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 #781 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 Sunday, February 16 2003 Volume 05 : Number 781 In this issue: LETTER: Punish more My letter to the Mississauga News ARTICLE: Nine-year-old kills playmate ARTICLE: 4-month sentence shocks mother Re: Ethnic Military Jokes & Armchair Military Quarterbacking LETTER: Registry misses guns that are on loan or lease FREEDOM FIGHTERS ??? ARTICLE: Highway gunplay ARTICLE: Armed robbery case relies on DNA ARTICLE: Ex-city worker busted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:33:02 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: LETTER: Punish more http://www.mississauga.com/mi/opinion/letter/v-printmississauga/story/886313p-1053245c.html THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS Punish more Dear Editor: The Mississauga News Feb 12, 2003 The discussion about firearms and their misuse seems to go on with no solution in sight. There is a way to drastically reduce the gun problem and criminal activity in general. First, penalties that act as a deterrent and a justice system that will carry out any imposed sentences without paroles or any other advantages to the criminal. Second, prisons should be converted back to prisons, where inmates have to earn their keep, be disciplined if necessary and not being pampered with all the comforts of home, recreation-rooms and gyms. Our government's billion-dollar gun control program is a total waste of time and money, The Young Offenders Act should be renamed "To Encourage Young Offenders Act", the list goes on and on. The soft and humane approach has not, and will not solve any of these problems. Criminals do not obey any laws and other rules of society. They do not show any consideration for society in general and their victims in particular, so why should we handle them with soft gloves? These statements will probably bring outcries from the bleeding hearts in our society about rehabilitation and guiding the poor, misunderstood criminals back into a productive life. Take a look at the strict system in Singapore where the penalty for drug trafficking is death and using a firearm during a crime brings a life sentence. As a result, Singapore's police force has not been increased in 27 years and the number of repeat offenders is less than 5 per cent. Imagine all the money that could be saved and be used for worthwhile projects and wouldn't it be nice to be able to go to bed at night without having to make sure the deadbolt is on and the chain is hooked up? Gunter Veneman Mississauga ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:43:42 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: My letter to the Mississauga News Just submitted, not yet printed. Have you written a letter today? - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Benefits Outweigh Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 12:38:44 -0500 From: Bruce Mills To: Editor - The Missisauga News Dear Editor: Mr. Kevin Duffy obviously doesn't comprehend that all rights are linked together, and that the right to keep and bear arms is the *ultimate* defence of the others against tyranny. In asking "What indispensable positive attributes arise from private firearm ownership?", Mr. Duffy shows that his mind is already made up, and hasn't bothered to investigate the facts of the matter. Drs. Mauser and Bucker conducted a study which shows that there are 60 to 80 thousand defensive gun uses every year in Canada; for every death cause by a gun, 40 are saved. Professors Wright and Rossi have found that burglars fear armed homeowners more than they do being caught by the police. Dr. John Lott has shown that in US States that pass "Shall Issue" Concealed Carry permit laws (33 and counting), confrontational crime decreases by an average 24%. The final, indispensable, positive attribute from private firearms ownership is that of self defence. This is linked to the right to life, the right to security and safety of the person, and the right to own property. Or perhaps Mr. Duffy thinks we shouldn't have those, either. Gun ownership is a net benefit to society. Bruce Hamilton Ontario ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:55:05 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: ARTICLE: Nine-year-old kills playmate http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/story.asp?id={750811AE-D980-43DB-BA6A-70095064C827} Nine-year-old kills playmate Sunday, February 16, 2003 SHOAL LAKE, Sask. (CP) _ A 13-year-old was fatally shot by a nine-year-old playmate in what RCMP are calling a tragic accident. Police were called at about 2 p.m. Friday to a home on the Shoal Lake reserve where four youngsters had been playing. They found the teenager dead. Police released few details about the incident. They said it appears a rifle was accidentally discharged. Shoal Lake is