From: owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V15 #977 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 owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Cdn-Firearms Digest Thursday, October 17 2013 Volume 15 : Number 977 In this issue: regarding: Senate Decisively Rejects U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Retired police officer accused in an illegal gun ring now ... Gun lobby is too powerful By Barry Kerton Preparing for looming financial crisis in U.S.? *NFR* Pixels for Pistols takes 226 guns off the street in just a week Olympic Gold Medalist Kim Rhode Guest of Honor at CRPA ... Russian hired to coach Indian pistol team About PubMed Health *NFR* Hunter registry seems like a good idea for farmers A government taking it all away: The Montagues ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 09:30:19 -0600 From: "Joe Gingrich" Subject: regarding: Senate Decisively Rejects U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Senate Decisively Rejects U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. - October 15, 2013 at 10:33 am(4) http://blog.heritage.org/2013/10/15/senate-decisively-rejects-u-n-arms-trade-treaty-2/ The U.S. Senate responded decisively today to Secretary of State John Kerry's recent signature on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). In a bipartisan letter led by Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), half of the Senate has officially pledged to oppose the ratification of the ATT. The signatories include every Republican Senator except Mark Kirk (R-IL) and five Democratic Senators. The letter, with its 50 signatories, ends any prospect in the foreseeable future of Senate ratification of the ATT. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is indeed very good news for the firearms community. Now can Canada get "Harper the Terrible" to repeal his unjust Bill C-68 and to continue his refrain from signing the world's despots ATT as did the U.S. Senate? Yours in Tyranny, Joe Gingrich White Fox ------------------------------ Date: Wed, October 16, 2013 12:29 pm From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: Retired police officer accused in an illegal gun ring now ... ...faces new charges Retired officer faces more charges By Katie May on October 16, 2013. LETHBRIDGE HERALD kmay@lethbridgeherald.com http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/local-news/2013/10/retired-officer-faces-more-charges/ A retired Lethbridge police officer accused in an illegal Calgary gun ring now faces new charges. Daniel Francis Bennett, 65, is accused of falsely reporting to police that several handguns had been stolen from his West Lethbridge garage and then filing a bogus insurance claim. Calgary police later uncovered some of those guns as they searched for the source of an illegal weapons trade on the streets of Calgary. Bennett, who retired from the Lethbridge Regional Police Service in 2001 after serving for more than 25 years, faced nine weapons trafficking charges two years ago after Calgary police searched his home, business and a storage unit as part of an investigation that began back in 2010. The search prompted Lethbridge police to take another look at the handguns Bennett reported stolen on July 2, 2010, and that's when they allegedly discovered that Calgary police had already seized some of those guns. Bennett now faces a total of 16 charges, including public mischief, attempted fraud over $5,000, careless use of a firearm, transfer of a firearm without authority, possession of a firearm at an unauthorized place and contravention of firearm storage regulations. He's set to go to trial on the initial charges sometime next year and is to appear in Calgary court to face the most recent charges Nov. 15. Bennett, an award-winning shooter who now works in the firearms distribution industry, told the Lethbridge Herald after the initial charges were laid in October 2011 that he's never done anything illegal and that police evidence against him is "uncorroborated, unsubstantiated information." "Any guns that I have sold have all been sold legally, above board, and the firearms records in Canada have a complete record of that," he said at the time. Police allege Bennett's business branched off into illegal territory, according to Lethbridge regional police Staff Sgt. Ian Sanderson. "Mr. Bennett was involved in a business involved in the distribution of firearms, so there was a lawful side to the business and now it's alleged that there was an unlawful nature in transport, careless use and storage of those firearms," he said. Sanderson said such allegations are troubling for the local police service because Bennett had been an "upstanding member of the Lethbridge police service for a number of years" before he retired. "It's very concerning for us based on that reputation, that tarnished image that goes along with a past member of the police service that falls prey to criminal charges, allegations thereof at this time," he said. Calgary police started investigating Bennett three years ago, searching for evidence that would tie him to a June 2010 weapons bust in that city. Police claim undercover officers saw men selling weapons from the trunk of a car in a Calgary parking lot after a public tip. At the time, they laid 104 weapons-related charges against four Calgary men, seizing 16 firearms including a machine gun. After searching Bennett's property two years ago, they linked nine of the weapons to Bennett and laid corresponding charges. The Calgary Police Service said five of the guns were registered to Bennett, three were registered to a numbered company and one was illegally in Canada with no paperwork. The serial numbers on the seized guns had been tampered with before they were sold on the street. