From: owner-cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V17 #668 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 Wednesday, August 7 2019 Volume 17 : Number 668 In this issue: CBC - 5 injured after shooting in 'packed' North York ... Trump pushes for 'strong background checks' The NY Post's 'Assault Weapons' Editorial Is Nonsensical Pan Am Games Lima 2019: Canada has 64 medals U.K. - Sixty guns found hidden in car at Dover Ohio cities prohibited from enacting gun-control legislation 2020 Democrats Are Stuck After Mass Shootings CTV - Ohio shooter kept a 'hit list' and a 'rape list' CNN - Walmart is pressured to stop selling guns America's gun problem, explained What Both Sides Don't Get About American Gun Culture Regarding: PAL renewal delays worry Sopuck ALBERTA GOV'T SAYS BROKEN TRUST IN HIGH RIVER IS AN RCMP ... No, the United States Doesn’t Lead the World in Mass ... Mass shooters would 'think twice' if victims were armed GOP Rep Dan Crenshaw, Sen Lindsey Graham Push Gun Control In ... Would proposed 'red flag' gun laws be constitutional? Goodale: Federal government not ignoring spate of gun ... How does Europe compare with the US on gun ownership? TIME - 37 Years of Mass Shootings in the U.S. in One Chart We Have Studied Every Mass Shooting Since 1966. Dayton? Did something happen in Dayton? Mass Shooters BRIAN LILLEY: Changing Canadian gun laws after American ... TIME - Politicians Keep Blaming Mass Shootings on Mental ... Ontario Premier Ford Rejects Gun Bans, Five Realities to Stop Ignoring If We Aim to Stop Mass ... Mass shootings spur call for proactive 'domestic terrorism' ... Possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order OUTDOOR WIRE: DOMESTIC THREATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, August 5, 2019 8:36 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: CBC - 5 injured after shooting in 'packed' North York ... ...nightclub CBC - 5 INJURED AFTER SHOOTING IN 'PACKED' NORTH YORK NIGHTCLUB Officer Stacey Davis of the Toronto Police Service says police believe the suspects took off before they arrived, and that police are appealing to any witnesses to come forward. CBC News . Posted: Aug 05, 2019 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/north-york-club-shooting-1.5236497 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, August 5, 2019 8:42 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: Trump pushes for 'strong background checks' TRUMP PUSHES FOR 'STRONG BACKGROUND CHECKS' AFTER 2 MASS SHOOTINGS CLAIM 29 LIVES President Donald Trump claimed Monday he wanted Washington to "come together" after two weekend mass shootings on legislation providing "strong background checks" for gun users, but he provided no details and has reneged on previous promises to strengthen gun laws. GLOBAL NEWS - By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press - August 5, 2019 https://globalnews.ca/news/5727471/trump-background-checks-mass-shootings/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, August 5, 2019 8:45 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: The NY Post's 'Assault Weapons' Editorial Is Nonsensical THE NEW YORK POST’S ‘ASSAULT WEAPONS’ EDITORIAL IS NONSENSICAL The New York Post’s editorial board has written a fawning open letter to President Trump in which it asks him to “ban assault weapons now.” It is, from start to finish, a profoundly lazy, impressively ignorant, and doggedly cliché-ridden piece of work that at no point even attempts to deal seriously with the arguments that it believes it is refuting. By Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review - August 5, 2019 https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-new-york-posts-assault-weapons-editorial-is-nonsensical/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, August 5, 2019 9:21 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: Pan Am Games Lima 2019: Canada has 64 medals PAN AM GAMES LIMA 2019: USA CONTINUES AT TOP WHILE FIGHT FOR SECOND SPOT INTENSIFIES Kimberly Rhode wins gold in her seven Pan Am Games. The morning was cold, but the sun shone in the afternoon, just as the incredible performance of the three-time Pan American skeet champion Kimberly Rhode, who showed her talent again at Las Palmas Shooting Range. Canada has 64 medals but it's gold count is lower than that of Mexico. It has 16. By Rajan Nath - August 4, 2019 https://www.ptcnews.tv/pan-am-games-lima-2019-usa-continues-at-top-while-fight-for-second-spot-intensifies/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, August 5, 2019 9:27 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: U.K. - Sixty guns found hidden in car at Dover U.K. - SIXTY GUNS FOUND HIDDEN IN CAR AT DOVER IS 'LARGEST SEIZURE AT UK PORT' 'These weapons would have gone into the hands of seriously dangerous individuals,' says NCA By Peter Stubley - August 4, 2019 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/guns-seized-border-force-uk-port-dover-robert-keogh-a9038946.