From: owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V17 #444 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 Saturday, March 3 2018 Volume 17 : Number 444 In this issue: South Africa Votes to Confiscate White-Owned Farms Re: " Toronto cop accused of carelessly shooting at security ... Re: "Islamic school teacher accused of molesting young ... "Filling the freezer for winter: Stalking caribou in the ... It seems some Liberals have standards Public Safety minister's shameful use of shooting victims CBC - MEC boycott misguided, says firearms safety instructor CTV - U.S. Walmart sets age of 21 to buy firearms, ammunition GLOBAL NEWS - Gun-related injuries, deaths fall dramatically ... John Lott at Penn State: 'I'm not trying to make a rights ... Liberal Government: "goofball politics govern" NY times publishes inaccurate 'fact check' WASH. POST - As U.S. gun debate rages on, Better gun laws could save thousands of lives, Championship biathlon medals in Red Deer Calforex Cup Pennsylvania worshipers bring their AR-15s to church (Video) CFP - Trump's gun control debacle GLOBE AND MAIL - Trump scolds Republicans for being ... Cons. M.P. ex-RCMP once chased Sikh (terrorist)... down a ... JOHN ROBSON'S NEXT DOCUMENTARY NRA Says Trump Opposes Gun Control After 'Great' Meeting; CBC - Running Room joins MEC in dropping Vista Outdoor brands Massie Proposes Repeal of Gun-Free School Zone Act Christie Blatchford: Messing with jury selection won't... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 14:00:41 -0600 From: "Joe Gingrich" Subject: South Africa Votes to Confiscate White-Owned Farms https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/south-africa-white-owned-farms-property/ 2018/03/01/id/846194/ South Africa Votes to Confiscate White-Owned Farms, 'Slaughter of Whites' Not Yet Read Newsmax Article: South Africa Votes to Confiscate White-Owned Farms | Newsmax.com On Tuesday, the National Assembly of South Africa voted 241-83 in favor amending the Constitution to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation. The vote will now be studied by the nation's Constitutional Review Committee which must report back with its recommendation by Aug. 30. "The time for reconciliation is over. Now is the time for justice," Malema, president of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), said in his embrace of the seizure of land, according to News 24.--- --- Malema told supporters: We are not calling for the slaughter of white people‚ at least for now. ---- read more --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 19:28:37 -0500 From: Kindanyume Subject: Re: " Toronto cop accused of carelessly shooting at security ... ...... He'll plea bargain? Keep cream in it'll simmer for a bit til it's forgotten and the suddenly be dropped and the officer will be quietly removed to avoid further embarass.ent of the toe same crap as the ramp and tis have done in the past more times than anyone cares to could forbid the cops actually even be ever held to even the same standard as us mere mortals that'll NVR happen not to mention the fact they are supposed to be held to a higher standard and that's even less likely esp given how ptheticallybwe are treated for daring to own firearms at all..... On Mar 1, 2018 4:14 AM, "Larry James Fillo" wrote: > ...guard: Source" > > > Toronto cop accused of carelessly shooting at security guard: Source > > TORONTO — A veteran Toronto cop has been charged criminally for > allegedly opening > fire on a man at a construction site along the city’s harbourfront > last fall. > > Toronto Police say the accused officer and his partner responded to a > radio call for a > company alarm near Yonge St. and Queens Quay E. shortly after 11:30 p.m. > on Nov. > 15, 2017. > > “There was information that two males were inside the construction > site,” spokesman > Mark Pugash said Wednesday. > > Once on scene, he said the two officers entered the construction site to > conduct a search. > > “During the search, (one of the officers) discharged his firearm at a > man, missing him > and striking a construction shed,” Pugash said. > > Const. Jason Levesque, 44, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with > careless use of a > firearm. > > Police revealed no further details. > > However, a police source described the incident as “an accidental > discharge” and explained > it was a security guard who was nearly shot. > > It was a new guard who wasn’t supposed to be in the building and he > “startled” the officer, > the source said. > > Prior to this incident, the source said Levesque was “short > listed” > to join the Emergency Task > Force. He