Coalition for Gun Control

Press Releases Archives (2005-2010)

December 2010

Twenty-one years ago, on December 6, 1989, fourteen women died at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique. Keep their legacy alive. Click here

October 2010

October 22 2010- Press Release: Victims of Gun Violence Appalled at Mayoralty Candidate Rob Ford’s Remarks.Click here.

October 22 2010- Press Release: UMOVE's Audette Shephard Releases Statement About Toronto Mayoralty Candidate Rob Ford. Click here.

September 2010

September 22 2010- Press Release: Coalition for Gun Control Applauds Defeat of Bill C-391 and the Saving of the Gun Registry. Click here. September 22 2010 - Message from Chief William Blair, CACP President re. Bill C-391 Click here.
September 22 2010- Press release: Canadian Police Association ready to work with all stakeholders to ensure firearms registry remain effective Click here.
September 22 2010- Press release: CAW commends Liberals and NDP for saving long gun registry, defeating Bill C-391 Click here.
September 21 2010- Press release: Women Unite in Support of Long-Gun Registry Click here.
September 20- Press Release by the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters: Gun Control Impacts Women All Over Alberta...Click here
September 17 2010-Press release: Families and Small Communities Pay A Terrible Price for Gun Violence: “Save the Firearms Registry,” say Donna French, Karen Vanscoy, Margaret Pinard and Priscilla de Villiers Click here.
September 17 2010-Press release: Canadian Nurses Association on the long-gun registry Click here.
September 15 2010-Press release: Firearms registry saved my life, says domestic violence survivor Click here.
September 14 2010-Press release: Coalition for Gun Control now cautiously optimistic gun registry will be saved Click here.
September 13 2010- Four years since the Dawson College shooting. Remembering Anastasia.
September 9 2010- Press release: Registered Nurses Association of Ontario sends an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Save Lives, Keep the Gun Registry Click here.
September 7 2010- Press Release: CAW Congratulates Two NDP MPs for Supporting Gun Registry, Urges Others to Vote in Kind ... Click here

August 2010

On August 31, 2010 the RCMP released its evaluation of the Canadian Firearms Program. The report is dated February 2010 and confirms what registry supporters have been advocating; the vast majority of firearm related deaths in Canada are the result of rifles and shotguns. The report clarifies that the registry is effective, efficient, cost-efficient and most importantly, it saves lives. Click here to read the full RCMP report.
August 25 2010- Press Release by the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians: Canada's Emergency Physicians Oppose Repealing the Long Gun Registry ... Click here
August 20 2010- Press Release by the Ad Hoc Coalition for Women’s Equality and Human Rights: Govt Buries Head of Long-Gun Registry Program ... Click here
The top 10 myths about the firearms registry Canadian Labour Congress here

June 2010

June 17 2010- Press Release: Gun lobby sole representative of civil society on Canadian delegation at UN. ...Click here
June 2010- SECU Committee recommends that the House of Commons do not proceed further with Bill C-391"because the Committee has heard sufficient testimony that the bill will dismantle a tool that promotes and enhances public security and the safety of Canadian police officers". ...Click here
June 11 2010- Press Release: Victims of Montreal’s Dawson College, Concordia University and Ecole Polytechnique shootings ask Jack Layton to help stop Bill C-391. ...Click here
June 10 2010- More than 630 women leaders from across the country have issued a joint appeal to NDP leader Jack Layton demanding that his party vote against Bill C-391, which would abolish the national long gun registry. ...Click here

May 2010

May 2010- Conservative MP confirms Bill C-391, which repeals the registration of rifles and shotguns, is just the first step to dismantling Canada's gun controls ...Click here
May 2010- List of witnesses that appeared in front of the SECU Committee on Bill C-391 ...Click here
New Study by the Institut de santé publique du Québec - Estimates 2,100 lives saved since the implementation of the Firearms Act ...Click here
Police support for the registry: Chiefs of police in Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Alberta, Quebec, British Columbia and Nova Scotia all support the long gun registry along with several police departments ...Click here
Coalition Brief on C-391 Relaxing the controls on firearms will put Canadians at risk. The intent of this Bill is to eliminate the registration of rifles and shotguns and, as we read it, to end the recording of transactions of the sales or transfers of these firearms. We believe that if this law passes, it will be necessary to destroy the records on 7 million rifles and shotguns thereby putting lives at risk and dramatically increasing the costs and reducing the likelihood of success of police gun crime investigations. . ....Click here
Just Another “Duck Gun”: It is reported that the Steyr-Mannlicher HS50 “can pierce light armour from a distance of up to 1.5 kilometres.” It can be acquired legally by anyone with a valid firearms license in Canada. Bill C-391 proposes to repeal the requirement to register it ....Click here
Just Another Non-Restricted Firearm: The L115A3 sniper rifle can shoot more than 2 km away and is classified as a non-restricted firearm in Canada. C-391 proposes to repeal the requirement to register it. ...download pdf
May 26 2010- Press Release: Listen to Our Police Leaders on Long Gun Registry says YWCA Canada. Registry costs $4.1 million per year, protects vulnerable women and police officers...Click here
May 25 2010 Press Release: Coalition for Gun Control Takes Aim at Myths About the Firearms Registry Group Representing 300 Organizations Appears Today Before Parliamentary Committee ...Click here

