November 2003 News from The Canadian Liberal Gun Farce

The Failed Experiment: Gun Control in Canada, Australia, England and Wales .(pdf)
David Austin, head of the Canadian Firearms Centre, disagreed with the report, saying the registry helps public safety in general, not just crime. The rate of homicides involving guns in Canada has decreased since the introduction of gun registration, he said. But earlier this week, Austin did admit the costs of the program will hit $1 billion sometime in 2004 or 2005. The paper, authored by Simon Fraser University professor Gary Mauser, examines crime trends in Commonwealth countries that recently introduced firearm regulations by evaluating trends in total crime, not just firearm crime. The United States, where qualified citizens can carry concealed handguns, is used as the key point for comparison. The research found the homicide rate in the U.S. has fallen 42% since 1991. "Over the past decade, the rate of violent crime in Canada has increased while in the United States the violent crime rate has plummeted," the study said. The study concluded it was an illusion that gun bans protect the public.(Well, I guess that David Austin, a self serving bureaucrat with a paycheque and little kingdom to protect, is someone that should be listened to! NOT... To say the the rate of homicides involving guns in Canada has decreased since the introduction of gun registration, (remember handguns, the most widely used firearm for criminal activities have been registered for almost 70 years?) is simply astounding! As a matter of fact, it's simply astounding that you could even hear him seeing he has his head stuck so far up his ass!! With homicides in the U.S. falling 42% in the last decade largely because of concealed carry laws. Canadians will continue to be unarmed victims, blithely following flawed Liberal dogma that to fight back is bad, to surrender and be victimized is good. Remember the Canadian Liberal Motto: "Disarmed, Defenceless, Dead... It's the Law!" )
12-year-old's throat slashed, police say
Parents of two of the three teenaged boys charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of a 12-year-old boy sat calmly in court yesterday as they got a brief glimpse of their sons, who had spent the night behind bars. Police allege the three teens — two aged 16, the other 15 — planned the attack on the 12-year-old before beating him with a baseball bat and slitting his throat in a Dawes Rd. home, near Danforth and Victoria Park Aves. In an interview, police spokesperson Mike Hayles said detectives are still investigating possible motives. The justice of the peace told the teens that if found guilty of the charges, they would be sentenced as adults unless a judge determined they should be sentenced as youths.The two youths making their first court appearance told the justice of the peace that they understood what charges they face.In addition to first-degree murder, the youths are charged with attempted murder related to an assault on the 41-year-old man. Not far from the scene, Lawrence Fox said he was not surprised that such an incident could occur in his neighbourhood."I feel terrible that it happened," he said."There's always something going on around here. It's supposedly the fourth-worst area for crime in Toronto. ... But it's a family-friendly neighbourhood."(Well, it's not as if things like this happen everyday in a "Family Friendly Neighbourhood"! At 15 & 16 years of age, 'they knew' what they were doing. The Young offenders act , recently made a lot worse by the Liberals, will assure that if tried as juveniles they will be out of jail and possibly living next door to 'you' in about 3 years.. )
The "Big Idea", The "Grand Bargain", Our Next PM and the Vanishing Country
What I’m going to try to do today, if time permits, is summarize some of the key points in my last book, The Vanishing Country, which McClelland and Stewart published in November, then talk about the important developments that have occurred since the manuscript went into the publisher, and, finally, tell you what I think is going to happen re Canadian sovereignty and continental integration when Paul Martin becomes Prime Minister. (Numbers that appear in brackets refer to page numbers in The Vanishing Country.) In what follows I’m going to give you a fair amount of information that you almost certainly will not have had before. Just why this is the case is something quite important and something we should talk about, if there’s time, later on. (A 'very' interesting look into the selling of Canada to foreign ownership)
Toronto Star Wants to "Dispel The Myths"
Chief Julian Fantino has a case to make with his request to the federal government for a public inquiry into Canada's justice system. A public inquiry would help focus the collective mind. It would demand anyone with something to say eschew sound bites about imminent anarchy and deliver something approaching a considered point of view. In fact, perhaps Chief Fantino should be careful what he asks for, because such an inquiry — to do justice to its subject — would have to go a long way beyond guns and poses. "Wild swings in crime rates — up in the 1960s and late 1980s, down in the late 1990s — continue to defy any simple explanation." Most of the easy answers, he said, don't stand up. Consider, he says, that people were more violent in the centuries before TV and movies were invented; that violent computer games took off in the '90s, a time when crime rate plummeted; that social programs flourished in the '60s, a decade in which violent crime rates skyrocketed; that Israelis and Swiss are armed to the teeth but have low rates of violent personal crime. Maybe it's precisely because there are so many misperceptions that a public inquiry is needed. If nothing else an inquiry such as that requested by Fantino would provide an opportunity to slay some bogeymen, eliminate red herrings, silence grinding axes. With luck, it might even provide some understanding.(It would look as if the Toronto Star has actually come up with a solution, but is too blind to see it. YES Israelis and Swiss ARE armed to the teeth, and THAT'S why they have such a low personal crime rate. Every State in the U.S.A. that has passed a concealed carry law has enjoyed a reduction in the personal violent crime rate. Disarming people only creates more victims. Sure, more cops 'may' not have prevented some of the horrible crimes that have happened recently, but more armed citizens could have. Yes it's true that "It is unlikely that more officers would have prevented the abduction of Cecilia Zhang." But had the kidnappers thought that there might have been the remotest possibility that Cecilia's father may have surprised the kidnapper in the act and shot him/her, the kidnapping may never have taken place. Had the punk that shot that fellow to death, in 'broad daylight', in a subway station, thought that someone on the platform might have pulled a gun and shot him in defence, he would not have committed the murder. Criminals are OPPORTUNISTIC COWARDS if your incapable, or unwilling to defend yourself, YOU are going to be a victim. 100% Guaranteed)
Gun registry debacle continues
Garry Breitkreuz, the Saskatchewan MP and Canadian Alliance firearms critic, says the federal gun registry will burst through the $1-billion expenditure barrier by 2004, rather than 2005, as once predicted. We see no reason to doubt him. Mr. Breitkreuz has been riding the gun registry file hard from the outset. And despite Liberal efforts to play shell games with the program's soaring costs, he's almost never been wrong. The polite, balding, 58-year-old former school teacher from Yorkton, Sask., has filed more than 400 Access to Information requests concerning the registry's inner workings. That may seem like obsessive behaviour. But sadly, these requests are the only way to make the federal government come clean on this boondoggle. It is quite possible the Alliance's deputy whip now knows more about the registry than the justice ministers and solicitors-general who have been in nominal charge of it during his watch.(On December the 12 Paul Martin better make up his mind on this farce. CANADIANS DO NOT SUPPORT IT.)
PRIVATIZATION OF GUN REGISTRY TO COST $300 MILLION: GOV’T DOCUMENTS
VERIFY
Ottawa – Today, Garry Breitkreuz, Official Opposition Critic for Firearms and Property Rights, made another direct hit on the problem-plagued gun registry. The Saskatchewan MP released government documents stamped “SECRET” verifying his disclosure last January that the government’s plans to privatize the gun registry would cost $300 million dollars. “This is disgraceful considering that the new company is being paid to provide computer services and programs that the Department of Justice already paid $227 million to EDS Canada to provide. What a colossal, useless waste of money,” fumed Breitkreuz.