has been a member of the service for 11 years. > > The source said Levesque worked out of 41 Division in Scarborough for > about a decade before > moving to 51 Division last year. > > Levesque is scheduled to appear in court at Old City Hall on April 4. > > > http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/toronto-cop-charged-after-shooting-a > t-a-man#comments > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------- > > L- A new security guard "who wasn't supposed to be in the building > "startled" the officer ? > Unlikely, the public will ever hear the actual details leading up to the > incident. > Was the security guard suddenly appearing acting aggressively thinking > he was confronting > a burglar? Who knows? There is no shortage of armed criminals in > Toronto. > If the security guard was not wearing a ballistic level III vest. I bet > he is now. > No information as to if the security guard was armed or not. If so did > he also have a drawn > sidearm in his hand when startling the cop? Details, details, > > I'm wagering a plea bargain and no additional info. is made public. > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 19:38:03 -0500 From: Kindanyume Subject: Re: "Islamic school teacher accused of molesting young ... ...student ... Now questions was the child Muslim? If not then by this guys holy book he is not human and therefore such is acceptable.... to him that is and others believing such bs This could be considered a "sexual emergency I bet... same as we have heard before as a lame as a e cuss for such actions /facepalm And the release if his photo and info while being accused of such is standard but it shouldn't be as much as such is revolting as a rule simple fact is damage is irrevocably done by accusation alone regardless of the fact so despite the above mentioned other instances referenced we must work from the presumption of innocence something so many fail to do and sadly one we face daily only in our case by LAW we are presu.ed guilty which is even worse Now that said if he is guilty he should be punished beyond severely not only due to the actions but for the abuse of trust On Mar 1, 2018 4:13 AM, "Larry James Fillo" wrote: > ...in Scarborough" Tor. Sun > > > Islamic school teacher accused of molesting young student in Scarborough > > A teacher at an Islamic school in northeast Scarborough faces > accusations that he removed a young boy from class and molested the child. > > Toronto Police alleged Wednesday that the crime happened Feb. 16 and > involved a 10-year-old at The Islamic Foundation of Toronto — located > on Nugget Ave. near Markham Rd., just north of Sheppard Ave. E. > > The boy “was taken from school grounds …by a man who was a > teacher > at the school,” Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu alleged Wednesday. > > According to the accusations, a man drove the victim to a location, > near Neilson Rd. and McLevin Ave. — about two kilometres away. > > “The man sexually assaulted the boy and afterwards returned the boy to > school,” Sidhu alleged. > > Saleh Momla, 24, of Toronto, is charged with one count each of sexual > interference and sexual assault. > > Police have released a photo of the accused man in the ongoing > investigation. > > The Islamic Foundation of Toronto is one of the largest and oldest > Islamic community centres in Canada, but it also serves as a mosque, > educational institution and social services facility > > > http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/islamic-school- > teacher-accused-of-molesting-young-student-in-scarborough > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 18:52:45 -0600 From: Larry James Fillo Subject: "Filling the freezer for winter: Stalking caribou in the ... ...Yukon" - CBC Filling the freezer for winter: Stalking caribou in the Yukon http://www.cbc.ca/radio/nowornever/surviving-and-thriving-in-winter-1.4402 256/filling-the-freezer-for-winter-stalking-caribou-in-the-yukon-1.4405966 ------------------------------------------------------------------ The anti-gun, anti-hunter CBC makes an exception when it's female hunters in the Yukon. ( They even use a "sniper" rifle. All those non-AR-semi-auto "assault style" rifles are scoped "sniper" rifles when the CBC wants to be anti-gun. ) ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 00:48:32 -0600 From: Larry James Fillo Subject: It seems some Liberals have standards It seems some Liberals have standards, which is why they are no longer Liberals. https://twitter.com/TomTSEC/status/968924408273350657 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 10:35:05 -0500 From: "Barry Glasgow" Subject: Public Safety minister's shameful use of shooting victims From: Barry Glasgow [mailto:barryglasgow@yahoo.com] Sent: March-02-18 9:09 AM To: Winnipeg Sun; ON Toronto Sun; ON London London FreePress; ON Ottawa Sun; BC Vancouver Sun; AB Calgary Sun; AB Edmonton Sun Cc: ralph.goodale@parl.gc.ca; tnaumetz@hilltimes.com; pressreleases@ipolitics.ca; rob.nicholson@parl.gc.ca; jody.wilson-raybould@parl.gc.ca; pierre.paul-hus@parl.gc.ca Subject: Public Safety minister's shameful use of shooting victims [permission to print is granted - BG] Following the lead of American liberal politicians, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is using the Florida school shooting as an excuse to heap more gun control laws on honest Canadians - despite the fact that virtually everything demanded by gun control fanatics in the U.S. has already been implemented by the Liberal party here in Canada. How does arbitrarily reclassifying certain rifles prevent anyone from using handguns or shotguns to shoot up a school? And how does re-adding redundant gun transport paperwork to restricted-firearms gun licenses make us safer? Goodale is simply using this tragedy to score easy political points and it's a cynical, deceitful and shameful way to capitalize on the deaths of school kids. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, March 2, 2018 9:44 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: CBC - MEC boycott misguided, says firearms safety instructor CBC - MEC BOYCOTT MISGUIDED, SAYS FIREARMS SAFETY INSTRUCTOR More than 40,000 people have signed petition calling on retailer to stop selling Vista-owned brands. "The AR-15 is quite a misunderstood rifle," Eddie Banner, a firearms instructor based in Victoria said. "It's almost like the pitbull of firearms in many ways. It gets lots of undeserved negative press much like pit bulls when it's not really the animal or firearm in question. "It's how. the people responsible for them how they behave that's really key." By Anna Dimoff, CBC News - Feb 28, 2018 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mec-boycott-firearms-instructor-1.4556846 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, March 2, 2018 9:47 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: CTV - U.S. Walmart sets age of 21 to buy firearms, ammunition CTV - U.S. WALMART SETS AGE OF 21 TO BUY FIREARMS, AMMUNITION Walmart said its decision came after the company reviewed its firearm sales policy in light of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people. The teenage gunman used an AR-15 rifle. It said it takes "seriously our obligation to be a responsible seller of firearms" and also emphasized its background of serving "serving sportsmen and hunters." By Anne D'Innocenzio, The Associated Press - February 28, 2018 https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/u-s-walmart-sets-age-of-21-to-buy-firearms-ammunition-1.3823537 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, March 2, 2018 10:04 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: GLOBAL NEWS - Gun-related injuries, deaths fall dramatically ... ...during NRA convention: study GLOBAL NEWS - GUN-RELATED INJURIES, DEATHS FALL DRAMATICALLY DURING NRA CONVENTION: STUDY Dr. Anupam Jena of Harvard Medical School and Andrew Olenski of Columbia University compared firearm injuries during the conventions each year from 2007 through 2015 with injury rates three weeks before and three weeks after each event. The authors say it's evidence that firearms - even in the hands of experienced users - are inherently dangerous and accidents don't just happen among novices. By Gene Emery, Reuters - March 1, 2018 https://globalnews.ca/news/4054685/firearm-injuries-deaths-fall-during-nra-convention/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, March 2, 2018 10:11 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: John Lott at Penn State: 'I'm not trying to make a rights ... ...argument' PRO-GUN ADVOCATE SPARKS CONVERSATION AT PENN STATE: 'I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE A RIGHTS ARGUMENT' Gun rights advocate John Lott spoke about misconceptions on concealed carrying at Penn State. "I'm not trying to make a rights argument," Lott said. "I'm trying to make an empirical question." By Tin Nyugen | The Daily Collegian - March 1, 2018 http://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_a331669a-1d96-11e8-9a90-c77 b05c68d68.