From: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V5 #700 Reply-To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Sender: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Errors-To: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Precedence: normal Cdn-Firearms Digest Friday, January 31 2003 Volume 05 : Number 700 In this issue: S.A.S. -RENOWNED FIREARMS EXPERTS TO SPEAK IN PHILADELPHIA CANADIAN GUN OWNERS UP IN ARMS OVER REGISTRY REQUIREMENTS Few firearms registered: Just one million have been verified, doc uments say Gun advocate arrested again: Police say he didn't have papers for two shotguns in baggage About 250 gun owners in New Brunswick jammed a Woodstock theatre VcrProv: I'm no truant, says no-show Pat Carney Letter: Unregistered guns are not the problem Letter: Gun registry is useful COPS HUNT SHOTGUN BANDIT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:34:39 -0600 (CST) From: freefall7@shaw.ca Subject: S.A.S. -RENOWNED FIREARMS EXPERTS TO SPEAK IN PHILADELPHIA This is in the States, but you may find it of interest for the information on the firearms "experts". Subject: S.A.S. -RENOWNED FIREARMS EXPERTS TO SPEAK IN PHILADELPHIA http://www.2asisters.org/press/index.html SECOND AMENDMENT SISTERS (SAS) 900 RR 620S Suite C-101, PMB 228 Lakeway, TX 78734 Toll-free 877-271-6216 Email inquire@2asisters.org Website http://www.2asisters.org For Immediate Release January 27, 2003 RENOWNED FIREARMS EXPERTS TO SPEAK IN PHILADELPHIA Ayoob and Rauch offer insights into personal protection for women Philadelphia, PA-Second Amendment Sisters of Pennsylvania (SAS-PA) is proud to announce a weekend lecture series with Massad Ayoob and Walt Rauch. The weekend kicks off with a dinner on April 4th at Cannstatter Volksfest Verein in Philadelphia. The two-day lecture series runs on Saturday April 5th and Sunday April 6th at the Holmesburg Rod and Gun Club, also in Philadelphia. Ayoob is the Founder and principle instructor at Lethal Force Institute, which has numerous levels of firearms training classes. Ayoob has authored many books and countless magazine articles. He is also a part-time/fully sworn police officer with the rank of Captain. Articles or stories about Massad Ayoob have appeared in such mainstream media as the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, LA Times, PBS Frontline, ABCs 20/20, Boston Herald, and many more too numerous to mention. A powerful speaker, superb motivator, and skilled communicator, Massad Ayoob is recognized as one of the best firearms instructors in the country. Walt Rauch is the author of Real-World Survival! What Has Worked For Me. Unlike a lot of today's firearms luminaries, Walt Rauch has really been there. Whether it was while he was a Special Agent for the U.S. Secret Service or as part of the Philadelphia Warrant Squad or while working as a high-risk investigator on the docks of Philly, Rauch has seen what fighting is like from the inside. He was a Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service and an Investigator with the Philadelphia (PA) Fugitive Squad (where he made over 2,000 felony arrests). He now operates a consulting firm, Rauch & Company, Ltd., and provides firearms training as well as expert witness testimony on firearms use and tactics. "We are thrilled to be able to bring these two powerful speakers together for a weekend that is sure to please experienced shooters and new comers alike. Both men are legends in the law enforcement world who communicate lessons they've learned from real-life experience -- not from theory. This is bound to be a once-in-a-lifetime event you won't want to miss!" states Pam Carneal, SAS-PA State Coordinator. For more information and prices please visit http://www.2asisters.net/pa/events.htm or call Penni Bacheler, State Co- Coordinator, at 1-877-212-4170 (Accepts Voice or Fax) For further information contact Maria Heil, National Press Coordinator Toll-free Press line 877-797-4857 Email press@2asisters.org - --Boundary_(ID_XULnKjB7iU+upmnjy/b4GQ)-- a ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:45:58 -0600 (CST) From: freefall7@shaw.ca Subject: CANADIAN GUN OWNERS UP IN ARMS OVER REGISTRY REQUIREMENTS National Center for Policy Analysis DAILY POLICY DIGEST - Thursday, January 30, 2003 - ----------------------------------------------------------------- o ABOUT 2.1 MILLION CANADIAN GUN OWNERS have failed to register their firearms....WALL STREET JOURNAL - ----------------------------------------------------------------- CANADIAN GUN OWNERS UP IN ARMS OVER REGISTRY REQUIREMENTS Efforts by the Canadian government to establish a national firearms registry and licensing programs to track gun owners are meeting with surprisingly broad resistance -- particularly in the country's rural, western provinces. o Under the government's 1995 Firearms Act, all Canadian gun owners were to be licensed and to have registered their firearms by Jan. 1. o Failure to do so was to have resulted in up to five years in jail. o But only 5.9 million of Canada's estimated 8 million guns have been registered -- and only 1.9 million Canadians have a firearms license, leaving another 200,000 Canadians without one. o The Justice Ministry originally estimated that it would cost 119 million Canadian dollars for