Page 54 of the “SECRET” document dated January 9, 2003 obtained through one Breitkreuz’s 400 Access to Information Act requests states: “A $300M contract was awarded to Team Centra (a partnership between two companies, CGI Group and BDP Business Data Services) to design a new licensing and registration system ($34 million) and operate it over the next 15 years ($266M).”

Page 127 of another “SECRET” document dated March 5, 2003 admits the privatization plan called Alternative Service Delivery (ASD) is in trouble: “ASD – The concept is defensible, however, there are concerns with the contract at this point.”

Page 161 about the gun registry privatization plan was completely whited-out.
(This government, from it's very inception has labelled everything that would embarrass it as 'Secret'. When they are defeated, after the next election, the paper shredders will be working overtime. Just as they did at the end of Trudeau's reign.)
Guns rule streets? Stats beg to differ
Police have pointed out that the percentage of Toronto murders committed with guns has gone up dramatically since 1998, but a look at longer-term trends may cast doubt on the notion.In 1998, only 23 per cent of the city's 56 homicides were committed with a firearm. Last year the gun-related portion had risen to 45 per cent of the 62 homicides committed. So far this year, 26 of the 58 homicides on the books — 45 per cent — have been gun-related. That's down slightly from both 2002 and 2001, where guns were the culprits in some 53 per cent of the 59 murders committed that year.However, pushing the search of homicide records back to 1991, by far Toronto's most murderous year, current gun use percentages do not seem especially high. Of the 89 murders that year, 43 per cent involved a firearm.That dipped dramatically in 1992, when bullets caused only 26 per cent of the 65 murders committed. But the percentage rose again in 1993, when 42 per cent of the 59 murders recorded resulted from gunfire.A report the force itself released this year also calls into question police proclamations about gun use being out of control. (The old adage that 'figures don't lie, but liars can figure' certainly seems to be appropriate here. My teenage years were spent in the 60's where everyone of my friends owned a rifle or two, usually a .22 and a .303. How many people were being shot by gang members in Toronto? That's easy ZERO. Even the motorcycle gangs considered the use of a gun as cowardly. Now, legal gun ownership is diminishing, while the black market, fuelled by gun bans, is flourishing. It would seem that the Toronto Star again, is marching to a beat only 'it' hears "Left..Left...Not Right...Left..Left..")
“Go Johnny Go”
The leader of the most powerless country in the free world is stepping down in three weeks time. The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien announced his retirement almost two years ago and has been a “lame-duck” prime minister ever since, although, in my opinion, this label is an insult to most other world leaders and to handicapped waterfowl everywhere. Also, in terms of his effectiveness, isn’t the lame-duck act an overall improvement? A truly great statesman would simply bow out gracefully and accept his place in history based on performance and accomplishments while in office. It would be the right thing to do. But our Johnny is neither righteous nor great, and is a statesman in name only. Judged solely on his record as leader, he has been, at times, a bully, a liar, a poor judge of character, a lucky-stiff, and an embarrassing bumpkin on the world stage. Alas, these petty faults add nothing to the creation of a legacy fit for the Little Guy from Shawinigan. No sir, that must be purchased. And you can bet what’s left of your disposable income that ol’ Johnny has plans to waste even more of our money in an effort to upgrade his status in history from coach to first class. Naturally, he assumes Canadian taxpayers will forget all about his stupid gun registry scheme and the billion dollars piddled down that black hole. Ditto for the Quebec advertising fiasco, his dithering on the purchase of military helicopters, his promise to abolish the GST and his daily struggle with at least one of our official languages. And there’s more to come. We have the inevitable glut of Liberal patronage appointments to look forward to as the Clown Prince of Shawinigan dispatches a crush of greedy Red piggies to the trough. Go Johnny go. And the sooner the better.(Will the 'Martin' be any better than the Weasel? After all, the 'Martin' used to cut all the cheques!)
Gun registry costs pile up
Might top $1 billion one year early
Costs are piling up at the troubled federal firearms registry and could top the $1-billion mark a year earlier than originally forecast, government figures show. The new expense numbers are contained in the most recent 10-20-Life

government estimates, which show the total program cost will rise to $814 million by next March, which marks the end of the 2003-04 fiscal year. That figure doesn't include the $130 million in planned expenditures for the current year and other costs associated with the program, according to the opposition Canadian Alliance, which says the cost spiral is continuing unabated. Last year, federal officials estimated the total cost of the registry, which was originally budgeted at $2 million, would hit $1 billion in early 2005. A spokesperson for Solicitor-General Wayne Easter, whose department is in charge of the registry, referred calls for comment to the Canada Firearms Centre, which did not respond yesterday. (Paul Martin is going to be under an incredible amount of pressure to either justify, or dump this program, and accept the losses. Particularly since all the latest polls show the public has no support for this waste. Shootings are up 12% in Toronto alone, which only proves the firearms program is targeting the wrong people. Even Toronto's police chief has admitted that! What we really need is the American style 10-20-life program for dealing with the criminal use of firearms. A Billion dollars 'could' have swept a lot of undesirable trash off Canadian streets, and kept them behind bars where they belong. Also see : Gun tab hits $1B a year early , Firearms registry cost to hit $1B , Federal gun registry cost to hit $1 billion by 2005 , 1B gun registry costs confirmed And that doesn't count $47M in hidden costs, says MP , Gun tab hits $1B a year early New estimates project total program costs will rise to $814M by next March
The Zero Tolerance Insanity
The punishment for possessing an obvious toy became the same as for possessing a real weapon because zero tolerance means zero distinctions. Zero tolerance takes discretion and evaluation away from educators and mandates responses that can be wildly inappropriate. Behavior that used to be corrected by detention or a trip to the principal's office now receives suspension, expulsion or even police involvement. What used to be the last resort has become the first and only option. In Madison, Wis., Chris Schmidt, a sixth-grader with a spotless record, faced a year's suspension because he brought a kitchen knife to school for a science project. Asked about the case, Valencia Douglas, an assistant superintendent of schools in Madison, said, "We can't say, 'You're a good kid, so your mistake doesn't have as much force, or importance behind it.'" And so, an 11-year-old is taken away in handcuffs for drawing a picture of a gun; an 8-year-old faces expulsion for a keychain that contained a cheap nail clipper; a fifth-grader is suspended for drawing the World Trade Center being hit by an airplane ... The stories go on and on. (This insanity is not only an American problem. In Canada, for example, We have had the experience of watching a young boy in Nova Scotia (grade 2) be expelled for pointing a chicken finger at a friend and saying 'bang' This was his 'second offence' the first time he only pointed his finger. Obviously involving chicken parts vastly escalated the problem. Sometimes in the name of common sense, Zero Tolerance MUST be tempered with at least 'a little' brain function on the part of the school and it's teachers!)
