From: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V7 #10 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 Monday, March 15 2004 Volume 07 : Number 010 In this issue: NFA Magazine GANG WAR THREATENS TO ERUPT IN EAST END Editorial: Judging gun offences 12 ARMED ROBBERIES THIS YEAR. DRIVER TRIES TO RUN DOWN THREE COPS How much should a workable registration system cost? Scandal tied to PMO; Chr=E9tien's aide made calls: Column: TAKING BACK OUR STREETS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 22:03:18 -0600 (CST) From: "george w. s. adair" Subject: NFA Magazine Good day all: Just got my copy of the new and improved NFA Canadian Firearms Journal. It is amazing that it first came in so timely a manner, I haven"t been a member since 2000. Second it is amazing that the upper echelon hasn't changed since I was a member. It must be nice to be able to vote yourself back into office that many times. Sarcasm mode now off. How is it that these putz's can honestly think that we do not read and know what went on in the NFA. Are there still folks in the Firearms Groups that believe these guys. I can imagine that some of the stuff in the rag has to be true, only how do you tell the difference. My opinion of these guys remains the same. When it came time to work together and fight the implementation of the Firearms Act they allowed the NFA to self destruct and by the time we in the firearms community were able to recover it was all done. I do not and will never trust anything the current crop of NFA people tell me. For those in the NFA who read this digest I do have a few questions and would like a few simple answers. 1. Where is the fancy billboard you show on page 7. 2. I was a scout leader until very recent and want to know how Mr. Hinter was able to get the Canadian Scout organization to allow a troop to participate in a live shooting exercise, also since the sash is for "official scout badges only" how is it that they would put an NFA crest on their sash. 3. Who voted the three of you, Hinter, Butts, and Tomlinson to continue to run the NFA after you should have stepped down and held an election. 4. When do we who originally put our money into the NFA get to see a copy of the audit like we all have been asking all these years. Now do us all a favour, crawl back under your rock unless you want to stand before us and answer our questions. George W. S. Adair No one ever said our freedoms would come cheap. Some we must be prepared to fight for, some we must be prepared to die for. Take freedom for granted once and it could be gone forever. 1776 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:37:57 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: GANG WAR THREATENS TO ERUPT IN EAST END PUBLICATION: The Toronto Sun DATE: 2004.03.14 EDITION: Final SECTION: News PAGE: 10 BYLINE: TOM GODFREY AND JONATHAN JENKINS, TORONTO SUN - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GANG WAR THREATENS TO ERUPT IN EAST END - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Toronto police crack down on an estimated 200 Scarborough gunmen, members of the Markham Boys gang vowed to finish off the rival Versace Crew in a new round of killings. Gang insiders said the Markham Boys, who are the most powerful of four major Scarborough gangs, aim to outgun Versace, left weakened because four of their leaders are in jail. "The Markham Boys are flexing their muscles," one gang insider said. "They have the weapons and resources to take out the opposition." Police believe the two main rivals, along with the Galloway and Malvern gangs, are involved in a series of revenge killings. The feud broke wide open in October 2002 when O'Neil Ricardo Greenland, aka "Heavy D," was gunned down for killing high-ranking Versace brothers Jermaine Ebanks, 18, and Kevin Ebanks, 27. BROTHER IN JAIL A third Ebanks brother, Nicholas, the alleged leader of the Versace, is in jail awaiting trial for the murder of a former associate. Det.-Sgt. Gary Keys, of the Guns and Gang Task Force, said his officers will be out in force this weekend, patrolling areas of Scarborough to curb the violence. "We are making headway," Keys said. "We are getting enough people to make a difference." The 18-month feud between the two gangs is believed to be behind many of the recent shootings plaguing Scarborough. "There has been indications of gang activity in the last two shootings," Keys said. "The shootings may be gang retribution or robberies gone bad." Police said a crackdown that began last week has forced hardcore gang leaders underground as their foot soldiers continue the fight. Keys said a number of the estimated 200 gang members have been arrested for drugs and other offences. Police said three guns were seized in overnight raids around Scarborough. The task force was also out in Parkdale early yesterday and arrested one man for breaching probation. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:37:59 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Editorial: Judging gun offences PUBLICATION: Toronto Star DATE: 2004.03.15 SECTION: EDITORIAL PAGE: A22 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Judging gun offences - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Are some Ontario judges too easy on people charged with gun crimes? Perhaps. Toronto police Chief Julian Fantino has complained about an "in-and-out" revolving door legal system that too easily grants criminals bail, and freedom. Citing statistics collected by his officers, Fantino estimates 84 per cent of people arrested for gun-related offences in Toronto are career criminals. That suggests judges should think long and hard before granting bail. Moreover, a series of police "house call" checks on those charged with gun crimes and granted bail found almost half were violating their bail conditions. Given these findings, Premier Dalton McGuinty's government is justified in reminding judges about the seriousness of gun crime in Toronto. In an effort to encourage tough sentences and tighter bail terms, the province plans to give judges special affidavits- detailing society's gun problem- when someone accused of using a firearm to commit a crime comes before the courts. "This will be used as a tool to ... have the court consider how serious this problem is," says Ontario Attorney-General Michael Bryant. The affidavits will contain statistics and other evidence provided by Crown attorneys and police. Canada's Criminal Code already rightly carries a minimum penalty of four years for carrying a gun while committing a serious crime. That's to be served in addition to any jail time levelled for the initial offence. But there's no harm- and potential good- in alerting judges to a growing social problem. Tougher bail requirements and sentences may make some offenders think twice before picking up a gun and blasting away. And those convicted can expect to be off the streets for a longer time. - ---------------------------------------------- BREITKREUZ'S PLAN TO KEEP GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO SHOULDN'T HAVE THEM http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/breitkreuzgpress/guns114.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:39:09 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: 12 ARMED ROBBERIES THIS YEAR. PUBLICATION: The London Free Press DATE: 2004.03.14 EDITION: Early SECTION: News PAGE: 6 BYLINE: PATRICK MALONEY, AND JENNIFER O'BRIEN, FREE PRESS REPORTERS - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TWO MORE CITY STORES ROBBED THE HOLDUPS BRING TO 12 THE NUMBER OF ARMED ROBBERIES THIS YEAR. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- London's recent rash of armed robberies continued this weekend when two variety stores were hit by thieves. The stores were the 10th and 11th city businesses robbed this year. London police said three black males entered Canada Variety at 1630 Dundas St. They were making a transaction at the counter and the clerk had opened the till when one of the men produced a handgun and demanded cash. The men left the store and got into a gold-coloured vehicle, police said. On Friday night, at Stanley Variety, a small store near Wharncliffe Road, a masked man robbed the clerk at gunpoint, leaving with cash and cigarettes. London police describe the suspect as a man standing about five-foot-10, wearing dark clothing and a balaclava. The clerk, who wasn't hurt, declined comment yesterday. Police said the investigation continues. The latest holdups come less than a week after police asked for public help on the heels of several armed robberies since late December. Three banks have been robbed, along with two fast-food restaurants and another variety store. The Beer Store at 1067 Wellington Rd. was robbed and another outlet, at 414 Wharncliffe Rd. S., has been hit twice. Toronto police are investigating whether a man suspected in London bank robberies may be a suspect for three heists in that region. "There is a slight resemblance in the pictures," said Toronto Det. Ed Roseto, referring to a suspect caught on bank video surveillance camera in Toronto, Kitchener and here. "We are checking into it." Waterloo Regional police nabbed Mark Alfred Osment, 39, about 2:30 p.m. Thursday, a day after police in Waterloo and London issued warrants for his arrest. Osment is a suspect in three bank robberies in London and nine in the Kitchener-Waterloo region. In all cases, the robber produced a note saying he had a firearm, but none was seen. The Toronto area has also experienced a series of bank robberies -- at three different Scotiabanks over the past three months. The robbery suspect's description -- a white man, about 35 years old, five-foot-10 and 160 pounds -- is similar to that of the London-area suspect. In images from a video surveillance camera, the Toronto suspect is shown wearing a sweatshirt and a ball cap. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:39:09 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: DRIVER TRIES TO RUN DOWN THREE COPS PUBLICATION: The Edmonton Sun DATE: 2004.03.15 EDITION: Final SECTION: News PAGE: 5 BYLINE: DAN PALMER, EDMONTON SUN - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DRIVER TRIES TO RUN DOWN THREE COPS - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three Mounties inside a Quonset hut dodged an oncoming truck - and one fired at least one shot at it - before the driver smashed through the building and sped away. Police were still hunting last night for two "very dangerous" men in the grey Ford F-350 truck, which officers believe may be in the Evansburg, Edson or Red Deer regions. "They took a run at the police officers. It definitely is quite alarming," RCMP Cpl. Wayne Oakes of Edmonton's K-Division said yesterday. "Twenty-five years ago you never heard of this." Evansburg and Drayton Valley RCMP were called to property with a Quonset on it near Highway 627, northeast of Tomahawk and about 100 km west of Edmonton, after a 7 p.m. Saturday report of criminal activity. Inside the shed were two men, a woman and stolen items, including