Legal Commentary

Right to Know: Minimum sentences not proven to work

This is my column in today's Ottawa Citizen about the folly of mandatory minimum sentences: Minimum sentences not proven to work…

12 years ago

Solomon Friedman provides update on the Ajax, ON gun seizure

On Right Now, Solomon Friedman weighed in live on a provision in the Firearms Act that allowed the police to confiscate…

12 years ago

Solomon Friedman on the Ajax expropriation outrage

I explain to Brian Lilley why an 89-year-old Ontario man has had his legal guns seized, and more importantly, what can…

12 years ago

Shaw Media cancels GlobalTV hunting shows

Amid recent news that Shaw Media is cancelling all hunting-related programs presently being aired on Global and other channels, I…

12 years ago

News about the alleged Eaton’s Centre shooter

I appeared on Byline to comment on recent revelations that the alleged Eaton Centre shooter had previously faced a bevy…

12 years ago

And so it ends… goodbye to the (backdoor) gun registry

Ottawa defence lawyer Solomon Friedman appeared on Byline to comment on the end of the backdoor (paper ledger) gun registry…

12 years ago

Another mandatory minimum found unconstitutional

"Mandatory minimums are profoundly unfair and, as this judge found, unconstitutional," Solomon Friedman, a lawyer specializing in firearms law, told…

12 years ago

Solomon Friedman: Few remedies available when prosecutors go rogue

Solomon Friedman: Few remedies available when prosecutors go rogue

12 years ago

Defence lawyer Solomon Friedman on the UN Arms Trade Treaty

Ottawa defence lawyer Solomon Friedman discusses the proposed United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.

12 years ago

Solomon Friedman testifies on "backdoor registry" at Senate

Ottawa defence lawyer Solomon Friedman testifies about firearms law at the Senate of Canada.

12 years ago