Canada Customs union warns of border delays
With the Christmas holiday season fast-approaching, Canadians are being warned to expect longer-than-usual delays at U.S. border checkpoints. The union that represents Canada's 4,000 uniformed customs officers says its workers may be moving a little bit slower, until Ottawa approves a new contract granting the right to carry guns. According to Customs and Excise Union president Ron Moran, his members need guns because each day on the job becomes more dangerous. "Our members have been seeking firearms for some time," Moran told Sun Media. Last week, Ottawa ruled that federal law enforcement officers won't be issued firearms, dashing the hopes of the Customs union which has been demanding firearms for years. (If pressed, the only excuse the feds have for not arming Canadian Customs employees (you can't call them guards) is: no one is being killed on the job 'yet'.. Canada Customs, and by the way, the Canadian Coast Guard, must be satisfied with dialling 911 to save the country if needed, because both groups are unarmed. I have been at the border when the siren goes off, 'triggered by the American side' warning that a vehicle has just 'ran the border', and I watched as that vehicle, tires screeching, came roaring through the Canadian side with nothing to impede its travel. This was back in the 70's when in all likelihood, all that was crossing the border was drugs. But now? Who knows? The undefended border 'crap' only refers to the 'Canadian side' )
The Half-Life of Plastic
Democrat gun control advocates have, pardon the pun, shot themselves in the foot at the polls many times, by trying to foist dangerous and ineffective gun laws on the American public. The extremists behind the Democrats never stop, but candidate Democrats usually reign it in when election time approaches. That’s why it’s completely incomprehensible to me that Republican Senators Hatch and Sensenbrenner would support banning plastic weapons. Not because the guns don’t exist (though they don’t), but because they surely know that anti-gun extremists have now turned to incrementalism as a way to achieve their goals. They’ve switched to the ‘give an inch, take a mile’ tactic. And that could spell disaster for the Second Amendment. (Ahh yes.. the myth of the "plastic gun" rears it's ugly head again.. This 'again' proves that gun control zealots have very little knowledge about the product they want to control, and largely pander to others just as ignorant!)
Born to hunt
Woman came to sport at 40, became a star in a man's world
What's a woman to do when she lies to her husband about going hunting, then returns home with a caribou head?
That's the position Phyllis Tucker found herself in when she turned huntress at age 40. The Indiana woman had dreamed of stalking and killing animals most of her life but was married to a man who didn't think women should hunt. Before Tucker went on her second hunt, a guided trip to Newfoundland, she lied and told her husband she was off to Tennessee for some hiking. ('Real' women can manage their lives, 'others' let the government do it to for them..)
RALPH LAYS IT ON THE LINE!
"We don't tell the federal government how to run the Canadian army," he said, pointing out in typically graphic fashion that health care is unmistakably in provincial jurisdiction and that federal concern about hospital waiting lists is as inappropriate as provincial objections to the federal handling of military helicopter contracts. Then Klein ticked off his agenda: getting rid of the monopoly that the Canadian Wheat Board has over the sale of Western grain, doing something about the gun registry, stretching the timetable for compliance with the Kyoto Protocol, and, perhaps hardest for Martin to swallow, appointing the two Alberta senators-in-waiting — Ted Morton and Bert Brown, elected in an Alberta-wide vote — to Canada's unelected Senate.In addition, Alberta's leader wants Martin to agree to a role for provinces in international agreements that affect provincial jurisdiction.(The country 'needs' Ralph to 'tell it like it is' because Ontario's 'butt sniffing' Liberal yuppy government is without a clue as usual!)
Top gun has loads of experience
A Canadian Ranger from Sanikiluaq is not only one of the best marksmen among Baffin Rangers - he's also one of the longest-serving Rangers in Canada. While in Iqaluit last weekend for a shooting competition, Johnny Tookalook described how in 1947 he received a rifle, 20 rounds of ammunition and an armband from a Qallunaaq visiting from Port Harrison, now known as Inukjuak, and was made a member of the Canadian Rangers.(Hey!! Join up, get a 'unregistered' 303, and 200 rounds every year..It's nice to know that some of these guys can shoot, and are not just another pretty face! Canadian Rangers)
Hunter proves sport is not just for the boys
BALSAM - It was Jeanette Parris' first time. She crouched low, scared to breathe, afraid her sweating would give her away. She leveled her gun at the beautiful buck, getting ready to blow him away. "You start hyperventilating, your heart's racing away, you can't get your breath, you're shaking so bad you don't know if you're going to hit it or not. I was scared to death," she said. "It's like if you're going sky diving for the first time." She remembered what her husband told her - aim for the area right behind the shoulder. First time, first shot, fast and clean. Down he went. Deer for dinner. Since that day, about 17 years ago, Parris not only brings home the bacon. She brings home the deer, the turkey, the elk and the bear. And she fries them all up in a pan.(Most women make 'excellent' hunters. They generally have a hell of a lot more patients than the average man.. particularly in just putting up with the average man..ha.. My Daughters call it PMS Putting up with 'mens' s..t However, they don't hunt, (and draw the line at veal) but they do like coming to the range and shooting both rifle, and handguns. I'm just waiting for my grand kids to get old enough.. Wonderful thing about grand kids, is you get a chance to do everything all over again. A day in the woods, sitting in camo, watching everything natural happen around you. I remember sitting at the crest of a hill on a winter deer hunt, and two foxes, looking for all the world like a couple of puffballs in their fluffed out winter coats, came within a couple of feet of me. Completely oblivious to my presence, they walked right by. Absolutely beautiful creatures. The ONLY way you get to experience something like that is to get out there, and watch. If a deer comes by, you can get a load of meat for the freezer, or simply watch. But if you take the meat, you earned it yourself. There is a certain pride in knowing that you don't have to depend on 'others' to cultivate and provide your family with chemically injected, plastic wrapped meat, on a styrofoam tray.)

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I Posted this about a week ago, and I have received mine already. Boy, their fast!

