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)
50 Cent bites bullet
The Australian Customs Service has told 50 Cent that his beloved bulletproof lifestyle is subject to a stack of paperwork and permits.  50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, was shot nine times in a gun battle in the US three years ago.  Since then he has worn a bulletproof jacket. He wants to take similar precautions for his December 5 show at Rod Laver Arena, to avoid the fate in the US of slain rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls. "It's not that I'm anticipating that. But in the event that it does happen, I would like to be prepared for it," 50 Cent told the Herald Sun. Yesterday, 50 Cent's Australian tour promoter confirmed the Customs ban on the bulletproof jacket. "I know our tour manager is aware of it, so 50's tour manager should be aware of it," a spokeswoman said. "I am sure they will sort something out." A Customs spokeswoman said 50 Cent's bulletproof vest is "a prohibited import".50 Cent will need to apply to Justice and Customs Minister Chris Ellison for a  jacket permit.  He must also apply for permits with state police .50 Cent must also give a detailed reason for wearing the jacket.  His paranoia about getting shot is well founded.  Last month, gunmen fired warning shots while Jackson was at a New Jersey hotel. (My 'personal' belief is "Rap is to Music, as Etch-A-Sketch is to art" but that doesn't mean there should be an open season on these guys, and he should have EVERY right to protect himself  particularly when he's already been shot 9 times..)
Missoula woman's love of exploration still strong at 76
No one in Western Montana was more excited at the first glowing hint of sunrise last Sunday than 13-year-old Kyle McIlnay and 76-year-old Mavis Lorenz. The two Missoula hunters were together -- in an undisclosed location in the mountains, 3 miles from the nearest road -- when the general deer and elk hunting season opened. For McIlnay, the opening-day excitement was enhanced by the thrill of his first big game hunt. For Lorenz, it was an opportunity to savor once again a passion she's pursued for nearly a half-century of big-game hunting in Montana, Canada and Alaska. (A very good article. We could all learn a great deal from this lady!)
Ontario Liberals inherit $5.6-billion deficit
The government has no intention of raising taxes to offset the loss, the finance minister said. The premier will outline his plan to tackle the deficit in an address on Thursday, said Sorbara. He accused the Tories of "misrepresenting" the province's financial situation. "I think the report suggests they messed up bad," said Sorbara.(If anything, this is certainly an example of just how short the Ontario memory really is. When the last Liberal Ontario government was booted from office, they also had said the 'books were balanced' when in fact they were 3 billion in deficit. Counting inflation, that's roughly the same as the current 5 billion the Tory's left. But one has to remember, when Harris took over after the Liberals and the NDP left him with a 10 billion dollar deficit, he knocked it down to 5, and still managed to incorporate tax cuts. The Liberals, as usual, are just 'priming' the public money pump to excuse what will soon become another tax and spend Liberal Government)
BEAR HUGGERS SLAM REPORT NOT EVEN RELEASED YET!
The recommendations of the provincially-appointed Nuisance Bear Committee have not even been officially released, but already the opposition is lining up.   A group of six animal-rights advocacy organizations has roundly condemned the comments of committee member and Fort Frances Mayor Glenn Witherspoon regarding the re-introduction of the spring bear hunt in Ontario and is urging Premier Dalton McGuinty to ignore the findings.  “We have every confidence that Premier McGuinty will be true to his word and maintain the ban on the spring bear hunt,” Stephen Best, director of Environment Voters (a member of the alliance), said in a recent press release. McGuinty has gone on the record as stating he will not bring back the spring bear hunt, which was axed by the former Mike Harris government in 1999.  Since then, there have been increasing reports of problems with bears in rural and small-town areas—particularly in Northern Ontario.(Bear huggers are fully familiar with Ontario Black Bears. They see them in zoo's all the time! I would venture to guess that not one of them has raced out their backdoor and snatched up their children because a 400 lb black bear is roaming the area. Why? because you don't get a lot of bears in the bear hugger's domain.. Urban Ontario! There has been a noticeable decrease in the number of moose calf's now being seen, because the 16,000 bears that 'would' have been taken over the last 4 years of a spring hunt, are still roaming the woods and eating these calf's. Of course, this seems to have escaped them, because moose calf's are not cute and cuddly! But Alas.. No one has published a children's book about moose, so their not important to the Disneyites.  Unfortunately, we will have to wait until a  bear inevitably attacks a child, 'then' they will see what we're  talking about. I would assume by their actions and statements, they are willing to sacrifice 'one' child.. As long as it's not one of theirs! )
Michael Moore sued over anti-gun movie
Detroit — James Nichols, the brother of Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, says he was tricked into appearing in the anti-gun documentary Bowling for Columbine, according to a federal lawsuit filed against filmmaker Michael Moore. Nichols also alleges in the lawsuit, filed in Detroit, that Moore libelled him by linking him to the terrorist act. Nichols accuses Moore of libel, defamation of character, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress. His lawyer is asking for a jury trial and damages ranging from $10-million to $20-million (U.S.) on each of nine counts, the Detroit Free Press reported. In the lawsuit, Nichols, who lives in Decker, said Moore misled him about the purpose of the interview. Bowling for Columbine won the feature-length documentary Academy Award earlier this year. (Bowling for Columbine did not WIN anything. It was GIVEN a Oscar by the 'Left Wing' film industry. The only thing this 'win(?)' highlights, is the absurdity and politicalization of the whole award process. I think it's beginning to pass figureskate judging in corruption. It will be nice to see Moore get his ass kicked though!)
Senate calls for beefed up coastal security
OTTAWA - A beefed up coast guard and a permanent security role for the deputy prime minister would help make Canada's coasts more secure, says a report released on Wednesday. The Senate defence committee tabled a report called "Canada's Coastlines: The Longest Under-Defended Borders in the World." It points out a range of security problems and makes more than 30 recommendations for correcting them. Colin Kenny "On the coasts, one of the first things we think we need to have is a clear maritime picture," Senator Colin Kenny told a news conference in Ottawa. "You have to know what's going on on the coasts. You have to be able to separate the good guys from the bad guys and then go out and take a look at the bad guys." The report recommend(When recommendations like this are brought forward, It makes me wonder how many Canadians are aware that our Coast Guard is not even 'armed'. When it 'hits' the fan, Our coast Guard has to call in 'armed' fisheries or RCMP officers. Absolutely deplorable! For more information on our coastal defencelessness, see A porous coastal defence )
Doddling Old Fart, Defends the Indefensible
PM defends ministers who accepted Irving hospitality
 OTTAWA - Prime Minister Jean Chrétien sayys there's nothing wrong with his cabinet members accepting hospitality from the powerful Irving family of New Brunswick. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien Four Liberal ministers are under fire for either taking free flights on Irving corporate jets or making visits to the New Brunswick fishing lodge owned by the family. Chrétien says he's never visited the Irving lodge but he insists he has the right to go there if he wants. He says his ministers followed the proper procedure by consulting with federal ethics counsellor Howard Wilson. (The corruption within this government is so thick, so ingrained, this doddling old fart considers it 'normal' .. I can hardly wait for the next federal election.. MIKE HARRIS FOR P.M. )
Army gets cabinet OK for 60 new vehicles
Defence Minister John McCallum is expected to announce today that the federal government will purchase more than 60 light-armoured vehicles, taking a step toward what he and other Liberal members of Parliament say will be a transformation of Canada's army. Mr. McCallum emerged from a cabinet session yesterday to suggest he had approval for the $600-million purchase.(The Liberals, starting with Trudeau (the conscientious objector/coward)  Have already "transformed" our Army. Never has Canada been so ineffective, and meaningless on the world stage. Now, these useless politicians are going to spend less than HALF of the same amount of money they have squandered trying to disarm law abiding Citizens of this country. My guess, is the that even after buying these vehicles, the guys on the front lines will not even see them until all these useless politicians and bureaucrats are finished polishing them with their asses during photo op's..)
