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 #625 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, December 12 2004 Volume 07 : Number 625 In this issue: EDITORIAL: SHOOT DOWN POINTLESS REGISTRY EDITOR: How about criminal control? EDITOR (Why not vote for someone other than Liberals?) EDITOR (Time to plug the drain.) Letter: Gun control was never the solution 'There is no question he is going to reoffend': Art Hanger, MP: Domestic Violence Offender Registry Re: 'There is no question he is going to reoffend': Re: Art Hanger, MP: Domestic Violence Offender Registry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:21:04 -0600 (CST) From: Breitkreuz@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca, Garry - Assistant 1 Subject: EDITORIAL: SHOOT DOWN POINTLESS REGISTRY PUBLICATION: The Winnipeg Sun DATE: 2004.12.12 EDITION: Final SECTION: Comment PAGE: C19 COLUMN: Editorial - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- SHOOT DOWN POINTLESS REGISTRY - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- It's always best to acknowledge a mistake, turn the page and move on. This is what Liberal MP Roger Gallaway was doing when he made a motion that would have cut off $96 million in additional funding to the federal gun registry program -- in effect killing it. The minority Liberal government didn't take kindly to Gallaway's common-sense manoeuvre and he was forced to withdraw his motion under pressure. The Conservatives have vowed to revive the motion to pull the trigger on the registry, but they're likely to miss their target. The Bloc and NDP will line up with the Liberals on the issue and the small band of rebel Grits who'd promised to support Gallaway have no doubt been cowed into submission. So much for Paul Martin's vow to allow MPs more freedom on votes. Too bad, because the long-gun registry, known as the National Firearms Program, is all about politics and very little about gun-violence prevention. Politically, it was Chretien-era posturing to show Ottawa was doing something about gun violence. In reality, the program's potential impact is almost nil. A criminal's weapon of choice is almost always a handgun, because it's easily concealed. Handguns have been registered in this country for more than 70 years, but criminals are rarely stupid enough to intentionally leave their card at a crime scene. Guns used in crimes are usually smuggled into the country or stolen. Long guns had strict controls long before the registry began. Before buying a rifle, a person must pass written and practical tests on safe handling of the weapon. This qualifies him or her for a possession and acquisition licence. Then, the candidate must comply with federal gun storage laws and, if a hunter, acquire a provincial hunting licence. Long guns are used mainly by hunters and farmers, who tend to perceive the registry as unnecessary government intervention. Laws that don't have public buy-in often fail. But the bottom line is that the registry, originally expected to cost $2 million but now up to $1 billion, is not value for the money. Rather than throwing good money after bad, Paul Martin's government should axe the program now and use the money that is saved in a variety of law-enforcement initiatives. Martin didn't hesitate to kill the sponsorship program when he became PM a year ago. It's time to abandon another losing cause. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:22:46 -0600 (CST) From: Breitkreuz@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca, Garry - Assistant 1 Subject: EDITOR: How about criminal control? PUBLICATION: The Winnipeg Sun DATE: 2004.12.12 EDITION: Final SECTION: Editorial/Opinion PAGE: C21 COLUMN: Letters to the Editor - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- BULLET CONTROL BETTER? My son was shot and died from a bullet three years ago. Every day we are witness to deaths from gunshots. The gun registry is a feeble attempt to control violence. Should we not instead strictly control the sale of bullets? After all it is not guns that cause the death of hundreds of Canadians. Bullets cause the destruction. If we control the sale of bullets do we not then starve the use of guns? Alan J. Marshall Winnipeg EDITOR: How about criminal control? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:23:52 -0600 (CST) From: Breitkreuz@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca, Garry - Assistant 1 Subject: EDITOR (Why not vote for someone other than Liberals?) PUBLICATION: The Toronto Sun DATE: 2004.12.12 EDITION: Final SECTION: Comment PAGE: 20 COLUMN: Letters to the Editor RE "DON'T fire guns in glass houses" (Hartley Steward, Dec. 5): After reading about the shootings on a TTC bus and watching the story on the news, I am appalled that so few people have come forward as witnesses. After all, this is the big city; the place that decided hunters and target shooters in the country should be controlled in order that criminals in places like Toronto could not get guns. I guess it is easier to blame old Uncle George and his duck gun than to grow a set and come forward to testify. Why don't you call your MP