about 375 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon. © Copyright 2003 Canadian Press ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:55:34 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: ARTICLE: 4-month sentence shocks mother http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/story.asp?id=%7B9A7AC6F0-46AD-4C1A-B4BE-375B9CDFFAE9%7D 4-month sentence shocks mother DRIVE-BY SHOOTING Gordon Kent The Edmonton Journal Saturday, February 15, 2003 EDMONTON - The mother of a 10-year-old girl hit by a bullet in a drive-by shooting was shocked Friday that the two gang members involved received only four-month jail sentences. "I'm pretty disappointed with it, pretty sad," Jennifer Jackson said. "They're lucky they got off so easy, and they're cowards for doing this to my child." Charges, including attempted murder, against Shane Steinhauer and Travis Paquette were dropped in exchange for guilty pleas to a single count of careless use of a firearm. Steinhauer, 26, was driving a white sport utility vehicle last Oct. 5 when Paquette, 21, fired two shots from a revolver at a home on the Saddle Lake reserve, said Crown prosecutor Brian Caruk. Paige Jackson, visiting her father, was playing hide-and-seek in a bedroom when the first bullet hit her in the left knee around 9 p.m., splattering the screaming girl's blood on the wall. The second shot went through the living-room wall. The shooting may have been spurred by a drug debt. Steinhauer knew his friend had a gun, the prosecutor said. "I don't think he could have predicted exactly what Paquette was going to do with it," Caruk told provincial court Judge Ray Bradley. "He ought reasonably to have known it was not for a lawful purpose." Bradley ruled each man should get one year in jail. He then reduced the sentence by eight months, giving them the usual two-for-one credit for the four months they've spent in the remand centre since their arrest. Jennifer Jackson, who wasn't in court, said they deserved two or three years behind bars despite Caruk's comment that there were "serious problems" with the evidence. "It's a young child, and she has to live with this forever ... When we talk about it, she says, 'What if the bullet had hit me somewhere else? I wouldn't be here.' " Paige spent two days in hospital and has completely recovered. Her aunt Andrea was outraged at how the case was resolved. "Four months? You're kidding me. Oh, my gosh, that's so sick," she said. "My niece could have died ... They didn't think what they were doing. That's ridiculous." Caruk's case hinged on a statement by one of two women passengers in the SUV fingering Paquette as the gunman. But the gun he used hasn't turned up, although police feel it was probably a .38 or .357 revolver. As well, witnesses disagreed on their description of the vehicle involved. Although police seized a white car, in which the group had been seen at Saddle Lake earlier in the day, it wasn't used in the shooting. When the SUV was finally found in Edmonton, it had been steam-cleaned, which can destroy evidence. Police said later the shooting incident hasn't had much impact on drug use at the reserve 140 kilometres northeast of Edmonton. "I think short-term, a lot of people realized what problems there are on the reserve associated with (drugs)," said St. Paul RCMP Const. Jeff Knee, who investigated the case. "But ... it's too great a problem to have a long-term effect." He said that Paquette and Steinhauer are affiliated with Edmonton's Indian Posse gang and may have been involved in a turf fight. "Apparently, these guys had come in from Edmonton to try to set up drug transactions on Saddle Lake." A band representative declined comment. gkent@thejournal.canwest.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 12:03:24 -0600 (CST) From: "John Poulin" Subject: Re: Ethnic Military Jokes & Armchair Military Quarterbacking On Sunday, February 16, 2003 12:22 EST, Todd Birch wrote: > We'd better be careful where we go with these. Everyone is vulnerable. > There's been bungling, fiascoes, cowardice, incompetence and dastardly = > acts perpetrated by every army that ever went to war. Especially amongst = > those with strong or direct civilian intervention and control or totally = > militaristic regimes. To the best of my knowledge, Alexander the Great under the tutelage of Aristotle was the only true world conqueror. He never lived long enough to enjoy it though. Apart from that, there is no real claim by any conqueror or country that they have achieved world domination. >From the Barbarians, Greeks, Romans, English, French, Germans, Americans, etc. have all failed and accomplished certain goals. Indeed, no one can ridicule any other army. Foolish pride. Many dictators and benevolent countries have tried and failed and have had the best at their disposal. It is in this that the truth will be revealed about