FIREARMS COMMISSIONER ADMITS HE DOESN’T KNOW
HOW POLICE ARE USING THE GUN REGISTRY
Ottawa – Garry Breitkreuz, Official Opposition Critic for Firearms and Property Rights had to wait to read the transcript of last week’s Justice Committee meeting to confirm an unbelievable statement from the new Commissioner of Firearms, William V. Baker.  “He testified that the police use the gun registry system 1,500 times a day but later admitted that he didn’t know how the police were using the registry information,” reported the Saskatchewan MP.  “Even more alarming was that he went on to admit that it would probably take two more years to get the answer.”  In response to another Breitkreuz question, Mr. Baker also admitted that police wouldn’t know where the registered guns are because there is no requirement in the legislation for gun owners to report where their firearms are stored or who their firearms are loaned to.(Now Mr. Baker, please explain exactly what good the registry is then?)
Will 'Gum' Control protect our Soldiers?
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Officials with Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) (which, in the past, boasted of putting together a Canadian Integrated Biological Detection System and advanced 3D modelling for urban warfare) are now testing sticks of Wrigley-made 'Stay Alert' chewing gum, laced with ordinary caffeine. Complete with camouflaged wrappers, they're like a James Bond gizmo -- an ordinary bit of gum, that turns out to be, well, gum.  The tinfoil wrapped candy may help the average soldier stay awake longer than the enemy.(Perhaps this is just what we need... To help keep our dilapidated Helicopters and vehicles operating.. Now where in the hell did I leave that binder twine?)......
Another minister now on the hook
ON THE HILL - John Diefenbaker once compared the Trudeau government to a cemetery run by its occupants. The same could be said of the current regime, though yesterday it seemed more like a candy store run by a gaggle of rampaging, ill-disciplined toddlers. One minister after another has confessed in recent days to enjoying the perks of office -- never retreating, never explaining, never apologizing -- until they are cornered, like two-year-olds caught with their hands in the cookie jar.  Yesterday, the Environment Minister, David Anderson, became the latest senior Liberal to suddenly recall a visit to the Irving fishing camp on the Restigouche in New Brunswick.(All the signs that a government has been in power far too long... MIKE HARRIS FOR P.M.)
At The Toronto 'Liberal' Star, The Harris Bashing Begins
As premier of Ontario, Mike Harris spent more than enough time bashing Ottawa to give Canadians a pretty good sense of what he would do if he were prime minister. Goodbye environment. Goodbye aboriginals. Goodbye foreign aid. And you have a Harris federal government.(As predictable as 'Olde Faithful' the 'Trudeau Star' spews forth a lot of hot air.. Anything the Star promotes, is a good thing for the people of this provence to ignore. I don't know 'what' the Liberals could possible have done to keep this cheer leading  squad of a newspaper singing their praises, but you can bet one thing for sure! YOU, as a taxpayer,  paid for it!)
A Light Goes on at the CDC
In a marvelous moment of candor, a federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) committee has reportedthat it cannot find any evidence that gun-control laws reduce violent crime. American gun owners spent most of the 1990s telling the CDC that gun control is ineffective at best and harmful at worst. So it's gratifying that the lesson is finally sinking in. A task force convened by the CDC issued its report after two years of poring over 51 scientific studies of gun laws. The group considered only research papers that met strict criteria for scientific soundness. The CDC distances itself with a disclaimer, but it's pretty clear that it supports the task force's conclusions. The report contains no dissenting position or minority view from CDC managers. Covered in the review were gun-ban laws, restrictions on acquiring a gun, waiting periods for buying a gun, firearm-registration laws, firearm-owner licensing laws, concealed-carry permit laws, zero-tolerance laws, and various combinations of firearm laws. Most Americans who haven't tried to buy a gun lately are blissfully unaware of just how many laws there are. In Washington, D.C., for example, it's impossible for a regular citizen to legally own a firearm (although criminals seem to have no problem getting one). In other cities the legal hoops a gun buyer must jump through are almost as much a barrier to ownership as an outright ban.(Of course, all this is lost on the gun control zealots that feel the 'real' serial number for ALL guns is '666'. Don't you 'ever' confuse this bunch with facts and truth. Facts and truth are NOT what their interested in.  Facts and truth have only hindered them at every possible turn. Facts and truth are the only thing they hate more than guns! To the 'Wendys' of the world, Facts and truth are the enemy!)
Sony deletes separatist terror attack
"It has come to our attention that one of the game's missions, set in Toronto, includes a fantasy Quebec separatist group that may have caused offence. Recognizing the importance of corporate and social responsibility, Sony Computer Entertainment America has decided to remove any reference to this group in the final version of Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain," Sony said in a written statement. "We deeply regret any misunderstanding this may have caused." Sony had distributed details of the game earlier this year. But it was not until yesterday that Montreal's La Presse newspaper published the details. Syphon Filter: Omega Strain is the fourth in a best-selling series of violent video games designed to run on Sony's popular PlayStation 2. So far, the Syphon Filter series has sold 11 million copies. In Syphon Filter 4, the first four missions were to be set in Toronto, which had come under attack from the fictional Quebec Liberation Front. (What their saying is the 'virtual killing' is just fine, as long as your not killing a 'identifiable group' and the game does not get inadvertently labelled as the "Great Canadian Frog Hunt"! And as long as we have to put up with these stupid games, I reluctantly agree.. Perhaps this is why kids no longer play cowboys and 'Indians' and anyone shot must be a non specific, non culture identifiable, faceless entity. That makes the killing so much more acceptable doesn't it? If more kids were 'properly' introduced to the shooting sports in a responsible, safety conscious atmosphere, ignorance and curiosity about firearms would be satisfied without these stupid games, and they would have little desire to 'look' for people to kill or maim. Virtual or otherwise.)
Movies glorify U.S. gun culture
I can't think of any other country where guns are so commonplace. Certainly not in Europe, where even the cops and robbers don't always shoot at each other. Definitely not in Canada, where anyone who greeted a stranger at the door with a shotgun — which of course is strictly illegal — would be treated as a madman, not a lovable eccentric. South of the border, guns are considered a problem only if criminals or crazy people use them. But keeping them in your house where criminals or crazy people — or maybe a young child — could get at them is a God-given right. Small wonder American movies reflect such twisted values.(Well, you can certainly tell 'this' was written by a 'Toronto Star' urban yuppy that has in all likelihood never been hunting, target shooting, or even held or fired a gun. It all comes from movies, and Michael Moore bullshit documentaries. Greeting a 'stranger' at your door with a shotgun is NOT "strictly illegal" in Canada. If more 'law abiding' people did it, there would be a hell of a lot fewer home invasions. If 'I' hear strange noises outside 'my' house at 3 am, I unlock, load, call 911 in THAT order. The worlds most recognizable sound for saving lives from a predator outside your home is not made by a 911 operator, and should be the first thing a potential predator hears. Besides, someone should tell this guy that regardless of 'what' American movies portray, most are shot in Canada anyway!)
Soldiers parade without Kalashnikovs to launch disarmament of Afghanistan
Militia fighters who give up their weapons will receive a voucher for $100 US, some clothes, 130 kilograms of food and special identification, said Jim Ocitti, spokesman for the program. The weapons must be working. Hakim said the government would now be responsible for security, after people give up their guns in the country that, according to some estimate, has as many as one million weapons. Under the plan, the new national army and police will still be armed. (So, just like many other countries that have been disarmed by their governments, their governments 'still' retain 'their' weapons and  'their' power over the people.. We'll see how long this lasts! Once a political despot realizes he has 'virtual control',  the people will be out looking for more weapons. And, if they get all that stuff for 'one' weapon, why give up any more? Nothing, but nothing, can change the historical facts, that world wide more people have been murdered by their own governments than have been killed in any war! They may be giving up 'some' weapons, but I don't think the Militia fighters are giving up all. Their not 'that' stupid.)