Cops decry lenient child porn rulings
Conditional sentences, which essentially allow the convicted person to live at home and go shopping or go to work, are the norm in this province for kiddie porn. With a tear-streaked face, a four-year-old girl sobs while she is forced to touch the private parts of a man. Another toddler, also a girl, wears a black-leather studded dog collar, in obvious pain as she is raped. With her tiny hands, the little girl covers her eyes as she weeps. These are the horrid images that, for some bizarre reason that baffles the average person, consume the minds of people who are eventually caught and convicted of child pornography by undercover OPP detectives who operate out of Project P. These are the images that were found on the computer of a Midland man, Earl O'Hagan, 41, who recently tried, but failed, to fight his 18-month jail sentence, which was imposed by Justice Jon-Jo Douglas in Barrie last June. But the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld Justice Douglas' decision and the 18-month sentence will stick. In a recent Newmarket case, a similarly "vile" case of possession of child pornography ended up with a 14-month conditional sentence because it was based almost entirely on a decision made by a court of appeal decision on a previous Barrie case. In the Newmarket case, 43-year-old Randy Weber was convicted of possession and distribution of images of little children being bound, gagged, and forced to have sex with men. Weber was sentenced to house arrest. He was caught with images and video clips of children and infants so disturbing that even the prosecutor wept after viewing them, and the judge said he had to go home and take a shower. Some of the images viewed in court by Justice Roy Bogusky, included one that showed a four-year-old child, weeping, struggling, with hands bound and her neck leashed with a dog collar, while a man raped her. The tendency for judges who feel bound to depend on previous case law and deliver similar sentences for similar offences is distressing to OPP Det. Insp. Bob Matthews, head of the Province's Child Pornography Unit, (Project P), who says it is time for judges to make a break in that pattern. "Conditional sentences are nothing but a joke," he says. "You can sit around your house and watch TV, you can go out and if you get caught, all you have to do is tell the officer you're job hunting - these guys spend less time on a conditional sentence than our officers spend in tracking them down during investigations." Matthews says it's up to judges to take a stand and start throwing child pornography offenders in jail.(There isn't a 'real' man alive that wouldn't like to take these perverts and beat seven shades of shit out of them 'before' handing them over to the police. It's absolutely deplorable that the federal liberal government thinks nothing of blowing over a billion dollars in the 'political' harassment of law abiding hunters and sport shooters, but NOTHING to track these sickos. NOW, The 'Dalton Gang' in Ontario want to spend even MORE money prosecuting people for continuing to own their own property without 'federal' permission, thereby diverting even MORE money away from controlling REAL criminals and their disgusting threat to our children. Crying 'poor' because of a deficit left by the Ontario Conservatives, McGuinty will have a lot of explaining to do if he spends even one cent harassing 'Manufactured Liberal Law Breakers' instead of directing 'any' funds available to clean the streets of these child molesters and kiddie porn distributors. The following link is an American Government Site How to Report Child Pornography. If there is an equivalent 'Canadian' Government site I'd sure like to know about it. But I doubt if it's one of their Priorities. If it was, Chrétien's Clowns would not have foot dragged on kiddie porn bills, or tried to lump them in with 'political' motivated firearms laws.)
Here We Go Again!
Allan Rock, Minister of Waste, unveils plan to wire New Brunswick
Moncton, N.B. — Ninety per cent of New Brunswickers will have access to high-speed Internet by the end of 2006 under an initiative announced Tuesday. Almost $45-million will be invested to extend broadband access to most communities in the province. In addition, 95 per cent of business lines, and all regional health-care centres, business parks and First Nations will gain access. New Brunswick schools are already connected. “Once again Canada is re-affirming its leadership role in the area of telecommunications,” said federal Industry Minister Allan Rock.(Ahhh... Yes, and "Once Again", according to his track record, Allan Rock will be responsible for yet another incredible cost over run. New Brunswickers will get "wired' all right, and no doubt the rest of Canada will deal with the incredible cost over runs and mismanagement through their tax dollars. Exactly the same as they do for any other scheme this moron has been involved with to date. The only light on the horizon, is that Martin might dump this expensive clown, and stick him on a back bench as far away from the Canadian piggy bank as possible.)
JUSTICE MINISTER’S PERFORMANCE REPORT ON GUN REGISTRY LESS THAN HONEST
“The truth about firearms crime is in Statistics Canada reports, but the Liberals just ignore the facts.”
Yorkton – Today, Garry Breitkreuz, Official Opposition Critic for Firearms and Property Rights, released a six-page analysis (see link below) exposing more deceitful practices by the Liberal government in yet another vain attempt to justify their billion-dollar-and-counting, totally useless gun registry. Breitkreuz found twelve inaccurate statements in the Justice Minister’s Performance Report on the firearms program that was tabled in Parliament on October 31, 2003. “I couldn’t believe how loose they were with the truth. It’s one thing to make these kinds of inaccurate statements to the media but to put them in a report tabled in Parliament is unprecedented. Did they really think they could get away with it?” asked the Saskatchewan MP. TWELVE INACCURATE STATEMENTS IN THE JUSTICE MINISTER’S PERFORMANCE REPORT ON THE CANADIAN FIREARMS PROGRAM (The Liberal government will stop at nothing to cover their asses. They have WASTED this money, They will NEVER recover it, This law will NEVER be of any use. If Martin doesn't pull the plug on this obscene, wasteful, farce, there is truly no hope left until the next election.)
Bear hunt upsets Gatineau ecologist
Top city officials in Gatineau disagree on whether there is a bylaw controlling hunting and the use of guns within city limits. According to an ecological consultant, there is no firearms bylaw, and that is endangering residents in rural parts of the city as more hunters use guns near housing projects. Ian Huggett, head of the conservation group Eco-Watch, said he has found evidence that hunters are shooting at bears from a treetop camouflaged blind 300 metres from the new Eardley Elementary School in the Aylmer sector of Gatineau. Mr. Huggett said it is wrong to hunt so close to a school and a populated area because people could be injured or killed. "The bones are picked clean and have probably been there for more than a month, but the hunters are still going in there," he said. "You can see where they have been driving their four-by-fours through the field. They plump the bears up with doughnuts so they become big and fat and then they shoot them."(Two things come to mind here! If there were bears coming to with-in 300 meters of a school yard full of children, I would be praising hunters, not condemning them for threatening the bears. (No hunter in his right mind would be shooting 'towards' the school yard, only a paranoid would think this is a valid point) Obviously this Tree Hugging Disneyite values the bears more than the safety of the children in the school yard. The second thing that comes to mind is You would definitely be one of the best customers Tim Hortens ever had, if you were buying doughnuts to "plump the bears up so they become big and fat and then shoot them." THAT would take a hell of a lot of doughnuts, certainly more that I could ever afford! Take out the hunters, and the bears may try plumping themselves up on the children around the school.)