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, August 5, 2019 9:35 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: Ohio cities prohibited from enacting gun-control legislation DAYTON AND ALL OTHER OHIO CITIES ARE PROHIBITED BY STATE LAW FROM ENACTING GUN-CONTROL LEGISLATION Mass shootings often result in a politically-charged debate over gun laws in the U.S. But a 2008 law limits Ohio cities' ability to make their own gun ordinances. By Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com - Posted Aug 4, 2019 https://www.cleveland.com/crime/2019/08/dayton-and-all-other-ohio-cities-are-prohibited-by-state-law-from-enacting-gun-control-legislation.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, August 5, 2019 9:38 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: 2020 Democrats Are Stuck After Mass Shootings 'DO SOMETHING': 2020 DEMOCRATS ARE STUCK AFTER MASS SHOOTINGS With Congress on August recess, the candidates running to take on Donald Trump can call for action on guns, but they can't take any themselves. By Russell Berman, The Atlantic - Aug 4, 2019 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/08/el-paso-shooting-2020-responses/595432/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, August 5, 2019 9:42 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: CTV - Ohio shooter kept a 'hit list' and a 'rape list' CTV - CLASSMATES: OHIO SHOOTER KEPT A 'HIT LIST' AND A 'RAPE LIST' DAYTON, Ohio -- High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended for compiling a "hit list" of those he wanted to kill and a "rape list" of girls he wanted to sexually assault. CTV National News - By Michael Biesecker and Julie Carr Smyth, The Associated Press - Published Monday, August 5, 2019 https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/classmates-ohio-shooter-kept-a-hit-list-and-a-rape-list-1.4536880 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, August 5, 2019 9:46 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: CNN - Walmart is pressured to stop selling guns CNN - IN THE WAKE OF LATEST MASSACRES, WALMART IS PRESSURED TO STOP SELLING GUNS Walmart (WMT), despite a history as a seller of hunting weapons that goes back to its origins, has also shifted its gun sales policies in response to high profile shootings. It stopped selling assault rifles in 2015 and raised its minimum gun purchasing age to 21 last year after the Parkland shooting. By Clare Duffy, CNN Business - Mon August 5, 2019 https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/04/business/walmart-gun-safety/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, August 5, 2019 9:52 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: America's gun problem, explained AMERICA'S GUN PROBLEM, EXPLAINED The public and research support gun control. Here's how it could help - and why it doesn't pass. By German Lopez Updated Aug 5, 2019 https://www.vox.com/2015/10/3/9444417/gun-violence-mass-shootings-us-america EXCERPT: Americans make up less than 5 percent of the world's population, yet they own roughly 45 percent of all the world's privately held firearms. That does not, however, mean that every American adult actually owns guns. In fact, gun ownership is concentrated among a minority of the US population - as surveys from the Pew Research Center and General Social Survey suggest. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, August 5, 2019 9:55 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: What Both Sides Don't Get About American Gun Culture WHAT BOTH SIDES DON'T GET ABOUT AMERICAN GUN CULTURE Amid the horrors of a mass shooting, it's easy to forget that guns are social glue-and gun control efforts that don't account for that will fail. By AUSTIN SARAT and JONATHAN OBERT August 04, 2019 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/08/04/mass-shooting-gun-culture-227502 . Austin Sarat is Associate Provost and William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Science. He is an editor (with Andrew Poe) of The Lives of Guns (Oxford University Press). . Jonathan Obert is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. He is an editor (with Andrew Poe) of The Lives of Guns (Oxford University Press). ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 11:44:29 -0600 From: "Joe Gingrich" Subject: Regarding: PAL renewal delays worry Sopuck Date: Fri, August 2, 2019 7:34 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: PAL renewal delays worry Sopuck PAL RENEWAL DELAYS WORRY SOPUCK Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa Conservative MP Robert Sopuck raised the issue in a July 12 letter to Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale. Sopuck himself had issues renewing his PAL, which is required in Canada to legally own rifles and shotguns.