licensing and registering -- but that figure had risen by last spring to C$688 million, and the final cost could reach C$1 billion, leaving taxpayers irate. Eight of 10 of Canada's provincial governments have called for the firearms program to be scrapped. Registration opponents have reportedly attempted to sabotage the program by calling the Firearms Center with frivolous questions and waiting until the last possible moment to file their applications -- effectively swamping the system. Source: Joel Baglole, "Canadians Bristle Over Gun Registry," Wall Street Journal, January 29, 2003. For more on Gun Control http://www.ncpa.org/iss/cri/ - --Boundary_(ID_d0K+Sxl0iD83y2rZ8GeYCw)-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:46:58 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Few firearms registered: Just one million have been verified, doc uments say NOTE: Versions of this story also ran in: Times Colonist (Victoria), The Ottawa Citizen, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun, and the The Kingston Whig-Standard. PUBLICATION: The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon) DATE: 2003.01.31 EDITION: Final SECTION: National PAGE: A11 BYLINE: Tim Naumetz SOURCE: Special to CanWest News DATELINE: OTTAWA - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- Few firearms registered: Just one million have been verified, documents say - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- OTTAWA -- Only one million of the 5.9 million firearms registered by the federal justice department have been verified to prove they are the guns their owners claim, according to RCMP documents. The disclosure proves one of the government's main goals of a universal registry -- reliable data on all registered firearms -- has failed, says Canadian Alliance MP Garry Breitkreuz. Information the Saskatchewan MP obtained from the RCMP under the Access to Information Act suggests a further 700,000 weapons have been registered that cannot even be uniquely identified from descriptions the owners submitted. Files on the remaining 4.2 million firearms in the registry, while not verified individually, contain enough information from the owners to uniquely identify each weapon. Breitkreuz plans to release documents Friday that show former justice minister Anne McLellan, now minister of health, abandoned plans to use a network of 5,000 volunteers to verify all firearms being registered because it was too costly. The documents also show the justice department has terminated contracts with paid co-ordinators in each province who were to have organized the volunteers -- including gun dealers, gun club members, police officers and firearms owners -- to establish the authenticity of records on millions of individual rifles and shotguns. The verification process, still in place for guns that are imported, purchased at stores or transferred between individuals, involves first-hand confirmation of such details as make, model, serial number and barrel length. A spokesperson for the Canadian Firearms Centre denied Thursday that the government originally intended to verify all firearms before registration. Since the law took effect in 1998, with a registration deadline of Jan. 1 2003, the aim has been to match the vast majority of firearms after registration against a database containing details from gun manufacturers, said spokesman David Austin. He said the firearms centre can use that method to confirm the authenticity of most registered firearms. Breitkreuz quoted from a 1999 justice department bulletin to police that stated: "Verification is a quality-assurance measure for Canada's new registration system. Basically, verification involves a physical examination of firearms by someone authorized by the registrar, to make sure the description of the firearms is complete and accurate, thereby confirming that the registration information is reliable." Austin said the statement backs up the centre's view about verification because it does not state all firearms must be verified when they are registered. Another document obtained by Breitkreuz, while containing the same general description of the purpose of verification, also says verifiers are to authenticate information on restricted firearms and information on registration applications after last Jan. 1. Breitkreuz noted that the Canadian Police Association, and other groups supporting the firearms program, has long considered verification of firearms to be a crucial aspect of the registry. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:48:13 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Gun advocate arrested again: Police say he didn't have papers for two shotguns in baggage PUBLICATION: The Ottawa Citizen DATE: 2003.01.31 EDITION: Final SECTION: City PAGE: F1 / Front BYLINE: Don Campbell SOURCE: The Ottawa Citizen - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- Gun advocate arrested again: Police say he didn't have papers for two shotguns in baggage - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- On Jan. 1, after Ed Hudson of Saskatoon was arrested for bringing a weapon to an anti-gun registry protest, he was told he'd have to come back to Ottawa for a court appearance. He arrived on an Air Canada flight late Wednesday night -- and was promptly arrested again. This time it was because he failed to produce papers for the two shotguns he had checked in as part of his baggage. So much for his plans for skeet shooting on the weekend. Mr. Hudson, a 57-year-old veterinarian, had come to Ottawa to answer to a charge of bringing a weapon to a public meeting, a Criminal Code offence punishable by up to six months' imprisonment and a $2,000 fine. He was charged, along with 70-year-old Jim Turnbull, after a group of protesters on Parliament Hill passed around pieces of a firearm while protesting the controversial gun registration legislation that took effect Jan. 1, and requires owners of firearms to register their weapons. His most recent brush with the law occurred after Ottawa police were notified by the RCMP via Air Canada that Mr. Hudson was travelling with two of his shotguns. An officer met Mr. Hudson and his group in the baggage claim area and requested proper documentation for the firearms. This must include a registration certificate, in addition to any one of three pieces of firearms possession certification. When Mr. Hudson failed to produce any of the documentation, the officers told him to leave his firearms alone, at which point the officer attempted to take the box from the carrousel -- only to have Mr. Hudson allegedly interfere. That led to the charge and Mr. Hudson spent the night in jail before a brief bail hearing yesterday. He was released on $300 bail, under the conditions that he not participate in any more anti-gun registration rallies and avoid Ontario -- except for court appearances or to meet with his lawyer. Mr. Hudson and a small group had planned to meet and stage a news conference today in front of the War Museum. That press conference has been cancelled. Mr. Hudson's only words to the court were that he would have to borrow $100 of the bail money from his friends. "I'm satisfied with the way the prosecutor and the police have dealt with this matter, and I am satisfied my client will get his day in court," said defence lawyer Leon Colwin of Toronto. "Past that, I don't want to comment further on the specifics of the charges." One of Mr. Hudson's fellow gun registry opponents, Jack Wilson, said Mr. Hudson had planned to go skeet shooting this Saturday near Smiths Falls. That won't happen now. "We may have to re-think our tactics," said Mr. Wilson. "This was not what we had in mind." The group will be permitted to stay until its scheduled return to western Canada next Monday. The accused are scheduled to appear in court again Feb. 28. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:48:25 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: About 250 gun owners in New Brunswick jammed a Woodstock theatre DATE: 2003.01.31 CATEGORY: General and national news PUBLICATION: bnw - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- WOODSTOCK, New Brunswick -- About 250 gun owners in New Brunswick jammed a Woodstock theatre to voice their opposition to the federal - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- WOODSTOCK, New Brunswick -- About 250 gun owners in New Brunswick jammed a Woodstock theatre to voice their opposition to the federal gun registry. M-P Andy Savoy organized last night's public forum in response to debate over the controversial gun registration. A critic of the registry, Savoy says he supports a call by some other M-Ps that federal Justice Minister Martin Cauchon conduct an audit of the program. Fred Roberts, a gun owner for 40 years, says criminals won't register their firearms. Robert MacElwain was upset by the projected one- (b) billion-dollar price tag for the registry when it was only supposed to cost two- (m) million dollars. (CJCJ, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal) mub ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:48:44 -0600 (CST) From: freefall7@shaw.ca Subject: VcrProv: I'm no truant, says no-show Pat Carney I'm no truant, says no-show Pat Carney B.C. senator has worst attendance record in Parliament's upper house Keith Fraser; with Jack Aubry, Ottawa Citizen The Province; Ottawa Citizen Thursday, January 30, 2003 Photo: CREDIT: Jon Murray, The Province - Beaming Sen. Pat Carney after her= =20 1998 wedding to Paul White on Saturna Island. Despite having the Senate's worst attendance record, Pat Carney denies=20 she's a truant. Carney, a former Tory cabinet minister in the Mulroney government, attended= =20 only 35 per cent of the sittings in the last parliamentary session, the=20 Ottawa Citizen found. She could not be reached yesterday but issued a terse e-mail that said=20 criticisms of her record fail to take into account six weeks when she was=20 grounded from air travel for medical reasons after a brief hospitalization.