From: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V9 #502 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, June 9 2006 Volume 09 : Number 502 In this issue: [LETTER] Another boondoggle? ...only in Canada, you say?... Letter to various papers (unpub) ... FW: Notice of Motion/Avis de Motion - M. Ménard Seniors turning in majority of guns Eight more months in jail for two weapons offences 3 taken to hospital after drive-by shooting SHOTS HIT 3 KIN OF SLAIN GANGSTER Editorial: Gang growth a threat to youth: Man gets probation for shooting telephone ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 09:00:30 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: [LETTER] Another boondoggle? http://www.torontosun.com/Comment/Letters/2006/06/09/1621875.html Another boondoggle? Oh no! Are we about to have a fertilizer registry? Round up another $2 billion! B. Sholdice Mississauga (Who knows what mischief farmers will get up to next) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 09:01:24 -0600 (CST) From: "Todd Birch" Subject: ...only in Canada, you say?... Native Leader David Ahenakiw has won an appeal of his conviction for a 'hate crime' of making racial slurs against Jews. His appeal was based on the claim that his statements were isolated and did not represent a more in depth attitude of anti-Semitism. The Crown now has an option of retrying him for the offence. My guess is that they will not for a variety of reasons - the continued cost of the process and that fact that it would appear that the Crown is out to get a high profile native. One wonders if the appeal would have been successful had the appellant been a white accused of one-off racial slurs against natives. After 911, a third world immigrant 'woman of colour' by the name of Serena Thobiani made a public remark that the US got what it deserved. She was charged by a citizen with a 'hate crime' for making slurs against an 'identifiable group' (i.e. US citizens), but it was dropped when an RCMP officer who was involved in the laying of the charge also went public and said how appropriate it was. It was deemed that the case had been prejudiced by the RCMP. Thobiani had been a spokeswoman on the government dole before this and her career was short lived as a result of her remarks. It would appear that we have not yet gotten to the point of one law and one standard for all when it comes to such matters. TB ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 09:32:52 -0600 (CST) From: "Robert S. Sciuk" Subject: Letter to various papers (unpub) ... "feared political impact of gun registry" (fwd) Dear Sir/Madame, When you reported that "a senior bureaucrat overseeing the controversial gun registry didn't want to go to Parliament for more money to cover cost overruns two years ago for fear that it would affect the 2004 federal election", I can only assume that Ms. Bloodworth's fears were that the Liberals would be found out for their gross incompetence, and not re-elected as a result. Had the truth been told, the Liberals might not have been re-elected, but since when is it up to a bureaucrat to decide what the voters, and indeed Parliament itself should and should not be told? Someone with such a partisan outlook should not be entrusted to any position where her actions might sway elections, and the decision to obfuscate program over-spending should not be left to the whim of civil servants, or anyone else for that matter! Clearly the optics on this warrant further action. Sincerely, Robert S. Sciuk Oshawa, Ont. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 09:52:34 -0600 (CST) From: owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Majordomo User) Subject: FW: Notice of Motion/Avis de Motion - M. Ménard MP Menard's revised motion will be debated by the Public Safety Committee on Monday, June 12, 2006. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* ~Public Safety and National Security/Sécurité publique et nationale *Sent:* Wednesday June 7, 2006 6:10 PM *To:* Keeper, Tina - M.P.; Kadis, Susan - M.P.; Cotler, Irwin - M.P.; Chan, Raymond - M.P.; Comartin, Joe - M.P.; Ménard, Serge - Député; Freeman, Carole - Députée; Norlock, Rick - M.P.; MacKenzie, Dave - M.P.; Hawn, Laurie - M.P.; Brown, Gord - M.P.; Breitkreuz, Garry - M.P.; Lozier, Christine; ~Public Safety and National Security/Sécurité publique et nationale; Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1; Chan, Raymond - Assistant 1; Comartin, Joe - Assistant 1; Cotler, Irwin - Assistant 1; Hawn, Laurie - Assistant 1; Kadis, Susan - Assistant 3; Keeper, Tina - Assistant 1; Ménard, Serge - Assistant 1; Norlock, Rick - Assistant 1; Hayes, Louise; MacKenzie, Dave - Assistant 1; Rosen, Philip; Freeman, Carole - Assistant 1 *Subject:* Notice of Motion/Avis de Motion - M. Ménard _DE LA PART DU GREFFIER / FROM THE CLERK_ <> This motion will be on the agenda for the meeting on Monday, June 12, 2006. Cette motion sera à l'ordre du jour pour la réunion du lundi 12 juin 2006. Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security _http://cmte.parl.gc.ca/cmte/CommitteeHome.aspx?Lang=1&PARLSES=391&JNT=0&SELID=e17_&COM=10804_ CONTACT INFORMATION: Louise Hayes, Clerk of the Committee Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security 180 Wellington Street, Room 621 House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Canada Tel: (613) 944-5635 Fax: (613) 992-9069 E-mail: SECU@parl.gc.ca - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Member of Parliament Serge Ménard, Bloc Québécois _http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MEMBERSOFPARLIAMENT/ProfileMP.aspx?Key=78405&Language=E_ Motion by Serge Ménard Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security 2006-06-06 Whereas the usefulness of the firearms registry has been demonstrated by many positive statistics; Whereas the costs associated with registration and the firearms monitoring system have been under control since 2002; Whereas the savings that would arise from abolishing the firearms registry are relatively insignificant; Whereas the inconvenience to hunters has now for all practical purposes been removed, since there is no fee for registering weapons and the renewal fees for licences have been eliminated; Be it therefore moved that the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security request that the government retain the firearms registry in its entirety as it was as of May 16, 2006, while maintaining the system of free permit renewal. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:16:43 -0600 (CST) From: owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Majordomo User) Subject: Seniors turning in majority of guns PUBLICATION: The Province DATE: 2006.06.09 EDITION: Final SECTION: News PAGE: A10 BYLINE: Matthew Ramsey SOURCE: The Province WORD COUNT: 161 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Seniors turning in majority of guns - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The majority of guns turned over to police in Vancouver in the opening days of a month-long firearms amnesty are coming from seniors. "People are calling because firearms have been left behind by someone who's passed away or they've just been left behind [by former partners]," said Const. Tim Fanning. The provincewide amnesty runs until the end of June. Anyone with an unwanted or unregistered firearm can call police and ask officers to pick it up. Participants will not face licensing charges. As of yesterday, Vancouver police had collected seven pellet and air guns, 11 handguns, 12 shotguns, 26 rifles and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition. RCMP in Surrey gathered up 18 firearms in the first five days of the amnesty. Fanning said police get an average of six calls a day inquiring about the program. "This is a good start," he said. There are an estimated 90,000 unregistered firearms in B.C. The RCMP is tabulating amnesty results provincewide, but figures were not available yesterday. RCMP Cpl. Tom Seaman said response, at least in the Lower Mainland, is encouraging so far. "Most detachments in the Lower Mainland have received requests," Seaman said. mramsey@png.canwest.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:17:08 -0600 (CST) From: owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Majordomo User) Subject: Eight more months in jail for two weapons offences PUBLICATION: New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal DATE: 2006.06.09 PAGE: B4 SECTION: News BYLINE: Bruce Bartlett Telegraph-Journal - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Man arrested on fear of drug war found guilty of weapons charges; - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A man arrested in the parking lot of Boston Pizza by the Police Emergency Tactical Services team on Feb. 23, who has been in jail ever since, pleaded guilty to two weapons offences Thursday. Christopher Lee Peters, 29, was sentenced to eight more months in jail on top of the nearly four months he has already spent behind bars. Mr. Peters' girlfriend, Hailey Blair Worden, 22, was arrested with him in February but the Crown withdrew charges against her in March. At Mr. Peters' bail hearing in April officers testified they had reason to believe he and others were close to having a shoot-out in the city and acted to prevent innocent bystanders from being harmed. Leadership in the drug trade in Saint John was up for grabs at the time because Wayne (Porky) Blizzard was in prison