April 2010

April 28 2010-Press Release: Health care experts say eliminating the registration of rifles and shotguns will put health and safety of Canadians at risk. ...download pdf or click here to read the statement
April 28 2010- Press Release: Ontario Police Chiefs Back Federal Firearms Registry as Vital Public Safety Tool. Registry used thousands of times daily to prevent and solve crimes, keep citizens and police officers safe. ...Click here
April 26 2010- Press Release: Politicians are forgetting rural women - Outcry and national poll suggests Canadians and women in particular support gun registry. ...download pdf. Click here to view the complete data and Click here to view the results in graph format
March 19 2010- Alert: Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announces the renewal of the amnesty for gun owners who have not bothered renewing their license or registering their rifles and shotguns despite motion voted in the House of Commons April 22 2009 to end it Click here to read the proposed changes in the Canada Gazette (you will leave the CGC website)

March 2010

March 15, 2010- Background information on police shootings in Canada ...download pdf
March 8, 2010- On International Women's Day, read just the facts on reducing domestic violence ...download pd

December 2009

December 8, 2009- Press Release: Police Officers, Suicide Prevention Experts and Victims Maintain Myths, Misinformation and Money are Fuelling Efforts to Dismantle Firearms Registry...download pdf
December 6 , 2009- Twenty Years after the Montreal Massacre: Gun Control is in Jeopardy ...download pdf
December 6 , 2009- Gun Control News: Twenty years after the Montreal Massacre ...download pdf
Mother of Montreal Massacre Victim Says "Help me keep our daughters’ legacy alive." ...Click here
Polytechnique Massacre Survivors Speak on Gun Control, Say "Help us ensure our classmates did not die in vain" ...Click here
December 5, 2009- Press Release Antennes de paix Montreal Guns and Violence Against Women: A Dangerous Connection ...Click here
December 3, 2009- Press Release Public Service Alliance of Canada Ending violence against women includes keeping federal long gun registry ...Click here

November 2009

November 16, 2009- Twenty days before the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) is denouncing the government's attempt to abolish the national gun registry. . ...Click here to view the CAW press release (you will leave the Coalition website)
November 9, 2009- Press Release -Canadian Emergency Physicians opposed to repealing the Long-Gun Registry ...Click here to view the release (you will leave the Coalition website)
November 9, 2009- Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres and Women’s Sexual Assault Centre of Renfrew County write Bill C 391 will prolong random acts of violence against women....Click here
November 4, 2009 Press Release- MPs Playing Dangerous Politics with Women's Lives says YWCA Canada: Calls for Honouring the Montreal Massacre and Preserving the Gun Registry...Click here to view the release
November 4, 2009-Press Release -Leading public safety groups appalled that Opposition parties will help pass Tory Bill dismantling the registration of rifles and shotguns ...download pdf
On November 4, 2009 Jack Layton and Michael Ignatieff are Poised to Help the Conservatives Dismantle the Gun Registry and Turn back the Clock on Gun Control ...download pdf
November 3, 2009 - Press Release: Victim’s Mother Pleads to Elected Officials Do Not Vote in Favour of Bill C-391 on November 4 ...download pdf
November 1, 2009- Press Release: Canadian Association of Police Boards asks all members of parliament to reconsider dismantling of the gun control system when private member's Bill C-391 receives second reading on November 4, 2009. ... Click here to read the press release (you will leave the Coalition website)

September- October 2009

October 28 2009- Updated Homicide Data are here
October 2009 New Statistics Canada Report- Spousal homicides with firearms have declined by two thirds since 1995 while homicide without gunshave remained the same. Click here (You will leave the Coalition website)
October 20 2009- Updated Firearm Death Graphs are here
September 28 2009-Press Release The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW); dismantling gun registry a threat to public safety...download pdf
September 23 2009-National Council of Women of Canada Call to Defeat Bill C-391... Click here to view the letter (you will leave the Coalition website)
September 22 2009-Coalition for Gun Control congratulates Toronto Police Chief leading crackdown on gun owners who have let licenses lapse, or failed to register their guns...download pdf
New StudyThe illicit firearms trade in North America ...download pdf
September 10 2009-Despite Risks to Public Safety, Harper Wants Majority so that Conservatives Can Dismantle Gun Registry...download pdf

