Press Releases Archives

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

Canadian Labour Congress Opposes Bill C-391 on behalf of 3.2 million members ...Click here for their statement and ...here for Barbara Byers's speech to SECU

Public Service Alliance of Canada Save the gun registry - fight Bill C-391 ...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

May 2010- The Coalition of Provincial & Territorial Advisory Councils on the Status of Women plea to maintain the long-gun registry in its brief on Bill C-391 ....Click here

May 2010- CAW Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Bill C-391 (repeal of long-gun registry)....Click here

May 2010- The Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) writes "Bill C-391, if passed, would eliminate a valuable tool that enhances public safety and protects women from firearm violence, in particular the safety of women and children in the context of domestic violence situations." ...Click here

May 2010- Canadian Association of Police Boards Brief to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Bill C-391...Click here and here for their opening remarks

May 2010- YWCA Toronto Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Bill C-391...Click here

May 2010- Canadian Federation of University Women Brief on Bill C-391...Click here

Truths and Myths on Canada's Gun Registry ...Download pdf

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 2010- Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians's presentation to the SECU committee on Bill C-391 ...download pdf

May 2010 - Rural B.C. Psychiatrist Dr Barbara Kane writes in her Brief to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security "The measures contained in Bill C-391 would remove tools used by psychiatrists such as myself to ensure that mentally ill individuals do not have access to firearms. I trust the committee to recommend the end of Bill C-391." ...download pdf

Joint Declaration: Three National Police Associations’ Joint Statement on Bill C-391 An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act (repeal of long-gun registry) ...download pdf

May 2010 : YWCA Canada Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Bill C-391 ...download pdf

May 2010 Memorandum by the Association féminine d’éducation et d’action sociale on Bill C-391 ...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

May 4 2010 Canadian Labour Congress on Bill C-391 ...Click here

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

April 2010 PATHS, The Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan released Weakening Gun Control in Canada: How Bill C-391 threatens the safety and security of Canadian women and children, a position paper on Bill C-391. ...Click here (You will leave the website of the Coalition for Gun Control)

April 2010 Ontario Public Health Association “Responding to private member’s Bill C-391 an Act to Amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act” ...Click here (You will leave the website of the Coalition for Gun Control)

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- Canadian Labour Congress Campaign Keep our Communities Safe: Scrapping the long gun registry is the wrong thing to do Click here to send a virtual postcard to Members of Parliament

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 pdf

December 8, 2009- Police Officers, Suicide Prevention Experts and Victims Maintain Myths, Misinformation and Money are Fuelling Efforts to Dismantle Firearms Registry...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

Did your MP vote to weaken gun control on November 4, 2009 ? Click here to see how your Member of Parliament voted on Bill C-391

December 5- Press Release Antennes de paix Montreal Guns and Violence Against Women: A Dangerous Connection ...Click here

December 3- Press Release Public Service Alliance of Canada Ending violence against women includes keeping federal long gun registry ...Click here

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 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)

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 Study- The 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
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 September 2009- Background Information on Canada's Gun Registry ...download pdf

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

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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

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

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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

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

Report - The Feasibility of Increased Restrictions on the Civilian Possession of Military Assault Weapons at the Global Level

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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

New report - The Illicit Trade in Small Arms: Addressing the Problem of Diversion

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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

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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