Cdn-Firearms Digest Monday, July 21 2008 Volume 11 : Number 775 In this issue: Re: Breitkreutz muzzled by Harper in 2006 Re: Typical Lieberal policy (GreenShift) Letter: A Handgun Ban Won't Work - Back country firearms ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:48:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Re: Breitkreutz muzzled by Harper in 2006 - --- On Mon, 7/21/08, Lee Jasper wrote: Most of this sounds familiar; I'm sure it was posted to the CFD at some point in time. > Most recently Conservative MP Garry Breitkreutz was ordered > not to speak > to the media anymore after he wrote an article in a small > Saskatchewan > paper saying the Harper government is systematically > dismantling the gun > registry without going through Parliament. However, I don't recall reading this part - if I had, I'm sure I would have acted with outrage, as I'm sure most of you would have. Now we know why there haven't been any pronouncements on the inner workings of our elected officials, and the progress they have been making in keeping their promises to us. Yours in LIBERTY! Bruce ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:00:35 -0400 From: "William Blasius" Subject: Re: Typical Lieberal policy (GreenShift) Cc: On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:14:43 -0300, "M.J. Ackermann, MD" wrote: > Typical of the Lieberals: Commit a crime (in this case copyright > trademark infringement), then claim the victim is the abuser, then try > to bribe their way around the issue. > > > http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=67f64360-a5fd-4bfe-8fc4-25c6337259e3 > However, Dion also told reporters that "in a practical way we are ready > to work with this businesswoman." Liberal party president Doug Ferguson > also said "given our common interest and passion for the environment, we > look forward to a reasonable and amicable resolution that is in the > parties' mutual interest." Hey Mike, I think you missed a step in there. After blaming the victim, comes threatening to bury the victim in lawyers at the taxpayer's expense, bribing their way around the issue only comes if the victim has deep enough pockets to withstand the attack. Cheers, Wm Blasius ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:25:20 -0400 From: Lee Jasper Subject: Letter: A Handgun Ban Won't Work - Back country firearms But another issue our new and accountable gov't hasn't resolved. Why should I have to rub noses with Big Blacky (or his mate, a sow with three cubs) packing a .22? I've talked about this issue with my CPC Member and his response is to stay out of the back country. RE: 2008 03 03 - Nat. Post Column: A Handgun Ban Won't Work > http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/2008/882.htm - -----Original Message----- From: Achim Nolcken Lohse [ mail to: lohsea@3web.nettax ] Sent: March 4, 2008 12:40 AM To: lgunter@shaw.ca Cc: john B.Holdstock; mauser@sfu.ca; Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1 Subject: The never-mentioned third use of handguns - self-defence Mr. Gunter, I read with interest your recent article in the National Post on the subject of firearms crime statistics. And it struck me that, like every other published piece on the subject I have ever read, the legitimate users of handguns for self-defence were not listed with "sport shooters and collectors" as affected by a national ban on handguns. Can it be that the Canadian news media are entirely unaware that there are thousands of Canadians who require handguns for protection from bears and cougars in the bush? I realize that the RCMP and the government are obsessively secretive about the fact that permits for such use are issued, so secretive that even someone like me, who has had such a permit for five years, cannot find out what the criteria for obtaining one are. So secretive, that I have never seen any statistics for the number of such permits issued, in which jurisdictions, and for what purpose (the application form provides three categories - - armoured car guard, trapper, wilderness worker). From personal experience I know that mushroom picking may be refused as a qualifying occupation, while photography is accepted. I would dearly like to know why this distinction exists. I suspect it is because mushroom pickers are many, relatively poor, and have little political clout, while photographers are few, better off, and more likely to make a fuss. Beyond that, I have never understood why those who work in the bush should be allowed the protection of a handgun, while those who recreate there are denied. I remember the "bad old days" of two decades ago, when each province had its own restricted firearms policy, and the Chief Firearms Officer of B.C. decreed that only full- time prospectors would be issued a wilderness carry permit for a centre-fire handgun, while trappers were only allowed rimfire pistols. That was insanity that also went unchallenged by our media, but at least one knew the rules. Today, the madness continues, but the bureaucrats make up the rules as and when they please, without any need to let the public know what they are. I've been trying for decades now to get an official justification for prohibiting citizens who have been screened and tested and found fit to own, handle, and transport a handgun, from carrying the same handgun for protection of themselves, their family, and their companions, in the bush. Worse, I've been unsuccessful in getting the associations that pretend to defend and promote the interests of backcountry users from joining me in demanding an answer. People are being killed in increasing numbers by bears, cougars, and now - - wolves, across the country, and most of these fatalities could have been averted, had the victims been armed with a suitable handgun. On a recent trip to New Mexico, while buying some bow hunting equipment, I happened to mention that, in Canada, bowhunters are not allowed to carry a handgun for protection. The store's staff had trouble believing me. And I really couldn't offer any sensible reason for this prohibition. In fact, I feel every hunter, whether with rifle, shotgun, or bow, should be equipped with a holstered backup firearm, especially if he hunts alone. In the Fall of 1995, two experienced hunters, one a former B.C. Conservation Officer, were killed by a grizzly bear not 50 km from my home while they were field dressing an elk. They both had high- powered rifles, but no sidearms, and so the bear was able to surprise and kill both before they could employ their weapons . Had even one of them had a holstered handgun, both would have stood a good chance of surviving. When will someone in the national media, or in our Parliament, finally ask why ALL law- abiding Canadian handgun owners should not be allowed to carry their sidearms for protection in the bush? Sincerely, Achim Lohse Approved Firearms Verifier #BCIN-34 Invermere, BC ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V11 #775 *********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@scorpion.bogend.ca Moderator's e-mail address: mailto:drg.jordan@sasktel.net List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@scorpion.bogend.ca FAQ list: http://www.canfirearms/Skeeter/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://www.canfirearms.ca CFDigest Archives: http://www.canfirearms.ca/archives To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next four lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@scorpion.bogend.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".)