Cdn-Firearms Digest Saturday, January 10 2009 Volume 12 : Number 948 In this issue: London Free Press - Weapons found in drug search [none] Calagary Sun; Man rushed to hospital after southeast shooting CTV - Man in car crash pulls gun on ambulance Re:U.S.:6-year-old brings loaded handgun to Calif.school-Google/AP CBC - Hunting dog found homicide victim's body, relative says Re: Who do Judges listen to? Sir Clint Eastwood ['Today Entertainment' Movie Review- LFP] Pessisim [Re: ACLU's position on the Second Amendment] Multiculturalism is a boondoggle Bruce Mills - Down Under with CLASS! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:24:25 -0800 (PST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: London Free Press - Weapons found in drug search http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2009/01/09/7966931-sun.html Weapons found in drug search Prohibited semi-automatic pistol among items seized at Dundas Street residence Fri, January 9, 2009 By JOE MATYAS London police went looking for drugs yesterday and found a stockpile of weapons, including a prohibited semi-automatic pistol that can easily be converted into an automatic gun. A 9-mm Mack 11 machine pistol found with a cache of weapons during a drug search was an "unusual" find, said Const. Amy Phillipo. Seized items also included a bayonet with a grip handle and wrist strap, a machete with a long blade, a knife with a split blade and a dagger that tapers to a needle point. Also seized were a homemade stun gun and pepper spray. But knives and guns that can be legally purchased in Canada are frequently found during drug investigations, Phillipo said, adding some are registered and some are not. The semi-automatic Mack 11, which holds 13 rounds of ammunition, is a prohibited weapon in Canada, said a member of the drug and gun squad, adding it can be converted into an automatic weapon with simple modifications. "It has no military use," he said. "It is not used by the Canadian forces." Phillipo said the items were seized at a Dundas Street residence about 9:30 a.m. yesterday. A suspect in a drug investigation was spotted and arrested at Dundas and Burwell streets before police searched the Dundas Street residence, Phillipo said. Police charged Anthony Gratkowski, 23, of London with 11 weapons and firearms offences, possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking and possession of the proceeds of crime. Police also seized ammunition, a digital scale, 110 grams of marijuana bud, 2.5 kilograms of marijuana shake and a small quantity of cocaine as well as the weapons. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:31:12 -0800 (PST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: [none] Subject:" London Free Press: OPP seize cache of weapons from Munsee-Delaware home" http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2009/01/09/7969056.html OPP seize cache of weapons from Munsee-Delaware home Fri, January 9, 2009 By JOE BELANGER, SUN MEDIA OPP have called a press conference today after seizing what they describe as a "large cache" of firearms, ammunition and weapons from a home on the Munsee-Delaware First Nation southwest of London. Police said Munsee Delaware First Nation police and the OPP's organized crime and weapons units searched a home on Middlemiss Drive around 5 a.m. Thursday and made the seizure. Also found was an undisclosed quantity of marijuana. "The fact a lot of these weapons were loaded is very concerning to us," said Const. Doug Graham. "Obviously, when someone has a loaded weapon in their home, they're ready to use it. And if there are children in the home and they see it and pick it up, there's tremendous potential for tragedy." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:51:37 -0800 (PST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Calagary Sun; Man rushed to hospital after southeast shooting http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2009/01/09/7966856-sun.html Man rushed to hospital after southeast shooting UPDATED: 2009-01-09 02:04:55 MST By SUN MEDIA For the fourth time in little more than a week, city police are investigating a shooting incident. A man suffering from a gunshot wound was rushed to hospital in critical condition from 17 Ave. and 44 St. S.E. at about 8:50 p.m. last night. The incident arrives on the heels of a bullet-riddled week on city streets. In the deadliest attack yet in Calgary's gang war, up to three gunmen burst into Bolsa Restaurant, 180 94 Ave. S.E., on New Year's Day, killing three men. Murdered in the attack were veteran gang member Sanjeev Mann, 22, who was wearing a bulletproof vest at the time and his associate Aaron Bendle. Caught in the crossfire was Keni Su'A, 43, killed in the parking lot after he left the restaurant when the gunfire erupted. The death of Su'A, who grew up in Samoa, marked a tragic milestone as the first innocent victim of the city's deadly gang rivalry. But the shocking triple-slaying was the start of further gunplay in the days ahead. On Sunday night, the gang unit was called in after a young man was shot in the 800 block of Madeira Dr. N.E. The victim survived the attack after stumbling into a nearby home where the people inside called 911. Just two nights later, gang detectives were investigating another shooting in the northeast after shots rang out in Coral Springs. Emergency crews found a man with a bullet wound and he was taken to hospital. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:56:08 -0800 (PST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: CTV - Man in car crash pulls gun on ambulance http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090109/edm_gun_090109/20090109/?hub=EdmontonHome Man in car crash pulls gun on ambulance Updated: Fri Jan. 09 2009 12:42:50 Melissa Dominelli, ctvedmonton.ca A man involved in a west-end traffic crash, Friday morning, allegedly pulled a loaded handgun on emergency crews who responded to the call. The man was driving a delivery truck along a side road at 161 Street and 111 Avenue when he hit a van just before 10:30 a.m. A witness CTV News spoke with says the driver of the truck appeared to be delirious and needed assistance, as his foot appeared to be stuck to the accelerator. Details are still emerging, but Police spokesperson Karen Carlson told CTV News that while paramedics were attending to the man in the back of the ambulance, they spotted the handgun. Carlson said that before paramedics could react the man grabbed the handgun and pointed it at them. Paramedics were unharmed and the man fled the scene on foot. Police arrested the man in his mid-twenties, a few blocks later, confiscating the handgun that had three loaded clips and a night shooting light. He is police custody and charges are pending. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:52:20 -0800 From: R. LaCasse Subject: Re:U.S.:6-year-old brings loaded handgun to Calif.school-Google/AP On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:40:10 -0600 (CST), you wrote: |>------------------------------ |> |>Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:11:01 -0600 |>From: "David R.G. Jordan" ROT13 |>Subject: U.S.: 6-year-old brings loaded handgun to Calif. school-Google/AP |> |>6-year-old brings loaded handgun to Calif.school http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hqHIFi7tNnO2eU-imkcbGdec6O7gD95JLU2G0 |> That must be pretty funny to see, a toddler knowing is rights better than us "old" guys, strutting what must be a canon to him, and not fearing the FIP/ATF confiscators..... The question is, had he ever fired a gun, or was he just trying to impress his friends....if there was no other issue that is the only safety question....although I think 6 years old is a bit young....regardless of experience.. His father is in a world of hell for buying a protection item, but if the toddler could acquire it, it wasn't that secured....and the parents will pay the price that a trigger lock, due diligence and prudence might have saved them ...some.... Kids are nothing but trouble....... Bob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 17:34:13 -0800 (PST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: CBC - Hunting dog found homicide victim's body, relative says http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/01/09/hunter-family.html Hunting dog found homicide victim's body, relative says RCMP say there are suspects in investigation Last Updated: Friday, January 9, 2009 | 2:53 PM NT CBC News The body of a central Newfoundland man at the heart of an RCMP homicide investigation was partially hidden and discovered by a hunting dog, a relative says. RCMP said Thursday about 20 officers are now assigned to a homicide investigation in the shooting death of Francis Ayles, 28, whose body was found after Christmas near Brooklyn, on the island's Bonavista Peninsula. On Friday, an RCMP official said the force now believes Francis Ayles was murdered after he left for a hunting trip. Earlier, investigators would not rule out an accidental homicide. Ayles, a hunter, had been missing since Dec. 2. Mark Ayles, a second cousin of Francis Ayles, told CBC News how his relative's body was discovered. "It was a man out walking his dog," Mark Ayles said. "It was a rabbit dog that found him. He thought it was a rabbit. His foot was sticking up [through] the snow, and the police passed by his body four or five times," he said, describing a ground search that involved not only police but dozens