From: owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V16 #214 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 Friday, April 4 2014 Volume 16 : Number 214 In this issue: Army Admits Fort Hood Shooter Was on Psychiatric Drugs Fw: Help spread the word Re: Guards vs. prisoner- Digest V16 #211 Loaded handgun at airport gets U.S. pilot arrested in Calgary ... "Andre Harvey Richard arrested in connection with attack on ... FBI, crime, guns and a long, cool... "Crimea, too small to matter"- Reuters All this, because Harper lied to get his majority "Ukraine crisis: Kiev takes on far right"-BBC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 10:32:07 -0600 From: "Joe Gingrich" Subject: Army Admits Fort Hood Shooter Was on Psychiatric Drugs http://www.infowars.com/army-admits-fort-hood-shooter-was-on-psychiatric- drugs/ Army Admits Fort Hood Shooter Was on Psychiatric Drugs Connection between violence and SSRI medication emerges yet again "Lopez had been prescribed Ambien, a sleeping pill associated with accidents and aggressive outbursts." Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones Infowars.com April 3, 2014 Lt. Gen. Mark A. Milley acknowledged that Fort Hood gunman Ivan Lopez was taking psychiatric medication before the shooting, underscoring yet again the clear and consistent connection between mass shooting incidents and SSRI drugs. “Was he on any sort of medications….SSRI’s, anti-depressants, anything of that nature,” a reporter asked Milley, to which the General responded, “He was on medications that’s correct.” In a subsequent report, officials also admitted that Lopez had been prescribed Ambien, a sleeping pill associated with accidents and aggressive outbursts. 34-year-old Lopez, who shot dead three colleagues and injured 16 others before turning the gun on himself, returned from Iraq suffering from “mental problems,” according to officials. The obvious link between psychiatric drugs and violent outbursts is a common theme that crops up in almost every mass shooting incident, yet the media is routinely loathe to make the connection. After it emerged that Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis “had been treated…. by the Veterans Administration for his mental problems,” the press showed little interest in discovering what drugs Alexis had been taking. The only medication currently offered by the VA for mental problems are SSRI drugs. Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was also taking anti-depressant drugs when he massacred 16 Afghan civilians in 2012. SSRI medication, which is known to cause violent outbursts, is routinely used to treat PTSD, which goes some way to explain why there are so many stories about both active duty and returning troops carrying out acts of inexplicable violence on a regular basis. Despite it being reported that prescription drugs were found in the apartment of ‘Batman’ shooter James Holmes days after the Aurora massacre, it took nine months to find out exactly what those drugs were. Like Columbine killer Eric Harris, Holmes had been taking Zoloft, another SSRI drug linked with violent outbursts. As the website SSRI Stories profusely documents, there are literally hundreds of examples of mass shootings, murders and other violent episodes that have been committed by individuals on psychiatric drugs over the past three decades. The number of cases is staggering, but the media has completely failed to generate a national conversation about the issue due to its obsession with exploiting mass shootings to demonize the second amendment. Pharmaceutical giants who produce drugs like Zoloft, Prozac and Paxil spend around $2.4 billion dollars a year on direct-to-consumer television advertising every year. By running negative stories about prescription drugs, networks risk losing tens of millions of dollars in ad revenue, which is undoubtedly one of the primary reasons why the connection is habitually downplayed or ignored entirely. Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/paul.j.watson.71 FOLLOW Paul Joseph Watson @ https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 11:07:04 -0700 From: Todd Birch Subject: Fw: Help spread the word NationBuilderSubject: Help spread the word With the RCMP’s recent attempt at another confiscation by re-classification, Steven, a concerned Canadian from the Quebec riding of Pontiac launched a petition online calling for an end to the RCMP’s confiscations. Steven, having collected over 10,000 signatures, called his NDP Member of Parliament in Pontiac. But his MP didn’t want to hear from him. So, he had to drive to Ontario to find a Member of Parliament who would accept his petition. Canadians like you and Steven deserve to have a strong conservative voice in Parliament. That’s why I have recently updated www.responsiblefirearmsreform.ca but know we need to get the word out. I think more and more Canadians who don’t own firearms are starting to hear about the actions of the RCMP and wonder, if they can seize my neighbours gun by changing the rules, is any property really secure? I encourage you to visit the site and help spread the word at www.responsiblefirearmsreform.ca/spread_the_word and share your ideas for reforms at http://www.responsiblefirearmsreform.ca/your_reforms Sincerely, Cheryl Gallant http://www.cherylgallant.ca/ Cheryl Gallant · 84 Isabella St, Pembroke, ON K8A 5S6, Canada This email was sent to wlmailhtml:drewmcclure@live.ca. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Cheryl Gallant on Twitter or Facebook. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 13:36:23 -0600 From: Larry James Fillo Subject: Re: Guards vs. prisoner- Digest V16 #211 Fair comment, Bruce. Being a community that was more law-abiding than the general public, few of us, apart from a tour or such, have seen the inside of a jail, provincial or federal. Now due to unreasonable firearms laws, a growing number of peaceful citizens have found themselves in jail. And to date, that trend will continue. We should always keep in mind, the proverb "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely" - Lord Acton On 2014-04-03, at 7:01 AM, Cdn-Firearms Digest wrote: > Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 15:09:36 -0600 > From: "Bruce Montague" > Subject: Re: CBC: Supreme Court rules in favour of prisoners ... > > Dear "Kindanyume" and any others who may have his "opinion" about guards > punishing prisoners: > > Kindanyume wrote: > >> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 10:26:53 -0400 >> From: Kindanyume >> Subject: Re: CBC: Supreme Court rules in favour of prisoners ... >> >> "prison staff can no longer punish prisoners >> for misbehaviour." >> >> wtf????? who the hell was on that bench and what the hell were they >> smoking?? they are PRISONERS for a reason.. it's not supposed to be fun >> or enjoyable or a country club.. it's PRISON > > I would advise anyone to carefully consider a topic BEFORE forming an > opinion. As gun owners we should all be more aware of how this prejudice can > hurt others. > > As someone who has spent time in prison I can tell you that it is not a > picnic, even if the guards do their job decently. Prison is a very degrading > and dehumanizing experience. It can also be very cruel at times. This > situation should not be capitalized on by sadistic guards! > > Guards have a great deal of power over prisoners, and can force them to do > very vulgar and degrading things just on a whim (and these aren't considered > "punishments"). They can also act as judge jury and executioner for many > "infractions" real or imagined. For instance they can hand out 4-day prison > sentences (ie lengthen you prison stay) for simply forgetting to bring your > coffee cup with you to the lunch room. > > I can tell you from first hand experience that some guards are very mean > spirited and take great pleasure in meting out unjustified punishments to > prisoners, simply for their own enjoyment. I have no problem with valid > punishments that are meted out fairly but when guards have too much power > over a prisoner then abuses can and will happen. I know of at least 2 or 3 > guards that could use some "rehabilitation time" behind bars for their very > real crimes in the way they treat prisoners. > > I could go on for a very long time on this subject but I hope my point is > taken. Please try to be more informed before taking sides on an issue. > > > Yours in Liberty, > > Bruce. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 13:49:13 -0600 From: Larry James Fillo Subject: Loaded handgun at airport gets U.S. pilot arrested in Calgary http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/loaded-handgun-at-airport-gets-u-s-pilot-arrested-in-calgary-1.2597084 A commercial airline pilot from the United States was arrested a week ago at the Calgary International Airport after he was caught trying to clear security with a loaded firearm. Joshua Petty White, a pilot for SkyWest Airlines, failed to declare that he had the gun in his carry-on luggage as he passed through the checkpoint on March 28, Lisa White, spokeswoman for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) confirmed on Thursday. The CBSA criminal investigations unit believes White also illegally smuggled the gun into Canada when he arrived in Calgary the previous day. The pilot was taken into custody and charged under the Customs Act and the Criminal Code before being released on a $4,000 bond. The airline told CBC News that White has been put on administrative leave while full investigations are completed internally and by authorities. A senior U.S. official told CBC News White is not part of the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program, whose members are permitted to carry firearms on board planes. The weapon he was carrying, a Smith and Wesson Bodyguard .380-calibre, is not one of the guns issued to FFDO pilots, the official said. Whites next court appearance is set for April 29. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- As a licensed commercial pilot, he is authourized to operate a "weapon of mass destruction", but not trusted with a handgun. Will the prosecutor opt to proceed by indictment and the 3 yr. mandatory minimum sentence for simple possession, passed by the "pro-gun"(?) Harper Conservatives? (Just to send a "message") ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 14:12:46 -0600 From: Larry James Fillo Subject: ... ...victims-bill-of-rights-would-see-spouses-compelled-to-testify- CBC This is not a family friendly bill by the sounds of it. While it may be problematic in cases, the exemption is there to recognize a special, high status relationship. that of husband and wife, as fundamental to society. One that even an "all powerful" government needed to respect. The rest of the bill sounds like a politically correct reward for the victims of crime. Most victims, I know, would rather have not been a victim in the first place, but government policies have relegated citizens to the lower status of victims. Then it comes along and funnels some money to them for their role in keeping the legal industry so profitable. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/victims-bill-of-rights-would-see-spouses-compelled-to-testify-1.2596307 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 14:54:45 -0600 From: Larry James Fillo Subject: "Andre Harvey Richard arrested in connection with attack on ... ...family" Andre Harvey Richard, the 44-year-old man wanted in connection with a violent attack on his family in their home Wednesday night, has been arrested in southeastern B.C. near the small community of Fernie. Langley RCMP Cpl. Holly Marks said Richard was pulled over at 9:30 a.m. PT after police received a report of an erratic, possibly impaired driver. The complainant followed Richard's minivan until it came to a stop. The vehicle is the same one shown in a photo released earlier by police. A woman is loaded on to an ambulance Wednesday morning after she and her daughter survived an attack. Andre Harvey Richard has been arrested in connection with the assault. (CBC) Marks said Richard got out of the van and went into the roadside bush. A crime negotiator was called to the scene and Richard was taken into custody shortly afterward. Richard was being sought after his estranged wife and his stepdaughter were attacked in their home in the Vancouver suburb of Langley, B.C. Marks said Richard breached an order not to contact his wife when he entered the family home. CBC News has learned the woman was in family court the day before the attack. A mother and her two children escaped this blaze and ran to a neighbour's home Andre Harvey Richard, the family's estranged husband and father has been arrested in Fernie, B.C. in connection with the attack. (CBC) She and her two children were taken to hospital after escaping the fire that gutted the house in the 19600 block of Wakefield Drive just after 1 a.m. PT. Police said a man broke into the home and set the fire before going into the woman's bedroom and assaulting her with a weapon. Woman hit in head Marks said it was a violent assault. "The mother was hit in and about the head with a weapon and sustained some fairly significant lacerations, and she remains in hospital at this point," said Marks. "The daughter who attempted to intervene was also struck with the weapon." A house fire gutted a home in Langley, B.C., in the early hours of Wednesday morning. (CBC) The mother, her 14-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son managed to escape, running outside to a neighbour’s house before their home was engulfed in flames.​ The mom is still in hospital, but her daughter is set to be released. Police said the family is recovering well from the injuries sustained in the attack. Charges are expected to be laid within 24 hours, but police haven't yet said what they will be. ========================= ========================= ================== Police carry a number of weapons to protect themselves when confronting violent criminals, for those innocent citizens who are the victims of violent crime, the gov't. will provide oodles of yellow police tape and in really serious cases, a chalk outline. Due to their role, in the hands of law abiding citizens, for preventing crime, purchases of firearms, ammunition and course in their safe and effective use, should be made tax deductible. "Mr. Speaker, to that end, I enter into reading a bill to provide this: "The Right Not to be a Victim of Crime" bill. - ..... ...... M.P. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 15:06:26 -0600 From: Larry James Fillo Subject: FBI, crime, guns and a long, cool... The FBI, crime, guns and a long, cool woman in a black dress. Those were the days :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?vl0xpkk0yaQ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 15:59:52 -0600 From: Larry James Fillo Subject: "Crimea, too small to matter"- Reuters Political reality on the international front. Nature abhors a vacuum and that applies to a political vacuum, too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- http://blogs.reuters.com/nicholas-wapshott/2014/04/01/crimea-too-small-to- matter/ Analysis & Opinion Home Nicholas Wapshott Crimea: Too small to matter By Nicholas Wapshott April 1, 2014 Crimea is permanently lost to Russia. That is implicit in President Barack Obamas remarks about where the Ukraine crisis heads next; the terms of the Paris talks between Secretary of State John Kerry and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and the Wests rejection of military action to hurl back the occupying Russian forces. That Crimea is gone forever is also the view of former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who declared, I do not believe that Crimea will slip out of Russias hand. It is now generally accepted in Washington that short of sparking a shooting war, Crimea is lost and will now always be Russian. President Vladimir Putin, presiding over an economy of $2 trillion, barely equal to California, has roundly defeated the United States and the European Union, with a combined worth of more than $34 trillion. The loss of Crimea is a considerable blow to U.S. prestige and confirmation that Obama holds a weak hand in Ukraine, a country everyone agrees is too hard to defend from Russian aggression. But why has Obamas response to Russias stealth invasion of Crimea been so muted? Where is the simple demand: Mr. Putin, order your troops out of Crimea? Why is keeping Russia out of eastern Ukraine rather than the swift return of Crimea to Ukraine not the core of the Paris talks? Why are economic sanctions limited to a small number of Putin cronies and not applied to the entire population? Why have the Crimeans been sacrificed? One quick answer is that Americans are not prepared to defend them. According to a recent poll, though two-thirds (66 percent) of Americans think the president has not been tough enough with Putin, with just 11 percent thinking he is handling Russia just right, a majority (53 percent) thinks the United States should not counter the threats to Ukraine. Half of Americans believe Crimea can only be wrested from Russia through military force, but there appears no appetite for sending troops, or even military aid, to Ukraine. There are, however, larger forces at work here. Obama needs Putins continuing support in three pivotal geopolitical conflicts. The first is Afghanistan. After 12 years of occupation and 2,211 U.S. lives lost, America is on the point of withdrawing its final 33,000 troops from the country that once harbored the al Qaeda terrorists who attacked America. The U.S. forces there, and the nascent Afghan security forces, are being and will continue to be supplied from the United States via a long overland route, known as the Northern Distribution Network, through Russia and territories allied to Russia Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. To further complicate matters, some important arms contracts to bolster Afghanistans frail army against a resurgent Taliban, including a $1 billion contract to buy helicopters, have been placed with Russian companies. A war between the West and Russia, or even a full-scale sanctions regime, would abruptly cut that essential supply line, putting in jeopardy the fragile achievements of the 12-year Western occupation. Never mind that if Afghanistan were to return to Taliban rule, it would harbor Islamist terrorists who would try to wrest Islamic Russian republics from the Russian federation. Putin feels that snatching Crimea and invoking the wrath of the West is worth the gamble. He is guessing correctly thus far that the United States and the European Union will shrug and do nothing. Then there are the U.S.-led Western sanctions against the Islamist masters of Iran, who are believed to be seeking to build nuclear weapons and whose constant bellicose threats toward Israel suggest that if they manage to build nukes they will use them on the Jewish state. With Russian help, Iran has been tempted to the negotiating table. Crimea has put those talks in jeopardy. The Russian deputy foreign minister has made clear that, if the West steps up its sanctions against Russia or Russian individuals to win back Crimea, Russia will withdraw its support for the Iran nuclear disarmament talks and help Iran dodge the tight Western sanctions regime that has forced the mullahs to start talking. Again, there are many good reasons why it suits Russia to continue with the talks not least that it does not want a new nuclear power on its southern doorstep. But it appears sentiment rather than realpolitik inspires the Kremlin. Putin is gambling that Obama is under such domestic pressure to stay out of another war and halt Irans nuclear ambitions that Russia can both remain at the Iran talks and keep Crimea. Crimea is therefore the price for trying to disarm Iran. The third U.S. foreign policy goal Russia is helping with is mediating in the Syrian civil war. After Obama blinked and Congress showed its lack of appetite for intervening militarily in Syria, Putin stepped up and forged a compromise with its longtime ally, in which President Bashar al-Assads murderous regime would hand over the chemical