Canada’s government is forcing licensed and law-abiding firearm owners to surrender, export or permanently “deactivate” thousands of prohibited firearm models. Meanwhile, a criminal investigation involving former Member of Parliament Inky Mark shows Canadian authorities already possess extensive laws to pursue actual firearm trafficking and other illegal criminal conduct.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested former MP Mark, 79, after executing search warrants on July 7, 2026, at his Dauphin, Manitoba, residence. Investigators reported seizing 439 firearms, ammunition, an antique cannon and more than C$300,000 in cash, which Mark claims is from the sale of Manitoba properties. Former MP Mark faces 12 criminal code charges, including firearm trafficking and possession of property obtained by crime.
He has been released from custody. Mark denies the charges but did tell the Canadian Broadcast Corporation that “he did something stupid” and admitted he transferred firearms to an individual he has known for 30 years.
Mark, also the former mayor of Dauphin, is outspoken and critical against Canada’s Liberal Party, which dominates politics north of the border. Mark wasn’t in Canada’s Parliament when the gun confiscation bill was voted on.
Criminal Conduct Is Already Illegal
RCMP officials said investigators believe at least three of the seized firearms were illegally trafficked and one had an altered serial number. The investigation reportedly began after another Dauphin resident was charged with firearm offenses in the United States.
Those allegations are serious, but they don’t expose some previously unknown gap in Canada’s gun laws.
Firearm trafficking, altering serial numbers, unauthorized possession and violating secure storage laws are already criminal offenses. RCMP officials acknowledged that Canadians may lawfully possess large firearm collections. The legal line is crossed by criminal conduct, not by the number of firearms a licensed citizen owns.
That distinction should guide public policy.
Confiscation Moves Forward
In the meantime, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is pressing ahead with the so-called “Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program” covering more than 2,500 makes and models prohibited since May 2020. The entire scheme, begun under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has been a fiasco from the get-go.
The declaration period for law-abiding gun owners ended March 31. Collection, destruction, deactivation and compensation are already underway and are expected to continue through early fall. As of June 8, owners had declared just 68,717 firearms, including 2,520 in Manitoba.
Participation in the compensation program was technically voluntary, but compliance with the prohibitions is not. Owners who decline compensation must ultimately surrender their affected firearms without payment, export them or paying to have them permanently deactivated.
Facing measly compliance rates, the Canadian government extended its amnesty orders after the Supreme Court of Canada agreed to hear a challenge to the 2020 prohibitions. The amnesty will now expire 90 days after the court issues its decision, expected in 2027. The confiscation program, however, continues.
Target Criminals, Not Lawful Owners
Nothing alleged against former MP Mark suggests Canada needed to prohibit thousands of additional firearm models or confiscate lawfully acquired property to investigate him. Police used existing laws directed at trafficking, unauthorized possession and altered serial numbers. That’s precisely where enforcement belongs.
The courts will determine whether former MP Mark committed the offenses alleged against him.
The United States had their own brush with a state lawmaker convicted of trafficking firearms. California Democratic state Sen. Leland Yee was a “known champion of open government and gun control” according to an NPR report. The Brady Campaign named him to its Gun Violence Prevention Honor Roll for his bill to require unworkable microstamping. He was also part of the effort to mandate California’s “bullet button.”
Except he was also an illegal firearm trafficker. Yee accepted over $42,000 from undercover FBI agents to provide up to $2.5 million in firearms from Muslim terrorists in the Philippines and smuggle them into the United States.
The disgraced state senator was convicted of felony racketeering charges for money laundering, political corruption, arms trafficking and bribery. He spent five years in prison.
Canada’s Mark faces his own day in court, but policymakers there should nevertheless recognize the larger lesson already staring them in the face.
Public safety isn’t advanced by disarming hunters, recreational shooters and other licensed citizens who obey the law. It’s advanced by identifying criminal conduct, prosecuting those responsible and leaving lawful firearm owners alone.
Larry Keane is SVP for Government and Public Affairs, Assistant Secretary and General Counsel of the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
Most all democrat politicians comit crime, either against law or morally. Its the left wing inherent ‘liberal entitlement’ nature, and when they strive for power or get power that ‘entitlement’ nature gets set free.
Is Freedom Really Coming to Virginia This Week?