a truck, a flat-deck trailer and a quad, said RCMP. Two men got into another truck inside the shed, the diesel-powered grey Ford F-350 also believed to be stolen. The Mounties then ordered the two men out of the truck, but the driver instead sped toward three male officers before one of the cops fired off a shot. The driver then fled, ramming the truck through a wall of the shed. A female Mountie also attended the scene. The targeted officers were all able to jump clear and no one was hurt. Oakes said he didn't know yesterday which Mountie fired the standard issue, semi-automatic, 9-mm Smith and Wesson pistol with an RCMP logo on it. "It was one of the four (officers) that was there," said Oakes. The woman left inside the shed was taken into custody. Oakes said the men in the truck may have since switched the licence plate with another of the same make, which is common after vehicle thefts. He urges motorists with similar vehicles to check their licence plates. The truck also has a burned-out headlight and may have a bullet hole in it, along with front-end damage. There have been at least six incidents since September where police in the region have been rammed by drivers. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:39:19 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: How much should a workable registration system cost? > -----Original Message----- > From: > Sent: March 15, 2004 9:28 AM > To: Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1 > Subject: registry systems ...snip... >... very, I> '> d bet. And yet everybody who gets a key tag, gets the benefit of the service whether they donate or not. Hmmm. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:39:27 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Scandal tied to PMO; Chr=E9tien's aide made calls: PUBLICATION: Toronto Star DATE: 2004.03.13 SECTION: NEWS PAGE: A01 SOURCE: Toronto Star; Canadian Press BYLINE: Robert Cribb ILLUSTRATION: A staffer who worked in the office that=20 administeredsponsorship money says some senior politicians and bureaucrats= =20 had regular contact with the office. Those she named included, from left,=20 Don Boudria, Denis Coderre, Alfonso Gagliano and Jean Pelletier. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ---- Scandal tied to PMO; Chr=E9tien's aide made calls: Insider Politicians deny= =20 applying pressure - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ---- Conversations clandestine: Insider For the first time, the federal government's sponsorship scandal has been=20 linked directly into the heart of former prime minister Jean Chretien's=20 office. Jean Pelletier, Chretien's former chief of staff and one of his closest=20 confidants, made regular phone calls to the head of the sponsorship=20 program, imposing political pressure on how millions of dollars should be=20 handed out, says a staffer who worked in the office that administered the=20 money. Pelletier placed calls to Pierre Tremblay, the man in the public works=20 department who held the purse strings for federal sponsorship money in the= =20 late 1990s, said the woman, who spoke with the Star on the condition of=20 anonymity. "Pelletier would call (Tremblay) on a regular basis to discuss=20 sponsorships," she recalled. "I would say every month or so. ... When the (former) prime minister says,= =20 'I had nothing to do with it,' how is that possible if his chief of staff=20 was calling?" It is highly unusual, government sources say, for a chief of staff in the=20 Prime Minister's Office to call a mid-level bureaucrat in the public works= =20 department. The woman is the third whistle-blower to talk to the Star in the past week= =20 about the involvement of civil servants and politicians in the sponsorship= =20 scandal. And she said yesterday she would be willing, although hesitant, to= =20 testify in public. Prime Minister Paul Martin ordered a public inquiry, and the Commons public= =20 accounts committee is also investigating after Auditor-General Sheila=20 Fraser reported last month about money that went missing in the=20 government's $250 million sponsorship program. Pelletier could not be reached for comment yesterday. Pelletier wasn't the only senior federal official to call or visit=20 Tremblay's office with unusual regularity, the staffer said. Senior politicians and bureaucrats including former public works minister=20 Alfonso Gagliano; Don Boudria, government House leader at the time; Denis=20 Coderre, then-secretary of state for amateur sport; and recently fired VIA= =20 Rail president Marc LeFrancois were all in frequent touch with Tremblay,=20 she said. And they were careful to ensure those conversations were clandestine, she=20 said. "They requested specifically that (meetings) not be put in the official=20 agenda. And they asked for a secure (telephone) line. They couldn't talk=20 over the phone." The insider said staff were aware that Tremblay felt "pressure" from above. "When you've got politicians calling and putting pressure on you, they have= =20 ways of getting rid of you if you don't agree or comply," she said. "It was= =20 an abuse of power." She said that, if asked, she would like to testify before the government=20 inquiry investigating the scandal. "I believe in doing the right thing and= =20 I believe things were done unfairly," she said. "I would like to speak, but= =20 I think for my job, I would think about it twice." Pelletier was fired as VIA Rail chairman on March 1 by Transport Minister=20 Tony Valeri, after making disparaging