The Canadian Socialist Rifle Association (CSRA) is an Organization dedicated to providing marginalized community members and the working class with the education and knowledge they need to be effectively and legally armed, and able to act in service of their community. This includes but is not limited to skills and practice in the safe and legal usage of firearms, emergency medicine, logistics, agriculture, survival, and mutual aid. We seek to provide a safe, inclusive platform for leftists, free from racist and reactionary prejudices, to discuss firearms, law-abiding community-based self protection, and all the skills needed to defend our own safety, and the safety of our families and communities.
Our head office is located on the traditional, ancestral, and stolen lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
You can view the 2024 CSRA by-laws here.
You can join our Discord Community where we have areas for both CSRA members, as well as folks interested in what we are about.
Latest News
- CSRA Statement about Recent ResignationRe: Recent Resignation Date: January 19th, 2025 Hello everyone, By now I’m sure many of you have seen the news regarding the resignation of CSRApresident-elect Northy effective immediately from the CSRA. We fully accept andunderstand their decision to leave the role within the organization. With their decision to step down we just want to ensure that a few items are… Read more: CSRA Statement about Recent Resignation
- CSRA Statement on Colonialism and Donald TrumpRe: Colonialism and Donald Trump Date: January 9th 2025 Greetings comrades. Recently, Donald Trump has turned his attention toward “Canada”, and many of us are worried and fearful for what might happen next. The CSRA uses the word “Canadian” in our name to describe a large geographic area. It doesn’t mean that our organization and members identify with the colonial nature… Read more: CSRA Statement on Colonialism and Donald Trump
- CSRA Community ReminderOfficial statement from the Central Committee of the Canadian Socialist Rifle Association Date: December 9th 2024 Re: Community Reminder The CSRA is an organization for everyone. This includes the marginalized, underrepresented and oppressed. It includes socialists, leftists and the working class. You might find us doing mutual aid, first aid seminars, firearms related activities and other knowledge based events, but the… Read more: CSRA Community Reminder
- Second Annual Winter Sock Drive Kicks Off!You can donate by clicking here
- CSRA Statement on the Ongoing Palestinian GenocideOfficial statement from the Central Committee of the Canadian Socialist Rifle Association Date: October 21st 2024 Re: The Ongoing Palestinian Genocide For over a year the world has watched the Palestinian people suffer the worst of colonial oppression. We have watched as Israel has spread its’ campaign of hate from Gaza to the West Bank and now to Lebanon, Iran, Yemen… Read more: CSRA Statement on the Ongoing Palestinian Genocide