Blog Entries tagged 'firearms'

The Future of Firearms

editor@westernsportsman.com — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Everyone knows legally owned firearms are not the cause of violence in our streets. So why is the government trying to restrict them so heavily? The answer can be found in one long word: disenfranchisement.

“Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” It’s the simplest argument — and still the hardest to fight. Of course, you can amend it to make some concessions: “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. With guns. And with other th [...]

The Italian Influence

editor@westernsportsman.com — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:00:00 +0100

I would like to pose the question: what does a small region in Italy called Brescia have to do with hunting and shooting in Western Canada?

Quite simply -- a lot.

This week I had an amazing opportunity to visit the city of Brescia, Italy, as a guest of Fiera di Brescia, a company that organizes trade shows in the city, and the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Toronto. It was time for the annual EXA show, a hunting, shooting and outdoors trade show that brings in tens of thousands o [...]