'If I see anyone, I'm going to shoot'
The teen said Mr. Michaud took a shot through the window and Mr. Dagenais fell. Mr. Michaud unlocked the door and moved inside, ripping out the telephone cord on his way in. The teen moved in behind. He shot Mrs. Dagenais as she sat on the living room steps, he said. The first time, he took the shot pointing the gun from his hip, and grazed her shoulder, he said. Next, he aimed the gun "resting it on my arm, to get a better shot." "The lady was screaming, she was scared," he continued. "I hit her once and René Michaud said, 'you missed her,' and so I hit her again." The second shot hit the lady in "the thorax, I think." It was the mortal wound, the court had heard days earlier, in testimony from a Montreal coroner. As Mrs. Dagenais lay bleeding, the teen heard her say the words "911." He pointed out that Mr. Michaud speaks English, but he doesn't. Mr. Michaud told him Mrs. Dagenais was calling for help, and they should leave. (It's not likely anything could have saved her husband, but when the shot that killed him went off, fast access to a firearm 'could' have saved her life! Calling 911 rarely saves anyone's life, but simply provides a method of telling the police a crime 'has' happened. Criminals can be tracked 'after the fact' and bodies can be chalk outlined. Feel Safer? I didn't think so! )
Let's keep lawyers out of government
Some of my best friends are lawyers, but they should be banned from running for political office. That's because they have a conflict of interest.  They have always had conflicts, but nowhere has this recently become more apparent than in the uneven manner in which new governance rules are being imposed on corporations but not on governments.  This lapse is due to the fact most politicians in both Canada and the U.S. are lawyers. They think nothing of stripping accountants of their self-regulation privileges, but not lawyers.  The failure to protect taxpayers to the same extent as shareholders has turned Ottawa into the Enron of governments. Clearly, laws must require governments to behave like corporations now must. Here's a few suggestions: 1. The public should be able to sue politicians and civil servants. A few obvious cases could involve suing the ministers and deputies behind the gun registry madness.(And seven more worthwhile suggestions, enough to piss off just about 'any' lawyer. While, like it or not, the truth is: NO ONE APPRECIATES LAWYER JOKES! Why? Lawyers don't think there funny.....and no one 'else' thinks there jokes! Quite frankly, if someone dropped a 'smart' bomb on Ottawa, it would have a hard time finding a target. And, if only the Kyoto Accord would eliminate the stifling Ottawa 'bozone layer', even the 'West' might approve!)
Martin must put an end to Ottawa's mindless spending
The last few years have been marked by appalling extravagances and reckless spending by Prime Minister Jean Chretien's Liberal government. For starters, the missing millions from Human Resources Development Canada, the billion dollars of public funds wasted on a useless federal gun registry, the abuse of $40 million from the sponsorship program, including $1.6 million to a marketing firm for reports that were either non existent or incomplete, and the millions of dollars in contracts, fake and inflated invoices currently under RCMP investigation. Moving along, there is the profligacy of officials and dignitaries appointed by Chretien; former privacy commissioner George Radwanski, Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson and Charles Boyer, former aide to Canadian Heritage Minister Sheila Copps.(And it goes on and on and on... This government has been the most wasteful government since the LAST Liberal government and the excesses of the Trudeau Liberals. 'They' plunged the country into a HUGE debt,  as so will this bunch if the unimaginable happens, and they get re-elected again! "MIKE HARRIS FOR PRIME MINISTER", and "A "Common Sense Vision for Canada,")
DND has 'stuff' For Sale?
C1 Howitzer: The Canadian Army has procured 28 new light Howitzers and upgraded 96 of the existing fleet of 105mm C1 Howitzers to the C3 configuration. With the delivery of the 28 new and upgrade of the 96 to C3 configuration, fifty 105mm C1 Howitzers are considered to be surplus and available for immediate sale.  Heavy Machine Gun: This is the standard M2HB Heavy Machine Gun manufactured by Rock Island Arsenal USA and FN Herstal Belgium. It is provided with a quick-change barrel, the principal advantage of which is that head-space adjustment is no longer required. 500 M2HB have been declared surplus to the requirements of the Canadian Army. 106mm Recoilless Rifle: In Canada the 106mm Recoilless Rifle came into service in the mid 1950's. It was retired from the Regular Force in 1976 with the introduction of the TOW System and was replaced by the Reserve Force in 1988 by the CARL GUSTAF gun. The complete Canadian Forces inventory of 112 x 106mm and associated spare parts is available for immediate sale. (I don't believe there has been a F.I.N. # for a Howitzer as yet? Would this be classified as a 'cannon' and not have to be registered.. Hey!! This is 'just' what I need..)
Harris ponders doing the right thing
A "Common Sense Vision for Canada,"
Prime Minister Mike Harris? (Sounds just fine to me!) The former premier of Ontario said yesterday he's thinking hard about the job, and promised to announce within weeks whether he will run for leader of a united Conservative party.Arriving in Halifax to make a long-scheduled speech, Harris' visit had all the trappings of a politician in full election mode, including a pre-arranged photo-op at Tim Hortons and a catchy campaign slogan. Pledging a "common sense vision for Canada," he enthusiastically endorsed the proposed merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties.(I'm amazed the 'Trudeau Star' actually printed a story like this. I guess they figure they will wait until Harris is the new conservative leader before starting the 'hatchet job' If Harris becomes the leader of the new Conservative Party of Canada, Martin and his Lieberals will be toast. Only two Prime Ministers in Canadian History have ever passed the reigns to a new leader who actually won the next election. That, was Mackenzie King, and Lester B. Pearson. Jean Chrétien, you are NO Mackenzie King or Lester B. Pearson. YOU are simply the dorky little asshole that when posing for a photo op with Canada's troops, were ignorant enough about our military, to put your helmet on, and parade around wearing it backwards..)
BREITKREUZ MOTIONS PASSED BY JUSTICE COMMITTEE TODAY
FIREARMS INTEREST POLICE (FIP) DATABASE:"That the Committee examine the reasons why the government has refused to implement the Privacy Commissioner's recommendations with respect to the Firearms Interest Police (FIP) database." REVIEW OF PROPOSED FIREARMS ACT REGULATIONS: "That the Committee review the proposed Firearms Act Regulations currently tabled before both Houses of Parliament before the expiration of the thirty sitting days deadline as per section 118(4)." NOTE: Justice Committee review will start Thursday, October 23, 2003(This is good news, but I would also have like to see his third motion pass as well, and that was to : REDUCE SUPPLEMENTARY “A ESTIMATES FOR THE CANADIAN FIREARMS CENTRE BY $10 MILLION “That Supplementary Estimates (A), 2003-2004, Vote 7(a) for the Solicitor General - Canadian Firearm Centre in the amount of $10,000,000 under New Appropriations be reduced to $1.”(But nope! The liberals keep wanting to dump more of your money into this government toilet! But, this doesn't diminish the  heartfelt thanks for all the great stuff you 'have' succeeded in doing Garry.)
LIBRARY REPORT EXPOSES MORE MISSING MILLIONS IN GUN REGISTRY COSTS
Ottawa – Today, Garry Breitkreuz, Official Opposition Critic for Firearms and Property Rights, released yet another Library of Parliament report documenting more millions is gun registry costs that the government has refused to provide to the Auditor General and to Parliament.  “Last December, the Auditor General’s scathing report on the billion-dollar gun registry exposed the fact that the Liberal government had failed to calculate enforcement costs and compliance costs for their much-maligned firearms program,” stated Breitkreuz. 
This is the third report on these ‘major additional costs’ completed by the Economics Division of the Parliamentary Research Branch.  In March, a Library of Parliament report revealed that prosecution of just 10% of the non-compliant gun owners could cost as much as a billion dollars (See Note #1 below).  In June, Library researchers revealed that compliance costs for licensing gun owners was between a quarter of a billion dollars and $420 million (See Note #2 below).