of volunteers. Ayles said the experience has been "pretty devastating" for the family, including the weeks when Ayles could not be located. His body was found Dec. 28. Ayles also said the family has told police that Francis Ayles did not go into the woods by himself. "They said he went into the woods with two men. Three went in, like I said [and] two came out," he said. The RCMP are providing few details about the circumstances of Ayles's death. On Friday, Sgt. Wayne Newell told CBC News there are suspects in the investigation. "There's certain key aspects of the investigation which are still very much being looked at. There's an accused - or accused persons - who are not yet in custody and obviously we can't release too much [in] details." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:07:39 -0500 From: Lee Jasper Subject: Re: Who do Judges listen to? Bruce asked: > Can us peons write to Judges and demand they impose meaningful > sentences on actual criminals who commit actual crimes? > > Where does the "disconnect" come from when it comes to Judges, who > don't think the "community" wants meaningful sentences imposed? All judges I have known have been well-grounded folks, despite the wild claims and accusation about 'Liberal' judges often tossed about on this forum. About as many are PC supporters as Liberal or NDP. Keep in mind, they have 'sentencing' guidelines to lead them in sensible directions plus the written provisions specified in the Criminal Code, Family Law, etc. You do read of judges occasionally stating that they are giving an 'unusually stiff' sentence because of the public abhorrence of a crime, a rash of similar incidents, apparent flagrant abusive of the court's authority e.g., street punks, rampant shootings, as in Toronto. So judges are impacted by 'public' reaction. But, obviously, their reactions are exceedingly 'tempered' and more cautious than lynch mobs and vigilantes. Any judge I have talked with is aware that the 'community' wants 'meaningful' sentences applied to criminal acts, but I would suggest that often, the disconnect is with the 'public' who have negligible insight into what sentencing options exist, what rehab or therapeutic assistance can be arranged, etc. in whichever institution or open custody venue is utilized. In many case, the 'communities' lust for justice is simply 'off the wall.' Right now there is a huge void in mental health facilities and services plus less expensive community based support and diversion programs. We certainly currently have a huge disconnect among many of our gov't MPs who propose judicial and correctional responses for which the Nation currently lacks the resources. I have written of this frequently. Even publicly elected judges, as in the U.S.A., find they can't just sentence willy-nilly with no regards to which facilities have openings. One of the advantages of living in small town Ontario/Canada is that you see/meet your judges at the grocery store or arena so you can 'ave-at-'em. In many case they were your MP/MPP, Reeve, Warden, Mayor, etc. Can citizens ventilate to judges about their decisions? But of course, we live in a Democracy. One of the easiest is via a Letter to the Editor in your local/national newspaper. (Judges DO read the papers). But first I'd suggest that any responsible citizen get a copy of the trial proceedings and read it to come to some understanding about what matters contributed to the decision. In some instances you would need to actually attend most of a trial to get a feel for the issues leading to a decision. Can you write a judge where they hold sittings at the courthouse? Certainly. Case in point about writing a judge: > Mrs. Wilson said from the moment Kathy vanished she immediately "knew > she died that same night. When I was out looking for her, it was like > something crawled over my body, and I knew." > > But she never gave up trying to find out what happened, in the > intervening years even hiring a private detective, writing a **local > judge** to detail what she saw as the clear evidence of who abducted > her daughter, and, in 1986, giving a revealing interview to the > Northern Daily News in which she described Karen's sighting of her > sister in the truck of a man who worked for a local auto body shop. > Mr. Manion's name didn't appear in the story. [Mrs. Wilson didn't write the judge about a court decision but about the lack of any arrest and prosecution. There's no hint that it had any impact. All a judge could do is pass said letter over to the Crown and s/he could discuss with his/her police contacts]. From: Cousin charged with killing girl 38 years ago First-degree murder and abduction charges laid against 60-year-old Ontario man in connection with disappearance of 12-year-old CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD; Globe and Mail; January 9, 2009 > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090109.wcousin09/BNStory/National It appears to have been a botched small-town police investigation that led the Ontario Provincial Police to first reopen - and then charge someone in - the case of a little girl's mysterious disappearance 38 years ago. Earlier this week in London, Ont., OPP detectives arrested and charged Barry Vincent Manion with the first-degree murder and abduction of 12-year-old Katherine May Wilson, known as Kathy to her family, of Kirkland Lake in Northern Ontario. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:37:50 -0500 From: Lee Jasper Subject: Sir Clint Eastwood ['Today Entertainment' Movie Review- LFP] [I imagine many of our following will be impatient to see Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. If you see the flick; give us a report]. A Gran old time [Article Excerpts] Clint Eastwood may just have earned acting Oscar with turn as gun-toting misanthrope By LIZ BRAUN; January 9, 2009 > http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/Entertainment/2009/01/09/7967336-sun.html Despite the title, Gran Torino isn't really about cars. It is, however, a story about a special make and model -- one Walt Kowalski, a furious old curmudgeon. Walt (Clint Eastwood) is a blue-collar, stand-up guy living in a Detroit suburb. He's a former auto worker, a vet of the Korean War and a widower, and his retirement is spent watching his old neighbourhood change before his eyes. Walt seems to be the last white resident, and his block is filled with immigrants, mostly Asian. He's a quick man with a racial epithet, our Walt, and happy to refer to his Hmong neighbours as a "zipper" or "gook." Truth is, he doesn't really like anybody, regardless of their race or colour. He doesn't even like his own children. He likes his grandchildren even less. Like the sleek 1970s Gran Torino that he keeps in mint condition, Walt is a well-preserved symbol of the past. Freedom of speech and the right to bear arms seem to be his two favourite amendments; he's a pre-politically correct speaker, and his loaded gun is handy when required. And he smokes and drinks, cinema shorthand for people who spit in the face of convention. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:58:48 -0500 From: Lee Jasper Subject: Pessisim [Re: ACLU's position on the Second Amendment] I had reported: > Joe ascertained and posted this response from the ACLU: > >> > Thank you for the question about the ACLU's position on the Second >> > Amendment. The national ACLU is neutral on the issue of gun control. >> > >> > We believe that the Constitution contains no barriers to reasonable >> > regulations of gun ownership. If we can license and register cars, we >> > can license and register guns. The question therefore is not whether >> > to restrict arms ownership, but how much to restrict it. > > Pretty consistent with recent court decisions in Canada, e.g. Montague? Joe retorted: > The gun-grabbers at ACLU even use the same arguments as our Kanukistani > gun-grabbers. Tongue firmly in cheek: Heavens. Eastwood's Walt Kalwolski in Gran Torino was described as a gun-toting misanthrope and a curmudgeon. At least the ACLU acceded 'some' of American gun owners rights. When are you fellers gonna see that yer old Essex or Toyota sitting in the driveway sans registration, plates, insurance plus even a licensed owner, might smoke a bit and backfire but can't, unlike a Dirty Harry, haul off and fire a big ole projectile a thousand metres across your neighbour's property, a multi-lane highway and into the next Township. I guess it's the 'reasonable' restrictions part, eh? Having dealt with a few objectionable folks, a CPIC clearance is fine with me. It's all the other needless shenanigans that tick me off. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 21:18:41 -0800 (PST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Multiculturalism is a boondoggle From my pal Skip's blogpage http://www.editorialtimes.ca/ Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Finally, an admission that all that multiculturalism provides is the destruction of a national soul. Its about time that these fundamental truths were recognized. We are not all the same, and we can't all get along. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/29/europe/politicus.php?page=1 From the left, a call to end the current Dutch notion of tolerance By John Vinocur International Herald Tribune Monday, December 29, 2008 AMSTERDAM: Two years ago, the Dutch could quietly congratulate themselves on having brought what seemed to be a fair measure of consensus and reason to the meanest intersection in their national political life: the one where integration of Muslim immigrants crossed Dutch identity. In the run-up to choosing a new government in 2006, just 24 percent of the voters considered the issue important, and only 4 percent regarded it as the election's central theme. What a turnabout, it seemed - and whatever the reason (spent passions, optimism, resignation?), it was a soothing respite for a country whose history of tolerance was the first in 21st-century Europe to clash with the on-street realities of its growing Muslim population. Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, the Netherlands had lived through something akin to a populist revolt against accommodating Islamic immigrants led by Pim Fortuyn, who was later murdered; the assassination of the filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, accused of blasphemy by a homegrown Muslim killer; and the bitter departure from the Netherlands of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali woman who became a member of Parliament before being marked for death for her criticism of radical Islam. Now something fairly remarkable is happening again. Two weeks ago, the country's biggest left-wing political grouping, the Labor Party, which has responsibility for integration as a member of the coalition government led by the Christian Democrats, issued a position paper calling for the end of the failed model of Dutch "tolerance." It came at the same time Nicolas Sarkozy was making a case in France for greater opportunities for minorities that also contained an admission that the French notion of equality "doesn't work anymore." But there was a difference. If judged on the standard scale of caution in dealing with cultural clashes and Muslims' obligations to their new homes in Europe, the language of the Dutch position paper and Lilianne Ploumen, Labor's chairperson, was exceptional. The paper said: "The mistake we can never repeat is stifling criticism of cultures and religions for reasons of tolerance." Government and politicians had too long failed to acknowledge the feelings of "loss and estrangement" felt by Dutch society facing parallel communities that disregard its language, laws and customs. Newcomers, according to Ploumen, must avoid "self-designated victimization." She asserted, "the grip of the homeland has to disappear" for these immigrants who, news reports indicate, also retain their original nationality at a rate of about 80 percent once becoming Dutch citizens. Instead of reflexively offering tolerance with the expectation that things would work out in the long run, she said, the government strategy should be "bringing our values into confrontation with people who think otherwise." There was more: punishment for trouble-making young people has to become so effective such that when they emerge from jail they are not automatically big shots, Ploumen said. For Ploumen, talking to the local media, "The street is mine, too. I don't want to walk away if they're standing in my path. "Without a strategy to deal with these issues, all discussion about creating opportunities and acceptance of diversity will be blocked by suspicion and negative experience." And that comes from the heart of the traditional, democratic European left, where placing the onus of compatibility on immigrants never found such comfort before. It's a point of view that makes reference to work and education as essential, but without the emphasis that they are the single path to integration. Rather, Labor's line seems to stand on its head the old equation of jobs-plus-education equals integration. Conforming to Dutch society's social standards now comes first. Strikingly, it turns its back on cultural relativism and uses the word emancipation in discussing the process of outsiders' becoming Dutch. For the Netherlands' Arab and Turkish population (about 6 percent of a total of 16 million) it refers to jobs and educational opportunities as "machines of emancipation." Yet it also suggests that employment and advancement will not come in full measure until there is a consciousness engagement in Dutch life by immigrants that goes far beyond the present level. Indeed, Ploumen says, "Integration calls on the greatest effort from the new Dutch. Let go of where you come from; choose the Netherlands unconditionally." Immigrants must "take responsibility for this country" and cherish and protect its Dutch essence. Not clear enough? Ploumen insists, "The success of the integration process is hindered by the disproportionate number of non-natives involved in criminality and trouble-making, by men who refuse to shake hands with women, by burqas and separate courses for women on