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, October 16, 2013 12:42 pm From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: Gun lobby is too powerful By Barry Kerton Gun lobby is too powerful It is time for the Canadian government to stop pandering to gun owners By Barry Kerton, Whitecourt Star barry.kerton@sunmedia.ca Monday, October 14, 2013 11:57:29 MDT AM http://www.whitecourtstar.com/2013/10/14/gun-lobby-is-too-powerful It is time for the Canadian government to stop pandering to gun owners. In late September, Canada had yet another chance to sign a treaty designed to help regulate the global arms trade. The treaty was negotiated at a global conference held by the United Nations in July 2012. The Arms Trade Treaty would prohibit the transfer of conventional weapons if they violate arms embargoes or if they promote acts of genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes, and if they could be used in attacks on civilians or civilian buildings such as schools and hospitals. Beside trying to curb the small weapon trade the treaty would also prohibit the sale of tanks, armoured vehicles, large-calibre artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles and missile launchers, and small arms and light weapons. Once enacted it would require the ratifying counties to establish national regulations to control the transfer of conventional arms and other weapon components as well as regulate arms brokers. Currently, the treaty has been signed by more than 100 countries, including the U.S., which signed the treaty on Sept. 25. John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State, said the treaty would have no effect on domestic gun ownership. "This treaty will not diminish anyone's freedom," Kerry said, adding that the U.S. "would never think about supporting a treaty that is inconsistent with ... the rights of American citizens to be able to exercise their guaranteed rights under our constitution." The Canadian government disagrees with Kerry's assessment. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has said there is a potential link between signing to the treaty and Canada's now-abolished long gun registry. His office has said the government is still trying to determine whether the treaty would affect lawful recreational firearms owners in Canada. However, this is just an excuse. The government knows the treaty is not designed to affect domestic gun policy. Although, as with most laws or treaties it not clear what kind of impact the treaty would have in curbing the global arms trade until it is in effect. The treaty's effectiveness largely depends on which countries sign on and how stringently each of the signatories implement it. However, it is clear something needs to be done.As Robert Fox, executive director of Oxfam Canada, said, "We're in a world where there's more regulations about the trade of bananas than there are about AK-47s." ------------------------------ Senate Decisively Rejects U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. - October 15, 2013 at 10:33 am(4) http://blog.heritage.org/2013/10/15/senate-decisively-rejects-u-n-arms-trade-treaty-2/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:42:46 -0600 From: "Joe Gingrich" Subject: Preparing for looming financial crisis in U.S.? *NFR* http://www.infowars.com/chase-bank-limits-cash-withdrawals-bans-international-wire-transfers/ Preparing for looming financial crisis in U.S.? Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com October 16, 2013 Chase Bank has moved to limit cash withdrawals while banning business customers from sending international wire transfers from November 17 onwards, prompting speculation that the bank is preparing for a looming financial crisis in the United States. Numerous business customers with Chase BusinessSelect Checking and Chase BusinessClassic accounts have received letters over the past week informing them that cash activity (both deposits and withdrawals) will be limited to a $50,000 total per statement cycle from November 17 onwards. The letter reads; Dear Business Customer, Starting November 17, 2013: - You will no longer be able to send international wire transfers. You will still be able to send domestic wires and receive both domestic and international wires. We'll cancel any international wire transfers, including reccurring ones, you scheduled to be sent after this date. - Your cash activity limit for these accounts(s) will be $50,000 per statement cycle, per account. Cash activity is the combined total of cash deposits made at branches, night drops and ATMs and cash withdrawals made at branches (including purchases of money orders) and ATMs. These changes will help us more effectively manage the risks involved with these types of transactions. Another letter (PDF) received by Peak to Peak Charter School, a college in Colorado, states that the option to send both international and domestic wire transfers has been withdrawn from Chase business savings account holders. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, October 16, 2013 3:59 pm From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: Pixels for Pistols takes 226 guns off the street in just a week Pixels for Pistols takes 226 guns off the street in just a week October 16, 2013 Updated: October 16, 2013 | 7:41 am Adjust Text Size http://metronews.ca/news/ottawa/825272/pixels-for-pistols-takes-226-guns-off-the-street-in-just-a-week/ Ottawa's Pixels for Pistols gun amnesty program is already racking up some impressive numbers, police say. The first week of the 14-day amnesty saw 226 firearms surrendered to the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) in exchange for digital Olympus cameras and training certificate from Henry's worth about $175. "The amnesty covers any guns," Staff Sgt. Mark Patterson of the guns and gangs unit said. He gave Metro Ottawa a tour of part of the weapons collected so far. Of the 226, 165 are rifles, 46 are handguns, and 15 are replicas or air guns. No restricted weapons like sawn-off shotguns, full automatic or machine guns have been turned in yet. OPS' last gun amnesty lasted four weeks in 2008. Some 254 rifles and 58 handguns were turned in then, for a total of 321. "It's a sign of the times," Patterson said. "There are more shootings here, and people with unused guns at home, want to get rid of them." The digital camera is a bonus, he said. Typically, the guns are typically associated with legal activities like hunting, but are not used anymore, Staff Sgt. Patterson said. Break and enters can be motivated by weapons theft, he added. The amnesty grants immunity from some charges around licenses, but if after checking serial numbers and ballistic testing, the weapon is connected to another crime, the individual will not receive the gift certificate and registered letter acknowledging receipt under amnesty, Patterson said. The crime will be fully investigated. Firearms must not be taken in to any police station and they cannot be taken in to Henry's. To turn in a firearm, people should call police between 7 a.m. and 2 a.m., at 613-236-1222 extension 7300. Police officers will then visit to pick up the firearms. The Amnesty continues until Oct. 20. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, October 16, 2013 4:04 pm From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: Olympic Gold Medalist Kim Rhode Guest of Honor at CRPA ... ...Fundraising Banquet Olympic Gold Medalist Kim Rhode Guest of Honor at CRPA Fundraising Banquet Published on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Announcing Olympic Gold Medalist Kim Rhode as Guest of Honor at the Partners of CRPA Fundraising Banquet on November 23 at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim, CA. http://www.ammoland.com/2013/10/olympic-gold-medalist-kim-rhode-guest-of-honor-at-crpa-fundraising-banquet/#axzz2hr3BF6Ic Sacramento, CA --(Ammoland.com)- The California Rifle and Pistol Association is proud to announce that Five Time Olympic Medal Winner and Six Time National Champion in double trap Kim Rhode will be our Guest of Honor at the Partners of CRPA Fundraising Banquet. Kimberly "Kim" Susan Rhode was born on July 16, 1979 in Whittier, California . She is an American double trap and skeet shooter who is a five-time Olympic medal winner including three gold medals and six-time national champion in double trap. She is the most successful female shooter at the Olympics as the only triple Olympic Champion and is the only woman to have won two Olympic gold medals for Double Trap. Most recently, she won a gold medal in skeet shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, equaling the world record of 99 out of 100 clays. Her storied career began at the tender age of 13, when she won her first world championship title in women's double trap shooting. She went on to win her first gold medal at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, GA, making her the youngest female gold medalist in the history of Olympic shooting. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia she later won a bronze medal. Rhode extended her consecutive medal winning streak by winning the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Double trap shooting was eliminated from the Olympic games after Athens but Kim persevered as she concentrated on skeet. She traveled to her fourth Olympic games in 2008 to compete in Bejing where she went on to win the silver medal in women's skeet. She continued her record breaking streak at the 2012 London Olympics, Rhode won the gold medal in skeet shooting with an Olympic record score of 99, tying the world record in this event. Kim Rhode is the only American competitor to win medals for an individual event in five consecutive Olympics. She is the only woman to win three Olympic individual gold medals for shooting and one of three Olympians to ever do this at all. Come join us for a night of family fun at The Phoenix Club in Anaheim. Buffet dinner served at 6:30 pm followed with games, raffles, live auctions and silent auctions For additional questions, donations or tickets contact LAR&R at hammersui@yahoo.com . Adult $60 Child (under 13) $30 Buy Tickets! ( http://tiny.cc/nwyz4w ) All proceeds will go directly to the CRPA Foundation About: The California Rifle and Pistol Association "CRPA," founded in 1875, is dedicated to defending the rights of law-abiding citizens to responsibly use firearms for self-defense and