2009 News Archives

December 2009

  • Attorney General of Ontario writes: "Canada's long-gun registry protects public safety, don't pass private member's bill"
    Hill Times, December 14, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Gun control advocates fight 'misinformation' CBC, December 8, 2009 ...download pdf

November 2009

  • Montreal Massacre reminds us why we need gun registry CBC, November 27, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Police need gun registry. It keeps officials, victims safer, Quebec minister for the status of women says. Montreal Gazette, November 23, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Does regulating guns result in fewer murders? Macleans, November 17, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Saskatoon's Star Phoenix First Nation perspective columnist writes " Dangerous mistake to scrap long gun registry" Star Phoenix, November 13, 2009 ...download pdf
  • MPs disregard safety of rural Canadians Ottawa Citizen, November 9, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Scrapping long-gun registry is pandering to vocal minority Vancouver Sun, November 9, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Gun registry worth fixing Hamilton Spectator, November 9, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Distorting the gun facts Toronto Star, November 8, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Firearms database popular with police Tories release report on registry use two days after key Commons vote Toronto Star, November 7, 2009 ...download pdf
  • An appalling betrayal Ottawa Citizen, November 6, 2009 ...download pdf
  • MPs are way off target The Long-gun registration has made Canada a safer place in the past 14 years - Parliament is wrong to kill it Montreal Gazette, November 6, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Gun registry an asset: (Halifax) Cop. Long-barrelled firearms just as problematic as handguns, officer says. Metro News Halifax, November 6, 2009 ...download pdf
  • (North Bay) City police oppose dismantling gun registry North Bay Nugget, November 6, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Rural overrepresentation defeats the people's will Globe and Mail, November 6, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Canada's competing views on guns Globe and Mail, November 6, 2009 ...download pdf
  • (Kelowna) Top Cop Says Gun Registry Should Stay Castanet, November 5, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Police would lose 'investigative tool' if gun registry scrapped Winsor Star, November 5, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Gun registry vital Sault Star, November 5, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Members of Quebec national assembly passed a unanimous motion urging the federal government to preserve the national firearms registry CBC, November 4, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Gun registry might have saved my daughter Calgary Herald, November 4, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Head of Montreal Police Brotherhood says "removing long guns from the registry would erase 95 per cent of Quebec's registered firearms" Canadian Press, November 4, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Kenora Sexual Assault Centre joins call to defeat bill to amend Firearms Act Kenora Daily Miner and News, November 4, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Gun Victim's Mom Says: "Gun registry keeps guns out of hands of dangerous people" Sault Star, November 4, 2009 ...download pdf
  • International Action Network on Small Arms says: "Canada's legislation on firearms has been a model for other countries (...) All this will be undermined if the registry is abolished." Toronto Star, November 4, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Toronto Police Chief: "We lose the gun registry at our peril" Globe and Mail web exclusive, November 3, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Reject gun-registry bill, MPs urged 20th anniversary of Poly near; 'Firearms Act is a monument erected in memory of the victims of the massacre' Montreal Gazette, November 3, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Tories target rural ridings on gun bill, trying to build majority Hill Times, November 2, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Tories move closer to killing gun registry Toronto Star, November 2, 2009 ...download pdf

October 2009

  • Firearms registry defended following gun seizure CTV, October 28, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Timmins Police says service accesses information from the gun registry on a regular basis North Bay Nugget, October 28, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Guns kept away from criminal hands Toronto Police, October 28, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Gun Control activist responds to Conservative advertising campaign in rural opposition ridings to gain votes in favour of Bill C-391 Winnipeg Sun, October 26, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Moms take to the streets, Oppose Bill C-391 Toronto Sun, October 26, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Ottawa giving up millions in gun registry fees CBC, October 5, 2009 ...download pdf

September 2009

  • Hundreds of guns will never fall into wrong hands Toronto Police, September 22, 2009 Click here for details (You will leave the Coalition for Gun Control's website)

July-August 2009

  • Editorial: Three amigos and guns Toronto Star, August 9, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Smuggled U.S. guns responsible for most Canadian armed crime: report Canadian Press, July 30, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Toronto police chief says the gun registry help our work and is money well spent Globe and Mail, July 21, 2009 ...download pdf

June 2009

  • Police put at risk by decline in gun-license renewals Canadian Press, June 27, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Study shoots holes in $2B 'fabrication' New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, June 18, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Firearm smuggling on rise Edmonton Journal, June 15, 2009 ...download pdf
  • River of U.S. guns flows north of the border Hamilton Spectator, June 6, 2009 ...download pdf

May 2009

  • Firearm inventories offer police tool in war on weapons trafficking Ottawa Citizen, May 29, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Conservative MP’s bid to abolish gun registry fails National Post, May 25, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Ottawa extends long-gun amnesty for another year Canadian Press in Globe and Mail, May 15, 2009 ...download pdf
  • A not-so-happy Mother's Day She lost her daughter 13 years ago to young offender with stolen handgun Hamilton Spectator, May 11, 2009 ...download pdf

April 2009

  • Canadian Police Association President says: "We ... consider the licensing of firearms owners and the registration of firearms to be a valuable public-safety tool for front-line police officers" Canadian Press, April 20, 2009 ...download pdf

  • Breitkreuz shows up for lobby group's dinner after speech and weapon raffle are called off Toronto Star, April 19, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Gun control vital part of strategy to address violence Edmonton Journal, April 13, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Police forces use long-gun registry daily to track firearms and combat illegal gun trade Toronto Star, April 10, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Gun control victim in Harper legislation Metro, April 7, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Sticking behind the gun registry Toronto Star, April 6, 2009 ...download pdf

  • Gun owners blast firearms bill" Globe and Mail, April 6, 2009 ...download pdf
  • "Don't Touch the Firearms Registry" (Translated) La Tribune, April 6, 2009 ...download pdf
  • How police use the gun registry Macleans, April 2, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Canadian police want to keep gun registry going Winnipeg Free Press, April 1, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Firearms registry helps protect women Calgary Herald, April 1, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Keep federal gun registry: T.O. police chief Toronto Sun, April 1, 2009 ...download pdf

March 2009

  • Anne-Marie's Mom Does Not Take It (translated) La Presse, March 30, 2009 ...download pdf
  • House eyes Breitkreuz's explosive gun bill Hill Times, March 30, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Rural violence on rise More people resorting to guns when conflicts arise, says RCMP officer Edmonton Journal, March 29, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Liberals, NDP cautious on Harper call for free vote on gun registry Telegraph Journals, March 23, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Harper appearance adds fuel to raffled guns controversy Canwest News, March 20, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Bill would 'dismantle gun control,' critics fear Montreal Gazette, March 19, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Applaud Tory MP, win a Beretta semi-automatic Toronto Star, March 19, 2009 ...download pdf
  • Surrey police recovered 222 rifles and shotguns in 2008 Vancouver Sun, March 18, 2009 ...download pdf

January 2009

  • Registered rifle on RCMP murder scene helped investigate and convict accomplices RCMP website, January 30, 2009 ...Click Here (You will leave the Coalition for Gun Control's website)
  • "Brossard Man Plead Guilty to 8 Firearms Charges" Montreal Gazette, January 23, 2009 ...download pdf

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