Man fights bear and lives
Hand-to-paw battle ends with 200-pound animal dead of knife wounds
Sunday, November 16, 2003 John Hirsch and his wife, Sharon, display T-shirt he wore when he fought off bear, which he stabbed with knife on table. John Hirsch never goes anywhere without his trusty knife. Good thing for him. Too bad for the bear. Hirsch was armed only with his nine-centimetre blade when a black bear attacked him in the back yard of his acreage on Fox Mountain six kilometres outside of Williams Lake. Hirsch is still around to talk about it. The bear's not so lucky. It was killed in the fight. Hirsch, an avid hunter and outdoorsman, was attacked Oct. 29 while checking on the 15 heritage turkeys that he and his wife, Sharon, raised on their 7.2-hectare spread. One minute it was turkey time; the next, full-on bear. "He came out of nowhere," said Hirsch, who was about 100 metres from his house when the bear appeared. "I can remember thinking that he's not stopping -- he's coming," said Hirsch. "I just didnn't feel I had any place to go."(I don't think many people would 'choose' a 3-4" knife as a suitable defence against a bear if they had the choice. Mr Hirsch is a tough, and lucky individual. )
Alliance, Conservative leaders say they can overthrow Liberals if united
EDMONTON -- The Unite-the-Right train pulled into Alliance heartland Thursday and the conductors wasted no time in trying to get people on board to help them in their efforts to derail the Liberals in the next federal election. Canadian Alliance Leader Stephen Harper and Progressive Conservative Leader Peter MacKay are on a countrywide tour promoting a new, united party and urging Canadians to help them overthrow the ruling party. "The message is to get involved and play a part, and shape the direction and policy of this new Conservative Party. This is very much a reconciliation of conservatism,'' MacKay said before his speech to about 200 supporters at the Tory fundraiser. At both events, leaders called for one united conservative voice, strong enough to pit a new party against the Liberals. They also highlighted recent efforts in jointly fighting big, divisive parliamentary battles, such as the failed gun registry, the Kyoto Accord and same-sex marriage. "Only if we keep our eyes on that battle, will we end up with one conservative voice,'' Harper said in his speech to 275 people at an Alliance dinner. Harper warned the new party must welcome a wide range of conservative opinions and not succumb to the demands of those who want a more narrow definition. (Once the parties are joined, there will be a huge increase in their ranks. I've never joined a political party in my life, but I joined this one. Something simply 'has' to be done to curb the waste and corruption proliferated through our government by the Liberal party. Now, I'm not naive enough to believe that it could not happen again with the Conservatives, or any other party once the 'power' is transferred. But there will be a lull in the cycle of political corruption, and THAT'S what this country need the most right now. That 'lull' will be like pushing the 'reset button' on the mechanism of 'right and justice'. Many wrongs will be corrected before the course is again lost, and another political 'reset button' will need to be pushed. It was pushed after Trudeau, it was pushed after Mulroney, it has to be pushed again at the next election. In the future, it will be pushed many more times when absolute power, again, corrupts absolutely. The fundamental base of democracy will only vanish when the 'reset button' has been eliminated from the circuit, and the country dictatorially forced to blunder on into oblivion.)
Liberals salute Chretien
TORONTO -- Prime Minister Jean Chretien bid farewell Thursday night to the Liberal party that no longer wanted him as their leader after delivering three successive majority governments and spending 40 years at the hub of Canadian politics.(It's been quite a while, but I imagine a lot of people 'did' give him at least one half of the cub scout two finger salute!)
When Ignorance and Hoplophobia Control Your Sport
SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES Which handguns will be prohibited for sports shooting? Sporting shooters will be prohibited from importing, purchasing, possessing or using a handgun which has: • a calibre that is greater than .38”, (unless the handgun is used to participate in a specially accredited event, in which case a handgun of up to .45” calibre will be permitted). • a barrel length of less than 120mm for semi-automatic handguns and 100mm for revolvers and single-shot handguns • a magazine/shot capacity that exceeds 10 rounds. Specially accredited events The majority of States and Territories have agreed that the events of metallic silhouette and single (or western) action should be specially accredited for the use of handguns up to .45” calibre. Have any sports shooting events been prohibited? No events have been prohibited. Sporting shooters will still be able to participate in their chosen event with a handgun that meets the agreed restrictions on calibre, barrel length and magazine/shot capacity.(I'm sure this is going to have as great an effect on crime in Australia, as the even more draconian laws in the U.K. have. And we all know how well 'that's' working. You think you have a problem with the criminal use of illegal guns in Canada? Well, keep voting liberal, 'Ontario', and Hunting/Shooting/Self defence will be a thing of the past, and criminals will 'really' control your lives.)
A Legacy of 'Nothing'(pdf file)
Pragmatism rather than vision likely to be Chrétien hallmark. According to a national SES poll of 1,000 Canadians completed last weekend, one of every two Canadians (51%) cannot think of anything accomplished by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Top Accomplishments:Unsure - 51% Saying "no" to the Iraq War - 11% Nothing/no legacy - 10% Eliminate the deficit - 9% Kept country together - 4%(Well, thats not 'really'true. His 'is' a legacy of waste and corruption, the likes of which this country has not seen since the 'last' liberal government lead by the master of waste, Mr Trudeau.)
The Urban 'Trapper'
"Phil deals with the down-and-dirty," said Bob Welsh, DNR regional wildlife manager at Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area in Anoka County. "A lot of your generic pest services don't have the expertise or the desire to deal with something that has teeth, fur, claws and attitude." Harry has been bitten twice, both times by pocket gophers. "A small animal attached to your knuckle is the biggest thing you ever saw," Harry said. "I convinced him to get off my hand with a tire iron."(The 'next' pest in southern ontario, will be the opossum. Our milder winters over the last few years have allowed them to flourish.. Now THAT'S a miserable animal, that would rather snarl and bite than run...at least the ones I've come across do.. mabe I'm just ugly?)
Report warns terrorists may poison food, water
OTTAWA — Canadian police and security officials have been quietly warned that al Qaeda terrorists might try to contaminate food or water with deadly toxins. A secret intelligence report distributed to key federal authorities by the Privy Council Office expresses concern al Qaeda extremists could use lethal substances such as ricin and botulinum in a terrorist campaign. A declassified version of the document was obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. The study was prompted by the discovery last January of ricin, a plant toxin made from castor beans, in a London apartment, as well as the retrieval last year of al Qaeda training manuals on the production and use of toxins. Several portions of the document, notably a section entitled Implications for Canada, were withheld under provisions of the access law pertaining to international affairs and security. Terrorist attacks with ricin would likely involve contamination of food or water, or dissemination as an aerosol, says the report. Even small quantities of ricin powder can shut down protein synthesis in the body, causing death within days. "Ricin is water-soluble, and water supplies can therefore remain contaminated for a considerable length of time," the report notes. (It's interesting to note, that this information was only released 'after' a request under the 'access to information act'. Which means, that if the Liberal Government had it's way in eliminating this act to prevent future embarrassments, this information would never have been released. Ahhh What you don't know won't hurt you eh!)
Colorado's 'Make my day' law shields man in shooting death
AULT, Colo. (AP) - A man accused of killing a neighbour in a dispute that started with a barking dog will not be charged with a crime because of Colorado's "Make my day" law, which protects residents protecting themselves from intruders. Weld County District Attorney Al Dominguez said Monday he had no choice. "I have a dead human being and that death was caused by someone shooting a shotgun at him. Under normal circumstances, that kind of behaviour demands a consequence," Dominguez said. The decision "was very difficult. I struggled with it all weekend." Eric Griffin, 33, upset by the barking of a dog belonging to neighbour Richard Hammock, allegedly wounded the animal with a pellet gun Nov. 2. Hammock, 48, then went to Griffin's home carrying a metre-long board, authorities said. Griffin's girlfriend told police she heard breaking glass and a shotgun blast. Dominguez said the woman reported that Griffin told her he fired when Hammock tried to enter the house. Griffin has an unlisted phone number and couldn't be reached for comment.(Someone breaking into your home with a 3 foot board, obviously to be used as a weapon, should suffer what ever consequences may arise. Should Mr. Griffen have 'allowed' the intruder to attack him with the board, and if still alive afterwards, dial 911 and report him? If a "Make My Day" law was universal, there would be a lot fewer home invasions in 'This' Country. Except for the hard core Liberals of course, who prefer to me murdered first, so they don't inflict any injury on their attackers.."It's the 'passive' thing to do")
Gun that killed Jesse James sold at auction for $350,000
ANAHEIM — The gun that killed outlaw Jesse James sold at auction for $350,000. The .44 caliber Smith & Wesson was purchased Monday by an out-of-state absentee bidder who requested anonymity, said Brian Maize, spokesman for Little John’s Antique Arms Inc., which organized the auction. There were more than 20 bidders for the gun, which had been expected to bring about $300,000. “It probably went back to Texas,” Maize said. “(The price) bounced around, struck at 300 and crawled up to 350.” Little John’s owner John R. Gangel acquired the gun about six months ago from a collector who bought it for $160,000 at a 1993 auction in England.
