Gary Mauser

Gary A. Mauser is a professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C.

Gary Mauser: Do Canadians Have the Right to Carry Arms?

Commentary Canadians are worried about being victimized by violent criminals, according to a national survey recently released by ...

Viewpoints November 7, 2024
Gary Mauser: Has Banning ‘Assault-Style’ Weapons in Canada Improved Public Safety?

Commentary Four years ago, the federal government prohibited “1,500 types” of “assault-style” firearms. Has public safety improved as ...

Viewpoints September 15, 2024
Gary Mauser: The Facts Behind Canada’s So-Called ‘Crime Guns’

Commentary “Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it.” — Jonathan Swift Canada’s legal gun owners are ...

Viewpoints September 22, 2023
Gary Mauser: Soft-on-Crime Policies Are Failing to Protect Innocent Canadians

Commentary Hug-a-thug policies are failing to protect the public. The federal Liberals' gun-control policies have not worked. It’s time to ...

Viewpoints August 23, 2023
Gary Mauser: Hunters and Sport Shooters Are Targeted in the Largest Gun Ban in Canadian History

Commentary In the past few years, the Liberal government has prohibited millions of firearms with a total value ...

Viewpoints December 3, 2022
Gary Mauser: Ottawa’s New Rules on Sale of Firearms Effectively Create a Long-Gun Registry

Commentary Would you like to give a firearm to your son or daughter? Perhaps to teach them firearms ...

Viewpoints May 13, 2022
Can We Trust Experts?

Commentary Experts have squandered their credibility in recent public failures. The repeated misjudgments by public health experts over ...

Viewpoints July 26, 2021
Confiscating Firearms From Law-Abiding Owners Won’t Solve Gun Violence

Commentary The Liberal government introduced Bill C-21 in Parliament this week claiming that it would combat gun violence and ...

Viewpoints February 18, 2021
New Gun Ban Won’t Make Canadians Safer

Commentary In the wake of multiple killings in Nova Scotia recently, the federal government announced an immediate ban ...

Canada May 11, 2020