and demand more restrictions be put on those ol' boys in the country? That will show 'em. Jim Hill Fletchers Lake, N.S. EDITOR (Where was Uncle George last week, anyway?) I AM completely in support of scrapping the gun registry (Editorial, Dec. 8). It is a "make-work" project for Liberals, funding an ever-increasingly bloated federal bureaucracy. Does it have anything at all to do with the protection and security of Canadians? No. No criminal is going to register a gun. Therefore, the long gun registry is utterly useless -- except as a means of jobs for Liberals. If a criminal steals a registered gun, that registration is irrelevant. It won't stop the criminal from using that gun in a robbery. The gun registry is not a means of protecting citizens. It is an abuse of taxpayer money. Why not fund our military? Why not provide them with better equipment? Why not fund more police? Why not provide them with better equipment? Why not fund our athletes? Why not fund our scientists? Why set up an utterly useless gun registry? Edwina Taborsky Toronto EDITOR (Why not vote for someone other than Liberals?) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:25:30 -0600 (CST) From: Breitkreuz@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca, Garry - Assistant 1 Subject: EDITOR (Time to plug the drain.) PUBLICATION: The Calgary Sun DATE: 2004.12.12 EDITION: Final SECTION: Editorial/Opinion PAGE: 34 COLUMN: Letters to the Editor GUN REGISTRY FAILS IN ITS STATED TASK ANNE MCLELLAN is delusional if she thinks anyone with a hint of common sense will believe the failed gun registry is even remotely likely to prevent violence towards women. Linking this obscene waste of taxpayer's money to the horrible tragedy of 15 years ago is even more offensive. Please consider the benefits to society and protection of women if the government of the day committed the wasted billion-plus dollars to a sensible and workable plan to protect all people from assaults -- such as registering criminals or funding safety education. Instead, we have a sinkhole of epic proportions, which is force-fed by supporters who refuse to look past the fog of emotions, which led to the creation of this disaster. Steve Stubley EDITOR (Time to plug the drain.) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:27:09 -0600 (CST) From: Breitkreuz@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca, Garry - Assistant 1 Subject: Letter: Gun control was never the solution PUBLICATION: Montreal Gazette DATE: 2004.12.12 EDITION: Final SECTION: Editorial / Op-ed PAGE: A14 SOURCE: The Gazette - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- Gun control was never the solution - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- The government has just announced a new program to counter violence against women, days after the 15th anniversary of the slaughter at the Polytechnique. What took so long ? Since the massacre, advocates worked hard to promote their solution to violence against women: gun control. While some of us argued that the existing gun controls, in place since 1979, were adequate and that the issues were domestic violence, violence against women and various cultures that not only condone this violence but outright encourage it, no one listened. Now, we are saddled with a useless gun registry costing more than $1 billion, 500 times its original estimate, and marching happily towards the $2-billion mark. Fifteen years after this drama, we have finally seen the light: the type of weapon used in the violence does not matter, nor does the number of bullets in the clip, nor the calibre of those bullets. What truly matters is that violence has continued unabated in the last 15 years. Now the government has finally taken the first step it should have taken on Dec. 7, 1989. Andre Bordeleau Pointe Claire ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:27:33 -0600 (CST) From: Breitkreuz@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca, Garry - Assistant 1 Subject: 'There is no question he is going to reoffend': NOTE: AT LEAST HE DOESN'T HAVE TO REPORT HIS CHANGE OF ADDRESS TO LIKE TWO MILLION LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS DO!!!! FEDERAL FIREARMS COMMISSIONER ADMITS: 176,000 PROHIBITED GUN OWNERS "NO LONGER EFFECTIVELY COVERED BY FIREARMS ACT" http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/Article473.htm PUBLICATION: The Province DATE: 2004.12.12 EDITION: Final SECTION: News PAGE: A35 BYLINE: Stuart Hunter SOURCE: The Province ILLUSTRATION: Colour Photo: The Province / Micheal Ryan Marleau wasreleased prison Wednesday. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- 'There is no question he is going to reoffend': NEW WEST: Women warned about man released from prison - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- New Westminster police have issued a warning about a high-risk offender who has recently moved into the Sapperton area. Staff-Sgt. Casey Dehaas said Micheal Ryan Marleau, 25, is considered a high risk to reoffend and women are one of his prime targets. "The reason we wanted this released to the public is because this fellow has a real propensity for extreme violence, especially against women," Dehaas told The Province. "We felt there is no question he is going to reoffend and we just wanted to notify the community that this guy is out there." Marleau was released from custody on Wednesday and is believed to be living in a rooming house in the Sapperton neighborhood. The conditions placed on Marleau's release are to keep the peace and be of good behaviour, not to possess firearms, crossbows, prohibited or restricted weapons and ammunition or explosives, abstain from drinking alcohol and taking illicit drugs and to complete counselling for alcohol/drug abuse and anger management. Marleau's past criminal convictions include uttering threats, failing to com ply with a probation order, failing to reply to a recognizance, carrying a concealed weapon, assault causing bodily harm, aggravated assault and mischief. He is described as white, six feet six inches tall, 160 pounds with short brown hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion. shunter@png.canwest.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:28:01 -0600 (CST) From: Breitkreuz@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca, Garry - Assistant 1 Subject: Art Hanger, MP: Domestic Violence Offender Registry PUBLICATION: Calgary Herald DATE: 2004.12.12 EDITION: Final SECTION: News PAGE: A4 COLUMN: Calgary Herald Christmas Fund BYLINE: Linda Slobodian SOURCE: Calgary Herald ILLUSTRATION: Photo: Colleen De Neve, Calgary Herald / Sheryl Trytten,left, and Lavonne Howard are both ex-common-law wives of Joseph Ballerini. They hope speaking out about the abuse they suffered can help others in similar situations.; Photo: Ted Jacob, Calgary Herald / Bruce Howe, president of the Kelley Howe Star of Hope Foundation, holds a photo of his daughter, a victim of abuse.; Photo: Grant Black, Calgary Herald / Calgary Northeast MP Art Hanger hopes to create a registry of domestic offenders to protect abuse victims. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- Victims of domestic abuse: They're not alone now - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- Joseph Ballerini's reign of terror -- sadistic sexual assaults, savage beatings, handcuffed confinement and death threats -- raged over seven years and three consecutive spouses. In 1995, Calgary's Ballerini was convicted of 19 criminal charges -- including sexual assault, uttering threats, assault causing bodily harm, forcible confinement, unlawful confinement and assault with a weapon. Ballerini, who would smile or hum while inflicting abuse, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, above the 14 months spent in pre-trial custody. He's taken two dozen treatment programs and twice had his freedom -- statutory release and parole -- revoked for violating conditions of his release. On June 18, 2005, he'll have served his full sentence. The system will have no choice but to release him -- despite concerns about the "horrific consequences" of letting him loose. An August 2004 National Parole Board Appeal report says Ballerini, 49, remains an "untreated sex offender with features of sadism" and is a "high risk to reoffend violently." But it won't be Joseph Ballerini who walks through the gates of Bowden Institution to freedom. In jail in 2000, Ballerini changed his name to Anthony Morgan Dore. He says he did so because he doesn't want to be "harassed, haunted or persecuted" by his former spouses. During an interview at the medium-security jail, he insisted he, too, was victimized -- by all three women. One spouse, permanently disabled by him, has fled the country. Two victims, still in the Calgary area, reflect on how utterly alone they felt while at the mercy of his wrath. These survivors have chosen to speak out -- to warn the vulnerable about abusive predators. And to tell domestic abuse victims currently overwhelmed by fear and pain that they are not alone. Those working to help victims are beyond being shocked by what these women endured. They regularly hear horrific stories -- with a fraction of offenders making it to court. Calls to police and shelters are proof of violence that rages, often as children watch, behind closed doors. Shelters groan under the weight of all who run to them. They turn many away because of a lack of space and funds. This year, of 12 recipients of the Calgary Herald's Christmas Fund, which raises desperately needed money for city agencies, four are shelters. It was late 1986 when Ballerini, a.k.a. Dore, walked into the Body Shop, a former northeast Calgary club. He looked "gorgeous" in that dark suit, with a white scarf draped casually around his neck. A smitten Sheryl Trytten had no idea of what she was in for when the "tall, classy" stranger picked her. She couldn't know it would take years to recover from their 18-month relationship -- 15 of those months saturated with degradation and brutality. At first, Dore's jealously, which quickly crept in, was flattering. "I figured he must love me," says the petite, attractive Trytten. He moved in with her, took control and unleashed his cruelty. "He would spill something, then grab me by the