Assault Rifle

• Halifax Regional Police taking part in federal gun buyback program

  Chief Don MacLean said the force is joining the program in part due to the province's high rate of intimate partner violence and to 'reduce the presence of firearms.'

  Canada

  Feb 3
  
• Police warn public after assault rifle stolen from cruiser

  Ontario Provincial Police are warning the public after an assault rifle was stolen from a police cruiser in a community just west of Barrie.

  Crime

  Feb 5, 2024
  
• Advertisement
• Liberals quietly extend ‘assault-style’ firearms amnesty to Oct. 2025

  Ottawa has once again extended the Criminal Code amnesty period for people who already own banned weapons by two more years to Oct. 30, 2025.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2023
• Advertisement
• Assault rifle among weapons seized from Mississauga home during robbery investigation: police

  York Regional Police say a semi-automatic assault rifle was among several weapons seized from a Mississauga home as part of a robbery investigation. 

  Crime

  Jul 8, 2021
• NRA bragged about blocking AR-15 gun ban before Boulder shooting

  The NRA fought to block a ban on assault-style rifles in Boulder, Colo., less than two weeks before 10 people died in a mass shooting at a supermarket.

  Trending

  Mar 23, 2021
• Hamilton police seize $220,000 worth of cocaine, AK47 assault rifle

  Five people have been arrested in what Hamilton police are calling a two-pronged investigation that ended in the seizure of 2.2 kilograms of cocaine, $20,000 in cash and an assault rifle.

  Crime

  Nov 4, 2020
• Police recover loaded semi-automatic rifle in Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood

  A construction worker found the gun in a tent bag near Prior Street and Heatley Avenue around 9:30 a.m. last Thursday, according to police. 

  Crime

  Sep 16, 2020
• ‘Ken and Karen’: Couple aims guns at protesters passing mansion in St. Louis

  The protesters were passing through a gated community on their way to the St. Louis mayor's residence.

  Trending

  Jun 29, 2020
• Advertisement
• Gun lobby groups got top-level meetings as feds readied roll out of assault weapon ban

  There are reports the government is considering making a buyback program voluntary.

  Canada

  May 1, 2020
• Advertisement
• RCMP arrest man, seize cash, guns and meth in Dieppe, N.B.

  A Dieppe, N.B., man was arrested April 1 after an alleged incident at a home on Copp Street.

  Crime

  Apr 3, 2020