citizenship. "We have to stop the existence of parallel societies within our society." And the obligations of the native Dutch? Ploumen's answer is, "People who have their roots here have to offer space to traditions, religions and cultures which are new to Dutch society" - but without fear of expressing criticism. "Hurting feelings is allowed, and criticism of religion, too." The why of this happening now when a recession could accelerate new social tensions, particularly among nonskilled workers, has a couple of explanations. A petty, political one: It involves a Labor Party on an uptick, with its the party chief, Wouter Bos, who serves as finance minister, showing optimism that the Dutch can avoid a deep recession. The cynical take has him casting the party's new integration policy as a fresh bid to consolidate momentum ahead of elections for the European Parliament in June. A kinder, gentler explanation (that comes, remarkably, from Frits Bolkestein, the former Liberal Party leader, European commissioner, and no friend of the socialists, who began writing in 1991 about the enormous challenge posed to Europe by Muslim immigration): "The multi-cultis just aren't making the running anymore. It's a brave step towards a new normalcy in this country. " ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:56:29 -0600 From: "David R.G. Jordan" Subject: Bruce Mills - Down Under with CLASS! C.L.A.S.S. the Coalition of Law Abiding Sporting Shooters, is a group of Australians fed up with the abuse of power by the ruling class of Australia: our politicians, public servants and media. We are not a shooting club. We are not a political party. We are a group of concerned Australians contributing to the public discourse on guns and power in our country. We are volunteers serving our community. - -- -- What we do: We look for ways to move the debate on guns toward evidence-based, fair measures which limit violence, while returning to decent Australians the right to go freely about their business. We publicise unbiased research and statistics that add to the debate. - -- -- C.L.A.S.S. is kind of an organization much like many of our Anti- Bill C-68 organizations, including the CFD, only with a slightly broader scope and discussion field. And they do post a lot of the same Firearms media items that we too post to our subscribers as well. Eh, this is a very good thing in my eyes. Information sharing and the honest exchange of ideas with other like-minded organizations in other countries, means that we not only have more accurate information on what our shared antagonists are doing, or trying to BS the public with now. This means that we have a much better chance to deflect "the Antis" and hostile Governments' propaganda and efforts to attempt to vilify us in the RFC. Sometimes so much so that occasionally we actually can turn the tide of public opinion against "the Antis" by not only using own propaganda against them, but also revealing our antagonists fictional lies and 1/2 truths as well. It is, to borrow a term, all about good intelligence and "networking" by sharing that intelligence with our allies. It can be a win-win situation for all of us in our issues collectively as we can learn each other's well practiced lessons that do work, but better yet we can also learn what hasn't worked for each of us in our respective countries, therefore saving time, effort and resources on tactics that do not work as well. In this way we can not only support each other, but we can also concentrate our time, resources and efforts into tactics that *do work* as well. C.L. A.S.S. also just happen to send out an E-Mail Newsletter, usually once a week. This week C.L.A.S.S. has chosen one of our own to highlight and publish in their weekly E-Mail Newsletter as you will all see in their E-Mail Newsletter that I've copied below. - -- -- From "info@class" Sent Friday, January 9, 2009 6:16 pm To CLASS Alerts Subject [class_alerts] Of Interest A couple of items from the Canadian Firearms Digest (CFD), a daily email information service aimed at Firearms owners in Canada (naturally). 