and Angus Blizzard was lying low as his three-year trial on conspiracy to import marijuana was winding to a close. He has since been found guilty of that charge and is awaiting sentence. In February police had Mr. Peters under surveillance and were aware threats had been made against him and that he had armed himself with illegal handguns. On Feb. 23 officers executed two search warrants at the same time at two addresses used by Mr. Peters - one at Prince Edward Square apartments and the other on Champlain Street West, said prosecutor James McAvity. On Prince Edward Street they found a .22-calibre handgun with ammunition hidden in a duffle bag. The apartment was sparsely furnished but contained two microwave ovens, nearly a dozen boxes of baking soda and a set of scales, all signs it was used to cook crack cocaine, according to evidence produced at Mr. Peters' bail hearing in April, but banned from publication until his guilty plea. Mr. Peters was living at the apartment on the West Side where police found a loaded .38-calibre handgun lying on the floor beside the bed. Police also found close to $10,000 in cash in various locations around the apartment, although Mr. Peters was not working at the time. Once he get out of jail Mr. Peters plans to relocate to Calgary with Ms. Worden, said his lawyer William Watts. He has contacts there, having worked on a pipeline a few years ago. Provincial Court Judge Anne Jeffries ordered the handguns forfeited to the Attorney General and prohibited him from owning firearms or explosives for 10 years. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:18:08 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: 3 taken to hospital after drive-by shooting http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&pubid=968163964505&cid=1149803410432&col=968705899037&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News 3 taken to hospital after drive-by shooting HENRY STANCU STAFF REPORTER Jun. 9, 2006. 05:53 AM Three men were hit by bullets in a drive-by shooting at a social club in a Woodbridge industrial mall yesterday. The trio had been sitting outside when several shots rang out in a driveway of the Jevlan Dr. complex, near Highway 7 and Weston Rd., at about 6 p.m., York Region police said. "Three males were sitting at a table when a vehicle drove up and shots were fired," said Staff Sgt. Don Hunt, who described the incident as "kind of unusual" for the area. He said all three victims were conscious when they were taken to hospital. One man is believed to be in his twenties, another is in his early thirties and the third is in his fifties. He was treated for a minor gunshot wound and later released. Numerous people in the industrial complex were stuck in their units and some were unable to retrieve their cars as police cordoned off a large area of offices and retail businesses. "It really freaked me out, to tell you the truth. I didn't hear the shots, but I heard the screeching (tires)," said a man who was working in an adjacent unit at the time. He was not allowed to remove his car from the parking lot until forensic officers could examine it for possible fingerprints. "It's very surprising. I've always thought this was a safe area," said a woman working in a nearby fabric shop who was not permitted to leave until about an hour and a half later. She said she was concerned because there is a daycare centre in a complex next door. Police received numerous calls from witnesses, who heard several shots. It is believed the suspect or suspects left in a dark-coloured SUV. People in the area said the social club, which does not have a sign, only opened in the last month or two and renovations are still being done inside. A group of men associated with the club huddled in a nearby parking lot and refused to speak to reporters. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:18:37 -0600 (CST) From: owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Majordomo User) Subject: SHOTS HIT 3 KIN OF SLAIN GANGSTER PUBLICATION: The Toronto Sun DATE: 2006.06.09 EDITION: Final SECTION: News PAGE: 2 ILLUSTRATION: photospread 1. photo by Greg Henkenhaf Relatives of a shot man arrive at Sunnybrook hospital last night, where they learned he had been hit in the chest and was undergoing surgery. He is expected to survive. The other two victims were rushed to other hospitals in Toronto. They are also expected to survive. 2. map by Tim Peckham, Sun Graphics DRIVE-BY SHOOTING A social club on Jevlan Dr. in an industrial park west of Hwy. 400 in Vaughan was the scene of a triple shooting yesterday. 