ourselves. In the meantime, I'm going to be like Jean Chretien and watch CNN for the latest in rumours of war. JP Poulin ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 12:37:33 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: LETTER: Registry misses guns that are on loan or lease http://www.simcoe.com/sc/barrie/letter/story/891441p-1059345c.html >From Barrie Advance Registry misses guns that are on loan or lease Feb. 14, 2003 Iain M. Graham gave a good outline of many of the problems inherent to the Firearms Act, in "Gun registry contains basic flaw," Jan. 21, Barrie Advance. Here's another. A policeman, going to a 911 call at a residential address, checks the MDT (Mobile Data Terminal) in his car for information from the firearms registry. It tells him that either firearms are registered to a resident at that address, or no firearms are registered to a resident there. In the first case, this could mean that there are legally-owned firearms present, there are illegal firearms present, or there are no firearms present. In the second case, this could mean either that there are legally-owned firearms present, there are illegal firearms present, or there are no firearms present. Whoops - exactly the same thing. How could that possibly happen? Firstly, and obviously, illegally-owned firearms are not entered into the registry. Any residence, regardless of information held in the registry, could contain illegal firearms. Under the billion-dollar Liberal law, there is a distinction between ownership and possession. Firearms are to be registered to the owner. Somebody other than the owner may, however, legally be in possession. An owner may lend, rent, or lease a firearm, to another individual who holds the appropriate licence, but because ownership has not changed, the firearm is still registered to the original owner. There is no requirement to inform the registry or police or anyone at all that this has happened. Hence, the registry may indicate that there are legally-owned firearms at an address, when in fact there are none as the owner has rented them all out, or it may indicate that there are none present when in fact a resident has legally borrowed one or several. Any copper who trusted this (registry) would likely have a violent end to a short career. Mark L Horstead Newmarket ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 12:45:26 -0600 (CST) From: Med Crotteau Subject: FREEDOM FIGHTERS ??? CFD V5 # 780 raises some Question about Raising Up and Fighting C-68 by equating same with the Past World Wars?? All we have to do, is send our names and get a Group of us, Ready to overthrow the Country!! If my memory serves me Right, Hitler had opposition, prior to his First real offensive Going into Poland!! "The Mouthy Disidents were Rounded Up, and Disposed of First." Yet, at the end of the 2nd World War, Freedom Fighters Surfaced in Paris in the latter months of July & August 1945,and Shot their Fair Share of Enemy Soldiers! They created Confusion among the Retreating Germans and helped Rout them from their Country. Yes in Italy as well. The way C-68 has been handled, has been in the Gov'ts. Favour so far, ( Carlos, Buck....... ), and it seems to me, that the Arrogance of Cauchon MP has not Diminished in any way. Remember also on Sept.22/98, the Gov't. upstaged the Fed Up ll Rally, by Annie telling all of Canada, "that it's Over!!" The Media neglected to Portray the Snipers, or even Comment on them, at the Time!! Even acting Illegally using Funds from other Dept's. to Fund C-68 in 2003, and Ridiculing any who Dare Ask for Clarification?? I will come into the Uprising, when we can Contribute as a Whole, to Overthrowing the Gov't., and Changing the Country for the Better. Getting cut off, at the pass with Good Intentions will not Suffice? I'm content to stay home with the missus, and Wait for the Opportunity. Also who is keeping count of the Verbal Dissidents?? The CFC Lurkers in the Background on the CFD, as well as the other Organizations, were Paid Overtime so Far, and i'd expect they are still there !! Who will Stumble First, is the Question, and what can be Done then, will be the end result of this, Abhorrant Waste of Canadian Taxpayers Dollars!! One Billion Dollars for C-68 is a Crime!! Perpertrated by our very own Arrogant Gov't.!! Speaking of Dissidents, the not very Vocal NFA has been badmouthed by some lately, and the Question was, when were DAT and JH in Ottawa Lurking with the despot's Minions or some such Accusation. I would guess that any Co-operation between the NFA ,& the CFC would be the end of the NFA decisively?? KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY!!! MED member LUFA, and sending my Application to Join, in to CUFOA Nope, i have not forgotten those Useless Anal openings within the CFC and NWEST!! