You are not alone. COVID's made 2020 rough. It has been most of this calendar year since we've last seen you, but that wait is finally coming to an end! Today, the CFO gave us their blessing to begin teaching again, so long as RGSL instructors maintain strict COVID-19 controls. Having been shut down since March, RGSL has a significant number of students backlogged so we're planning [...]
Today (June 16, 2020) the Government of Saskatchewan had this news release relevant to Saskatchewan gun owners: Province Amends Bill To Protect Firearm Ownership Released on June 16, 2020Today the Government of Saskatchewan brought forward amendments to Bill 194 that will better protect the rights of legal firearm and handgun owners within the province by limiting the ability to ban firearm and handgun ownership within the province through new [...]
“Effective immediately, it is no longer permitted to buy, sell, transport, import or use military-grade assault weapons in this country,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today, May 1, 2020 as the federal government used an Order-in-Council (full transcription of the Gazette at the bottom here) to ban a number of firearms. Pending a buyback program, prohibitions of over a thousand types of existing guns are immediately in-force for [...]
Justin Trudeau this morning proposed a buyback program, prohibitions of existing guns, and new powers for provinces and territories to allow for municipalities to ban handguns. Trudeau also discussed enhanced storage requirements for handguns. Gun control advocates such as the Coalition for Gun Control have argued that Trudeau "lacks courage". Meanwhile, the pre-eminent pro-gun group Canadian Coalition for Firearms Rights has organized members and upped member counts and calls-to-action. [...]
RGSL has now increased its inventory of firearms to include a brand new, never-fired Chiappa 1873 22LR Single Action Army revolver. It replaces an old worn-out revolver of similar design that was used for years by students training in the classroom. This handgun's old-school revolving action dates to the nineteenth century and as such has archaic styling, features, and lack of manual/built-in safeties. These revolvers can fequently be seen [...]