April-June 2009

June 17, 2009- Canadian groups support international “Disarm Domestic Violence” Campaign, marking the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence ...download pdf
May 15 , 2009-Alert: Conservative MP proposes Private Member's Bill C-391 to repeal long gun registration and seriously turn back the clock on gun control. Click here to read the bill (you will leave the Coalition for Gun Control's website)
May 8 , 2009- Mothers of Gun Violence Victims Call For More Controls on Firearms Not Less ...download pdf
April 21, 2009- Eliminating Long Gun Registration a Risk to Public Safety: Women’s Groups, Police Association, Victims of Gun Violence and Coalition for Gun Control Oppose Bills S-5 and Bill C-301 ...download pdf
April 2, 2009- Open Letter from Hayder Kadhim - Survivor of the Dawson College shooting of September 13, 2006 ...download pdf
April 1, 2009-Alert: Don't Be Fooled: Conservative Bill Introduced to Senate Eliminating Long Gun Registration a Risk to Public Safety ....download pdf

January-March 2009

March 28 , 2009-Alert: Conservatives extend amnesty for failing to register long guns or to renew gun licenses. Waiving fees costs taxpayers millions. Click here and here (you will leave the Coalition for Gun Control's website)
March 25, 2009- Rural BC psychiatrist writes gun control is essential to public health and safety. Click here
March 9, 2009 - Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police say Bill C-301 risks public safety ...download pdf (you will leave the Coalition for Gun Control's website)
March 8, 2009 - Women's groups call on politicians to defend gun control and defeat Bill C-301 ...download pdf
March 2009 - Alert: Private Member’s Bill to Dismantle Gun Registry and Relax Controls on Restricted Weapons (Handguns and Semi Automatic Assault Weapons) and Prohibited Fully Automatic Assault Weapons ...download pdf
March 4, 2009 - Dawson College, Victims and Staff, Student Organizations, City of Montreal and Police Associations Ask Opposition Leaders to Drop Bill C-310 ...download pdf (In French)
March, 2009 - The RCMP’s Canadian Firearms Program A Valuable Tool for Police and Canadians Click here (You will leave the Coalition for Gun Control's Website)
February 9, 2009-Alert: Conservative MP proposes private member bill to turn back the clock on gun control. Click here (you will leave the Coalition for Gun Control's website)
January 15, 2009- Firearm-related injury continues to significantly impact Canada’s health care system ...download pdf

2008-2005

September 9, 2008-Backgrounder: The Harper Government and Gun Control...download pdf
September 2008-The Canadian Shooting Sports Association advises its members to support the Conservatives, says the Conservatives "are not merely the best friends we have in Ottawa" ....download pdf
September 2008-The National Firearms Association advises its members to support the Conservatives....download pdf
November 19, 2008-Alert: Harper promises to repeal gun registry in Speech from the Throne. Click here (you will leave the Coalition for Gun Control's website)
July 14 – 18 2008- Will Canada do justice to gun victims at the UN gun summit this week?...download pdf
November 16, 2007- Alert: Conservatives have reintroduced bill to repeal registration of rifles and shotguns ...Click here to view the bill (You will leave the Coalition for Gun Control's website)
September 9, 2007- According to a recent survey, a majority of Quebecois believe gun owners are not sufficiently conscious of their safe storage responsabilities. ...download pdf (in French)
June 19, 2007- Coalition for Gun Control's Response to Bill C-21 ...download pdf
Ask the question. Save a life. Click here
June 12, 2007 - US Study Gun Shows Finds California Laws Reduce Illegal Gun Purchases without limiting Legitimate Gun Sales. More undocumented, private-party gun sales and illegal "straw" purchases found outside of California, study shows. Click here for more information (you will leave the Coalition for Gun Control's website)
June 20, 2006 - Ottawa,Conservatives turning back the clock on gun control ...download pdf
May 18, 2006 - Quebec public safety organizations vow to fight the Federal Government’s plans to dismantle Canada’s gun control system ...download pdf
May 12, 2006 - Costs and Management of Firearms Program are now under control: Auditor General's Report Expected to Confirm ...download pdf
March 7, 2006 - Marking International Women’s Day: Women’s groups call on political leaders to stand firm on gun control ...download pdf
January 20, 2006 – New Book - The Global Gun Epidemic – Launched at the United Nations in New York City ,,,see book
January 16 , 2006 - Let’s Not Forget the Importance of Gun Control Laws Say Canadian Gun Victims ...download pdf
October 19, 2005 - “Keep firearms out of homes with children and teens”, advise paediatricians” ...see report