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, March 2, 2018 10:26 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: Liberal Government: "goofball politics govern" PM'S PERSONAL SOAPBOX HAS NO PLACE AT THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE TABLE If Canada thinks it can lead trade discussions with a political agenda, our negotiating team - and associated political leaders - are either delusional, naive, or just plain stupid. Maybe well intended - but yes, stupid. By W. Brett Wilson, Calgary Herald - March 2, 2018 http://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/wilson-pms-personal-soapbox-has-no-place-at-the-international-trade-table ------------------------------ Date: Fri, March 2, 2018 10:33 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: NY times publishes inaccurate 'fact check' THE NEW YORK TIMES PUBLISHES A POLITICALLY BIASED AND INACCURATE 'FACT CHECK' OF TRUMP'S GUN REMARKS By any objective standard, truth in labeling would show that the Times article by Linda Qui is not a fact check at all, but simply a political attack on President Trump, with no attempt to understand the arguments he is making. John Lott By John R. Lott, Fox News - March 1, 2018 http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/03/01/new-york-times-publishes-politically-biased-and-inaccurate-fact-check-trump-s-gun-remarks.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, March 2, 2018 11:04 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: WASH. POST - As U.S. gun debate rages on, WASH. POST - AS U.S. GUN DEBATE RAGES ON, AUSTRALIANS HAND IN 57,000 FIREARMS, AND NORWAY IS SET FOR A BROAD BAN In Australia, authorities revealed that citizens had handed over 57,000 illegal firearms between July and September last year during a gun amnesty. In total, more than 35,000 rifles and more than 12,000 shotguns were turned in, among other firearms. Meanwhile, the Norwegian government now appears to have a majority for its plan to ban semiautomatic rifles - similar to those used in a string of deadly mass shootings in the United States - by 2021, despite protests from farmers and hunters. By Rick Noack March 1, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/03/01/norway-and-australia-move-forward-with-new-gun-control-measures-as-u-s-debate-rages-on/?utm_term=.6cd623bfe90f ------------------------------ Date: Fri, March 2, 2018 11:08 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: Better gun laws could save thousands of lives, BETTER GUN LAWS COULD SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIVES, MAJOR NON-PARTISAN US STUDY FINDS Authors say research into assault weapons ban, universal background checks, and other proposals helps fill gaps in 'a fact-free environment'. Passing an assault weapons ban might prevent 170 mass shooting deaths a year in the US, experts who support gun control estimate. Passing a universal background check law could prevent 1,100 gun homicides each year. Raising the age limit for buying firearms could prevent 1,600 homicides and suicides. These are some of the new estimates in a groundbreaking study of the potential impact of American gun control laws. The non-partisan analysis, based on a review of existing gun policy research and a survey of the best guesses of both gun rights and gun control experts, was , which spent two years and more than $1m on the project. By Lois Beckett - Fri 2 Mar 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/01/gun-control-study-rand-corporation-assault-weapons-ban GUN POLICY IN AMERICA: AN OVERVIEW https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy.html Americans are often divided on how to improve gun policies. Our research suggests that, among gun policy experts, these divisions are not primarily due to disagreements about what policies should achieve. Instead, the experts disagree on what the real effects of gun policies will be. This project seeks to clarify what is known and where new information could help build consensus about how to improve U.S. gun policies. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, March 2, 2018 12:49 pm From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: Championship biathlon medals in Red Deer Calforex Cup CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALS FOR WEHNER, FINDLAY Kenora's Tim Wehner and Jennifer Findlay competed in the Calforex Cup in Red Deer, Alberta this past weekend, and have come home with medals around their neck. In the Master Men 10 kilometre race, Wehner took first place, making nine out of ten of his shots - his personal best. Wehner also took first place on Sunday, in the Master Men 6 kilometre sprint. Wehner took the time to thank the Kenora Nordic and Biathlon Club, as well as the Lake of the Woods Gun Club for their support. Written by Ryan Forbes - March 2, 2018 https://www.kenoraonline.com/local-sports/championship-medals-for-wehner-findlay ------------------------------ Date: Fri, March 2, 2018 1:03 pm From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: Pennsylvania worshipers bring their AR-15s to church (Video) TORONTO STAR - PENNSYLVANIA WORSHIPERS BRING THEIR AR-15S TO CHURCH, PROMPTING SCHOOL TO CANCEL CLASSES (video) The World Peace and Unification Sanctuary, which has a worldwide following, believes the AR-15 symbolizes the "rod of iron" in the book of Revelation. By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, The Associated Press - Wed., Feb. 28, 2018 https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/02/28/pennsylvania-worshippers-bring-their-ar-15s-to-church-prompting-school-to-cancel-classes.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, March 2, 2018 1:07 pm From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: CFP - Trump's gun control debacle JUST AWFUL. YES. TRUMP'S GUN CONTROL DEBACLE WAS PRETTY MUCH AS BAD AS DESCRIBED Trump's asserts that we should "take the guns first" and then worry about due process later By Robert Laurie - March 1, 2018 https://canadafreepress.com/article/yes.-trumps-gun-control-debacle-was-pretty-much-as-bad-as-described ------------------------------ Date: Fri, March 2, 2018 1:11 pm From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: GLOBE AND MAIL - Trump scolds Republicans for being ... ...'petrified' of NRA GLOBE AND MAIL - TRUMP REJECTS YEARS OF GOP DOGMA ON GUNS AS HE SCOLDS REPUBLICANS FOR BEING 'PETRIFIED' OF NRA He pushed for comprehensive background checks for gun purchasers and supported instituting a minimum age to buy a rifle. He torpedoed a measure under consideration to make concealed weapons easier to carry nationwide. And he castigated his fellow Republicans for being "petrified" of the National Rifle Association. By JOANNA SLATER - PUBLISHED MARCH 1, 2018 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-politics/trump-rejects-years-of-gop-dogma-on-guns-as-he-castigates-republicans-for-being-petrified-of-nra/article38160581/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 13:52:48 -0600 From: Larry James Fillo Subject: Cons. M.P. ex-RCMP once chased Sikh (terrorist)... down a ... ...B.C. highway... Trudeau stands by adviser as India calls claims of involvement in Atwal affair 'baseless' Feb. 28/G&M "...Leading off Question Period on Wednesday, Conservative MP and former RCMP officer Jim Eglinski revealed that he once chased Jaspal Atwal down a British Columbia highway after the Sikh extremist tried to kill an Indian cabinet minister. Justin Trudeau is defending an adviser who suggests the Indian government played a role in a convicted terrorist attending events with the Prime Minister. Tory Leader Andrew Scheer is accusing Trudeau of "incompetence" over the incident. The Canadian Press In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Mr. Eglinski said Mr. Atwal has no business being in the presence of the Prime Minister. He was baffled as to how Mr. Trudeau and his Liberal delegation failed to flag Mr. Atwal, who was invited to two receptions with Mr. Trudeau in India last week. "We had a Prime Minister that was in India. He had three ministers of Indian descent with him that were fully aware of who Mr. Atwal was. Why they ever got themselves in this situation and invited him is inexcusable," Mr. Eglinski said. Mr. Eglinski's memories flooded back last week when he saw the now-infamous photos of Mr. Atwal with Mr. Trudeau's wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, and Liberal Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi in India. "When I saw that on the news, I said, 'Hey, that's the guy I chased down the road,'" Mr. Eglinski said. "Why would anybody want to be associated with him?" Mr. Eglinski was the RCMP detachment commander in Gold River, B.C., on May 25, 1986, when he was called to respond to shooting on a logging road in the area. Upon arriving on the scene, Mr. Eglinski discovered that Indian cabinet minister Malkiat Singh Sidhu had been shot in his vehicle. He helped move Mr. Sidhu into an ambulance and then took off after the four suspects. One of them was Mr. Atwal, who was arrested in Campbell River, B.C., soon after the attack. Mr. Eglinski was also involved in the subsequent investigation into Mr. Atwal, who was eventually convicted of the attempted murder of Mr. Sidhu. Although Mr. Atwal has served his time in jail, Mr. Eglinski says he's still a risk. "Has he changed? I still think he's a dangerous individual and anybody in government should be very cautious in dealing with him," Mr. Eglinski said. "He should be treated for