----- ------------------------------------------------------------ It's just too bad Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa Conservative MP Robert Sopuck has issues renewing his PAL. IF, while in power, he and his Conservatives would have kept their promises to us all, Robert would not have the Lieberal's PAL to renew. The Conservative Party Policy - Montreal, March 2005, as amended by delegates, --- A Conservative government will repeal Canada's costly gun registry legislation and work with the provinces on cost-effective gun control programs designed to keep guns out of the hands of criminals while respecting the rights of law-abiding Canadians to own and use firearms responsibly. Measures will include: mandatory minimum sentences for the criminal use of firearms; strict monitoring of high-risk individuals; crackdown on the smuggling; safe storage provisions; firearms safety training; a certification screening system for all those wishing to acquire firearms legally; and putting more law enforcement officers on our streets. We must also review the promise to us all from -- Stephen Harper : September 9, 2004 ---The Conservative Party of Canada remains firmly committed to repealing the Firearms Act, including its firearms registration provisions, and replacing it with a system of firearms control that is cost effective and respects the rights of Canadians to own and use firearms responsibly.------------ Sincerely, Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P. Leader of Opposition Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada ”-- Conservative Promises were made ---but not many conservative promises were kept.- Yours in Tyranny, Joe Gingrich White Fox ------------------------------ Date: Mon, August 5, 2019 12:56 pm From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: ALBERTA GOV'T SAYS BROKEN TRUST IN HIGH RIVER IS AN RCMP ... ...RESPONSIBILITY ALBERTA GOV'T SAYS BROKEN TRUST IN HIGH RIVER IS AN RCMP RESPONSIBILITY Municipal Affairs FOIP Response - Missing Information Complaint by Dennis R. Young - August 5, 2019 https://dennisryoung.ca/2019/08/05/alberta-govt-says-broken-trust-in-high-river-is-an-rcmp-responsibility/ EXCERPT #1: "In addressing the following part of your scope: "whether or not the corrective action restored trust in the RCMP among the High River residents who suffered the consequences of those mistakes", the ministry did not locate any responsive records in their custody and/or control as the ministry would not undertake an assessment of the relationship between the RCMP and residents of High River. The actions taken by the RCMP in High River during the flood response and any resulting corrective actions that the RCMP may have taken in response to those actions would be under their jurisdiction and records relating to this matter should be requested from the RCMP." EXCERPT #2: Below is the link to the response I received from the Commissioner of the RCMP stating the Force is not interested in taking the steps necessary to rebuild trust in the RCMP among High River residents. https://dennisryoung.ca/2018/05/20/high-river-luckis-letter-shows-lack-concern-rebuilding-trust-rcmp/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, August 5, 2019 4:00 pm From: "Richard Fritze" Subject: No, the United States Doesn’t Lead the World in Mass ... ...Shootings > > Full article with the graphics, video links, comments, etc., is here: https://pjmedia.com/trending/no-the-united-states-doesnt-lead-the-world-in-mass-shootings/ > > > No, the United States Doesn’t Lead the World in Mass Shootings > BY MATT MARGOLIS AUGUST 4, 2019CHAT 204 COMMENTS > > A playground near the baseball field is cordoned off with police tape as the investigation continue at the scene in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, June 15, 2017, the day after House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. was shot during during a congressional baseball practice. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) > As expected, Democrats immediately began politicizing the shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. Quite a few of them even blamed Trump. Like clockwork, calls for more gun control have commenced. Democrats are even trying to pressure Mitch McConnell to cancel the Senate recess so they can vote on gun control. > > A common myth you can expect to hear a lot in the coming days and weeks is that the United States “leads the world in mass shootings” and therefore we must pass some law that will do nothing to stop future mass shootings, but will infringe on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. > > What you might not hear is that this claim is completely bogus. > > Sure, if you following conservative media, you’re probably aware of this. Townhall, The Daily Signal, Bearing Arms, FEE, The Washington Examiner, and others have all previously reported on how the myth that the United States leads the world in mass shootings is based on a deeply flawed study, which has been debunked by the Crime Prevention Research Center. > > Yet, the myth remains alive and is sure to be regurgitated endlessly again. > > The following video from John Stossel explains how the myth got started and why it's bogus: Go here to see the video: https://pjmedia.com/trending/no-the-united-states-doesnt-lead-the-world-in-mass-shootings/ > > Many on the left have tried to delegitimize CPRC’s research. Snopes rated their claim as “mixed” but CPRC debunked their assessment here. Glenn Kessler, the fact-checker at The Washington Post, also suggests that CPRC’s research is misleading for including acts terrorism, which, he suggests, inflates the number of mass shooters abroad, however, if we excluded acts of terrorism from mass shootings, the El Paso shooting would not count as a mass