the defense of their loved ones, for sport, and for all other legal activities. CRPA is the official state association of the National Rifle Association. A California non-profit association, CRPA is independently directed by its own Board of Directors. CRPA's members include law enforcement officers, prosecutors, professionals, firearm experts, the general public, and loving parents. CRPA has always worked to reduce the criminal misuse of firearms and firearms accidents, while actively promoting and organizing the competitive shooting sports and Olympic training programs in California. We are proud to say that many CRPA competitors are among the best in the world. Visit: www.crpa.org Read more: http://www.ammoland.com/2013/10/olympic-gold-medalist-kim-rhode-guest-of-honor-at-crpa-fundraising-banquet/#ixzz2hvPN8P3i Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Follow us: @Ammoland on Twitter | Ammoland on Facebook ------------------------------ Date: Wed, October 16, 2013 10:34 pm From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: Russian hired to coach Indian pistol team Smirnov appointed Indian pistol team coach The Russian will be in charge of the team till the 2016 Rio Olympics with a monthly salary of $7,500 PTI Oct 9, 2013, 04.25PM IST http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-09/shooting/42861906_1_pavel-smirnov-london-olympics-vijay-kumar NEW DELHI: Pavel Smirnov, who played a role in ace marksman Vijay Kumar winning a silver medal in the London Olympics, has been appointed chief coach of the Indian pistol team on a three-year contract. As per the Sports Authority of India's (SAI) policy, the Russian will be drawing a monthly salary of $7,500. "He (Smirnov) will be in charge of the team till the 2016 Rio Olympics," a NRAI official said. After a successful six-year stint at the Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, Smirnov's first assignment with the Indian team will be the upcoming Asian Air Gun Championship starting in Tehran on October 18. "He has already started training the shooters at the Dr Karni Singh Range for the tournament in Tehran," the official added. The Indian Army had employed him in 2007 to further its 'Olympic Mission' program. At AMU, which is a specialised unit of infantry, he was entrusted with the task of scouting talented shooters within the army and train them for national and international competitions. Satisfied with his efforts at AMU, the NRAI had shown keenness to have Smirnov in its ranks. The NRAI had forwarded Smirnov's name to SAI after the Russian expressed his interest earlier this year. Till Smirnov's appointment, the post of pistol coach had been lying vacant since the departure of Anatoli Poddubny, who took over a few months before the London Games, but whose contract was not renewed by SAI. One of the best in the world, the soft-spoken coach from Moscow, prior to the quadrennial extravaganza in the British capital last July-August, was like a shadow to the 27-year-old Vijay. Smirnov was showered with a lot of praise after Vijay became the first Indian pistol shooter to win an Olympic medal. The Russian's appointment by Army was part of its Olympic Mission Programme that was launched in 2004. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:11:58 -0600 From: "Joe Gingrich" Subject: About PubMed Health *NFR* http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/ excerpt: About PubMed Health PubMed Health provides information for consumers and clinicians on prevention and treatment of diseases and conditions. PubMed Health specializes in reviews of clinical effectiveness research, with easy-to-read summaries for consumers as well as full technical reports. Clinical effectiveness research finds answers to the question "What works?" in medical and health care. PubMed Health is a service provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). Follow us on Twitter at @PubMedHealth. You can +1, share, and follow us on Google+. You can also subscribe to our RSS feeds: Featured Reviews and Behind the Headlines. Who we are The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the world's largest medical library. It has millions of books and journals about all aspects of medicine and health care on its shelves. Its electronic services deliver trillions of bytes of data to millions of users every day. The NLM was founded in 1836 and is part of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is a division of the NLM. It creates resources for researchers, particularly large-scale research in human genetics. The NCBI also provides public access to information through resources like PubMed. PubMed includes abstracts-short technical summaries-of more than 22 million scientific articles in medicine and health. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, October 17, 2013 4:28 pm From: "Dennis R. Young" Subject: Hunter registry seems like a good idea for farmers Hunter registry seems like a good idea Outdoors - Ed Coleman - Published on October 16, 2013 http://www.novanewsnow.com/Opinion/Columnists/2013-10-16/article-3430975/Hunter-registry-seems-like-a-good-idea/1 When a farmer had a problem with geese fouling up a pond he used to water his dairy herd, he solved it by calling a couple of hunters. A friend was telling me about this last year. He was one of the hunters the farmer contacted; he says he had a great shoot - "we took a whack of geese out of the pond" - and the farmer's problem was solved. The geese never came back. Along a similar line, a farmer's young apple orchard was being visited a little too often by hungry deer and trees were being destroyed. He wondered if anyone would like to cull the deer. I was one of the hunters to whom the farmer mentioned this. I passed word along to my deer hunting friends that they were welcome to set up a blind in the orchard if they contacted the farmer. These sorts of situations are likely what the Federation of Anglers and Hunters had in mind when they suggested setting up a hunter registry farmers could access to help control nuisance wildlife. The idea is that hunters would be available if farmers were bothered by nuisance bears, raccoons, coyotes and deer. Tony Rodgers, the federation's executive director, said recently the Department of Agriculture seems to be keen on the idea of a registry, but nothing has been firmed up yet. For a couple of reasons, this is a good idea. Hunters, and trappers as well, need to build up rapport with landowners, and having a registry could be one way to do it. Surely, farmers would appreciate having a near at hand resource to call on when wildlife is a nuisance or is threatening. The question is, how would it work? Would farmers take advantage of a hunter registry when problems arise with nuisance animals? Maybe, maybe not. Bow hunters and bear hunters tried setting up a registry a few years ago and it isn't working; from what I hear, few, if any, farmers have taken advantage of it. The farmer/hunter who told me this story is still shaking his head. He called the Department of Natural Resources recently and asked why something wasn't being done to bring back the Hungarian partridge. The answer he got was that we ("we" meaning Natural Resources I suppose) don't introduce birds that aren't native to Nova Scotia. Hello? Run that by us again. Huns were already introduced here, way back in 1926. After a few stops and starts and a couple of restockings, they flourished, and a hunting season was opened early in the 1940s. Eventually, after about 50 years, Huns declined and almost disappeared; the hunting season was closed. This bit of Hun history makes the response that we don't introduce birds that aren't native a bit ... Well, you fill in the right word here. I'm thinking "mysterious" or "uninformed." Good-sized striped bassare still being caught here and there along beaches and in tidal streams, and that doesn't surprise me. I recall that when I was growing up, most striped bass anglers never got serious until October. Today, most of the striper activity seems to take place through summer. When I say "good-sized striped bass," by the way, I'm talking about fish running to the 100-centimetre mark. Fish in this size range are being caught nowadays in the Cornwallis River. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:33:37 -0600 From: "Joe Gingrich" Subject: A government taking it all away: The Montagues A government taking it all away: The Montagues By Chris Schafer, Executive Director The Canadian Constitution Foundation (The CCF) web site http://theccf.ca/ A government powerful enough to give you everything you want is also powerful enough to take it all away. More and more, I feel this statement rings true for Canada. Property rights in Canada were in decline well before our politicians chose not to include them in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982. But even the Americans, whose property rights are protected by their constitution, are facing an unprecedented level of unconstitutional and unwarranted confiscation of private property through civil forfeiture laws-laws that allow for the confiscation of property by the state often without a conviction and sometimes in the absence of evidence. Not to be outdone by our neighbours to the south, many provincial governments in Canada have enacted similar laws purportedly to fight organized crime. But like many other laws drafted with good intentions, these broadly drafted laws give governments the power to target regular folks like you and me. In Ontario, for instance, the government is permitted to initiate legal action to confiscate private property merely because that property may have been involved in an illegal act. Imagine you rent an apartment to someone who uses it to grow marijuana without your permission or knowledge. In some Canadian provinces, you risk forfeiting and losing your apartment because the renter committed an illegal act on the premises despite the fact that you are completely innocent and have done nothing illegal. Such a case has occurred in British Columbia. And it's not just rental property that's at risk. Your business, your car, and even your family home are all on the table. No property is safe. Bruce and Donna Montague would definitely agree. I'm sure you remember back in 1995 when the federal government enacted the notorious Bill C-68 Firearms Act and, as a result of the Act, the Canadian Firearms Registry. At the time, Bruce was a gunsmith, a gun merchant and a law abiding gun owner. Like many Canadians, Bruce was troubled by what he perceived as unconstitutional, and even draconian, firearms regulations targeted at law abiding firearms owners. In 2003, in protest of the registry, Bruce deliberately allowed his licenses to expire in order to be charged so that he could challenge the constitutionality