“Virginia, is freedom really coming this week as the injunction of your state’s newly enacted assault firearms and magazine ban is set to take effect this Tuesday? Washington Gun Law President, William Kirk, discusses what will happen Tuesday and what it means moving forward, especially in light of the Supreme Court having now taken two assault weapon ban cases and what happened last week at the Third Circuit which will now have New Jersey appealing to the Supreme Court as well. So learn more today and arm yourself with education”
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Dead Teen Discovered Inside $1M Home of [dem congress critter] Ayanna Pressley’s Ex-Con Husband — Media Largely Silent
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BOSTON — Family and friends have identified an 18-year-old woman as the person found dead from a gunshot wound inside a Mattapan home.
The home is owned by the husband of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley.
Although police have released few details, homicide investigators remained at the home throughout the weekend.
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As a reminder, Pressley’s husband served about ten years in federal prison for drug trafficking. …
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Another unhinged trans comedy show: Florida trans student tased after freaking out, screaming at police, demanding to be called ‘she’
[just watch the video]
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[note: there are literally million so these trans running around in society always on the very edge of such unhinged, and worse, behavior. All it takes is the right trigger and they will become unhinged or violent in an eye blink.]
correction for: “[note: there are literally million so these trans running around in society always on the very edge of such unhinged, and worse, behavior. All it takes is the right trigger and they will become unhinged or violent in an eye blink.]”
should have been…
[note: there are literally millions of these trans running around in society always on the very edge of such unhinged, and worse, behavior. All it takes is the right trigger in their perception and they will become unhinged or violent in an eye blink.]
Left wing terrorism and comm* unism: State Department links Antifa’s lawyers to decades of Cuban comm* unist influence.
“The National Lawyers Guild, Antifa’s legal arm, has long ties to terrorist influence tied to Cuba.
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Left wing violence, and yes, its LGTBQ+ and anti-ice again: Police Catch Anti-Catholic LGBTQ Wacko and an Anti-ICE NYC Incendiary in Separate Incidents.
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[note: from May 2022 to May 2026, collectively, ~87% of criminal violence perpetrators in cases of violence against children ages new born to age 16, the perpetrator was a person or persons that were involved in supporting, or identified as some ‘identity’ or sexual orientation in and embraced and supported by, the LGBTQ+ community]
DGU: Concealed Carrier Shoots and Kills Knife-Wielding Man Who Charged Him Inside Cerritos Barbecue Restaurant.
“Key Takeaways
A knife-wielding man charged into a barbecue restaurant and was shot by a lawfully armed customer after he advanced with the knife.
The incident occurred around 2:10 p.m. at Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que, causing fear among patrons and staff.
The customer first attempted to diffuse the situation verbally before resorting to gunfire when the threat escalated.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, but details about his injuries remain unclear as the investigation continues.
The customer is cooperating with authorities, and the final determination about the shooting’s legality will rest with prosecutors.
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DGU: Homeowner Fights Off Would-Be Truck Thief With Bat, Then Gunshot After Suspect Threatens to Kill Him
“TULSA COUNTY, OKLA. — A Tulsa County homeowner fought back with a baseball bat and ultimately a single gunshot Wednesday night after a man threatened to kill him during an attempted truck theft, according to the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to a reported shooting in the 5900 block of South 59th West Avenue. The homeowner told deputies that 37-year-old Joshua Arena came onto his property, threatened to steal his truck, and said he would kill him if he resisted.
That death threat is what matters here. This was never about a truck. The moment Arena promised to kill the man for resisting, the encounter became a threat to the homeowner’s life.
According to the homeowner’s account, he turned to go back inside his house, and Arena followed him into the residence. The homeowner grabbed a baseball bat and struck Arena, and the two began fighting. The struggle spilled outside, where the homeowner said Arena turned and charged at him again.
The homeowner fired one shot, striking Arena in the thigh.
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[note: ~91% of DGU’s happen after the victim defender has already tried to disengage but the bad guys(s) persisted bringing the threat closer.]
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DGU: 70-Year-Old Houston Pool Hall Owner Shoots Crowbar-Armed Suspect Who Charged Him During 2 A.M. Break-In Attempt.
“Key Takeaways
A 70-year-old pool hall owner shot a suspected intruder armed with a crowbar during an attempted burglary in Houston.
The owner heard noise, went outside with a pistol, and faced an armed suspect charging at him.
The intruder suffered a leg wound and fled but was later found by police and taken to a hospital.
Investigators believe the suspects targeted televisions recently removed from the pool hall.
The case is ongoing, with police still searching for a second suspect and no charges announced yet.
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RCMP ‘Crime Gun’ Story Has a Major Numbers Problem.
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