Bob Ford, a late recruit to James’ gang of bank, train and stagecoach robbers, killed James on April 3, 1882, in St. Joseph, Mo. The nickel-finished revolver was made about 1875. (Yup, and he will probably display it right up there, with the sword that killed Lincoln!.. Some people believe that Jesse lived to a ripe old age and even visited Canada during the period he was supposed to be dead.. This may be the gun that the "dirty little coward 'only' wounded Mr. Howard, 'but' laid poor Jesse in his grave"!)
Not Guns But: Cannibal victim's family meets family of those who ate him
BRISBANE, Australia -- The Australian descendants of a Christian missionary eaten by cannibals 136 years ago will travel to Fiji this week, hoping to help lift a curse on the village where he was killed. Past apologies haven't helped. The last time the village said sorry was in 1993, when it presented the Methodist Church of Fiji with Baker's boots. During Thursday's ceremony, Baker's descendants will receive more than 100 sperm whale's teeth - important and rare gifts in Fijian tribal society. Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase is planning to attend. There are differing accounts of Baker's demise. But a villager told The Associated Press last month that it started when the village chief borrowed Baker's hat. Baker tried to take the hat back not knowing that touching a chief's head was culturally taboo and punishable by death. (It's a good job they didn't eat a clown, I hear they taste funny! In new england, they would have said he died of a 'hat' attack.. Ooo bad pun..)
RCMP object to Fraser Institute report
The Fraser Institute says Albertans would get more bang for their buck by replacing the RCMP in rural communities with a provincial force similar to the Ontario Provincial Police.Edmonton - A report suggesting Alberta look at creating a provincial police force is being called irresponsible by the RCMP. The report says a provincial force would cost less and provide better service, as well as better reflecting the province's position on issues such as the federal gun registry."If you look at it in terms of capita, how much per citizen, per cop, the RCMP basically provides, police services in areas that are very inexpensive to police, they're in rural areas and small towns, crime levels are much lower there," the report's author, University of Calgary political scientist Barry Cooper, said. "You don't need the kind of specialized service the RCMP say they provide and you don't need the level of service the RCMP say they provide."(But most of all, like Ontario, they don't need 'any' provincial version of the Federal Liberal Police Force. The west certainly is not being ignored by the Liberals when it comes to the 'sucking sound' of western tax dollars flowing into Ottawa.)

A Soldier Died Today!
November 11, 2003.. When a Veteran says "Thank you" for buying a Poppy, You should be saying
NO --- "Thank YOU"

JUSTICE COMMITTEE REFUSES TO AMEND FIREARMS ACT REGULATIONS
In one area alone--the airgun issue, and this is a submission that was sent to this committee. I don't know if you've all had a chance to read this--but Hamilton, Ontario would like to get the Commonwealth Games. Those games are likely going to be negated and Hamilton will not get those games because of the amendments that have been put forward in regard to the airgun issue. In Toronto we're also probably going to lose the 2004 air pistol competition. This all comes to light because people now are not allowed to come into Canada with those air pistols because of what's happening here. There was only one model, of all the air pistols, that was not restricted from coming into Canada, here. Whether this committee thinks that is important or not, that's how it's going to impact on us in a material way. So I give that one example as a problem that has come up in the last little while. I appeal to the committee to have us prepare some kind of a report with recommended amendments.
I realize that's a lot of work and there's not a lot of time, but I put that forward and hopefully the committee will approve it. There's 20 countries that will likely not come to some of these games because of the regulations that are coming into effect. This is serious. Of all the problems identified during the committee's review of the draft Firearms Act regulations and in submissions received by the clerk, the committee prepare a report to Parliament with our recommended amendments to these draft regulations. All those in support of this motion please indicate with your hand. Mr. Garry Breitkreuz: I want a recorded vote. The Chair: You want a recorded vote? That is your right. A recorded vote, please. (Motion negatived: Nays 7; yeas 3) The Chair: The motion is defeated. The Chair does not have to cast a tie breaking vote.(And the farce blunders on, further making Canadians look ridiculous on the world stage. After all, why on earth would Liberals want all those 'Olympic Class Criminals' running around with evil air guns. Don't they know they could put your eye out? And thats just 'one' of the problems with this stupid Billion Dollar Liberal Gun Farce.)
Top Gun
The 500 S&W Magnum will produce almost 2600 ft.-lb. with its heaviest load, and more powerful loads may well be on the way. If Dirty Harry felt that the .44 Magnum would make his day, the new 500 S&W Magnum would certainly make his decade. It is the largest double-action revolver available, and there is no production revolver in the world--single or double action--capable of matching, or even approaching, the level of power it produces.(Well, I'm sure the guy shooting 'this' at the local range will be loved by all fellow shooters with the now constant ringing in their ears!)
The deer hunters
Their numbers are shrinking as attitudes about hunting change, but about 50,000 Nova Scotians still head to the woods every fall: A national survey indicates Nova Scotia hunters annually spend an average 15 days hunting. Although that would include grouse, moose, pheasant and bear, deer is the focus for most people. Yet the number of hunters has decreased over the past few years. In the mid-1980s, when the deer population was high, 95,000 licences were issued. In the early '90s, about 75,000 licences were sold and by 2001 the number had dropped to just under 46,000. Licences entitle hunters to one deer. Most are restricted to hunting only bucks, but 7,500 hunters this year have permits to shoot a deer of either sex. Provincial records indicate hunters are getting older - the mean age is over 50 - and fewer young people are getting into the sport. Caldwell thinks that's too bad. A hunter for 25 years and the past president of the Big Game Society of Nova Scotia, she also teaches hunter education and has noticed a drop in the number of young people enrolling in the classes. (Young people have to make the choice between a steroid injected, chemically enhanced, slab of fatty meat on a styrofoam tray covered with plastic, or a nice lean piece of 'All Natural' venison. Not much of a choice if you ask me! Well, my 'gun' hunt was a bust this year.. Seen lots of deer, but I'll be damned if I could get a 'clear' shot.. Like the majority of hunters, I won't shoot if there is any chance I would only wound the animal, so I passed up a lot of shots. The Bow Season is still open, so next week, back I go.. 'Track Soup' is too thin to make a good meal!!)