shooting, as it is now being investigated as domestic terrorism. The Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting, and the Las Vegas shooting were also considered domestic terrorism incidents. If those, and other similar incidents, don’t count as mass shootings but as terrorism, then we should be having a completely different discussion. > > In the end, the problem of mass shootings (and gun violence in general) is not one to be solved by knee jerk reactions, finger-pointing, useless legislation or unconstitutional gun grabs. The left will do whatever they can to politicize these incidents because they think they can gain power from it. They don’t expect most Americans to do the research required to fully understand the big picture. > > Why So Many Mass Shootings? Ask the Right Questions and You Might Find Out > _____ > > Matt Margolis is the author of Trumping Obama: How President Trump Saved Us From Barack Obama's Legacy and the bestselling book The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama. You can follow Matt on Twitter @MattMargolis > 200+ COMMENTS [go to original article to read these. Quite pithy at times and mostly a necessary corrective to the crap that the left and the MSM and the anti-gun mob spout every time, all the time]. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, August 6, 2019 6:31 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: Mass shooters would 'think twice' if victims were armed GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCHER: MASS SHOOTERS WOULD 'THINK TWICE' IF VICTIMS WERE ARMED Dr. John Lott, founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center and author of "More Guns, Less Crime," said mass shooting incidents, like this weekend's shootings in El Paso, Texas or Dayton, Ohio, would be less likely if victims were allowed to carry guns to protect themselves. Lott argued that in each case, the shooters select their targets because they are unlikely to defend themselves. by Sinclair Broadcast Group - Sunday, August 4th 2019 https://news4sanantonio.com/news/nation-world/gun-violence-researcher-mass-shooters-would-think-twice-if-victims-were-armed ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 11:05:18 -0600 From: "Joe Gingrich" Subject: GOP Rep Dan Crenshaw, Sen Lindsey Graham Push Gun Control In ... ...Wake Of Leftist's Mass Shooting http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=60570 GOP Rep Dan Crenshaw, Sen Lindsey Graham Push Gun Control In Wake Of Leftist's Mass Shooting Chris Menahan InformationLiberation Aug. 05, 2019 --=Senate Judiciary Committee chair Lindsey Graham told BuzzFeed News he will start crafting legislation next week to expand police powers to preemptively seize firearms from people believed to be a danger to themselves or others.--- ---Why do Republican sell-outs always push for their own law-abiding supporters to be disarmed after some unhinged criminal commits a crime?---- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 12:54:32 -0600 From: "Joe Gingrich" Subject: Would proposed 'red flag' gun laws be constitutional? https://www.foxnews.com/media/judge-napolitano-red-flag-gun-laws-constitution Judge Napolitano on 'Fox & Friends': Would proposed 'red flag' gun laws be constitutional? By David Montanaro | Fox News; ---"Honest, decent, law-abiding people should not lose their rights because some judge thinks they might do something in the future. That's the Soviet Union model, not the American," he (Judge Napolitano) responded.----read more ------------------------------ Date: Tue, August 6, 2019 1:35 pm From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: Goodale: Federal government not ignoring spate of gun ... ...violence in Toronto GOODALE: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT IGNORING SPATE OF GUN VIOLENCE IN TORONTO Speaking to reporters in Ottawa Tuesday, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale outlined the steps his government was already undertaking to address gun violence both in Toronto, ON and across Canada. August 6, 2019 https://globalnews.ca/video/5731906/goodale-federal-government-not-ignoring-spate-of-gun-violence-in-toro ------------------------------ Date: Tue, August 6, 2019 1:40 pm From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: How does Europe compare with the US on gun ownership? HOW DOES EUROPE COMPARE WITH THE US ON GUN OWNERSHIP? Around 46% of all 857 million guns in civilian hands around the world belonged to people living in the United States in 2017, a survey has found. The SAS found that gun ownership among civilians (84.6%) dwarfed state militaries (13.1%) and law enforcements' (2.2%) stockpiles, and that number had grown by more than 200 million since 2006. In total, it is thought that there are more than 1 billion firearms in possession across 230 countries and autonomous territories around the world. By Sallyann Nicholls & Alice Tidey, Emma Beswick . last updated: 06/08/2019 https://www.euronews.com/2019/08/05/which-european-country-boasts-the-most-guns- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, August 6, 2019 2:02 pm From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: TIME - 37 Years of Mass