History Professor at Saint Mary's University & Adjunct Professor at Dalhousie's Schulich School of Law. Historian of Canadian law, gun control and medical malpractice. Profile: https://www.smu.ca/history/history-blake-brown.html
Blake Brown
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Today was a historic day in the history of gun control in Canada, as Ottawa finally launched the buy-back program for assault-style firearms such as the AR-15 and Ruger Mini-14. See "Canada launches compensation program for banned assault-style firearms" globalnews.ca/news/1161798...
New article: "Closing the Knowledge Gap: Identifying Research Priorities for Firearm-Related Injury and Mortality in Canada" in the latest issue of the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
In the aftermath of the terrible news out of #TumblerRidge, British Columbia, @cnn.com is among media outlets that have been providing live updates all day today. Dr. @rblakebrown.bsky.social of @historysmu.bsky.social was interviewed for this piece. www.cnn.com/world/live-n... #SMUHistory
Our friend, Dr. Rosamund Johnston, has just published an article on Czechoslovakia’s Cold War arms towns as sites of military globalisation with Sage Journals! (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...) #euguns #globarms #linkingarms #unipd #dissgea #univie #recetvienna #gunhistory #armshistory
Blake Brown
Blake Brown
In my latest Op-ed in the Globe & Mail I note that the reluctance of Canadian police to release info about the guns used in mass shooting is, historically-speaking, new. "Canadians deserve to know what guns were used in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/fa3b3de...
The head of the GlobArms project, @azzab.bsky.social, has just had his article on French shooting societies in Third Republic France (1871-1914) published with the journal Contemporanea.
#globarms #gunhistory #Frenchhistory #euguns
Appearing soon! Handbook on Gun Violence and Society, edited by Peter Squires. This collection will include my chapter "Firearms Marketing, Police Carbines, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police." See: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...
Faculty of Arts at Saint Mary's University
New Op-ed in the Globe & Mail by Dr. @rblakebrown.bsky.social of @smuarts.bsky.social: "Canadians deserve to know what guns were used in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/fa3b3de...
It has been 4 months since the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting and the RCMP have still not released details about the guns used. The refusal to share information used in mass shooting is, historically-speaking, new. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/fa3b3de...
Love History? Interested in graduate studies? Consider applying to Master of Arts program @historysmu.bsky.social
in Halifax. Scholarships available! Deadline extended until March 15th! For more info see: smu.ca/academics/m-...
Some provinces are opting out of Ottawa’s gun compensation program as critics call it costly and ineffective, while owners face a March 31, 2026 deadline.
At least eight people have been killed and dozens have been injured after a shooting at a school and home in northeast British Colombia, Canada. Follow for live updates
‘This prodigious and ambitious new Handbook offers a much-needed global perspective on firearms proliferation and violence from a variety of disciplines. World-wide weaponization, driven in no small m...