of the firearms registry in court. To be clear, Bruce caused no one any harm and committed no violent acts. Nevertheless, the courts rejected his constitutional arguments and convicted Bruce of 26 counts of unlicensed possession. For failing to have the proper paperwork, Bruce was sentenced to 18 months' incarceration, followed by 90 days' imprisonment in the community and one year's probation. He is permanently forbidden from owning and possessing firearms, thus ending his career as a gunsmith. Donna, Bruce's wife, likewise let her firearms licence expire and was convicted of a single offence of possessing a firearm without a licence. Bruce has served his prison sentence and he is no longer on probation. But the government is not finished with him yet. The federal government has started court action under the Criminal Code to force Bruce to forfeit ownership of all of his firearms, including his business inventory, to the Crown. The value of these assets exceeds $100,000. Adding insult to injury, the Ontario government has initiated an even more heinous legal action against Bruce. However, unlike the federal government, they're going after something even more personal-his family home. The Province of Ontario has brought a civil action against the Montagues under the Civil Remedies Act. The province claims that by having his gunsmith shop in his home at the time he and his wife committed the paperwork "crimes" in question, the Montague's family home was either an instrument of crime or purchased with the proceeds of crime. Never mind that Bruce and his family built and owned that home outright themselves long before Bill C-68 was enacted. Unsatisfied with taking years of Bruce's life and his livelihood, the government of Ontario wants to completely crush him by taking the home that he and his family built together. What's more, Ontario prosecutors sent Bruce an offer to settle the civil forfeiture action regarding his family's home. He would be permitted to keep his house if he paid $50,000 and agreed not to reveal the terms of the settlement. All of this combines to make a pretty frightening scenario. Let me assure you, if we don't do something about this, it's only going to get worse. Civil forfeiture is not criminal law so basic protections like "innocent until proven guilty" or "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" do not apply. Instead, the government's lawyers only need to prove on a "balance of probabilities" that a crime may have been committed in order to seize your property. Worse still, the Civil Remedies Act of Ontario allows the government to seek the forfeiture of any property used in the violation of a "provincial offence." This means that violating any provincial regulation could be grounds for civil forfeiture. Own a convenience store and accidentally sell cigarettes to a minor? You could lose your business and any money you invested in that business. Build a garage or a shed on your property without the proper permits and you might lose more than you can imagine. There really is no end to what the government of Ontario could potentially use as an excuse to seize your property. And if you don't live in Ontario, you're still not safe. Many other provinces have either established a similar regime or are in the process of enacting one. But we can help stem this tide by defending the property rights of individuals like Bruce Montague against overreaching government power. Remember, it doesn't matter whether you agree or not with the Montagues' firearms registry protest. The issue isn't about firearms. It's about the power that governments across Canada have given themselves to seize your property. CCF lawyers will be representing Bruce and Donna Montague in court on November 15th to defend against the criminal forfeiture application by the federal government. And Ontario's civil forfeiture suit will follow shortly thereafter. With your renewed support, the CCF will be in a position to come to Bruce and Donna's defence against the government. As I'm sure you're aware, the government's lawyers (and there are a lot of them) are paid using your tax dollars. The CCF, on the other hand, receives absolutely no money from government. We rely entirely on the voluntary contributions of Canadians like yourself. I ask that you renew your support for the Canadian Constitution Foundation by making a tax deductible donation today. You can do this by filling out the enclosed form and returning it to us in the envelope provided. Alternatively, feel free to visit us on the web at www.theCCF.ca to make a donation online. If you donate $25 or more, I will send you a charitable tax receipt that you can use to hang on to bit more of your money come tax time. The battle against civil forfeiture in this country will be a long one, but with your support we will be able to get the ball rolling by helping to defend Bruce and Donna Montague. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Sincerely, Chris Schafer Executive Director Canadian Constitution Foundation PS. Please consider making your donation a reoccurring monthly donation. Supporting the CCF with an automatic monthly donation is the best way to ensure our work continues. PPS. The CCF offers a variety of other ways to give as well. These include automatic monthly credit card donations, donations of stocks, and legacy gifts. 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