Federal Firearms Laws

Fireworks can be the most dangerous explosives and are best handled by trained professionals. It is hard to imagine the Fourth of July without fireworks. More people ignite simple or homemade fireworks each year than attend large-scale fireworks displays. But simple fireworks such as bottle rockets and sparklers are the most dangerous manufactured explosives. And [...]

A recent raffle gun controversy is raging between politicians who are for stricter gun control and people who support the spreading of firearms as long as it is legal. The controversy is revolving around a silent auction at the annual conference of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters for a “hunting package” that includes [...]

Domestic Battery Fact Sheet Important Information about the Charge of Domestic Battery               Domestic Battery: A case of battery involving family members.  Family members include people related by blood or marriage, share a home, that have or had a dating relationship or that have a child in common.             Domestic Battery is a Class [...]

The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968-69 was introduced as Bill C-150 by then Minister of Justice Pierre Trudeau in the second session of the 27th Canadian Parliament on December 21, 1967. It passed third reading in the House of Commons after heated debates by a vote of 149 (119 Liberals, 18 New Democrats, 12 Progressive [...]

While the Courts have never brightly defined under the law who actually has a right to own a firearm, for decades the presumption has always been that there is no individual right bestowed upon the citizens of this country. However, things may soon change if some have their way. The Second Amendment to the United [...]