hair and literally throw me down on the floor and make me clean it up," says Trytten. Dore decided they'd move out of her house and rent it out. He'd collect the money and pay the mortgage. "He kept it (the money). I lost my house." Jealousy possessed Dore. "I had to start dressing like a man, cover everything. He'd cut my hair so he could see where my eyes were. "If you were looking at me, when we got home, I'd get beaten. I must have done something to make you look at me," says Trytten. She became a prisoner in their apartment. He "set traps." He tapped his victims phones. When Dore left for work he'd place a piece of paper in the door as he closed it, a way to know if she left. "One day I opened the door and a piece of paper fell out. I threw the garbage down the bin and sobbed because I knew what was coming." Dore had a lot of rules . . . Stare at the ground when we go out . . . Don't wear lipstick . . . Remember you're ugly . . . Keep the curtains closed. "He would do drive-bys to check on me. One day he saw me looking out the window," she says. In his mind, she had to be punished. The next morning he handcuffed Trytten to the kitchen table and left for work. She was eight months pregnant. "I just prayed," says Trytten, left there for eight hours. She couldn't help but soil herself. "When he came home, he smacked and belittled me for doing that." He adopted a weekly ritual. "He'd sit on me when I was pregnant and he would choke me to a point where I would pass out, continuously smacking my face and spitting." He sodomized her. The abuse didn't relent when she was most vulnerable -- in labour. "He whispered in my ear so the doctor couldn't hear, 'It's not my child.' " He found a way to ensure she wouldn't escape when they went out. "He'd tie a rope to my arm. With me holding the baby, the blanket would cover it so nobody would know." One day, in a rage, he heaved a large fan. It barely missed their infant. "A light went on. I thought if I stay he's going to hurt her. I just left one day. I left with what I could carry. He ended up taking all my furniture." The shelters were full. Trytten hid at her mother's until there was room. Dore would go on to terrorize two more victims before his arrest. Police started with the last victim and worked their way back to Trytten, who agreed to testify. Years had passed. In court, the Crown prosecutor asked Trytten why it took her so long to come forward. "I said, 'Because I'm not alone now.' I think a lot of abused women feel very alone in a dark place." Even now, she's still healing. "I'm getting better. It took me eight years before I could look in the mirror and think, 'No, you're not ugly.' " Dore's pending release worries her. "It does scare me that he's getting out. He did tell me one time that he would take my daughter and I'd spend the rest of my life looking for her. "Not everyone remembers the Joe Ballerini story. All women out there are vulnerable," she says fighting tears. Abusers easily enter new relationships -- the sinister secrets of their pasts safe, their criminal habits in tow. Calgary Northeast MP Art Hanger hopes to alert potential victims by way of establishing a Domestic Violence Offender Registry. "A spousal abuse registry would provide information to those who suspect someone of violence against a former spouse or partner," says Hanger. It could protect spousal abuse victims, children and the elderly, he says. "It would be a provincial registry -- a first in Canada." He points to the success of the Domestic Violence Central Registry established in 1999 in Great Britain. Like Great Britain's, the Alberta model would identify firearms prohibitions and include individuals under a restraining order or a peace bond. It would track those sentenced to six months or more for assault, aggravated assault, assault causing bodily harm, manslaughter or murder. "It would be safe, and controlled by police agencies," says Hanger. He notes that precedent has been set with Canada's sex-offenders registry which will become law Dec. 15. Crown prosecutors will decide who goes on the list of convicted sex offenders, which is accessible only to police investigating a sex crime. "The abuse registry can be modelled after it. We need only adapt things to this," says Hanger. "It's doable. It doesn't require any changes to the criminal code that I can see. "This requires a fair amount of attention and can be really beneficial, not only for law enforcement agencies, but for the public in general. This will also help agencies to protect abused women and men." A partner, suspicious mother or sister could request access to any history of violence through police, he says. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:44:40 -0600 (CST) From: "mred" Subject: Re: 'There is no question he is going to reoffend': - ----- Original Message ----- From: ; "Garry - Assistant 1" To: Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 11:27 AM Subject: 'There is no question he is going to reoffend': > http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/Article473.htm > > PUBLICATION: The Province > DATE: 2004.12.12 > EDITION: Final > SECTION: News > PAGE: A35 > BYLINE: Stuart Hunter > SOURCE: The Province > ILLUSTRATION: Colour Photo: The Province / Micheal Ryan Marleau > wasreleased > prison Wednesday. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- > ---- > > 'There is no question he is going to reoffend': NEW WEST: Women warned > about > man released from prison > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- > ---- > > New Westminster police have issued a warning about a high-risk offender > who > has recently moved into the Sapperton area. > > Staff-Sgt. Casey Dehaas said Micheal Ryan Marleau, 25, is considered a > high > risk to reoffend and women are one of his prime targets. > My solution tothe sexual OFFENDER problem/....especially those who offend with children ?/... 3 X and your out , goodbye,hasta la vista baby ,out of the gene pool forever . Over 2-3 generations there would be no more sexual predator problems, as the original perps wouldnt be around to propagate their defective genes. This would be MANDATORY disposal of human garbage. ed/ontario ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:47:38 -0600 (CST) From: "mred" Subject: Re: Art Hanger, MP: Domestic Violence Offender Registry - ----- Original Message ----- From: ; "Garry - Assistant 1" To: Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 11:28 AM Subject: Art Hanger, MP: Domestic Violence Offender Registry > > > PUBLICATION: Calgary Herald > DATE: 2004.12.12 > EDITION: Final > SECTION: News > PAGE: A4 > COLUMN: Calgary Herald Christmas Fund > BYLINE: Linda Slobodian > SOURCE: Calgary Herald > ILLUSTRATION: Photo: Colleen De Neve, Calgary Herald / Sheryl > Trytten,left, > and Lavonne Howard are both ex-common-law wives of Joseph Ballerini. They > hope speaking out about the abuse they suffered can help others in similar > situations.; Photo: Ted Jacob, Calgary Herald / Bruce Howe, president of > the > Kelley Howe Star of Hope Foundation, holds a photo of his daughter, a > victim > of abuse.; Photo: Grant Black, Calgary Herald / Calgary Northeast MP Art > Hanger hopes to create a registry of domestic offenders to protect abuse > victims. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- > ---- > > Victims of domestic abuse: They're not alone now > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- > ---- > > Joseph Ballerini's reign of terror -- sadistic sexual assaults, savage > beatings, handcuffed confinement and death threats -- raged over seven > years > and three consecutive spouses. > > In 1995, Calgary's Ballerini was convicted of 19 criminal charges -- > including sexual assault, uttering threats, assault causing bodily harm, > forcible confinement, unlawful confinement and assault with a weapon. > > Ballerini, who would smile or hum while inflicting abuse, was sentenced to > 10 years in prison, above the 14 months spent in pre-trial custody. > > He's taken two dozen treatment programs and twice had his freedom -- > statutory release and parole -- revoked for violating conditions of his > release. > > On June 18, 2005, he'll have served his full sentence. The system will > have > no choice but to release him -- despite concerns about the "horrific > consequences" of letting him loose. > > An August 2004 National Parole Board Appeal report says Ballerini, 49, > remains an "untreated sex offender with features of sadism" and is a "high > risk to reoffend violently." > > But it won't be Joseph Ballerini who walks through the gates of Bowden > Institution to freedom. > > In jail in 2000, Ballerini changed his name to Anthony Morgan Dore. > > He says he did so because he doesn't want to be "harassed, haunted or > persecuted" by his former spouses. > > During an interview at the medium-security jail, he insisted he, too, was > victimized -- by all three women. > > One spouse, permanently disabled by him, has fled the country. > > Two victims, still in the Calgary area, reflect on how utterly alone they > felt while at the mercy of his wrath. > > These survivors have chosen to speak out -- to warn the vulnerable about > abusive predators. > > And to tell domestic abuse victims currently overwhelmed by fear and pain > that they are not alone. > > Those working to help victims are beyond being shocked by what these women > endured. They regularly hear horrific stories -- with a fraction of > offenders making it to court. > > Calls to police and shelters are proof of violence that rages, often as > children watch, behind closed doors. > > Shelters groan under the weight of all who run to them. They turn many > away > because of a lack of space and funds. > This is a sad story to be sure ! but lest we forget / many more men are abused by their spouse/partners than are reported to police ? what about these unfortunates ? Do we leave them to blow in the wind because they are male ? Lets have some male victims rights for a change. ed/ontario ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V7 #625 ********************************** 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@cogeco.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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