From skeeter@skatter.usask.ca Mon Sep 11 14:31:24 1995 To: cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Major's Mortar - August Cc: skeeter@skatter.usask.ca From: "Larry J. Going" Approved: ncbfyhwe5385ufgshvcv Content-Length: 5725 Status: RO X-Lines: 121 THE MAJOR'S MORTAR Not a whole lot of stuff going on right now but it could well be starting to heat up by the time you read this. I have already heard rumblings that Rock/Wendy et al are trying to turn up the heat. Obviously they are going to try to counter our moves in educating the Senate. I would suggest you keep your ears open for, especially, women's talk shows. Wendy has done a good job of appealing to these people on a totally emotional- driven methodology. It will be up to us to challenge her highly distorted so-called facts and inject some truth into the matter. One argument given me I really like because it is not only factual but appeals particularly to women. According to my info over 600 women die each year from breast cancer. The government has, apparently, allocated $30 million for research in this area. Gun control might have an impact on approximately 60 homicides of women each year at a cost of $600 million. Ten times as much money taken out of the economy for a highly unlikely impact. As several people have said, what better impact could be achieved with that kind of expenditure in the areas of family shelters, employment, education and health. Particularly in a country that is, by all normal standards, already bankrupt. As an example of the collusion that is going on I was sent a copy of a letter supporting C-68 included in a coalition for Gun Control package. Most interesting is the fact that the paper included the receipt stamp of the Minister of Justice office. Now I wonder how Wendy got into their files and had no hesitation in distributing this? The conclusion is pretty obvious. On the other side of the stick I was given a copy of a letter from a Wendy Rowland of the National Film Board. She is trying to get in contact with any women who own and use firearms for ANY purpose. If you are, or know of, any women in this category, have them contact this lady. She can be reached at 1-800-786-1663 or 1-514-283-3012. From the info given, this could be a good one for our side. For those of you who have not yet contacted the Senators, and especially if you feel you or your club could make a presentation, the NFA Calgary office has available a list of all Senators, addresses, telephone and fax numbers. It also gives the info needed as to whom to contact for a brief. Telecommunications are building up nicely. If you are on the Internet, there is the cdn-firearms-digest. Send them an e-mail request for a free subscription to "ab133@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca". Particularly for those of you in the east, the NFA bulletin board can be accessed from 06:00 p.m. to 08:00 a.m. EST at 1-905-470-1039. Type "NEW" to log on. Parity 0, bits 8, stop 1. It will handle up to 9600 baud. In the west we have the Bullseye BBS. Their telephone is (604) 231-0414. Internet access id "drmorgan@wimsey.com". If any of you know of other sources let me know and I will put them in this column as well. For those of you in the BC lower mainland, there is an information meeting re C-68 etc. scheduled for Sept. 17. It is to be held at the Stetson Bowl in the Cloverdale fairgrounds at 6050 - 176 St. in Cloverdale. I believe the start time is 01:00 p.m. but am not certain of this. Just received info that would appear the Senate intend to start up again Sept. 18 so don't delay getting your comments in to them. Guess than is about all for now except to thank all of you who have been donating to the NFA Legal fund. If it is not needed for C-68, there are still areas in C-17 that badly need to be challenged - and will be if funds are available. Major R. (Ray) A. Laycock Administrator and Editor Box 4384, Stn. "C" Calgary, Alta. T2T 5N2 Tel: (403) 640-1110 Fax: (403) 640-1144 ----- End Included Message ----- Excerpt from "What is killing Canadian Women?" 36,921 Circulatory system diseases 1 death every 14 min. 25,167 Cancer (includes Breast cancer) 1 death every 21 min. 7,252 Respiratory system diseases 1 death every 72 min. 4,830 Breast cancer 1 death every 2 hrs. 3,450 Digestive system diseases 1 death every 3 hrs. 2,034 Mental disorders 1 death every 4 hrs. 1,153 Accidental falls 1 death every 8 hrs. 1,061 Motor vehicle collisions 1 death every 8 hrs. 844 Substance abuse 1 death every 10 hrs. 786 Suicide, all causes 1 death every 10 hrs. 727 Suicide, non-firearm 1 death every 11 hrs. 245 Homicide, all causes 1 death every 12 hrs. 198 accidental poisoning 1 death every 2 days 176 Homicide, non-firearm 1 death every 2 days 108 Homicide, no gun; no knife 1 death every 3 days 80 Surgical/medical misadventures 1 death every 2 days 70 HIV 1 death every 5 days 69 Homicide, with firearm 1 death every 5 days Causes of Death 1992 (Minister of Industry, Science and Technology, Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Sept. 1994) full text at ftp://ftp.usask.ca/pub/cdn-firearms/Stats/death.can.1992 If $30 million is allocated for something that kills about 5,000 women a year, and another $85 million (DoJ numbers; not including enforcement, provincial costs, etc.) for something that probably won't save a fraction of 69 lives. That's $6,000 per woman versus $1.2+ million per woman. Make sense to you? skeeter