= =20 During her illness, she says she met with many B.C. residents and=20 identified their concerns "in order to relay them to Ottawa." Carney noted that while she attended only 44 of 124 days that the Senate=20 sat between January 2001 and June 2002, the number of days she spent on=20 public business "outperformed" the total number of Senate sitting days. "This is hardly a record of a truant," she said. Under a convoluted system of attendance, senators face a $250 fine per=20 missed sitting but only after they've used up 21 absences without financial= =20 penalty. Senators can also avoid paying fines by claiming so-called "public business= =20 days" as an excuse for absences. Public business work is claimed by=20 senators even when the red chamber is not sitting. Carney, who has in the past been bothered by an arthritic back, claimed 19= =20 sick days and 134 public business days and received no fines during the=20 last session. She commended the two senators with a perfect attendance record, but added= =20 "they live in Ottawa-Gatineau, not British Columbia, half a continent away." Carney, 67, is a former journalist who began her career with The Province=20 and later worked for the Vancouver Sun. She was elected to the House of=20 Commons in 1980 and was appointed to the Senate in 1990. Carney's office would not say where she was yesterday or whether she would= =20 be attending the Senate when it resumes sitting next week. In the past she has vehemently defended her attendance record by citing her= =20 constituency work and the exhausting demands of air travel. She has also=20 said she saves taxpayers money by refusing to fly to Ottawa when the=20 business of the Senate that week does not warrant it. Only two senators -- none from B.C. -- faced fines for poor attendance in=20 the last session, both of whom attended about 50 per cent of the Senate=20 sittings. Of B.C.'s six senators, Carney was the only one who was absent more days=20 than she attended. The best attendance record of the six belonged to Liberal Jack Austin, who= =20 attended 87 per cent of sittings. Canadian Alliance MP John Reynolds, who slammed Carney in 1998 for being=20 among the Senate's 12 worst attendees, said yesterday he was aware Carney=20 was ill and that she does a lot of work from home and around B.C. "In Parliament if you're going to be ill, you can take a leave of absence=20 or retire on a pension. Maybe that's what some senators should do when they= =20 get to the point where the ability to travel is not there and open the seat= =20 up to somebody who can be there and be very active," Reynolds said. Canadian senators earn $114,675 annually, plus extra travel expenses. The=20 Senate sits only 23 weeks a year on average and only on Tuesdays to=20 Thursdays so senators can fly in and out of Ottawa on Mondays and Fridays. kfraser@png.canwest.com B.C. SENATORS' ATTENDANCE RECORDS Here is the attendance record for B.C.'s six senators during the last=20 parliamentary session between January 2001 and June 2002: Pat Carney (PC): 44 out of 124 sittings (35 per cent), 134 public business= =20 days, 19 sick days, 31 committee meetings. Ed Lawson (Ind.): 66 out of 124 sittings (53 per cent), 38 public business= =20 days, 11 sick days, 10 committee meetings. Gerry St. Germain (CA): 76 out of 124 sittings (61 per cent), 52 public=20 business days, two sick days, eight committee meetings. Ross Fitzpatrick (Lib.): 91 out of 124 (75 per cent), 64 public business=20 days, 44 committee meetings. Mobina Jaffer (Lib.): 61 out of 76 sittings (80 per cent, appointed during= =20 the session), 43 public business days, two sick days, 54 committee meetings. Jack Austin (Lib.): 108 out of 124 sittings (87 per cent), 101 public=20 business days, 93 committee meetings. Jack Aubry, CanWest Publications Ran with fact box "B.C. senators' attendance records", which has been=20 appended to the story. =A9 Copyright 2003 The Province=20 - --Boundary_(ID_L/S/qeFT/xidI+QmSB33Og)-- ou ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:54:38 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Letter: Unregistered guns are not the problem PUBLICATION: The Record (Waterloo Region) DATE: 2003.01.31 SECTION: Opinion PAGE: A6 BYLINE: Sandy Brohman - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- Unregistered guns are not the problem - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- Jennifer Battler's Jan. 27 Community Editorial Board article, If Gun Registry Saves Just One Life, It's Worth It, makes several valid points. I must disagree, however, with the underlying tone that unregistered guns are creating all the carnage. Can we draw the same analogy that a vehicle driven by an impaired driver is the problem, not the driver? A properly registered and insured vehicle does not stop the driver from driving while impaired. While the concept of the gun registry may have been well-intended, it has helped no one. Unfortunately, it has not stopped the theft of properly registered guns, nor has it curtailed the use of illegally purchased or stolen firearms. Only our justice system can do that. It can do that by sentencing those who commit offences with a firearm or possess an illegal firearm -- sentences that will deter the offence. The gun registry is not going to make honest people of criminals who choose firearms as their tools of the trade. I hold even less hope that the judicial system, which really could and has the power to make the difference, will do any better or that criminals will start to register their guns. Sandy Brohman Cambridge ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:54:38 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Letter: Gun registry is useful PUBLICATION: The Record (Waterloo Region) DATE: 2003.01.31 SECTION: Opinion PAGE: A6 BYLINE: Maureen Griffiths - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- Gun registry is useful - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- In his Jan. 10 letter, Gun Registry Is A Mess, Dick Degraaf stated that the registering of his hunting gun will not make society safer. He is obviously unaware that rifles and shotguns figure prominently in gun homicides in Canada. They are the guns most commonly used when women and children are killed in domestic violence. As for his comment about the gun registry being "poor and useless legislation," it has already proved its worth in a number of areas. Illegal shipments of guns are now easier to stop because customs officers can identify them against the gun registry's national database. The registry was the starting point of an investigation which led to uncovering probably the largest gun smuggling ring in North America when nearly 23,000 illegal guns were seized. Thousands of guns are being kept out of the wrong hands because of the extensive background checks now being conducted on every single applicant before a licence is issued and before a firearm is transferred. Because the registry's national database has been linked to local data- bases, it is providing police with continuous access to information to help remove firearms from those who are a risk to themselves or others. Information is the life blood of the police and a complete and fully integrated national database will help them make our communities safer. Maureen Griffiths Waterloo ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:54:40 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: COPS HUNT SHOTGUN BANDIT PUBLICATION: The Ottawa Sun DATE: 2003.01.31 EDITION: Final SECTION: News PAGE: 3 ILLUSTRATION: 3 photos SECURITY cameras catch the Shotgun Bandit, who's wanted in 11 bank heists, including four in Ottawa. BYLINE: JOHN STEINBACHS, OTTAWA SUN - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- COPS HUNT SHOTGUN BANDIT ONTARIO POLICE JOIN FORCES IN PURSUIT OF BRAZEN BANK ROBBER - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- POLICE across the province are teaming up to try to catch an armed bank robber whom they've dubbed the "Shotgun Bandit." The man is suspected in 11 bank robberies, from a stickup in St. Catharines to four terrifying heists in the capital. Bank security cameras have caught clear portraits of the man, but media coverage and investigations have been unable to bring in solid leads. Police believe his string of holdups began on Jan. 23, 2002, in St. Catharines, said Ottawa police major crime Sgt. Greg Brown. "This suspect is brandishing a firearm and numerous tellers have been traumatized from having the gun pointed at them," Brown said. "A number of tellers have had to leave their jobs." DISAPPEARED Last Friday, a man entered the Bank of Montreal at 1315 Richmond Rd. with his face covered and carrying a gun. He jumped the counter and robbed three cashiers, before leaving the bank and disappearing. That same bank was robbed twice last year by the Shotgun Bandit, but police haven't determined who committed the latest heist. The bandit is being connected to robberies in St. Catharines, Toronto, Vaughan, Carleton Place, Kingston, Arnprior, Trenton, as well as the Ottawa banks. In every case, the bandit's methods remain the same. "(The shotgun is) usually hidden in the pants area. He racks it, gets everybody's attention and then makes demands of the tellers," Brown said. "Quite often he puts the collar of his jacket right up against his chin. He always wears a moustache, but we're unsure if the moustache is a real moustache or a fake," he said. Police have also been unable to find out what kind of vehicle the man uses, or whether he's alone, Brown said. PUBLIC APPEAL In December, investigators from across Ontario met to discuss the robberies. Police have leads, but no arrest has been made. "We have some suspect information, but we would certainly appeal to the public, if anybody recognizes him, to come forward with the information," Brown said. The bandit's last confirmed robbery was on Nov. 28 in Arnprior where he robbed a Bank of Nova Scotia. The last confirmed Ottawa holdup by the Shotgun Bandit was on Oct. 29 at the Bank of Nova Scotia on Richmond Rd. Anyone with information on the bank robberies is asked to call Brown at 236-1222, ext. 5491. ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V5 #700 ********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Moderator's e-mail address: mailto:akimoya@sprint.ca List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca FAQ list: http://www.magma.ca/~asd/cfd-faq1.html and http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/homepage.html FTP Site: ftp://teapot.usask.ca/pub/cdn-firearms/ CFDigest Archives: http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~ab133/ or put the next command in an e-mail message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca get cdn-firearms-digest v04.n192 end (192 is the digest issue number and 04 is the volume) To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next five lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-alert unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".) 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