what he was." https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/conservative-mp-said-he-chas ed-down-jaspal-atwal-after-assassination-attempt/article38147476/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- L- Mr. Eglinski M.P. former RCMP Detachment commander, he qualifies for membership in the: "Retired Police Officers for Truth and Justice" ("We may be retired, but we're still on the job. Old lions, yes, but still lions.") ------------------------------ Date: Fri, March 2, 2018 3:05 pm From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: JOHN ROBSON'S NEXT DOCUMENTARY ISRAEL FOR CANADIANS A documentary showing Canadians how much they should admire and sympathize with the only democracy in the Middle East. By John Robson & Brigitte Pellerin - March 2, 2018 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robson-pellerin/israel-for-canadians/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 16:54:58 -0600 From: "Joe Gingrich" Subject: NRA Says Trump Opposes Gun Control After 'Great' Meeting; https://www.newsmax.com/politics/politics-shooting-trump-nra/2018/03/02/id/ 846338/?ns_mail_job=DM419_03022018&s=acs&dkt_nbr=0101354s26va&ns_mail _uid=ad0f1cd9-a3fb-44ca-9c7c-78b577c1235d NRA Says Trump Opposes Gun Control After 'Great' Meeting; President Donald Trump on Thursday met with the powerful National Rifle Ass ociation, which later said he opposed gun control -- despite Trump's remark s to the contrary a day earlier at the White House. Trump tweeted Thursday night he had a "great" meeting with the NRA, one of the most influential lobbying groups in Washington, as the debate on gun co ntrol rages on in the wake of the Florida school shooting, which killed 17 two weeks ago. NRA Executive Director Chris Cox, meanwhile, echoed Trump's sentiments, and added Vice President Mike Pence was also present. "We all want safe schools, mental health reform and to keep guns away from dangerous people. POTUS & VPOTUS support the Second Amendment, support stro ng due process and don't want gun control," he wrote on his official Twitte r account. – read more ; --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, March 2, 2018 6:45 pm From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: CBC - Running Room joins MEC in dropping Vista Outdoor brands CBC - RUNNING ROOM TO LET CAMELBAK SUPPLY DRY UP The Canadian chain Running Room has joined Mountain Equipment Co-op in a decision to drop outdoor gear brands owned by Vista Outdoor Inc. By Stu Mills, CBC News - Mar 02, 2018 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/running-room-vista-ban-supply-1.4558650 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 19:40:43 -0600 From: "Joe Gingrich" Subject: Massie Proposes Repeal of Gun-Free School Zone Act http://jpfo.org/alerts2018/alert20180302.htm?awt_l=IN_Di&awt_m=JrY6jnAMh_Zn_P Representative Massie Proposes Repeal of Gun-Free School Zone Act Dean Weingarten. March 1st, 2018 Original Source; http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2018/03/dean-weingarten/ representative-massie-proposes-repeal-of-gun-free-school-zone-act/ Congressman Thomas Massie has proposed repealing the controversial federal ban on guns within a thousand feet of a school. From cnsnews.com: Massie said the solution to school shootings is putting more than one-armed guard at school or allowing teachers to be armed, adding that "98 percent of mass public shootings happen in a gun free zone." "And we've labeled all of our schools as gun free zones. We need to take th ose labels off, and put our kids in that two percent category of being safe , instead of being in that 98 percent vulnerable category," he said. Massie said his bill, the Safe Students Act (H.R. 34), has the support of C olumbine survivor Evan Todd. Congressman Massie (R-KY) is right about an important fact. School shooting s increased after federal gun bans were passed. .. read more http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2018/03/dean-weingarten/representative-mas sie-proposes-repeal-of-gun-free-school-zone-act/ --------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- The paranoid calls for gun bans continues unabated assisted by media distor tion and bias and yet, it is clear that doing away with the "gun-free-zone" problem is by far the most effective way to control the mass murder rampag e problem. We truly are on the verge of a Second Amendment crisis and every effort must be made to ensure that sanity wins over emotional hysteria. --------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ "You don't have to be Jewish to fight by our side." © 2018 JPFO All rights reserved. jpfo@jpfo.org 1-800-869-1884 Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership "America's most aggressive defender of civil rights" We make the NRA look like moderates. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 22:37:36 -0600 From: Larry James Fillo Subject: Christie Blatchford: Messing with jury selection won't... Christie Blatchford: Messing with jury selection won't fix Indigenous alienation from justice system The notion that you can get justice only when the correct number of jurors looking back at you are the precise shade of your own skin colour is nonsense, writes Christie Blatchford. Christie Blatchford Last Updated: February 28, 2018 7:34 PM CST When government signals its unhappiness with particular verdicts - as it did in the case of Indigenous victim Colten Boushie - judges are but a step or two away from being at the mercy of politicians, Christie Blatchford writes. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press It’s heartening that some individual lawyers, and those speaking for the Saskatchewan Trial Lawyers Association and Criminal Lawyers Association, have pushed back against recent comments by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. All three politicians suggested – respectively in a scrum and on Twitter — that the jury verdict in the Colten Boushie case was wrong and that the Canadian justice system had failed the Boushie family and yet again, more broadly, Indigenous Canadians. These comments, especially from the justice minister, were outrageous, given the separation that is meant to exist between the legislative and judicial branches and which is the very foundation of judicial independence. When government signals its unhappiness with particular verdicts, as this one did unmistakably, judges are but a step or two away from being at the mercy of politicians. Surely no one wants judges looking over their shoulders, fretful about pleasing or displeasing their political partners. Such remarks can also have the corrosive effect, as criminal lawyer Sean Robichaud said about them, “upon the confidence that is necessary for our democratic institutions to survive, let alone thrive.” As a measure of the lawyers’ collective success in pointing out this serious departure from the Canadian convention of politicians not commenting upon particular court decisions, when the verdict in the Tina Fontaine case came less than two weeks later, only the NDP leader was at it again on social media. The PM and Wilson-Raybould were silent, and thus far, they haven’t met with the Fontaine family as they did with Boushie’s, a meeting correctly described by journalist Evan Solomon as “a very specific act of solidarity”. What few seem to have defended (I say “seem” because I was in South Korea when all this unfolded and while I’ve caught up on my reading, I may have missed the odd remark on radio and TV) are the verdicts in the two cases, the two juries and the jury system itself. Instead, much of the commentary was about the lack of Indigenous representation on the Boushie jury, where defence lawyer Scott Spencer used some of his peremptory challenges (both prosecutors and defence got 14 such challenges, meaning they could each “challenge” 14 prospective jurors without explanation as to why, in other words, simply because they didn’t like the cut of their jibs) to disqualify a handful of Indigenous-appearing candidates. Wilson-Raybould has promised the government will look into reforming that aspect of the system; she ought to be careful, because defence lawyers representing black defendants use those challenges as Spencer is said to have done for his client Gerald Stanley. In truth, jury selection in this country is a guessing game. Even where jurors are “challenged for cause” – it means asked specific questions about their biases or the like – it’s hardly infallible. As for the notion that you can get justice only when the correct number of jurors looking back at you are the precise shade of your own skin colour – that only those of your race or culture are your true “peers” – that’s nonsense. Besides, as Supreme Court of Canada Justice Michael Moldaver wrote in a 2015 decision on this very subject, how on earth would that work? Before long, he said, “the jury selection process would become a public inquiry into the historical and cultural wrongs and damaged relationships between particular societal groups and our criminal justice system and the failings of the state to take adequate steps to address them.” The result would be…chaos, with defence lawyers combing jury rolls at the start of every trial, arguing that the roll is unrepresentative “if any group’s