The 25-page report released by Breitkreuz today (See Note #3) estimates the compliance costs for registering and transferring firearms over and above the fees charged by the government.  The Library report reveals that the compliance costs for a gun owner to register one gun can cost as little as $17 or as much as $42.  Using this new data and the government’s own estimates with respect to the number of guns registered(Will Martin do the right thing and dump this white elephant, or will he instead, continue to dump even 'more' taxpayers money down this bottomless sinkhole created by Minister of waste: Allan Rock.. You can help make up his mind ! Join the Alliance and the New Conservative Party of Canada by clicking here. STOP THE INSANITY)
A nation of thieves
In Great Britain today, draconian gun-control laws are firmly in place and there is no right to self-defense. All handguns are banned in places of business and even in the home. Firearm registration facilitated disarmament and confiscation in 1998. Simple possession of a firearm carries a 10-year prison sentence, and yet, England's pusillanimous criminal-justice system emphasizes rehabilitation of hardened criminals and revolving prison doors for all habitual thieves and burglars. It is not surprising, then, that in London, a person's chances of being mugged are six times greater than in the Big Apple! Nor should it surprise anyone that in England, day burglary is commonplace and dangerous because burglars know that even if the homeowner is present, they are defenseless and at the "mercy" of the thief. (The U.K. is a 'liberal' utopia where only the criminal is 'misunderstood' and worthy of protection under the law.. This is what the Liberals have planned for Canada, and C-68 is well within that plan).
Billion Dollar Al's luck running out
The truly astonishing thing about Industry Minister Allan Rock's political career so far is that no matter how many things have blown up in his face over the years - and they have been legion - he has always managed to skip away gently without so much as a powder burn to mar his matinée-idol good looks. In fact, he sometimes leaves his successor holding the dynamite. It was Rock, for example, who set up Canada's gun registry, but it was Martin Cauchon who had to stand there looking like a gobsmacked Wilie E. Coyote in an old Roadrunner cartoon while Auditor-General Sheila Fraser exposed it for the billion-dollar bungle that it is. But maybe, just maybe, Billion Dollar Al's luck has finally run out. The conflict-of-interest allegations being hurled around the House of Commons these days have a real whiff of cordite about them. And it would be a delicious irony if Rock's penchant for fancy fishing resorts is what finally does him in. The man who enraged every hunter in the country being brought low by an expense-paid fishing trip is almost too good to be true. If incipient Prime Minister Paul Martin is looking for a cabinet minister he can dump to make room for some bright, young up-and-comer, he could do worse than pick Rock. The long-suffering taxpayers would be delighted (and the nation's hunters ecstatic). The trick for Martin, of course, will be to find some job sufficiently empty and pointless Rock could handle. Maybe he could be the next ethics lapdog.(Allan Rock; The Official Minister of Waste.. The man with the 'reverse midas touch' Everything he touches turns to shit. The man who LIED to parliament about the cost of the gun registry, has finally been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Better come clean Allan! and don't get caught "Trafficking in Fictions" !)
Put a dollar value on stopping a rapist
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"They're only making matters worse," said former RCMP forensics expert Dave Hepworth. "They're throwing a ton of resources into administration, but they're asking 10 people to do the same work as 20 did before. How is this supposed to speed things up?" There's vast room for improvement: internal RCMP statistics obtained by the press show that in the first eight months of 2003, only about a quarter of "urgent" forensic DNA inquiries were completed within the Mounties' own benchmark deadline of 15 days. Urgent cases cover the worst of the worst: serial murders, violent sexual assaults and terrorism. The average current completion time for an urgent DNA test is 55 days - plenty of time for a serial killer or rapist to carve a few more notches. DNA testing is the most powerful forensic tool to come along since the invention of fingerprinting. The Mounties' massive backlog shows how the technology has been made a victim of its own success. How many more rapes and murders might take place because of delays in testing? We may never know. One thing we do know: money can fix this.  Hepworth estimates another $5 million a year could beat the backlog down - chicken feed compared to the $1 billion our federal government has squandered on a gun registry which has yet to save a single life.
"What a warped sense of priorities. What a bloody waste."(This is a Quote to Remember! The RCMP have only themselves to blame. By 'indulging' the Liberals, and playing politics, they have created their own worst enemy. This Liberal government cares only for being re-elected, and spending sprees. They will spend as many of your tax dollars as necessary to buy your vote. From coddling criminals, to stalling and watering down a sex offender registry the Liberals have shown their priorities. As callous as it may sound, If you are murdered by one of their coddled criminals, so be it! Dead folks and children don't vote anyway!)
RCMP ignore summons from gun registry foe
No matter how hard Al Muir tries, he just can't get arrested. The staunch opponent of Canada's gun registry wanted the RCMP to make an appearance at a publicized one-hour, bird-hunting trip he staged Thursday near a Pictou County gravel pit. The police were a no-show. "I should be arrested. I'm breaking the law," said Mr. Muir, who isn't licensed to possess firearms and was toting an unregistered 12-gauge shotgun and shell. He was somewhat surprised police didn't show up to at least seize his gun. "Now, I guess it goes back to the public to ask themselves if we have this law and spend a billion dollars on it, what's it all for." Wayne Noonan, spokesman for the RCMP in Nova Scotia, said Mr. Muir shouldn't have been surprised by the police absence. "Mr. Muir has been told by the RCMP on many occasions that he's not going to use us as a soapbox." Sgt. Noonan said the gun owner's activities are more a political statement than criminal. (Ohhhh I see! If I call the RCMP, and tell them I'm robbing a bank as a "political statement" the police will not show up because they refuse to be a "soapbox" for my "political statement". The Law passed by our poor excuse for a government, SAYS WHAT MR. MUIR DID WAS A CRIMINAL ACT!!!!!!!  Do the police NOW, only enforce 'some' of the criminal code? This law, it would seem, has been clearly defined by the RCMP as a 'sham' and not worthy of enforcement.  If this is the case, refusing to enforce a 'bad' law, and thereby denying the publics right to test this farce of a law where it SHOULD be tested 'in court', then the law is clearly for 'harassment' and 'persecution' purposes only. And, as such, should  have no merit or legal standing under our constitution. As has been said MANY times before: "IF YOUR NOT GOING TO ENFORCE THIS BAD LAW, THEN REPEAL IT." Quit using it to BEAT AND BANKRUPT people )
  Food bank use up across the country
OTTAWA - The number of people who use a food bank in Canada is greater than the entire population of New Brunswick, says a new report on hunger.  A survey of food banks taken in March counted 777,869 people coming to a food bank at least once that month. That's an increase of more than five per cent over the previous year. (An who ever said Jean Chrétien was not leaving a "legacy" other than waste and corruption, need only to look around... There they are,  "The Jean Chrétien Canadian National Food Banks" and they stretch from sea to shining sea. A 'true' legacy to over taxation and outright waste from the Liberal Party of Canada!)
STATS CAN HOMICIDE REPORT SHOWS RIGHT AND WRONG TARGET FOR SAVING LIVES
“The number of people murdered went up so their billion-dollar gun registry didn’t save any lives.”
Oct.16/03: Yorkton – Statistics Canada’s recent report on homicides committed in 2002 proves conclusively that registering guns is a complete failure as a way of reducing both the number of murders and the number of murders committed with firearms.  “In 2002, the number of murders increased to 582 - 29 more than last year - so the gun registry sure didn’t save any lives,” commented Breitkreuz, the Official Opposition’s critic for firearms and property rights.  “And, despite seven decades of mandatory handgun registration, the use of handguns in firearm homicides has been steadily increasing from 27% in 1974 to 66% in 2002.  Conversely, firearm homicides with rifles and shotguns that weren't registered until very recently dropped steadily - from 63% to 25% over the same 28-year period,” reported Breitkreuz. The Statistics Canada report also revealed that three out of four recovered handguns were not registered.  “If they can’t make handgun registration work after 70 years of trying, why are they wasting a billion tax dollars in a futile attempt to register millions of long guns?” asked the Saskatchewan MP.  This new homicide data also supports what Police Chief Julian Fantino learned the hard way on the streets of Toronto.  In January of this year he said, “I'm very devastated by the amount of gun-related violence that we're experiencing here in the city of Toronto; a tremendous increase over years gone by.  The difficulty of course is that we haven't yet come across any situation where the gun registry would have enabled us to either prevent or solve any of these crimes.” (I'm sure that if a small portion of what the Liberals have wasted on this 'feel good' legislation had been given to Chief Fantino, and the other police chiefs in this country, more officers could have been hired to "prevent or solve some of these crimes". Of course we would have to exempt the Ottawa Police Chief, who seems to think the Registry is a fine idea, from additional funds. He obviously does not think MORE police, arresting REAL criminals, is any answer to crime!)