weapons it had been using to kill its own people. Since then, though Russia has soft pedaled and allowed Syria to slow the pace of destruction of its poison gas and other weapons of mass destruction, Washington has been beholden to Moscow to keep the program on track. The story of Syrian disarmament so far has been one of deception and delays. But the prospect of Russia withdrawing its support for the United Nations effort and even further bolstering the Syrian regime with arms would be a profound setback for Obamas efforts to bring peace and stability in the Middle East. Putin thinks the world owes him Crimea for doing the right thing in Syria. So after 50 years as a province of Ukraine, first under the Soviets then an independent Ukraine, Crimea is once again a part of Russia. Even Putins successors will not wish to hand over land that has been such a bone of contention between Russia and the West. Crimea is the price Putin has put on cooperating with Obama. And he may still demand more. But is the sacrifice of Crimea worth it? Consider Tibet, an independent nation that the Chinese Communists annexed by force in 1950. For more than 60 years the Tibetan people have been subjugated and their natural resources plundered. As with Crimea, Tibet was a country too far away and of insufficient importance to be saved from annexation. To have continued to demand the freedom of Tibet would have put at risk the settlement in the East that ended the Korean War, leaving both North Korea and Tibet in Chinas grip. Before long the State Department will come to consider Crimea part of Russia, just as it now considers Tibet part of China. Will the compromise have been worth it? Perhaps to Americans, weary of conflict and eager to save money on defense. But Ukranians and, over time, the Crimeans, as they come to understand what it is to live in a bankrupt despotism, will not think so. Abandoning them is not moral and it is certainly not dignified, but Crimea is not so much too big to fail as too small to matter. Nicholas Wapshott is the author of Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics. Read extracts here. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 15:02:30 -0700 From: Len Miller Subject: All this, because Harper lied to get his majority All this, because Harper lied to get his majority Harper has cut off ALL e-Mails / ========================= ======================= Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:46:09 -0600 From: Larry James Fillo Subject: "Convicted Keeseekoose First Nation murderer sentenced" Convicted Keeseekoose First Nation murderer sentenced Tania Quewezance will serve 3 years, 8 months minus time served Reported by Andrew Shepherd First Posted: Mar 31, 2014 7:10pm Change text size: + - The woman found guilty of second degree murder in the death of a 35-year-old man on the Keeseekoose First Nation has been sentenced. Tania Quewezance, 39, will serve three years in prison for the murder which happened on June 22, 2013. She was handed a sentence of three years, eight months but that is reduced down to three years for the eight months served during the trial. The victim, from Runnymede, knew Quewezance and was found dead in a residence on the Keeseekoose First Nation after police were called early that morning. 3 yrs 8th months for 2nd degree murder, wow that is so harsh, since at 2/3 rds, which here will be 2 years in prison, this convict will be eligible for mandatory parole. (satire mode off) Of course that would be the same sentence as the 3 yr. minimum sentence for simple possession of a handgun without a P.A.L., without Registration and without harming any person and without any intention to commit criminal violence. "What is wrong with this picture?, Mr. Speaker. Could the brain trusts on both the government and Opposition side of the house address the moral and political injustice currently embedded into Canada's Criminal Code? Millions of citizens would like to hear their reasoning on this prior to the next federal election." All this, because Harper lied to get his majority . . Who would think, that if the Crime (oops, I mean Prime ) Minister tells a lie, that law abiding citizens would have thousands of dollars of once legitimate property confiscated for no greater engineered offences ( created for that purpose ) which still continues . . ? Hey Steve you thief . . . . you stole my ( our) trust . Bait and Switch ?? Len 144 Wish me a happy 81st birthday ! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 16:05:53 -0600 From: Larry James Fillo Subject: "Ukraine crisis: Kiev takes on far right"-BBC Taking guns away from the bad guys, trying to keep things from getting out of hand. Or giving Russia a reason or excuse to take more. Instability is one thing, chaos is another. -------------------------------------------- 1 April 2014 Last updated at 13:46 ET Ukraine crisis: Kiev takes on far right By David Stern BBC News, Kiev Members of the Right Sector remain on Kiev's Independence Square, armed and angry Early on Tuesday, a group of young men - and a few young women - left the Dnipro Hotel in the centre of Kiev and marched through a cordon of heavily armed riot police. Some of the group were wearing ski masks and black military uniforms. They boarded buses which reportedly then took them to a location on Kiev's outskirts. These were members of the Right Sector: an umbrella organization of far-right groups that has attracted a heavy share of international media attention, and has recently come into conflict with Ukraine's newly formed government. The Right Sector was a small but influential group that formed part of the "self-defence units" in the recent anti-government protests on Kiev's Independence Square and elsewhere in the country. Armed and aggressive The extent of their impact on the events that ultimately forced former President Viktor Yanukovych to flee Ukraine - and the number of people who ultimately make up their ranks - are hotly debated. Nevertheless, it is generally accepted that at certain moments, they exerted an influence disproportionate to their seemingly small numbers. But now the revolution is over, and the Right Sector - like many of the other self-defence groups - is still there on the square, sometimes equipped with firearms and often very aggressive. The group's presence has bolstered Moscow's claims about Kiev being overrun by "fascists" Their presence has complicated the work of Ukraine's new leaders, who have struggled to demonstrate they are fully in control, after Russia's disputed annexation of Crimea and violent pro-Russian protests in eastern parts of the country. What is more, Right Sector has bolstered the Kremlin's seemingly exaggerated claims that "fascists" have taken over Ukraine's government and are roaming the capital's streets, threatening minorities and Russian-speakers. But now officials in Kiev may at last be tackling the thorny issue of Ukraine's radical far right groups. The Right Sector has bolstered the Kremlin's claims that "fascists" have taken over Ukraine's government The government and Right Sector have clashed a number of times in recent days. Acting Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has said all unofficial armed groups are operating illegally and must turn in their weapons. Destabilising Ukraine Last week, a Right Sector leader from western Ukraine, Olexander Muzychko - who at one point was caught on video threatening a local council meeting with a gun and striking an official - was killed in a shoot-out with police. Right Sector activists rejected officials' explanations that Mr Muzychko had fired on police first and then possibly shot himself. On Thursday, hundreds of them marched on parliament, demanding Mr Avakov's resignation and smashing windows. Interim President Olexander Turchynov condemned the group's aggressive actions and said they were trying to "destabilise" Ukraine. Now, with the Right Sector's early-morning retreat, the situation may be reaching its conclusion. Late on Monday evening, an argument in Kiev's centre between a member of the group and another self-defence unit reportedly led to shots being fired. Three people, including a deputy mayor of Kiev, were injured. The Right Sector activist found refuge in the Dnipro Hotel, the group's main headquarters. Riot police quickly surrounded the building and demanded all members of the group disarm and evacuate the building. After a standoff lasting a few hours, they finally agreed and left the hotel. 'Discrediting the revolution' The reaction to these events has been swift. Parliament voted unanimously for the "immediate disarming of illegally armed groups in Ukraine", which would also include pro-Russian groups in the country's east. I'm calling on the leaders of the Right Sector. Guys, sort out the mess in your ranks Volodymyr Parasyuk Self-defence leader Criticism was also high among commentators and bloggers, who saw Right Sector providing fodder for Ukraine's critics. "I'm calling on the leaders of the Right Sector. Guys, sort out the mess in your ranks," tweeted another self-defence leader, Volodymyr Parasyuk. "With these actions, you are discrediting [the revolution] and setting people against you." The question that no one can answer at the moment is how much support, direct or tacit, Right Sector enjoys among the population at large. At times during the anti-government movement they seemed to inspire the admiration of large numbers of people, who approved of their direct, violent methods to counter the brutality of Mr Yanukovych's government. Ultimately, the issue of Right Sector's popularity and future viability may be determined by Ukraine's presidential elections on 25 May. The group's leader, Dmytro Yarosh, is running in the contest. At the moment, though, he is polling just 1.6%. But given that the group did not even exist a few months ago, some could view this as just the beginning. ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V16 #214 *********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@scorpion.bogend.ca Moderator 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".)