remarks about former Olympian Myriam= =20 Bedard who had complained about the way VIA officials conducted business=20 that dealt with the sponsorship fund. In an interview with the Montreal Gazette last week, Gagliano denied=20 allegations he intervened to direct money to ad firms with Liberal=20 connections. Tremblay was Gagliano's chief of staff before moving to the public works=20 department in 1997. Boudria offered no comment on the allegations in response to calls to his=20 office yesterday. Mark Dunn, spokesperson for Coderre who is now Privy Council president,=20 said the minister says he "absolutely" did not make routine calls to=20 Tremblay on the sponsorship program. LeFrancois' lawyer Gerald Tremblay told the Star yesterday that his client= =20 did not have frequent contact with Pierre Tremblay. LeFrancois contacted=20 Tremblay about one specific file in which VIA Rail was owed funds, but=20 otherwise left such contact to the company's marketing department. While most senior bureaucrats and politicians have denied any knowledge of= =20 improprieties in the sponsorship scandal, the insider said there are at=20 least some who were clearly informed- and had a hand in- what was going on. She said she is angry at high-ranking politicians, including Gagliano, who= =20 say they had nothing to do with the scandal. "When they say, 'No, we did not have discussions. No, we did not call=20 them,' that's where I have an issue. Yes, they did call and it was about=20 sponsorship." Between 1997 and 2000, the government handed out hundreds of millions of=20 dollars in federal sponsorship funds to community festivals, sporting=20 events and other projects. The sponsorships were administered by a group of= =20 mainly Montreal-based advertising firms that collected as much as $100=20 million of the total $250 million in the program in the form of fees or=20 commissions. The sponsorship funds were dispensed by the public works department's=20 Communications Coordination Services Branch (CCSB), which Tremblay headed=20 between 1999 and 2001. Tremblay was the first public servant to face discipline after Fraser's=20 Feb. 10 report. The government served notice that he would be removed from= =20 his job as vice-president at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. But Tremblay was already on sick leave because of diabetes. reported last=20 month that he might be too ill to testify at any inquiry. Calls to Tremblay from then public works minister Gagliano were=20 uncharacteristically routine, the staffer said. "In government, when the minister's office calls, it's a big deal. It's not= =20 every day it happens. When they do, you answer. ... And (Gagliano) would=20 call directly to Mr. Tremblay. It was regular, perhaps every couple of=20 weeks or every month or so. I had never seen a minister directly calling=20 assistant deputy ministers before. If you're calling the office without=20 going through the deputy minister, you tell me what that means." At one point, she said, one of Gagliano's assistants complained to=20 Tremblay's staff that not enough sponsorship money was being directed to=20 western provinces. "If he's saying that to us, obviously the minister's=20 office was looking for money in specific ridings," she said. Tremblay's meetings with his political bosses were deliberately absent from= =20 his official schedule on request from Tremblay or the minister's office,=20 she said. And many of the phone calls Tremblay received from senior=20 officials were transferred to a "secure" telephone line, the insider said. She said staff in the office were told not to send e-mail messages related= =20 to the sponsorship issue and were instead instructed to make phone calls. "When you're calling asking for secure lines, or calling and saying, 'We=20 can't talk on the phone, let's meet,' or you're not sending e-mails or=20 you're meeting with Coderre and Boudria and don't want it in the agenda,=20 you have to wonder." While no one in the office was privy to the conversations between Tremblay= =20 and his political bosses, it was clear from his actions after meetings or=20 phone calls what the discussions were about, she said. "Immediately after talking to them, he'd call the president of an=20 (advertising) agency or set up an appointment," she said. "He did express=20 the fact that he was being pressured." The insider said Tremblay met routinely with the advertising firm=20 executives handling the sponsorship files, often on the golf course. "He=20 was a big golfer. There were golf games between Mr. Tremblay and the=20 advertising executives. I can't say how often. And there were meetings at=20 the office with them. ... As a Canadian, I can say there should have been=20 distance." Earlier this week, the Star reported the observations of two other=20 whistle-blowers close to the inner workings of the sponsorship program. They painted a picture of unrestrained waste, including millions of dollars= =20 handed out without even the most basic level of scrutiny or accountability. A former consultant in the department spoke of an "endless flow of money=20 and there was no established process to determine who got what." The man, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said he likely won't=20 testify before a government inquiry if asked because it's a=20 "career-limiting move and I don't want to be associated with it. I don't=20 even put that (period of work) on my resume." Another person with an insider's view of the scandal, an advertising=20 consultant who worked