Shootings in the U.S. in One Chart TIME - 37 YEARS OF MASS SHOOTINGS IN THE U.S. IN ONE CHART A database of mass shootings compiled by Mother Jones going back to 1982 counts 114 such incidents in which at least three people were killed, not including the gunman. In that time, 932 people have been killed and 1,406 wounded, including the numbers from the El Paso and Dayton incidents. The following chart visualizes each mass shooting in terms of deaths and injuries. TIME has examined each incident and slightly adjusted some values as the death toll and number of injured has been clarified over time. By Chris Wilson -Updated: August 6, 2019 https://time.com/4965022/deadliest-mass-shooting-us-history/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, August 6, 2019 2:07 pm From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: We Have Studied Every Mass Shooting Since 1966. WE HAVE STUDIED EVERY MASS SHOOTING SINCE 1966. HERE'S WHAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE SHOOTERS Instead of simply rehearsing for the inevitable, we need to use that data to drive effective prevention strategies. For two years, we've been studying the life histories of mass shooters in the United States for a project funded by the National Institute of Justice, the research arm of the U.S. Department of Justice. We've built a database dating back to 1966 of every mass shooter who shot and killed four or more people in a public place, and every shooting incident at schools, workplaces, and places of worship since 1999. We've interviewed incarcerated perpetrators and their families, shooting survivors and first responders. We've read media and social media, manifestos, suicide notes, trial transcripts and medical records. By Jillian Peterson, James Densley, Published on Monday, August 05, 2019 by Los Angeles Times https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/08/05/we-have-studied-every-mass-shooting-1966-heres-what-weve-learned-about-shooters . First, the vast majority of mass shooters in our study experienced early childhood trauma and exposure to violence at a young age. . Second, practically every mass shooter we studied had reached an identifiable crisis point in the weeks or months leading up to the shooting. . Third, most of the shooters had studied the actions of other shooters and sought validation for their motives. . Fourth, the shooters all had the means to carry out their plans. Once someone decides life is no longer worth living and that murdering others would be a proper revenge, only means and opportunity stand in the way of another mass shooting. So what do these commonalities tell us about how to prevent future shootings? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, August 6, 2019 5:31 pm From: "Richard Fritze" Subject: Dayton? Did something happen in Dayton? https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/dayton-did-something-happen-in-dayton/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, August 6, 2019 5:51 pm From: "Richard Fritze" Subject: Mass Shooters Interesting article I found on www.blazingcatfur.ca https://spectator.org/hopelessness-and-hate/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, August 6, 2019 10:10 pm From: dennisryoung.ca@gmail.com Subject: BRIAN LILLEY: Changing Canadian gun laws after American ... ... mass shootings is foolish BRIAN LILLEY: CHANGING CANADIAN GUN LAWS AFTER AMERICAN MASS SHOOTINGS IS FOOLISH The gun problem in Canada is one of crime, not target shooters or hunters. Criminals using smuggled guns that they buy on the black market and that already violate countless other gun laws. Those people will not abide by any of the bans discussed above. If there are sensible steps that can be made to make Canadians safer then I'm all for having that conversation but copying the cries of American activists won't do anything in this country. Let's have a discussion based on facts. Let's focus on the real problem, criminals and not law abiding gun owners. August 6, 2019 Brian Lilley Canadian Politics http://brianlilley.com/changing-canadian-gun-laws-after-american-mass-shootings-is-foolish/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, August 6, 2019 10:17 pm From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: TIME - Politicians Keep Blaming Mass Shootings on Mental ... ...Health Issues TIME - POLITICIANS KEEP BLAMING MASS SHOOTINGS ON MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. DOCTORS SAY THEY'RE WRONG "It's really just scapegoating people with mental health issues," says Dr. Seth Trueger, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Northwestern University. And while rates of mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety and suicidal behavior are on the rise in the U.S., Trueger says other nations have similar problems and experience far fewer mass shootings. "Other countries have the same kind of mental health issues we have, the same kind of violent video games we have, the same religiosity that we have. All that stuff is just a distraction" from the need for better gun control, he says. By Jamie Ducharme - August 5, 2019 https://time.com/5644147/mass-shootings-mental-health/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, August 