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 12:45:56 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: ARTICLE: Highway gunplay http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/cs.cs-02-15-0004.html Saturday, February 15, 2003 Highway gunplay Trio charged after shooting By NOVA PIERSON, CALGARY SUN Calgary's most dangerous road was even more treacherous yesterday as bullets flew at a car travelling on Deerfoot Tr. Just before 1 p.m., a man called police on his cellphone, saying three people in a car flashed a handgun, then fired it, as he was talking to a police dispatcher. "I don't think it's road rage and I don't think it's retribution either," said Insp. Rene Bailly, noting early indications are the incident is also not gang-related. "We're looking at the possibility of a drug deal gone bad." While police were still trying to determine what prompted the shooting, Bailly said there's always a chance others will be caught in the crossfire. "Any time someone fires a gun at somebody else it's a concern for us," said Bailly. "The fact we've had two on Deerfoot to me is a coincidence ... (but) sooner or later an innocent person is going to be hit." Two teens were seriously injured in a Deerfoot shootout in November. And as recently as Feb. 4, police were called to a shooting in the parking lot of North Hill Shopping Centre. That shooting resulted in one person going to hospital with shotgun wounds, another with stab wounds. During yesterday's drama, a police dispatcher directed the victim's car, a green Camaro, towards the Dist. 8 police station on Midpark Way. The incident began on Deerfoot, near Southland Dr., before both cars turned onto Hwy. 22X. The suspect car appeared to be going straight down Hwy. 22X instead of turning to follow the other car, which turned onto Sun Valley Blvd. Police blocked traffic on Hwy. 22X but had no trouble halting the suspect car as it had stopped for a red light at Sun Valley Blvd. Three men were arrested from a Honda Accord and were taken to the Dist. 8 office to be questioned. The driver and a passenger from the other car were also being interviewed by police. Yesterday afternoon, police had found no shell casings, but a gun was recovered from the Accord. Bailly said it's not known how many bullets were fired from the handgun. The victim's front left tire was flattening, but it wasn't known if that was a result of the shooting. Police laid a total of 21 charges against Tafarian Dixon, 20, Horace Pennant, 25, and Ian Bullens, 20. Bullens was also charged with one count of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. The dangers of driving on Deerfoot were documented by police in last year's statistics, which showed that out of the city's five top collision spots, Deerfoot had the top four. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 12:46:33 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: ARTICLE: Armed robbery case relies on DNA http://www.thesudburystar.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=22625&catname=Local+News Armed robbery case relies on DNA Judge rejects defence motion to dismiss the case built on DNA evidence By Denis St. Pierre/THE SUDBURY STAR Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 11:00 Local News - A Sudbury judge has rejected a defence motion to dismiss charges against a city man accused of a daring, vicious armed robbery of a local bingo hall more than four years ago. Brian Danuk, 30, is on trial for the Nov. 4, 1998, armed robbery of Bingo Country, located at the time in the lower level of the Sorrento Hotel on The Kingsway. The bingo hall has since relocated to Lasalle Boulevard. Danuk is on trial for robbery, using a firearm to commit an indictable offence and using a disguise with intent to commit an offence. Assistant Crown attorney Philip Zylberberg on Friday completed the prosecution’s case against Danuk. At that point, defence lawyer Terry Waltenbury asked Superior Court Justice Ian Gordon to dismiss the charges. Waltenbury argued the Crown’s case was not strong enough to warrant a full-fledged trial. “We’re dealing with a case, with regard to Mr. Danuk, that is entirely circumstantial,” Waltenbury told the judge. “There’s no evidence that Brian Danuk is connected to the robbery whatsoever. We’re left with only speculation and conjecture.” Zylberberg countered that the evidence against Danuk, while circumstantial, is nonetheless extensive and incriminating to the point where a jury could be expected to reach a guilty verdict. The evidence includes witness accounts and the recovery of several items, including a car, a loaded handgun, cash, receipts and a ski mask and a glove, with the latter two items found to contain Danuk’s genetic material. The ski mask and glove were found shortly after the robbery, on the route police believe the culprits took in fleeing the bingo hall. Tests of samples taken from the ski mask determined the odds that the DNA matched Danuk’s