Harper and MacKay announce deal to unite the right
OTTAWA - Leaders of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance announced Thursday morning that an agreement in principle has been reached to merge the two parties. Peter MacKay and Stephen Harper "Our swords will henceforth be pointed at the Liberals, not at each other," Alliance leader Stephen Harper said at a news conference.  (Is the Pissing Contest finally over? Will Canadians now benefit from this union? I certainly hope so. Finally a viable alternative to a Corrupt Liberal Regime that has made Canada a Laughing stock of the entire world. )
Mental Defectives Start Riot in Downtown Montreal
Police arrested seven people after hundreds of fans overturned cars, set them on fire and smashed shops. A crowd of 1,000 fans had gathered to see The Exploited and Total Chaos - but the bands were stuck at the US bordder.  A total of 42 cars and 11 shops were damaged, with five people injured. Police said they were surprised by the "magnitude and the speed" of events.  Most fans left quietly after hearing of the cancellation, but a few hundred caused havoc, police said.  Riot police had to cordon off several blocks in the city centre before the rioters dispersed.  Philippe Yeung, who lives next to the concert venue, said he called the police several times before they arrived more than half an hour later.  "When the police came, the cars were already on fire, they were already overturned and [the rioters] were moving up the street," he said.  Police Inspector Yves Surprenant said it took time to get a force together to deal with the situation. (The television news gave a pretty good look at what these mental defectives were doing. Rolling over cars, and setting them on fire, smashing everything they possibly could. These same punks would tell you without hesitation that they consider themselves to be 'adults' ! Calling 911 seemed to do no good whatsoever, as you can see, it took over 30 minutes for the police to respond. Had this happened near a residential area, where houses could be burned, and lives lost, blasting the first punk that approached 'my' house with a firebomb would have seemed a sensible idea, and I would have done it without blinking an eye. So much for the police offering protection from mental misfits. Perhaps they should ban 'punk rockers'! Their  obviously much more of a threat than any duck hunters I know).
Concealed-carry allies take to the streets
Advocates displaying handguns march in Allen Co. neighborhood
Bob Cornwell, executive director of the Buckeye Sheriffs’ Association, said Friday his organization long has supported concealed weapons legislation. "We support the right of residents to have concealed weapons, as long as they have the proper permits issued by their sheriff," he said. Other police organizations, including the Ohio Highway Patrol, have lobbied against concealed-weapon legislation. Chad Baus, the northwest Ohio coordinator for Ohioans for Concealed Carry, said more walks will be planned to show the average resident what state law does allow. Yesterday, he learned of one being planned for Swanton on Sunday. "The purpose of the walk is to show the absurdity of upholding the law," the Archbold resident said."Are we getting our point across? Absolutely. We’re here walking with guns, and we’re not getting arrested." (I think at this point, a lot of Canadians would be satisfied with 'open carry')
Gray Davis' Cop-Killing Gun Law
Gray Davis is gone. But his destructive legacy lives on. In the final weeks before his ouster, Davis used what dwindling power he had to hamstring California’s legal and political system for years to come. He made over 260 last-minute judicial and state commission appointments. Davis also quietly signed into law one of the most far-reaching handgun bans in the nation on Sept. 24 – a law which threatens to send many California police officers to their graves. Police and sheriffs all over the state pleaded with Gov. Davis not to sign SB 489. But he ignored them. The law exemplifies a new trend in anti-gun activism: cop disarmament, a movement which seeks to limit the gun rights of police officers as well as civilians.(On Chrétien way out the door, expect a flurry of patronage appointments such as you have never seen, from a 'french' version of similar liberal incompetence!)
Ground this Trudeau plan
Don't rename an airport to honour a man who lied about national security and trampled our civil liberties, say GUY BOUTHILLIER and ROBIN PHILPOT
Thirty-three years ago today, Pierre Elliott Trudeau pushed the War Measures Act through cabinet. The result, according to his cabinet minister Eric Kierans, was ''a massive injustice -- not merely the military occupation of Canadian cities, but the arrest and detention, without charge, of more than 400 Canadian citizens (or to be exact, French Canadian citizens), who were held without bail. They were beyond the reach of habeas corpus, a right wrenched out of King John at Runnymede, in 1215.'' The recent renaming of Dorval Airport after Pierre Trudeau has been poorly received in Quebec, to put it mildly. A fundamental reason why so many of us repudiate his name is the decision made at that cabinet meeting on Oct. 15, 1970. There is no doubt today that Pierre Elliott Trudeau imposed the War Measures Act on Canada, and justified it with false information. The result was that Quebec poets, singers, trade unionists, journalists and complete riding associations of democratic political parties were rounded up and held incommunicado for weeks, sometimes months. Thousands of homes were illegally entered and searched. Tanks patrolled the streets of Montreal.  Does a man who brazenly lied to the people about the situation in Quebec and then violated the most fundamental civil liberties in a time of peace deserve to have an important airport, in Quebec of all places, named after him?  We say no and we are convinced that people in Quebec and in Canada will agree. (The airport that SHOULD be renamed in his honour is Mirabel Airport. Another Liberal white elephant that turned out to be a colossal waste of money. NOTHING defines a liberal like a 'colossal waste of money' Currently the country is wiggling it self free from the grip of another Liberal Dictator who advised Trudeau :"The government should not give previous warning of its actions but act and explain things later." ~~Jean Chrétien, October 1970 Doesn't the 'reign' of a Liberal Government just make you feel warm and fuzzy all over..NOT!)
Alliance, Tories close to unite-right deal
OTTAWA - A deal to unite the country's two federal right-wing parties could be announced on Wednesday afternoon. CBC News has learned that the Progressive Conservative caucus held a conference call on Wednesday morning and were told a deal was in the works. Tory Leader Peter MacKay and Stephen Harper, leader of the Canadian Alliance, discussed the deal on Tuesday and reportedly made great strides toward reaching a deal. On Wednesday, Harper cancelled a fundraiser scheduled in Calgary to fly back to Ottawa. The Alliance has also called a caucus meeting for Sunday. All the parties normally hold caucus meetings on Wednesdays while the House is sitting. Both sides wanted to get a deal done by Thanksgiving to allow time to get ready for the next federal election, expected next year. If a deal is announced, it's expected both parties will have until some time in December to ratify it. (Alll RIIIIGHT!!!!! About time too. Now, if it's confirmed that Mike Harris will be running for the leadership, the Liberals ARE TOAST!)
Laxer sounds the alarm over rise of the surveillance state
EDMONTON - Jim Laxer was skipping back and forth across the Canada-U.S. border, working on what -- at the time -- was a light-hearted assignment. His publisher, Doubleday, had asked him to write a book about the relationship between Canada and the United States. Laxer was to visit communities and interview people on both sides of our 8,000-kilometre border and interweave history and analysis into a sort of political travelogue.
Laxer is a political science professor at Toronto's York University and a leading left-wing political and social commentator. He's no humourless left-wing academic, but a gregarious kind of guy who likes to have a little fun, even at his own expense. In an amusing and telling anecdote in Stalking the Elephant: My Discovery of America (published in 2000), Laxer described his experience in a "personal protection" course put on by the U.S. gun manufacturer Smith and Wesson. He promptly fainted and was taken to hospital. Two weeks later, Smith and Wesson refunded him his course fee. Then the hospital bill arrived: $2,000 US.(A 'true' Liberal through and through. He 'fainted' on a personal protection course! Oh how the Liberals would love it if everyone was as dependant on the government for protection as this guy. He 'may' raise the alarm over the rise of the surveillance state,  but what would a man that 'faints' at a personal protection class be able to do anyway? Just keep writing your books, and raising your alarms. And most important, make sure your well hidden and protected when the shit hits the fan! Until then? Piss off and don't bother me until you grow a set!)