7, 2019 7:40 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: Ontario Premier Ford Rejects Gun Bans, ONTARIO PREMIER FORD REJECTS GUN BANS, TORONTO SUN REPORTS TheGunBlog.ca - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is standing up for the millions of hunters, farmers and sport shooters across Canada by opposing proposals from the prime minister and the mayor of Toronto to criminalize gun owners or seize their gear. Ford reiterated his opposition to Toronto Mayor John Tory today, the Toronto Sun reported. The paper said Sylvia Jones, the solicitor general, backed him up. THEGUNBLOG.CA - AUGUST 6, 2019 https://thegunblog.ca/2019/08/06/ontario-premier-ford-rejects-gun-bans-toronto-sun-reports/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, August 7, 2019 7:43 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: Five Realities to Stop Ignoring If We Aim to Stop Mass ... ...Attackers FIVE REALITIES TO STOP IGNORING IF WE AIM TO STOP MASS ATTACKERS TheGunBlog.ca - Canadian and U.S. politicians and mass media are acting out their usual routine following the weekend massacres in the U.S. and a few attacks across Toronto. . Politicians exploit the events to win votes. . Media exploit the events to win eyeballs. . Everyone blames everyone except the person who pulled the trigger. (Blame: Trump, Scheer, NRA, video games, the Internet, YouTube, masculinity, racism,.) . Gun haters like Toronto Mayor John Tory enter their trance of mass hysteria. "Ban guns! Ban guns! Ban guns!" Society can follow this playbook for the next thousand years, but it won't stop a single attacker. Here are five realities that we need to stop ignoring if we do want to stop the people who might kill us. THEGUNBLOG.CA - AUGUST 5, 2019 https://thegunblog.ca/2019/08/05/five-realities-to-stop-ignoring-if-we-aim-to-stop-mass-attackers/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, August 7, 2019 7:47 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: Mass shootings spur call for proactive 'domestic terrorism' ... ...charges MASS SHOOTINGS SPUR CALL FOR PROACTIVE 'DOMESTIC TERRORISM' CHARGES President Trump, senior members of Congress and others labeled this weekend's mass shootings as domestic terrorism. Yet there is no official crime by that name. There is, however, a growing consensus that it's time for change. Supporters of the designation say it would give federal investigators a tool to try to stop attacks such as the El Paso shooting rather than having to respond afterward. It would also open the door to stiffer federal penalties for those who plot attacks but are stopped or give up before they carry them out. The approach is better than having to shoehorn a clear terrorism case into other criminal laws, say those who have been involved with investigations. By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times - Tuesday, August 6, 2019 https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/6/dayton-el-paso-mass-shootings-spur-call-proactive-/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, August 7, 2019 7:54 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: Possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order MAN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH MARLBOROUGH SHOOTING A man has been charged with seven firearm-related offences after a shooting outside a convenience store in Calgary's northeast last week. Ahmed Hassan Rakka is charged with one count each of discharging a firearm with intent to wound, possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, possession of a firearm without a licence, possession of a firearm without a registration certificate, possession of a prohibited/restricted firearm with ammunition, possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order and breach of a recognizance order. By SAMMY HUDES, Calgary Sun & Herald - Updated: August 6, 2019 https://calgarysun.com/news/crime/man-charged-in-connection-with-marlborough-shooting ------------------------------ Date: Wed, August 7, 2019 8:02 am From: dennisryoung@telus.net Subject: OUTDOOR WIRE: DOMESTIC THREATS THE OUTDOOR WIRE - AUGUST 7, 2019 DOMESTIC THREATS DON'T GET INTERNATIONAL ASSETS https://www.theoutdoorwire.com/features/4a7b18dd-2e90-4663-ab18-ede4b93b4e77 EXCERPT: But the Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center says it's not accurate to label mental illness as the primary motivation for violence. In fact, their research says grievances -personal, domestic or workplace-related ones, were the "triggers" in more than half (52%) of cases in 2018. Only nineteen percent were attributed to mental health issues. Unfortunately, the second largest cited statistical trigger (22%) was "Unknown". Sometimes, there are no obvious answers. However, the Secret Service NTAC study identified key behaviors which should have elicited concern. They included: . Social media posts with "alarming content" . Escalating anger or aggressive behavior . Changes in behavior and appearance . Expressions of suicidal thoughts . Writing about violence of weapons . Cutting off communications with others . 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