were 1.1 trillion to one, Zylberberg said. Testing on the glove provided odds of 84 million to one that the DNA belonged to Danuk, he added. “Just imagine what sort of coincidental realm we’d be living in if the robber had nothing to do with Brian Danuk,” Zylberberg told the judge. Friday’s decision by the judge to dismiss the defence motion means the defence will begin presenting its case when the trial resumes. A date will be set Monday for the trial’s resumption. Although two people were involved in the bingo hall robbery in 1998, Danuk is the only person charged in the case. He was charged in late May 2001, after police received the results of the DNA testing. Two men riding a dirt bike committed the 1998 robbery, which netted more than $6,400 in cash. One of the men waited outside on the dirt bike while the other, wearing a ski mask, barged into the bingo hall, waving a semi-automatic handgun and ordering people to the floor. The gunman struck a volunteer over the head with the butt of his gun, then took $5,500 from three volunteers working for the Sudbury Minor Hockey Association, which was sponsoring the charity bingo that night. The gunman then struck the bingo hall’s assistant manager, while ordering the man to turn over the bingo hall’s cash box, containing about $900. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 12:56:35 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: ARTICLE: Ex-city worker busted http://www.canoe.ca/WinnipegNews/ws.ws-02-16-0009.html Sunday, February 16, 2003 Ex-city worker busted Charged in string of bank robberies By CARY CASTAGNA, POLICE REPORTER A retired top-ranking city bureaucrat has been charged in a string of nine bank robberies dating back to November. Klaus Burlakow -- the city events co-ordinator who helped plan Princess Anne's visit to Winnipeg during the 1999 Pan Am Games and who had a hand in the city's failed bid for the 2002 Grey Cup -- was arrested Friday afternoon after cops were led on a high-speed chase through Charleswood and Headingley that ended near Starbuck, Man. 'BAFFLED' "I'm floored. I'm baffled," said one of Burlakow's neighbours, speaking on condition of anonymity. "You think you know people. I would've never expected anything like this in a million years." Police said a man, armed with what was believed to be a semi-automatic handgun, entered Scotiabank at 528 Waterloo St., about 2:10 p.m. on Valentine's Day and demanded cash from the teller. After receiving an undisclosed amount of money, the bandit bolted from the River Heights bank and was seen getting into a black Ford Expedition, which took off southbound on Waterloo. No shots were fired and no one was injured in the armed heist. Cops spotted an SUV matching the description of the suspect's vehicle moments later on Taylor Avenue near Waverley Street, but the driver refused to pull over. Reaching speeds of about 160 km/h, the SUV eventually led police southwest of city limits on Highway 2 before the driver lost control and crashed in a ditch on LaVerendrye Road, about three kilometres north of Starbuck. The suspect was forced out of the SUV at gunpoint and arrested without incident. Detectives with the Winnipeg police major crimes unit have since linked the suspect to eight other armed robberies. Burlakow, 48, has been charged with nine counts of robbery using a firearm, nine counts of wearing a disguise with intent, two counts of theft under $5,000, flight from police and driving dangerously. Burlakow was appointed by Mayor Susan Thompson as the city representative for the 1999 Pan Am Games. Besides his work with the Grey Cup committee, Burlakow was the point man for Get Together Downtown, the annual summertime bash at Portage and Main. A long-time city employee until he retired August 2001, Burlakow also worked closely with Mayor Glen Murray. "I obviously can't comment on any matter that might come before the courts. We must await the outcome of the judicial process," Murray said in a statement released through his press secretary. News of the charges stunned civic officials and city councillors. "It's very disappointing for me to hear this. If this is the case, he's in real big trouble," said Coun. Harry Lazarenko (Mynarski). 'GOOD EMPLOYEE' Before the executive policy committee appointed Burlakow as events co-ordinator, he worked for several years in the city's parks and rec department, Lazarenko said. "He was a good employee," Lazarenko added. "He was dedicated. He was professional and he knew how to handle things." Burlakow was in custody at the Winnipeg Remand Centre yesterday. His wife, who was reached by phone at the family's North Kildonan home at 50 Arbor Grove, refused to comment. ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V5 #781 ********************************** 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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