From: owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V15 #225 Reply-To: cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Sender: owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Errors-To: owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Precedence: normal Cdn-Firearms Digest Thursday, August 23 2012 Volume 15 : Number 225 In this issue: The new world disorder ATF official tied to 'Furious' sting on leave earning second ... "Violent punk tries to attack police volunteer" It's a fallacy to think guns make us safer by Emile Therien Re: Safety Advocate's Deceitful Stats SMALL ARMS SURVEY: Advocacy and Action in the UN Small Arms Process OUTDOOR WIRE: Today's Bowhunting Gear Often Includes a Handgun Lorne Gunter awarded Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:45:38 -0600 From: "Joe Gingrich" Subject: The new world disorder http://www.humanevents.com/2012/08/21/pat-buchanan-the-new-world-disorder/ The new world disorder By: Patrick J. Buchanan 8/21/2012 After his great victory in Desert Storm, George H.W. Bush went before the United Nations to declare the coming of a New World Order. The Cold War was yesterday. Communism was in its death throes. The Soviet Empire had crumbled. The Soviet Union was disintegrating. Francis Fukuyama was writing of "The End of History." Savants trilled about the inevitable triumph of democratic capitalism. Yet, in 2012, sectarianism, tribalism and nationalism are all resurgent, reshaping a world where U.S. power and influence are visibly receding. Syria is sinking into a war of all against all that may end with a breakup of the nation along ethno-sectarian lines - Arab, Druze, Kurd, Sunni, Shia and Christian. Iraq descends along the same path. A U.S. war with Iran could end with a Kurdish enclave in Iran's northwest tied to Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran's Azeri north drifting toward Azerbaijan, and a Balochi enclave in the south linked to Pakistan's largest province, Balochistan, leaving Iran only Persia. The Middle and Near East seem to be descending into a Muslim Thirty Years' War of Sunni vs. Shia. Out of it may come new nations whose names and borders were not written in drawing rooms by 19th and 20th century European cartographers, but in blood. India, too, is feeling the tremors. Ethnic violence in the Assam region has sent hundreds of thousands fleeing in panic. In East Asia, ethnonationalism, fed by memories from the 20th century, is igniting clashes among former Cold War allies. China's claim to the Spratly, Paracel and other islands in the South China Sea puts Beijing in conflict with Hanoi, which welcomes U.S. warships back to Cam Ranh Bay. Were not these the same people we bombed and blasted not so long ago? Twenty years ago, Manila ordered the U.S. Navy out of Subic Bay, which had been home to the U.S. Pacific Fleet almost since the Spanish-American war. Now Manila is inviting America back. Why? China is claiming islets, atolls and reefs 1,000 miles from the Chinese mainland, but only 100 miles from the Philippine coast. To annex what could be a mother lode of oil, gas and minerals in the South China Sea, China is stoking the ethnonationalism of its own people. Yet, a fear of ethnonationalism is behind Beijing's repression of Tibetans and Uighurs, whose regions are being inundated with Han Chinese, just as Josef Stalin flooded Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia with Russians after annexing them in 1940. "All is race; there is no other truth," wrote Benjamin Disraeli in his novel "Tancred." Beijing behaves as if it believes Disraeli was right. China now claims Japan's Senkaku islands, which Beijing calls the Diaoyu. South Korea claims Japan's Takeshima in the East China Sea, which Seoul calls Dokdo. Here history enters the quarrel. In 1908, in the Root-Takahira Agreement, Theodore Roosevelt agreed to Tokyo's annexation of Korea in return for recognition of U.S. annexation of the Philippines. Root-Takahira is a black page in Korean history. For Japan's occupation ran through World War II, when Korean girls were forced into prostitution as "comfort women" for Japanese troops. Tokyo and Seoul were Cold War allies, but these old wounds never healed. The visit to Dokdo last week by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, cheered by his countrymen, represented a rejection of Japan's claim and an assertion that the islets belong to Korea. Russia, too, has now gotten into the islands game. Two days after the United States dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, the day before Nagasaki, Stalin declared war and sent Russian troops to seize the Kuril islands north of Japan and expel the population. Japan still claims the four southernmost islands of the Kuril chain. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev just stoked the flames of tribalism in both nations by visiting the Kuril island that is closest to Japan. With China, South Korea and Russia asserting claims and making intrusions on islands Japan regards as sacred territory, Tokyo is taking a new look at rebuilding her armed forces. On Aug. 15, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, two cabinet ministers visited the Yasukuni Shrine to the World War II dead. A new nationalism is rising in the Land of the Rising Sun. China and Russia may be nuclear powers, but Japan could join that club swiftly should she chose to do so. The bipolar world of the Cold War is history. The new world order, however, is not the One World dreamed of by Wilsonian idealists. It is a Balkanizing world where race, tribe, culture and creed matter most, and democracy is seen not as an end in itself but as a means to an end - the accretion of power by one's own kind to achieve one's own dreams. As Abraham Lincoln said in another time, when an old world was dying and a new world was being born, "As our situation is new, let us think and act anew." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:09:07 -0600 From: "Joe Gingrich" Subject: ATF official tied to 'Furious' sting on leave earning second ... ... paycheck, lawmakers allege http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/22/atf-official-tied-to-fast-and-furious-on-leave-earning-second-paycheck/ ATF official tied to 'Furious' sting on leave earning second paycheck, lawmakers allege By William La Jeunesse Published August 22, 2012 FoxNews.com Republican lawmakers allege in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder that a key figure in the failed Fast and Furious anti-gunrunning operation has been allowed to earn a second paycheck while still receiving his government salary. The new allegations come as Holder reviews the long-awaited internal report detailing what happened in -- and who is to blame for -- Fast and Furious, in which the U.S. knowingly let some 2,500 weapons slip into the hands of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, failing to track the guns as planned. Sources tell Fox News the Office of Inspector General delivered the report to the Department of Justice on Tuesday. Under existing protocols, the department has a month to respond to the report's findings, after which, the inspector general typically releases the document to the public. Meanwhile, Sen. Charles Grassley and Rep. Darrel Issa, the two Republicans leading the charge against Holder on Capitol Hill, claimed in a letter Tuesday that ATF Assistant Deputy Director Bill McMahon has received a leave of absence allowing him to pull down two salaries. Taxpayers pay him six figures to do his ATF job while he's also reportedly pulling down in excess of $100,000 as the full-time director of global security and investigations for JP Morgan in the Philippines. The arrangement allows McMahon to retire in December with a full government pension. Records show McMahon approved Fast and Furious and supervised it as director of western operations. In July 2011, before a Congressional Committee, he apologized for his mistakes. "As the ATF senior executive of the West Region, I share responsibility for mistakes that were made in the Fast & Furious investigation," McMahon said. "The advantage of hindsight, a thorough review of the case, clearly points me to things that I would have done differently." Issa, Grassley and some agents inside the ATF are livid over the special treatment given McMahon. They say personnel codes prohibit ATF officials from taking outside employment. In fact, the agency is using the rule to sue whistleblower and ATF undercover agent Jay Dobyns $1.7 million for writing a book. "Wait a minute. ATF and DOJ are suing me for alleged violations of my outside employment agreement while at the same time sanctioning McMahon to work full time outside of ATF?" Dobyns complained Wednesday to the ATF Office of Professional Responsibility. "Are you serious?" "This is disgusting! And, while telling me their hands are tied on my matters while they take care of the very guy in the chain-of-command that allowed Fast and Furious to take place and then lied to Congress about it? Ain't happening while I sit here and get my head beat in every day. No way, no how do I take this one." Another agent was floored, wondering how the agency expected to get past Fast and Furious while continuing to approve controversial, in his words "indefensible" actions to protect one of their own in Washington D.C. Issa and Grassley demanded to know who approved McMahon's leave, the grounds for any waiver, and his current employment status. ATF spokesman Dave Campbell said his agency is reviewing the lawmaker's letter but can't comment since it involves a personnel matter. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:28:07 -0600 From: Larry James Fillo Subject: "Violent punk tries to attack police volunteer" Prof. Kleck has stated reports of armed citizenry defending against violent criminal attack show, that in the vast majority of instances, the attack is stopped simply by displaying the armament in a defensive manner. This clearly fits his research. - ----------------------------- http://www.liveleak.com/view?i™f_1345486508 Violent punk tries to attack police volunteer [watch from 1:00 for the actual incident] An Israeli traffic police volunteer was documenting an arab traffic offender after he spotted him driving recklessly and crossing over a white line. Realizing he's being filmed, this punk pulls out an iron pipe with the intention of beating him up, but the volunteer brings him back to his senses by pulling out a gun. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, August 22, 2012 10:21 pm From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: It's a fallacy to think guns make us safer by Emile Therien NATIONAL POST LETTERS - AUGUST 14, 2012 Letter: It's a fallacy to think guns make us safer http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/08/14/todays-letters-canada-sweeps-the-medals-for-anti-americanism/ Re: Guns Will Make Us Safer, letters to the editor, Aug. 11. Studies tend to reveal people who carry a weapon for self-protection are more likely to increase violence than reduce it; the weapon is also more likely to be used against the victims than by them. An American study published in The New England Journal of Medicine found that guns kept in the home were 22% more likely to kill a family member or an acquaintance than they were to kill an intruder. There are nearly 300 million privately owned firearms in the United States, of which approximately 100 million are handguns. Since 1980, 44 states have passed some form of law that allows gun owners to carry concealed weapons outside of their homes for personal protection. In an average year, about 100,000 Americans are killed or injured with guns. And the FBI's 2008 data reveals that only 245 alleged criminals were killed by civilians, far fewer than were killed by police. One nation, under the gun? Never in Canada. Emile Therien, Ottawa. - ---------------------------------- RESPONSES TO EMILE THERIEN NATIONAL POST LETTERS - AUGUST 15, 2012 http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/08/15/todays-letters-the-last-hurra h-of-british-greatness/ LETTERS: Guns, malpractice and Vermont Re: It's A Fallacy To Think Guns Make Us Safer, letter to the editor, Aug. 14 - Letter-writer Emile Therien demonstrates careful selectivity in his letter when he states that in an average year, 100,000 Americans are killed or injured by guns. We might think that more people are killed rather than injured by guns. The actual data reveals that about one-third of the 100,000 are killed and two-thirds injured. Even so, the numbers are shocking when compared to Canada. However far more shocking is that in the same average year in the United States, 92,000 people die from medical malpractice. Perhaps The New England Journal of Medicine that Mr. Therien uses to support his stance, will have an explanation for such a shocking statistic. As it stands now, Americans are more likely to die in the hands of a medical practitioner than by a gun shot. Jeff Spooner, Kinburn, Ont. Letter-writer Emile Therien decries the concealed carry laws in the United States but fails to also indicate that confrontational crime rates are down an average of 30% in those states which allow it. While typically only 3% to 5% of the population goes through the hoops to qualify for concealed carry, and fewer still actually strap on a handgun, the entire population derives a net benefit from the legal concealed carry in the United States. Handguns were designed for one purpose: to save lives in a last resort situation. Often the knowledge that a potential "victim" has the means to defend herself is sufficient to end what otherwise might be a tragic incident. Mr. Therien would turn Canada into a "gun free zone." Odd then, that when a person runs amok with a firearm, the place of choice to commit the mayhem is a place where legal firearms are strictly forbidden. The Aurora Colorado AMC theatre was just such a place, where bylaws prohibited the attendees from concealed carry. Clearly, that was no accident. Robert S. Sciuk, Oshawa, Ont. Re: Guns Will Make Us Safer, letters to the editor, Aug. 11. - A letter writer points out that Vermont allows the carrying of concealed guns and that the crime rate in the state is the lowest in the country. This, the writer contends, is proof of the efficacy of gun toting. I would suggest that the people of Vermont are generally law-abiding and they would have a low crime rate anyhow. They also have the prettiest villages, litter-free streets and gorgeously landscaped freeways. Is this too because they have a Kalashnikov stuffed down their pant leg? Allen Strike, Port Hope, Ont. - ------------------------------------------- Cdn-Firearms Digest Wednesday, August 22 2012 Volume 15 : Number 224 From: Barry Glasgow [mailto:barryglasgow@yahoo.com] Sent: August-22-12 1:20 PM To: Ottawa Hill Times Subject: Safety advocate's deceitful stats Former Canada Safety Council president, Emile Therien dismissed a reader's point that guns are used every day to save lives without firing a shot - demanding proof for that point of view while presenting a discredited New England Journal of Medicine study showing that "guns kept in the home were 22 per cent more likely to kill a family member or an acquaintance than they were to kill an intruder". What Therien doesn't tell us is that these numbers include people whose lifestyle is far from normal - gang members and dope dealers. Most of these biased studies also fail to consider that guns do not need to be fired in order to deter crime. Additionally, unarmed citizens derive a benefit from the uncertainty among predatory criminals whenever they believe that citizens could be armed. Not so in places like Britain where gun control policies practically guarantee that victims will pose no threat to criminals. Which is why British home invasions are three times that of the U.S. As for the net value of permitting about 2% of the population to carry firearms; U.S. counties that switched over to "shall-issue" gun licensing policies experienced a 7.65 percent drop in murders and a 5.2 percent drop in rapes while seeing a mere 0.5 percent rise in accidental handgun deaths [Lott-Mustard 1996]. 