rate of inclusion does not approximate its percentage of the broader population – assuming we could somehow solve the impenetrable problem of what groups we are talking about.” This is not to say – and Moldaver took pains to point this out – that government shouldn’t try to repair Indigenous, or any other, estrangement from the justice system, only that messing with the jury trial isn’t the right vehicle. And the strange thing is, for all its failings, the jury system works awfully well most of the time. The blather judges repeat ad nauseum – about the collective wisdom of 12 people – is mostly true. Most of the time, against all odds and reason, and sometimes with only a fraction of the available evidence before them (the rest kicked out so as not to unduly prejudice the accused person), juries manage to muddle their way to the right verdict. That verdict sometimes isn’t the one the victim, or the victim’s family, wants. (Or, for that matter, what the accused person wants.) But justice isn’t about healing a victim or bringing closure to a family or honouring a murdered person. It’s a much colder thing than that. It’s about proof beyond a reasonable doubt (the judge in the Boushie/Stanley case said those last four words 38 times in his charge to the jury). That’s a very high standard indeed, as it should be, as you would want were it you shakily getting to your feet in a prisoner’s box somewhere to hear the jury foreman pronounce the verdict. http://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-messing-with-jury-se lection-wont-fix-indigenous-alienation-from-justice-system/wcm/28669b66-74 99-451a-aef9-6ab5c77c60a7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ L-For those who've followed this incident of a farm invasion by five heavily inebriated, armed with a loaded rifle, invaders who'd been just prior to another farm where they tried to steal a farm truck breaking it's window using a loaded rifle's but. Though found not guilty of a serious charge of 2nd degree murder at trial. A farm family, with a father and son fixing corral fences and a wife mother mowing the grass around the farm house one afternoon. They ended up having to sell their farm, in part paying 4 or maybe 5 figures for legal fees. But also, leaving in part for their own safety. The lack of which no politicians, no judiciary take any responsibility for being in a worse state of affairs for rural and urban Saskatchewan since before it became a province. Gerald Stanley still faces two charges of unsafe storage. That being used by the Crown, as a fallback trying to get some sort of a conviction or process as punishment and, of course, to justify making sure without a firearms licence he would be unable to qualify for his job as a pasture manager, or protect his own livestock or even his and his wife's life when should renegades came looking for revenge, looting and razing the farm to the ground. Farm invasions on the Canadian prairies are now commonplace in many areas. Another new gift of those who believe in a "living tree" w/poison fruit view of our Constitution. Your gov't. has no legal obligation to protect you, your family or even property from being the victim of violent crime/property theft (including that of which you require to make your living). But our current ideologically driven one is a zealot for punishing you for refusing to be a victim, in their quest to convert, step by step, to another version of the Cult. Marxist utopias of the 20th Century. Notez-Bien: A paid up *Firearms Legal Defence Policy would be a damn good investment for anyone with a Cdn. firearms licence. (Rumour, on good authority, has it that Crown Prosecutors knowing accused have such, has led many Crown Prosecutors to decide not to proceed with one or more victimless crimes. For which prosecution they cannot justify spending inordinate amounts of time/money/resources in a trial, when serious repeat criminals over load the court dockets, now. They're looking for easy prey. Those who'll plead guilty, who'll surrender their Canadian heritage w/o a fight. Legal Eagles is a metaphor. So have a squadron of Raptors prepared for a dogfight. ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V17 #444 *********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@bogend.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@bogend.ca Moderator email: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@bogend.ca List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@bogend.ca FAQ list: http://www.canfirearms.ca/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@bogend.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".)