Wooing the West, Martin style
PM-in-waiting wants to put an end to western alienation, but the odds and history are against him
OTTAWA -- Symbols of discontent litter Western Canada's political landscape like rusting, abandoned cars: Pierre Trudeau's middle-finger salute and the national energy program; Brian Mulroney's "betrayal" that included Meech Lake, high deficits and the CF-18 fighter jet maintenance contract; the unelected, unequal Senate.(I think a 'token' gesture to the west, as well as the rest of Canada might be to...well lets say... SCRAP THE GUN REGISTRY AND QUIT WASTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! )
Thank God (and Greyhound) He's Gone!
There is nothing like death or imminent departure to prompt a swift rewrite of the history books. Admittedly, it might have been in poor taste to mention them, but the words gun registry, Somalia, GST or APEC did not feature in yesterday's trip down memory lane. Instead parliamentary veterans detailed their years of trying to discern whether Chrétien was answering their questions in English or French. Joe Clark, himself a former prime minister, made a particularly gracious speech. He was frank enough to admit that he felt that power had changed the Prime Minister. But he also paid tribute to Chrétien's shrewdness and toughness, qualities that have allowed him to "hold power in a way that has very few parallels in our history."(Mr. Clark is just being kind! There are really 'no' parallels in our history that match the ~~shrewdness and toughness~~ vindictive, dictatorial, methods of which he ran his oligarchy. Strike up the band, we're finally rid of the doddling old fart from Shawinigan, and Canada is just a little bit better because of it. Now that the 'Weasel' is gone, let see what the Martin can do before we throw 'his' ass out in the next election)
Justice system broken, says Fantino
Police Chief Julian Fantino said today that he is "troubled" by the escalation of violence in Toronto — five murders in the past week — and said the current justice system needs revamping because it no longer acts as a deterrent to crime."This is a recipe for disaster," the chief said at a news conference. He called for an inquiry into the criminal justice system, saying that all levels of government have to come up with a solution.Fantino, saying there is "no quick fix," called on the "collective wisdom" of the people in this city and country to come up with a solution. He said he was particularly shocked by a murder last week at the Kennedy subway station in full view of passersby when Kenroy John was shot several times. Last year at this time, there were 48 slayings. This year, there are 52.The Street Violence Task Force, created only eight weeks ago, has made 165 arrests and seized 47 firearms, Fantino reported."There's no shortage of guns out there. The criminal justice system has broken down."In the first seven months of the year, 84 per cent of the firearms offences involved people who had a violent criminal past, the chief said."Much of what we do is a revolving door," he said.From 1988 to 2002, there has been a 21 per cent increase in the number of 911 calls, Fantino said.In the past five years, violence crime is up over 12 per cent and drug arrests are up 8 per cent, Fantino said.(Fantinio 'also' made the comment (although it was not mentioned in the 'Star'), that it was "time to put the fear back in the criminals lives" The best way to do that, is to allow qualified citizens to 'carry'. The U.S. crime has dropped dramatically where this has been initiated. Quite simply, the criminals don't know who's armed, and for once they know that they might get shot. This has effectively "put the fear back in the criminals lives". And for the doubters that say "Putting more guns on the street is not the answer" give your head a shake! These will not be "more guns on the street" any more than a police officers gun is "on the street". Any active firearm owner that has passed a "Black Badge" program, should qualify, and be allowed to carry concealed. The fellow who had been shot in the subway station in plain view of 'passers-by' might still be alive today if the killers had thought that someone might shoot 'them' as well. Keep the criminals and thugs guessing. Right now, Canada does not have a "Justice System" it has a "Legal System" and it's badly flawed. Also see:Chief calls for reinforcements)
Gun rebel gets day in court
(Canoe link, may vanish in 24 hrs or less)
A former sergeant-at-arms who brought a gun to the grounds of the Alberta legislature in a protest against Canada's firearms law will get his day in court today. Oscar Lacombe, 75, was one of several gun owners across Canada who staged protests last Jan. 1, the day new registration requirements under the Firearms Act came into effect. Lacombe, a decorated veteran of the Korean War, begged police to arrest him in hopes of filing a constitutional challenge to the law. They confiscated the gun but didn't charge him until June. But the offences he faces already existed under the Criminal Code - carrying a weapon to a public place and possessing an unregistered gun. (The firearm he brought to the legislature, was unloaded, wrapped in plastic, and basically 'incased' . This entire law is a farce, and the Feds will NOT allow any part of it to come to court. Always, a lessor charge is made under the 'criminal code' because the 'firearms act' is unconstitutional, and the feds don't want it rubber-stamped as such by the Supreme Court. Particularly after wasting a billion dollars on this national bad joke after they had been warned.)
Bank Robbery Capital of Canada
There have been 116 bank robberies in Vancouver so far this year. Detective Yeo says at this rate the city is likely to hold onto its annual title of bank robbery capital of Canada. The Canadian Bankers Association is worried that courts aren't being tough enough to deter the thieves. "The fact is that we're seeing more people with balaclavas with guns drawn threatening to kill staff, " says the Association's western director, Paul Griffin.(Well, how can that be? Wayne Easter says the "Gun Registry" is very effective! The question is, Effective at what? The only thing the Feds and any of their politically correct programs are effective at, is wasting money. The "Gun Registry" is the perfect example. How could this farce even be 'remotely' effective when it obviously has no effect of the criminal use of firearms. It's effective 'only' at disarming the public, and creating even more victims. If Easter insists it's "effective", then I guess that's what the Feds had in mind all along then isn't it?).
Your TAX Dollars At Work:
Fish 'farts' a form of communication?
VANCOUVER - Herring make farting sounds at night, Caanadian and British scientists say. Scientists knew herring have an excellent sense of hearing, but now researcher Ben Wilson of the University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre in Vancouver and his British colleagues investigated their secret noises. At night, herring squeeze bubbles out of their swim bladders through an anal pore. The action produces distinctive sounds, resembling a person blowing raspberries or farting. Wilson is now trying to figure out why. The fish tend to make noise more often when in the company of others, which suggests it plays a social role, the researchers say.(Are these 'Male' fish? Women, although they are excellent 'farters' themselves, are quick to point the finger at their spouse, but they don't say "pull it". Farts, though socially unacceptable, are usually a never ending source of entertainment for most men. Blame the dog if you will, (I swear it was him, I saw his asshole open up, honest!) but now you know for sure what those bubbles are as they pop on the surface of your favourite fishing spot. The Fish, like the S.B.D. (Silent but deadly) toxic drop in the elevator, is simply a form of communication. Greetings from the interior: "Speak O Toothless One"!)
Mail Order Guns For Britain Could Arm Bounty Hunters for MicroSoft
Internet bounty hunters were put on high alert on Wednesday with the news that software giant Microsoft will pay out USD250,000 for information leading to the arrest of the MSBlast and SoBig authors. The rewards are thought to be the first time a company has offered money for information about the identity of the cybercriminals. Interpol and the FBI were on hand to announce the move. BCi reports that criminals are using the Internet and the UK's postal system to obtain guns, according to British police who presented the news to an all-party parliamentary group of MPs. The information came on the same day that a report is due to be published on British gun crime. The MPs were told that police had seized guns that had been ordered from abroad on Internet shopping sites and then simply sent through the post to the buyers. (Ok..Ok.. So they are really not meant to be together, but hell 250 k is a lot of dough to turn in a asshole.. And that asshole 'may' be British, and ordered guns by mail.. Actually I thought it was pretty interesting that the British Government, via the post office, was actually instrumental in distributing illegal firearms though out the U.K. Has anyone accused "Postman Pat" of being a 'gun runner'?)