3. photo by Craig Robertson A York Regional police officer guards the scene outside a Vaughan club on Jevlan Dr. where three men were wounded in a drive-by shooting yesterday. BYLINE: BRIAN GRAY AND MICHELE HENRY, TORONTO SUN DATELINE: VAUGHAN WORD COUNT: 417 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SHOTS HIT 3 KIN OF SLAIN GANGSTER BULLETS FLY IN DRIVE-BY ATTACK OUTSIDE VAUGHAN SOCIAL CLUB - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The three men gunned down in a supper-hour drive-by shooting in an industrial park yesterday were relatives of slain mobster Enio Mora, a source said. The three victims were sitting outside a social club on Jevlan Dr. near Hwy. 7 and Weston Rd. when shots were fired, hitting one of the men in the chest, one in the abdomen and grazing the third in the head, York Regional Police said last night. A small cafe table and three or four chairs remained outside the door of the nondescript club. The injuries were not considered life-threatening and the victims were transported to three Toronto hospitals -- Sunnybrook, St. Michael's and Humber River Regional, Finch Ave. site, police said. The victim who was grazed in the head by a bullet was released late last night from Humber River. A source identified the victims as Vince Mora, Vince's uncle and a third person also related to Enio Mora. York Insp. Norn Miles confirmed one of the victims was the owner of the complex where the shootings took place but he did not release any names. A source said the men are all related to Enio Mora, who was shot in the head and left on the side of Pine Valley Rd. in September 1996. Mora, who was 47 at the time of his execution-style killing, was reputed to rank third in the Toronto mob's hierarchy, police said at the time. The daughter of one of yesterday's shooting victims paced outside Sunnybrook hospital moments after her father was rushed inside. "He was holding his hands up to protect himself," the pony-tailed woman told someone named John on the other end of her cellphone. "So apparently he got shot in the stomach. They won't let me in. They're working on him." Police said the man had been shot twice in the chest and was undergoing surgery and was in serious condition. The victim was alert when he arrived at the Toronto hospital in a York Region ambulance. He turned his head to look around as he was wheeled inside. A Vaughan fire department van dropped off the victim's daughter and she rushed over to a paramedic nearby. "Where's my father?" the anguished woman asked the medic, who was folding a blanket outside his ambulance. "He's my father." As minutes turned into an hour, another daughter and several other family members arrived at the entrance to the emergency department. They refused requests for interviews. Police carried paper bags containing the victim's clothing out to a cruiser. An elderly woman -- who was using a cane in her left hand and clutching the arm of a young man in her right -- walked up the circular driveway to the emergency room doors. Shock spread across her face and her eyes were red and glassy. HOME SURROUNDED As she approached the other family members, one daughter reached for her sister. "I didn't know Daddy was shot in the chest," she said, her voice shaky. "Is Daddy going to be okay?" Meanwhile, tactical squad officers surrounded a home at Garriock Ct., near Islington Ave. and Rutherford Rd., where they took two young men and their parents in for questioning, Miles said. LICENCE PLATE GIVEN No charges have been laid. A licence plate given to police by a witness at the shooting scene led officers to the address, but Miles said they may have nothing to do with the shootings. "They're not suspects at this time and may not have any involvement with this whatsoever," Miles said. "But we're working with the information we got from the witness." Neighbours said the family kept to themselves. "This is the only family we know nothing about," a neighbour said. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:18:58 -0600 (CST) From: owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Majordomo User) Subject: Editorial: Gang growth a threat to youth: PUBLICATION: Calgary Herald DATE: 2006.06.09 EDITION: Final SECTION: The Editorial Page PAGE: A24 SOURCE: Calgary Herald WORD COUNT: 486 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gang growth a threat to youth: Naive teens can be lured by sense of belonging - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It should not be surprising that Calgary's economic boom is attracting more than entrepreneurs and workers flocking here to make an honest dollar. Tremendous growth is bound to bring with it criminals and gangs looking to profit as well from heightened opportunities for money laundering, drug dealing, gaming, loan sharking and other forms of organized crime. The annual report from the Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta points to the local growth of an Asian crime syndicate, the spreading of gang activities to places such as Fort McMurray and native reserves, the combining of forces between aboriginal and Asian gangs, and the creation of puppet clubs by the Hells Angels. These clubs are akin to farm teams of motorcycle gang wannabes who do the dirty work the Angels consider beneath them. The report's bluntness is a refreshing change from the days when some in the Calgary police balked at uttering the "g" word -- gangs -- and despite mounting evidence to the contrary, in the form of drive-by shootings and other violence, denied Calgary had a gang problem. Acknowledging the blight, however, is the only way to begin to deal with it, and provincial initiatives such as the Southern Alberta Marijuana Investigative Team and the Integrated Response to Organized Crime have made a successful start in doing just that. However, none of this should be cause for undue alarm about the personal safety of individual law-abiding Calgarians. The situation must be kept in perspective. While there have been six shooting deaths linked to gangs this year, none has involved non-gang members. The chances of an innocent bystander being hurt -- caught in the crossfire of warring gangs -- is still extremely remote. Buying a lottery ticket is still a surer bet. Of far greater concern is the potential for teenagers to be lured into gang activity -- and suburban parents should not lightly shrug off the possibility as something that happens to other people's kids, and not their own. During the teen years, the almost biological imperative to be part of a group and to have that group's approval, is at its peak. Teens want to belong, and gang recruiters know how to take advantage of that desire, and use it to trap a naive kid and frighten his or her family into silence for fear of retaliation. This has worked extremely well for street gangs in Los Angeles, who recruit by playing on the need of kids from often chaotic homes to feel like they belong somewhere. For some teens, the idea of being in a gang has a near-mythical allure - -- witness the 14-year-old on the Siksika reserve who broke into a home to steal some liquor and told the residents he belonged to the Redd Alert gang. Police surmise he was making it up for the thrill of scaring the homeowners. Of equal concern to parents should be the increase in drug trafficking, leading to a greater prevalence and availability of illicit drugs such as methamphetamine, that is part and parcel of the jump in criminal gang activity. Keeping perspective and keeping aware are the keys. Calgary remains a long way from Los Angeles. And we're still one of the safest cities in which to live and work. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:27:46 -0600 (CST) From: owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Majordomo User) Subject: Man gets probation for shooting telephone (New Glasgow News) DATE: 2006.06.08 CATEGORY: Atlantic regional general news PUBLICATION: cpw WORD COUNT: 191 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Moose River, N.S., man gets probation for shooting telephone - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NEW GLASGOW, N.S. (CP) _ A man who shot his telephone in a booze- and pill-fuelled argument with his wife was sentenced Thursday to probation. Raymond Owen Webber, 47, of Moose River had been drinking and popping pills on April 8 when he and his wife began fighting over his medication. He got out of bed and went into the kitchen to take some more. When the pills spilled out of the bottle and onto the kitchen floor, he grabbed his .303 rifle in frustration and started putting a clip in it. His wife said she was going to call for help. Not wanting her to call the police, he shot the telephone. The bullet travelled through the wall and into a bathroom. Their 11-year-old son, who had been awakened by the commotion, was also in the house. Webber called the incident a wakeup call. ``I have no desire to drink any more,'' he said during sentencing. Judge Clyde Macdonald placed him on probation for 18 months for careless use of a firearm, threatening two RCMP officers, and kicking the rear window out of a police cruiser. Macdonald ordered him to stay away from bars and other places selling alcohol and to take whatever medication is prescribed to him for his generalized anxiety and panic disorders. His wife is to be in control of the pills. Webber must also pay $92.86 in restitution to the RCMP for the damaged window and is banned from owning firearms for 10 years. ``I couldn't imagine anything more dramatic in a household,'' the judge said of the incident. 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