23% of American women own guns - would Mr. Therien want to deprive them of this option while 90,000 rapes and 49,000 carjackings are being committed annually? Contrary to Mr. Therien's bleak outlook on the mayhem that is sure to be caused by licensed individuals, something in the order of 0.03 percent of licenses have been revoked for firearm-related infractions. And the fact that only 245 of 50 million gun owning households had actually used their guns to kill in self-defense ought to tell you something about the level of responsibility and restraint exercised by these citizens. Mr. Therien's bias on this subject is well documented, as is his deceptive use of statistics in pushing his anti-gun agenda. He (along with many others in the liberal media who believe that good citizens are too stupid and irresponsible to own firearms) would do well to read Professor John Lott's excellent book, More Guns, Less Crime. ====================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:52:31 -0700 (PDT) From: "bletchleypark@rogers.com" Subject: Re: Safety Advocate's Deceitful Stats Barry,   Maybe Emile is on to something if he and his hoards of urban elitists don't trust people with guns. Think about it. Most of these twits live in big cities. Most people in big cities support big government with socialist mindsets. Imagine if you will a home invasion at one of Emile's friends with a gun....(very scary).   The poor fool would probably scream like  a girl, drop the gun on his foot, breaking his toe and shooting his wife all at the same time.   Liberals/elitists are too stupid and should never own a firearm. ;-)    Cheers,   Peter ------------------------------ Date: Thu, August 23, 2012 9:20 am From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: SMALL ARMS SURVEY: Advocacy and Action in the UN Small Arms Process From: Small Arms Survey [mailto:news@smallarmssurvey.org] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 7:04 AM To: dhyoung@shaw.ca Subject: 2012 and Beyond: Advocacy and Action in the UN Small Arms Process 2012 and Beyond: Advocacy and Action in the UN Small Arms Process By Jim McLay, New Zealand ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in New York. More than a decade has passed since the adoption of the UN Programme of Action (PoA) to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects in 2001, laying the foundation for action at the national, regional and global levels. From 27 August until 7 September 2012, the Second Review Conference will be held in New York, offering the opportunity to review the progress made in the implementation of the PoA. The Small Arms Survey has prepared a Briefing Paper to stimulate discussion at the Conference, examining future policy directions for the PoA. In it, Ambassador Jim McLay reflects on the PoA’s first ten years, and assesses its achievements and shortcomings. He notes the difficulties encountered in effectively supporting, monitoring, and assessing implementation, and the changing context in which it now exists. The Briefing Paper outlines specific challenges that the Programme of Action process needs to address over the coming decade to ensure its continued effe ctiveness and credibility. These include: • providing better support for implementation at the national and regional levels, including through more regular expert meetings, greater utilization of existing and emerging implementation tools, and an enhanced capacity to monitor and evaluate implementation and assess its effectiveness; • more effectively coordinating Programme of Action implementation with related instruments and processes; and • carefully managing ‘unfinished [Programme of Action] business’ in terms of further normative development. Noting the importance of a successful 2012 Review Conference for the process’s ongoing vigour and credibility, the Briefing Paper provides practical suggestions on how this might be achieved. ________________________________________ • Download 2012 and Beyond: Advocacy and Action in the UN Small Arms Process: http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/G-Issue-briefs/SAS-BP2-2012-and-beyond.pdf • More on the PoA Review Conference: http://www.poa-iss.org/RevCon2/ • More on international measures: http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/regulations-and-controls/levels-of-action/international.html Small Arms Survey | Avenue Blanc 47 | Geneva, GE 1202, Switzerland ------------------------------ Date: Thu, August 23, 2012 9:24 am From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: OUTDOOR WIRE: Today's Bowhunting Gear Often Includes a Handgun THE OUTDOOR WIRE - AUGUST 23, 2012 http://www.theoutdoorwire.com/archived/2012-08-23_tow.html FEATURE: Today's Bowhunting Gear Often Includes a Handgun Editor's Note: This feature first appeared in our companion service, The Archery Wire and was written by its editor J.R. Absher. If you're not already a subscriber and you're an archery enthusiast, visit www.thearcherywire.com and begin your own subscription. Whether today's well-equipped archery hunter is heading to a woodlot treestand just a few miles from home or to a remote meadow high in the Rocky Mountains, there is a good chance he or she carries a standard piece of equipment that would have been unusual-and illegal in some states-just a few years ago: a handgun. Dangerous people and dangerous places are simply an American fact of life these days-even for those hunting in locales that were once among the most crime-free in the country. That's why an increasing number of state wildlife agencies and lawmakers are addressing the safety needs of bowhunters and others who have previously been restricted from carrying handguns for personal protection while afield. For many, the argument for carrying a handgun while bowhunting is simple one, particularly in regions that hold grizzly and brown bears, wild