No one's watching bottom line
We're not talking here about the Category 5 boondoggles like the billions of dollars squandered in the Human Resources Development Canada and gun registry fiascos. The everyday, small-bore nonsense is equally corrosive of public confidence in government. And it continues. Even in these budget-constrained times, dozens of federal and provincial agencies cannot resist touting their virtues in pointless ads, whose primary function is to line the pockets of ad agencies that too often have ties with governing parties. At a time of crippled Sea King choppers and flimsy Iltis jeeps that imperil our soldiers in Afghanistan, the Department of National Defence is spending close to $50,000 on a training program based on the simplistic U.S. management self-help bestseller Who Moved My Cheese? (There has 'never' been a Canadian government so adept at wasting money as the current bunch in Ottawa. AND, unless the Alliance, and the Conservatives get over their stupid pissing contest and join forces, were going to be stuck with this bunch for the foreseeable future. The foreseeable future for our children and grandchildren will be the incredible debt legacy left by these wasteful morons. Who Moved My Cheese indeed!)
CEOs call for wide tax cuts
The majority of Canadian business leaders want to see cuts to provincial and federal taxes to help companies and the flagging economy, a new poll reveals. The Web-based survey, conducted by COMPAS Inc. for the Financial Post, also found executives disagree with the way governments spend the taxes, particularly on social programs and arts and culture. In giving their answers, some of the respondents were critical of what they saw as government overspending, while some offered specific suggestions for cuts. "The federal government should seriously review the civil service and reduce the number of civil servants," one business leader wrote. "All departments should be made more efficient." Another wrote that the controversy-addled federal gun registry should be eliminated to save costs and that Ottawa should stop granting 'bail out' packages to Canadian corporations. "I would prefer to see them let Canadian corporations become strong through across-the-board tax reductions."(Liberal government 'only' pay attention to polls when they are created, and slanted toward what the government wants in the first place. The government 'still' insists that Canadians support the gun registry, even though it's been made perfectly clear that Canadian now see it as the wasteful farce it really is. Only the Liberals, and the groups benefiting financially from the registry still support it, but that seems to be good enough for a government  that really doesn't give a rats ass what the public wants anyway!)
Irish guns 'fuel British crime'
Gun control's shaky empirical foundation
In November 1988 The New England Journal of Medicine published a study that noted Seattle's homicide rate was higher than Vancouver's and attributed the difference to stricter gun control in Vancouver. Although the study had serious flaws, including the failure to take into account important demographic differences between the two cities, it received generous coverage in two major newspapers known for their sympathy to gun control. Even if gun availability could be dramatically reduced, any restrictions would disproportionately affect law-abiding people. Criminals have no compunction about breaking the law, and they're highly motivated to obtain the tools of their trade, so anything short of a magical spell that makes all guns disappear is not likely to have a noticeable impact on violence.(But 'that' will never be enough to prevent Liberal governments from usurping the rights of the individual. There is a commercial(?) running periodically on television right now, that makes the comment: It's taken 1200 years for the individual to gain many rights, and it's taken only 50 years to give them all up to the government. This is not a sign of "Good Government" or "Security of the Person". This is a sign of freedoms lost. A few more 'elected dictators' like Chrétien, and Canada might as well be flying the Hammer and Sickle instead of the Maple Leaf)
Gun registry cuts millions in spending(for now)
The Canada Firearms Centre sharply cut travel, contract services, advertising and other costs to hold its spending at $78 million for the last fiscal year compared to $136 million the previous year.  The belt-tightening followed a huge public outcry after Auditor General Sheila Fraser issued a scathing report last December, revealing that the gun registry and licensing system was expected to cost a total of $1 billion by 2005.  Despite the fiscal prudence, however, Canadian Alliance MP Garry Breitkreuz predicts the firearms centre is poised to go on another spending spree following its decision to carry forward $10 million worth of the savings for new spending in the current fiscal year.(And, the liberals just shot down a motion to investigate why this farce costs so much. Obviously nothing is going to happen soon and the waste just goes on and on. Why? because they have a majority government, and they can do bloody well what ever they want!)
Sword issue cuts both ways
Hobbyists call them collector's items, but in the hands of criminals they're a growing menace
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Ottawa police reported 4,500 assaults -- not including homicides or attempted homicides -- committed between Sept. 29, 2002, and Sept. 29, 2003. Of these, 189 involved knives, 52 involved other types of piercing or cutting weapons, which includes swords and machetes, and 15 involved handguns, rifles and shotguns. The vast majority of assaults were committed using physical force. A report released by Statistics Canada earlier this month reveals that more people were killed with knives than guns in 2002.  Despite the increasing use of swords, machetes and knives, the Canadian Professional Police Association doesn't have a clear position on whether the
Criminal Code should include restrictions on the availability of swords, daggers, machetes and other types of knives. "We have always stayed short of getting involved in that because a lot of things can turn into a weapon," Roux says. "Where you draw the line is a wild guess in many instances." Ottawa Police Association president Byron Smith says although swords, machetes and large blades are not used as often as smaller knives, they still pose a significant threat to police officers. "A machete can cause a serious amount of damage."(Yes, and so can a sharp pencil! 'Everything' can be a weapon for offensive as well as defensive use. What the Liberals have done with firearms, is to render those who could be attacked with 'any other' offensive weapon as defenceless. If defencelessness is a 'good' thing, why are police armed? You can't keep people safe by removing their rights and abilities to protect themselves. The results of misguided experiments such as this  are becoming incredibly obvious in places like the U.K. where since the banning of handguns and most other firearms has occurred, criminals are now feeling safer than ever, and consequently firearms 'crimes' are quadrupling..)
Fewer guns, more death
Gun-control enthusiasts in the United States and western Europe have a lot to answer for on the heels of two reports last week that prove, beyond a doubt, the barbaric lunacy of ensuring citizens are defenseless against armed criminal threats. In the first, a British paper reported authorities have seen a 35 percent increase in gun violence in 2002 – not so ironically, in the sixth year since Parliament passed a law banning personal ownership of most firearms. So bad is the violence now that police say it has "spread like a cancer" across the whole of the country, the Observer reported. To put the level of violence in perspective, more British subjects are dying from gun violence now than before idiots in Parliament banned virtually all firearms. (Banning guns drives them underground where 'no one' has any control of who gets them. It's as simple as that. Create a market by introducing a 'ban' and make a fortune in that market. It's not rocket science, just common sense. "Feel good '  Gun control legislation, such as we have in Canada, is rarely based in common sense. They 'think' it is, but disarming someone,  has never made them safer it's just common sense!)
Federal government acknowledges U.S.-based defence firm doing Canada's census
OTTAWA (CP) - They make land-attack missiles, ballistic-missile defence systems, and now this U.S.-based military manufacturer will help produce Canada's next census. Lockheed Martin has been hired to help the federal government gather information about Canadians for the 2006 census, Industry Minister Allan Rock acknowledged Thursday. He said there was nothing to worry about. "I assume they have expertise that will enable them to perform the contract," Rock said outside the House of Commons. "Canadians will be involved in the performance of the work because it's a Canadian subsidiary that will be doing it." Best known as a munitions and aeronautics manufacturer, the Colorado company has a Canadian subsidiary based in Kanata, Ont. The company produces computer information systems and is actively involved in data management. Rock didn't specify how Lockheed Martin would contribute to the census, which every five years compiles and publishes data on Canadian residents. However, one opposition critic said he had a few details - and said he finds the idea chilling. "This goes even deeper than anything I would have imagined in my worst nightmare," said New Democrat MP Bill Blaikie, who raised the issue in the Commons. "Which wing of the Pentagon is this information going to be stored in?"(What 'really' scares the hell out of me is Allan Rock, 'Canadian Minister of Waste' is telling Canadians they "Have nothing to worry about". I wonder how much of a financial kickback the Liberals are getting for allowing this foreign company to gather data on Canadians. And of course, if you think that this is a gross infringement on your privacy rights, the Liberals will gladly throw your ass in jail or fine you heavily for not complying with a 'Canadian' census..  The Canadian public, it would seem, exists 'only' to provide funding for the Great Liberal Agenda. So shut the f... up and do as your told! The anticipated saviour here, is the Liberals won't be in power in 2006)
Looking for a 'Temporary' job?