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". - ------------------------------------------------------------ A pertinent comment at the end of this one: Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:57:31 -0600 From: XXXXX Subject: Re: [AUS] Many gun owners 'not complying with security rules' At 10:25 PM 1/8/2009 -0800, you wrote: > > >http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/03/2458424.htm > >Many gun owners 'not complying with security rules' > >Posted Sat Jan 3, 2009 6:04am AEDT > >The Institute of Criminology says gun theft figures show that owners are >still not complying with security rules. > >More than 1,500 guns, mostly rifles and shotguns, were stolen in the >2006-07 period, only slightly more than the previous year. > >Head of research Dr Judy Putt says more than 60 per cent of theft victims >were prosecuted for breaching firearms regulations. > >"The main issue that's identified is the safe storage of firearms, because >of those that were stolen around a quarter of the owners had not complied >with the requirements for safe firearms storage," she said. > >"In some instances they had placed them in an approved receptacle but then >they had not properly concealed the keys." Isn't it wonderful that this group is blaming the victims of theft for the theft? This is like blaming a rape on a woman because she is a female. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 23:07:26 -0800 (PST) From: XXXXX Subject: "Gun Policy News" For a while now I've been gleaning some news articles from the website "Gun Policy News". It is rabidly anti-gun, and "cooks up" some of the headlines that appear on it's pages, changing them from the original. Here's some info about the site: http://www.gunpolicy.org/index.php Gun Policy News About Gun Policy News The international bulletin of firearm injury prevention since 1997, Gun Policy News provides daily global and regional bulletins of gun news, firearm policy and small arms-related articles published in mass media. Feel free to display any Gun Policy News feed on your Web site or blog. The gunpolicy.org Web site is hosted by the School of Public Health, the University of Sydney. The school provides internationally recognised leadership in public health by advancing and disseminating knowledge - in this case, supporting global efforts to prevent and reduce gun injury. With our partners, contributors and supporters, gunpolicy.org and Gun Policy News promote the public health model of firearm injury prevention, and the United Nations Programme of Action on small arms. Some of the recent headlines would tend to reveal a new pattern or tack that the anti-gun crowd seem to be adopting: "Thefts From Gun Dealers Could Be Connected" becomes "US Gun Show Dealers Lose 70 Handguns, Machine Guns in Truck Thefts" "Six handguns stolen from Yorkton home" becomes "Thieves Lift 6 Handguns from Another Licensed Canadian Gun Owner" "Many gun owners 'not complying with security rules'" becomes "Many Australian Gun Owners Ignore Safe Storage Rules, Make Theft Easy" "Authorities focus on Santa shooter's collection of weapons and ammunition" becomes "LA 'Santa Killer' Was Average Legal Gun Owner with No Criminal History" "Gun owners urged to take more care after theft increase" becomes "Careless Licensed Gun Owners Leak Firearms to Australian Criminals" "Criminals targeting owners of legal guns" becomes "Licensed Irish Gun Owners Lose Another 31 Handguns to Criminals" See what I mean? Govern yourself accordingly. Yours in LIBERTY! XXXXX - ------------------------------------------------ Gun Policy News is run by that well known seeker after truth, Adjunct Professor Philip Alpers from Sydney University. This what the New Zealand Sporting Shooters Association has to say about Mr Alpers. "We are not sure what, if any, actual qualification Mr. Alpers, who has claimed at various times to be a, Researcher & Policy Analyst, Firearms Injury Prevention, (Oct. 96), or Gun Policy Researcher, (Feb. 97)” has. He refers to attending university, “without enrolling”, where he “did drugs and university by day”, and worked part time by night, (North & South Magazine, July, 1991). He appears to have then dropped out to “move on the fringes of the hippy drug world”, (NZ Listener, 24 October 1987), and to later become a radio DJ in Gisborne. If he is without tertiary academic training, it may explain his sloppy research and presentation and also his difficulty with such things as simple mathematics." Read the rest here: http://www.ssanz.org.nz/News/Articles/20050722.html CLASS. Coalition of Law Abiding Sporting Shooters http://www.class.org.au/ Sign up for E-Mail Alerts info@c-l-a-s-s.net Subject line: Please add my name to mailing list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations AGAIN Bruce. We just may make this a shared Commonwealth effort, yet. It wouldn't be the first time in our collective histories over the last couple of centuries, that we've joined together to defeat a common enemy. The enemies of our way of life and what we truly believe to be "just" in our common societies! - - DRGJ "A successful military strategy may be a means to an end, but it is not an end in itself." - -Karl Von Clausewitz ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V12 #948 *********************************** 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".)