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DOMESTIC HOMICIDES CONTINUE TO RISE DESPITE BILLION-DOLLAR GUN REGISTRY
Ottawa – Today, Garry Breitkreuz, Official Opposition Critic for Firearms and Property Rights, released another Statistics Canada report that drives another nail in the gun registry’s coffin. “The Liberal government’s own reports show that family homicides have increased by 28% in the last three years, and spousal homicides have increased by 19%. Since 2000, twenty-one per cent (103) of the 496 victims of domestic homicides were murdered with firearms. While the sample is admittedly very small, the number of domestic homicides with registered guns more than doubled in the last year.” See Statistics Canada tables attached – Note #1. “In 1995, Justice Minister Allan Rock promised Parliament: ‘Registration will assist us to deal with the scourge of domestic violence’, but these new domestic homicide reports prove Mr. Rock was wrong yet again,” said Breitkreuz.(Wrong again, Wrong again!! These are becoming very common words to both Allan Rock, (Official Minister of Waste) and the entire liberal party. EVERY reason they spouted in support of the creation of this Billion dollar gun licensing and registration farce has been proven wrong. It doesn't keep guns out of the hands of criminals, it doesn't prevent domestic murders, it doesn't decrease suicides, it doesn't tell police where the guns are, and it doesn't make ANYONE safer, particularly the police. It's WAY past the time to stop throwing our taxdollars down this political black hole, and start spending where it's really needed, and not just on 'feel good' legislation to appease a bunch of radical, left wing, vocal, zealots)
Weekend killings are wake-up call: Police
The head of Toronto's homicide squad said a weekend of violence — three slayings, 28 robberies and five home invasions — is a wake-up call for politicians and the public to give police more legal and practical tools to do their job. "We need help," Staff Inspector Gary Ellis said during a news conference at police headquarters. "We have a clearly out-of-control underworld right now in this city, who are not only victimizing each other ... but innocent people are being killed."(One of those home invasions resulted in the rape of two women, and in another, a firearm was pointed at the head of a baby while demanding drugs. When you take a BILLION DOLLARS, and direct it law abiding hunters and target shooters while calling it "crime control" this is what you get! More Crime, and the same story repeats itself everywhere ordinary people are discouraged or outright prohibited from self defence. This makes the pickings for criminals and 'drug thugs' very easy. Scrap the politically motivated "honest mans gun registry", and direct the money to where it will REALLY combat crime.)
Study prescribes return of the spring bear hunt
Probably the most significant recommendation from the study was a call to reinstate the spring bear hunt, he reports. "We were concerned about the social and economic hardships the north was feeling. We felt that reinstating the hunt would be beneficial." Other suggestions in the plan include bear proofing communities, by taking measures like locking up dumpsters, providing more funding for training communities to deal with bears, and offering literature to residents who want to learn more about safety. The plan also calls for stricter rules for the fall bear hunt. When asked when the MNR plans on reviewing the committee's suggestions and deciding which will be implemented, MNR spokesperson Steve Payne said there is no set date as of yet. "It's up to the new minister to look at the report and move from there," he says.(Now, we sit back and wait to see what Dalton and the urban yuppies are going to do.. After all, 'they' have never had a problem with bears. Most have 'read' about the "Hundred Acre Woods", and seen the Disney movie. They just can't understand what all the fuss is about!)
Firearms, Lies and the New Zealand Police
ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks today warned that three bills Parliament will attempt to push through in the pre-Christmas rush will frustrate frontline police. Speaking at the AGM of the Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand, he said the bills have languished for years but will now show that Labour's political correctness overrules real concerns about crime and violence. "Warnings by experienced police will be buried in a mudslide of feel good law if these bills are rushed through while people are distracted by Christmas good cheers. "The Clean Slate bill tells people to lie about their criminal history. It makes $10,000-fine criminals of anyone who urges an offender to be honest about their past. "The Clean Slate rules also impact on another bill to be jumped up the list. The Arms Amendment No. 2 bill has been stalled for two years because the Law and Order Select Committee of Parliament has found that firearm registration would be worse than useless in dealing with violent crime. "Registration of guns has been a law and order disaster in Canada. In the UK, handgun crime is exploding after anti-gun laws took firearms off the law-abiding and of course left the criminals to carry on unimpeded.(Registration has never saved anybody! Disarming citizens just means more profit for the folks that sell security fencing, window bars, and "rape gates" for your bedroom.. Home invasions are increasing. Why? because the criminal knows that even if you have a gun, it's in all probability locked up someplace away from the amunition, and of no threat what-so-ever to the intruder. Safe storage at night, would be a loaded semi under your pillow. OR, Hear a noise? Unlock, Load, Dial 911 'IN THAT ORDER'! Your family will thank you!)
But FIRST, History Shows There was "Gun Registration & Confiscation"
"On April 16, 1944, the Nazi arrived at our door and gave us 10 minutes to get ready," Fettman said. His family was forced to leave all of their belongings behind only to be taken on a journey that only Fettman would survive. Fettman and his family were first confined in a ghetto and later shipped by boxcar to Auschwitz where most of the members of his family were murdered. Fettman told how the children, men and women were sorted as they got off of the box car or coffin on rails as Fettman describes it in his book, "Shoah." All children and elderly were instructed to stay on the train. The Nazi then unloaded the young children and shot them with machine guns. The children, including three children who belonged to Fettman's sister, Margit, were shot. The elderly were loaded onto Red Cross trucks and driven a short way. Canisters were then dropped through openings on the tops of the trucks. "You could hear them screaming but only for a moment. Then they were forever silent," Fettman said.(A chilling story.. The author makes no mention, but history shows that in every single case of people being mass murdered by their governments, "First there is gun registration and confiscation". Any attempt by governments to confiscate legally held firearms under the pretext of "keeping us safe" should always be viewed with suspicion. Who says it can't happen here? It can if they take away your means to prevent it!)
Sea King fleet grounded
The 1960s-era Sea Kings have experienced a number of mechanical problems throughout the years. There have been four fatal crashes that killed 10 people. Three crew members were injured in February when one of the helicopters crashed onto the deck of the HMCS Iroquois after an engine failed during takeoff. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien cancelled a contract to buy replacement helicopters 10 years ago. The new contract process has dragged on for years.(The process has dragged on for years, only because it would be too embarrassing for this doddling old fart, to replace these helicopters with the only 'real' acceptable machines, and those were the ones he cancelled ten years ago. Why, that would be saying he was wrong, and no Liberal will every admit to a mistake. The gun registry is a perfect example of that.. Now, ten people are dead in Sea King crashes. What ever happened to their favourite saying "If it saves only one life, it's worth it" F'n hypocrites)