boars, mountain lions or other potentially dangerous game. Beyond that, there's the increasing likelihood hunters may unintentionally discover clandestine methamphetamine labs or hidden marijuana-growing operations on public land-along with the ne'er-do-wells who occupy them. From Mexican drug cartels operating marijuana-growing operations in the Southwest and West, to methamphetamine-cooking operations in the rural Midwest and South, there are a disturbing number of ruthless characters inhabiting the exact places we prefer to hunt and recreate in the outdoors. With early archery deer seasons already underway in parts of California, bowhunters there are again being warned to be especially vigilant when in remote areas notorious for illegal pot-growing plantations. Just last week authorities with the California Department of Fish and Game discovered and removed 10,000 marijuana plants on the Cosumnes Wildlife Management Area in Sacramento County and arrested a shotgun-toting Mexican national. Last year, Alabama bowhunters were permitted for the first time to carry handguns for personal protection during archery-only seasons. Effective Oct. 1, 2011, North Carolina regulations allowed archery hunters "to carry, but not hunt with, a concealed handgun with valid concealed carry permit or an open carry handgun, as long as it is not in conflict with any other regulations in that jurisdiction." In addition, the 2011 archery season marked the first time bowhunters in Missouri were allowed to carry handguns. In 2010, Tennessee and Kentucky each liberalized handgun-carry regulations for archery hunters. Rules regulating handgun use for bowhunters vary by state, with most simply allowing those with valid concealed-handgun permits to carry while hunting. Still, at least 17 states continue to prohibit bowhunters from carrying a firearm for any reason. And while no national archery or bowhunting organization stands out as a clear or outspoken advocate of "bowhunter carry," the National Rifle Association has actively lobbied for the hunting archer's right to personal protection for most of the past decade. "For many years, the NRA has actively advocated for the right of bowhunters to carry firearms for self-defense while in the field," said Darren LaSorte, Manager of Hunting Policy for NRA-ILA. "We know that bad things can happen to good people anywhere, anytime. There is no reason that bowhunters should be forced to surrender their right to self-defense every time they enter the field." - - J.R. Absher The Archery Wire is your source for "Archery and Bowhunting News You Can Use." We want to hear your ideas, suggestions, comments and more. For any communication or to request information on advertising and Corporate Membership, contact us at archerywire@gmail.com THE OUTDOOR WIRE http://www.theoutdoorwire.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, August 23, 2012 10:09 am From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: Lorne Gunter awarded Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal Sun columnist Lorne Gunter awarded By Matt Dykstra, Edmonton Sun - Updated: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 09:18 PM MDT http://www.edmontonsun.com/2012/08/22/sun-columnist-lorne-gunter-awarded Bolstering his passion for providing public opinion, Edmonton Sun columnist Lorne Gunter beamed as he was honoured Wednesday with a Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal. Presented with a plaque and medal during a celebratory ceremony inside downtown's Coast Edmonton Plaza Hotel, Gunter modestly thanked the members of the Canadian Taxpayer's Federation that nominated him. "It's really overwhelming in a way," said Gunter. "I certainly haven't lost any of the passion I have for trading ideas. It's a huge thrill." The Medicine Hat-born writer has built a loyal following in the province for his unrepentant take on political affairs since 1991, when he started at the Alberta Report. Joining the Edmonton Sun staff as our featured Page 5 columnist earlier this year, Gunter is a key part of the chain's team of top conservative commentators. "There's no better job in journalism than to be a columnist because you get to write your views about the issues you like to write about so I haven't done anything to earn this. I've just been doing what I want to do," Gunter said. Troy Lanigan, President and CEO of the Canadian Taxpayer's Federation, nominated Lorne for his intelligent analysis of Alberta's current affairs and political climate. "Lorne Gunter is a public opinion leader," said Lanigan, adding that Gunter's skill for presenting ideas distinguishes him from the pack. "As smart and as well-read as he is, he never feels the need to show off by making his writings unreadable with words and language that don't relate to you," said Lanigan. The Federation praised Gunter's scrutiny of government-funded programs, in particular those aimed at curbing human-caused global warming. Gunter is one of 60,000 Canadians to receive the medal, which honours the significant contributions and achievements of Canadians. The commemorative medal was created to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the Throne as Queen of Canada. matthew.dykstra@sunmedia.ca @SunMattDykstra ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V15 #225 *********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@scorpion.bogend.ca Moderator's email: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@scorpion.bogend.ca 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".)