 FIREARMS ANALYST/TECHNICAL ADVISOR
Permanent position. (Ha Ha Ha.. Another Liberal Assumption!)
The position is located within the following governmental organization(s): Canadian Firearms Centre.
SALARY: $47,015 to $50,657 (PM-03)
LANGUAGE: Bilingual imperative.
As an equal opportunity employer, Canada Firearms Centre is committed to achieving a skilled workforce reflective of the Canadian people. We encourage members of the following designated groups not only to apply but to self-identify: women, members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal people and persons with a disability. (Well, if your a French speaking, black, one legged lesbian, your a shoo-in for this soon to be eliminated government job)
Firearms tally a year away: commissioner
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 OTTAWA -- The Canadian Firearms Centre won't come clean on the total cost of the gun registry until next fall, says its commissioner Bill Baker.  Baker told a Commons committee yesterday that he's still tallying up the costs, pointing out that the cash flows in from many departments and some paper trails have disappeared. "There were some limitations for going back in time because not all the records were kept," Baker said. (Can't go back in time because the records were not kept? Try using 'this' excuse on your next Revenue Canada Audit! With a billion in wasted dollars, I would suspect that the cash flows 'out' of many more departments than it flows in, and it's WAY past the time where the cash flow should STOP ENTIRELY!)
Wildlife author killed, eaten by bears he loved
A California author and filmmaker who became famous for trekking to Alaska's remote Katmai coast to commune with brown bears has fallen victim to the teeth and claws of the wild animals he loved. Alaska State Troopers and National Park Service officials said Timothy Treadwell, 46, and girlfriend Amie Huguenard, 37, were killed and partially eaten by a bear or bears near Kaflia Bay, about 300 miles southwest of Anchorage, earlier this week. A self-proclaimed eco-warrior, he attracted something of a cult following too. Chuck Bartlebaugh of "Be Bear Aware,'' a national bear awareness campaign, called Treadwell one of the leaders of a group of people engaged in "a trend to promote getting close to bears to show they were not dangerous. "He kept insisting that he wanted to show that bears in thick brush aren't dangerous. The last two people killed (by bears) in Glacier National Park went off the trail into the brush. They said their goal was to find a grizzly bear so they could 'do a Timothy.' We have a trail of dead people and dead bears because of this trend that says, 'Let's show it's not dangerous.' ''(For all the people in B.C. that are promoting "Viewing the Grizzlies" instead of just hunting them, I hope you go to these viewing 'armed' cuz bears think your very tasty. People that promote getting close to these animals have one distinct advantage. They can run really fast because their not having to cart that heavy brain around in their heads. Unfortunately, for them the bears are faster, and maybe have larger brains as well!!)
City of fear
The advice of my friends was to take every possible safety precaution, and then just stop thinking about it. So I called up Ivo, a fellow recommended for installing window bars. But when he came the next morning, he didn't have time to measure the windows. "Got to go to a rush job," he said laconically. "Over the other side of town -- last night, the family was sleeping, the kid, five years old, hears a noise, gets up, the burglars snatch him when he's wandering into Mum and Dad's room. Mum hears the kid screaming, runs out, the burglars stab her with a screwdriver. Dad hears her screaming, runs out with a gun, shoots one of them dead -- the swine." At that point, the father was in jail, the mother was in hospital, and Ivo had to go round and put bars on their windows, a rush if possibly belated job.(This is where Canada's headed... If you 'are' armed, and you shoot someone in self-defence or the defence of your family, you go to jail. Just like you would in the U.K. or S.A.  A "passive resistance death" is the socialist name for it. It's hard to believe you could be arrested and imprisoned for not allowing the criminal to kill you, or your family. But that's the way it is in the U.K. and S.A. Under continuing Liberal governments, that's the way it will be here as well. If the Liberals win the next election, and you live in the city, you better start measuring your home for bars, walls, rape gates, and electric fences. However, the electric fences may very well be banned, because they could actually injure a criminal while attempting to invade your home and murder your family and the Liberals just can't have 'that' happening)
West meets east in cowboy-style shoot-outs at Ontario gun clubs
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TORONTO (CP) - With his pistol at the ready, the tumbleweed a rollin', and his cowboy hat set just so, the Rev. Damon Fire will fight for his honour this weekend in a barn shootout just east of Ottawa. "There ain't room for both of us in this global village," says Marshal McLuhan, one of the nefarious characters who will take Fire on. Known out of the corral as Dave Bartlett, McLuhan is also the president of the Eastern Ontario Handgun Club, which is bringing together a dozen or so eastern Ontario gun enthusiasts for a Cowboy Action Shooting weekend starting Saturday. (Looks like a heck of a lot of fun!!  I guess thats the reason more and more people are getting involved!)
Gunman's Mom Wants Worker Compensation
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - The mother of a man who killed three co-workers before shooting himself in a workplace rampage has asked the company to compensate her for her son's death because it occurred at work, the company said on Tuesday. Modine Manufacturing Co. has turned down the request by Nina Tichelkamp-Russell, the mother of the 25-year-old gunman Jonathon Russell, company spokesman Mick Lucareli said. But the claim must still be reviewed by the state, he said.  The company quickly approved the claims filed by the families of Russell's victims, but Modine has no intention of compensating the gunman's family, Lucareli said. "This is probably an odd situation. It certainly caught us by surprise," he said.(If he had been a Canadian, and worked for the Government, they would have blamed the 'gun' for everything, and he would have just been another criminal/victim to compensate with our tax dollars)
Swiss Miss
Ever since Switzerland's founding in 1291, an armed citizenry has been a cornerstone of its defense. The Swiss Militia also inspired American revolutionaries from John Adams to Patrick Henry and served as the model for the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which reads: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."  The tradition still lives in Switzerland today. All able-bodied males from 20 to 42 years of age are required to keep rifles or handguns at home. Gun shops are everywhere. A Zurich tourist brochure recommends people visit September's Knabenschiessen (a young person's shooting contest): "The oldest Zurich tradition . . . consists of a shooting contest at the Albisguetli (range) for 12 to 16 year-old boys and girls and a colorful three-day fair."  Yet, Swiss gun laws have already started to give up some of this freedom that they are so well know for. In January 1999, nationwide regulations greatly restricted people's ability to carry concealed handguns. But the new proposals — including registration — represent the greatest challenge to Swiss traditions. As some Swiss point out, registration in other countries has often preceded confiscation.Registration could supposedly help identify criminals and prevent them from getting guns. For example, if a gun is left at the scene of the crime, registration could allow it to be traced back to the criminal who used it.  Nice theory, but it just doesn't work. Despite spending tens or even hundreds of thousands of man-hours by police administering these laws in different areas of the United States (such as Hawaii, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.), there is not even a single case where the laws have been key in identifying someone who has committed a crime. Other countries have experienced similar problems. In Canada from 1997 to 2001, only in 3 percent of handgun murders there was it even possible that the weapon might have been registered to the perpetrator and no evidence is available on how helpful registration was in any of those cases.  The difficulties are very simple to understand. Criminals very rarely leave their guns at the scene of the crime. In the few cases where guns have been left at the crime scene, they are not registered. It should come as no surprise that would-be criminals virtually never register their weapons. They are simply not that stupid, and try their best to keep away from authorities. (But, the Myth of control preventing crime, still lives on amongst the ignorant hopefuls of the world. Gun control has not prevented crime anywhere in the world, hopefully, the Swiss will not fall into the same trap as Urban Canadians. Abillion and  a half dollars taken from policing, security, and health care to institute a Liberal Myth! What a horrendous waste of time and money!)