at one of the Quebec-based firms that handled the=20 sponsorship contracts, said Tremblay's predecessor, Chuck Guite, would run= =20 down a list of proposed sponsorship events each week or so, arbitrarily=20 assigning dollar figures without criteria, analysis or consideration for=20 the level of visibility the government would receive for the money. "He'd go through and say, '$5,000, $15,000, $8,000, $10,000, $5,000,=20 $50,000,'" she said. "Nothing was in writing." Looking back on the sponsorship program, the woman who worked under=20 Tremblay at the Communications Coordination Services Branch says he=20 inherited many of the most significant problems with the program from Guite. Fraser pointed to Guite as a central figure in the sponsorship scandal. He= =20 is reportedly living in Arizona. He has refused to be interviewed and has=20 not returned calls from the Star. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:40:37 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Column: TAKING BACK OUR STREETS PUBLICATION: The Toronto Sun DATE: 2004.03.15 EDITION: Final SECTION: Editorial/Opinion PAGE: 15 BYLINE: JULES ELDER COLUMN: My City, My Home - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAKING BACK OUR STREETS AND SAVING OUR YOUNG MEN FROM GUN VIOLENCE - AND DEATH - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The escalating gun violence in Toronto involving young black men is a scary situation that must end. But when? That's a difficult question, especially after reading reporter Tom Godfrey's reports in the Sun last week chronicling the gang wars that are gripping our city. And if some of us think we are immune from the effects of these shootings, we are mistaken. Just remember the number of families that have been torn apart after sons, brothers, fathers and lovers were gunned down in our city. If the plaintive cries and mournful pleas of tearful mothers is not enough to convince naysayers the violence has gone too far, then it will hit home when someone close becomes a victim and ends up dead or injured. At a town hall meeting in East York, Police Chief Julian Fantino said: "Violence of any kind is of concern but we are truly troubled by the increase in this type of violent criminal activity." He added: "The increase of weapons in our society is real, regardless of what some people may wish to believe." Just days after that meeting, the chief was at the scene of another violent shooting. This time it was at Markham and Ellesmere Roads in Scarborough where two men were seriously wounded by gunfire in a highrise apartment building. That incident occurred one night before a scheduled town hall meeting between the police and the community at a school a short distance away. "These are very troubling circumstances," Fantino said then. "And we're all trying to find a way of stemming the frequency of violence. It's become too commonplace and I think that people should be as concerned as I am." That message needs to be emphasized, considering that many residents in the Markham-Ellesmere highrise heard the shooting but no one called police. I am concerned. A few days ago, while driving north on the Don Valley Parkway, I saw a convoy of police vehicles, lights flashing and sirens blaring, speeding south. What immediately went through my mind was that there most likely had been another shooting. I was right. That bothers me. Not too long ago, my initial thoughts would have been about a possible serious accident or maybe a building on fire. Now, whenever I see flashing lights and hear police sirens, I think gunfire and gang wars. As well as those young men slain, there are other victims from these violent and deadly crimes. One such person is Julia Farquharson, whose 24-year-old son was shot to death in 2001. Speaking at a meeting of Malvern residents at the local Presbyterian church, she stunned the audience when she held up a photo of her dead son lying in a coffin. "This is Segun Farquharson," she said. "This is what guns laid on my doorstep." Julia Farquharson has another powerful message for the apathetic among us. She says: "Although my son is dead I am not dead. "And we must carry on his legacy by trying to save other young men from destroying other young men by the senseless use of the gun." Farquharson has asked "mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters" who have "sons or brothers using or carrying a gun and shooting other young black men (to) tell them to stop the senseless killings." I'll add to that: Report the shooters to police. We have an additional responsibility and it is to let our politicians, our educators and religious leaders know they also have the responsibility to take an active role in helping turn the tide. We want more than platitudes from our politicians: we want stronger laws to deal with crime violence. We want educators and a system that takes our "babies" and somewhere along the road helps turn them into violent criminals to take note. And we want our churches and religious leaders to do more than ministering from the pulpit on Sundays. We can't allow the criminals to be the winners. If we co-operate and work together we can take back our streets and our neighbourhoods and make them safe again. ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V7 #10 ********************************* Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Moderator's e-mail address: mailto:moderator@hitchen.org 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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