 was "the list" - over 300 pages of guns being added to the ban, or previously banned through regulation. They were hoping to codify these long gun bans in legislation, making it very difficult for a future government to reverse.

The shocking withdrawal came after massive push back from the CCFR and our members, hunters, hunting groups and their members, The Assembly of First Nations, sport shooters and even NDP and Liberal Members of Parliament. While the House of Commons is typically quiet over the winter break with MPs heading back to their constituency offices for local matters, MPs from all parties seemed to keep the debate on these amendments alive.

While this is, in general, good news for licensed gun owners across the country - this is not a win in the sense of the battle being over. In fact, far from it. It is imperative we continue to push with the same vigour and force to ensure C21 is scrapped in its entirety. Don't forget there is still the airsoft ban, the handgun freeze and a variety of other measures still within C21 itself.

While we regroup and focus our efforts on scrapping the rest of C21 and working on our federal court challenge against the 2020 gun ban, we want to thank everyone who helped write letters to their MPs, engaged on social media and helped fight this amendment. We MUST maintain this level of unity because they will never stop banning guns from legal owners.

Watch the motion in SECU here