Power of Commons 'is a myth,' ex-PM says
MPs are overpowered by PMO, and bureaucrats
Mr. Turner, who led the country from June to September 1984 before his government was defeated by Conservative Brian Mulroney, argued backbench MPs are overpowered by career bureaucrats and the Prime Minister's Office.  Mr. Turner listed a host of problems faced by MPs, lashing out at the government's overuse of closure, which he described as "absolutely astounding."  Mr. Turner was speaking at the launch of a new Canadian documentary called Does Your Vote Count? which highlights a series of problems faced by members of Parliament. For instance, the video shows that from 1913 to 1979, the government shut down debate 31 times. From 1980 to present, closure has been used at least 166 times. Coincidently, just hours after delivering his speech, the Liberal government used closure on Bill C-17, the controversial anti-terrorism bill. Mr. Turner said he agrees with NDP MP Bill Blaikie's description of Parliament as an "elected dictatorship." .(This is amazing. In 67 years, closure was only invoked 31 times, and in the last 24 years it's been invoked 166 times? And they have the nerve to call this a 'democracy'?  This is a prime example of the government saying "We don't give a rats ass what the people want, WE'RE THE GOVERNMENT AND WE'LL DO WHAT EVER THE HELL WE WANT, AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. SO SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, AND DO AS YOUR TOLD!" The rest of the government is in the form of little, un-elected bureaucratic 'kingdoms', ruled by a leader and feeding what ever information benefits their little kingdom the most on to the Member of Parliament. Who by the way, really has little expertise, and virtually no idea of what happening. He or she simply takes the bureaucrats word for it, rubber stamps it, and pushes it on to the next stage..)
Fingerprint of stupidity all over plan
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As a result of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the feds now require all landed immigrants, also called permanent residents (PR), to get a PR plastic card to replace the piece of paper they received upon landing in Canada. Naylor doesn't have a problem with that. Nor do I.  He sent in his forms, paid a $50 fee, but when he went to pick up his card, a sharp-eyed federal employee gave Naylor the once over, asked to measure him and noticed a four-centimetre discrepancy in his height.  "The last time I was measured for height was when I was in school," Naylor says with a chuckle.  "So, while I've gained a few inches around my middle, it would appear I have shrunk more than an inch in height." On his form, Naylor wrote that he was 5-ft.-10.  Naylor says he understands the requirement to have correct information on the cards. "I don't have any great axe to grind," insists Naylor.  "I started this process in March, it's now October and come the first of the year, I'm not going to be able to get back in the country should I have to leave." While the $50 processing fee, which he will have to repay, is not a hardship for him, he says he doesn't understand why the correction need be so time consuming for both himself and the bureaucracy. Instead of just sending the card back with a note to change the height portion, Naylor must reapply from scratch and re-submit another $50. (The Bungling farce of bureaucracy has nothing to do with common sense! It's this very same bureaucratic crap that won't allow bad information to be removed from the RCMP 'F.I.P.' database, or a host of other common sense correction  to be replaced or removed from government data. And, now they want to introduce another 'multi' billion dollar boondoggle in a 'All Canadian' (show us your papers please) card to biometrically identify every individual. A HUGE police state in the making!)
ID card plan to top $7 billion
If you thought Canada's billion-dollar gun registry was a great deal, then you'll love Immigration Minister Denis Coderre's plan to provide every Canadian with his or her very own "biometric" identity card. Simon Davies, a British academic who has studied 14 years' worth of research on countries that have tried to implement similar systems, predicts the scheme would cost $7 billion. Davies also warns that there's no evidence in any of his research to indicate that such cards will do anything to make Canada a safer or more secure place to live. But that's no problem. Canadians are used to that sort of thing. Our billion-dollar gun registry is a dud, too: It neither prevents crimes nor tracks guns. (First off, it's really great to see that the Gun Registry is now accepted coast to coast as a complete and useless dud and a huge waste of money, and virtually every media source 'except' the Toronto Star' is in agreement..... As for the cards (The Coderre 'Cod Piece') No sooner would the cards be introduced, when the hackers would have broken the codes, and started the manufacture of 'Canadian Identities'. Also very much the like other Liberal brain fart we have to endure, the 'Gun Registry', "There's no evidence that there will be anything of value to the security of the country." But it 'will' employ another group of otherwise useless bureaucrats, and no doubt a lot of liberal friends will make a lot of money, again, just like the 'gun registry'.. Do 'you' trust these bungling  liberals with 'this much' of your future and privacy? I doubt it..)
Google Accepts Porn Ads but Refuses Those for Guns
Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - A federally licensed firearms dealer inn Connecticut is upset the Google search engine will accept ads for pornographic websites that illegally show their materials to underage children but will not accept ads from licensed gun dealers selling a legal product to adults. A spokesman for Google said Monday that the policy is "part of our terms and conditions." "I'm sick and tired of having the good guys be discriminated against," Rick Millo, owner of Valley Firearms in Shelton, Conn., told CNSNews.com Monday.(Well, they accept ads for 'swords' and they were originally designed 'only' for killing,  They accept ads for 'knives' and they kill more people than guns! You can also find paid ads for Swingers clubs, and Beastiality. But guns are simply not politically correct. Unless of course you need one to end a 'Swinging Beastiality Session' that went horribly wrong !Google would probably condone 'that'..)
Gun crime spreads 'like a cancer' across Britain
Few people paid much attention when, late last month, Shabir Hussain and his friend Mohammed Shabir were jailed for 11 years at Birmingham Crown Court. Working with rudimentary tools in the basements of their homes, the pair had set themselves up as armourers to the local underworld, converting blank firing pistols into lethal weapons.  They produced more than 170 guns and sold them to gangs from Bristol to Manchester.
According to the Association of Chief Police Officers, gun crime is 'growing like a cancer' and spreading to smaller communities. Police intelligence suggests Shabir and Hussain were the tip of the iceberg. Hundreds of similar gun factories have been set up in homes across the country and detectives admit guns are being put on the streets more quickly than they can take them off. For the past 12 months police in Nottingham have been running Operation Stealth, an anti-firearms initiative. The team has made more than 580 arrests and recovered 160 weapons, 10 fewer than the Birmingham duo produced in a quarter of the time. The murder rate in Nottinghamshire has almost doubled. 'We're getting the right information,' says Assistant Chief Constable Peter Ditchett, 'but we're just not getting enough of it.'  Handgun crime has soared past levels last seen before the Dunblane massacre of 1996 and the ban on ownership of handguns introduced the year after Thomas Hamilton, an amateur shooting enthusiast, shot dead 16 schoolchildren, their teacher and himself in the Perthshire town.
It was hoped the measure would reduce the number of handguns available to criminals. Now handgun crime is at its highest since 1993. (Ahh there's 'nothing' like a BAN to create a whole new underground market, where 'no one' has control. All this started with Dunblain, and the subsequent knee jerk reactionary response of the government to BAN handguns. Once the ban was in effect, the underground price for handguns went through the roof, creating an even larger market. You wouldn't have people converting air and blank guns to 'real' guns if there were not a HUGE profit in doing so. The government ban has created that market, and fuelled those profits. As a result, guns are everywhere. Except in the hands of the law abiding. I just can't understand why their so surprised! This effect, has happened 'everywhere' that guns have been banned. Why would Britain think 'it' should be any different? )
Registry hasn't affected our firearms-murder rate
Anyone tempted by the headlines that followed StatsCan's Tuesday release -- such as the National Post's "Gun-death rate hits all-time low" -- to point to the registry as the cause of these "historic" low numbers, should pause first and consider the above statistics: 151 firearms murders before the registry, 149 now. Net effect of intrusive, error-plagued, billion-dollar registry? Zero.  Moreover, handguns now are used to commit two-thirds of Canada's firearms homicides, up from one-third in the past decade or so. But handguns have had to be registered since 1934, proving conclusively that registering guns cannot and will not prevent murders or violence. If it could, handgun murders should be the rarest form, not the most common. We also know, though, that two-thirds of those arrested for murder in Canada have previous criminal records. That fact, coupled with the rapid rise in handguns as the firearm of choice in gun murders, indicates that murderers are not law-abiding people in the first place. They will not register their guns, no matter what the law. And, they are going to murder one way or another: If they can't go to the local sporting goods shop and buy a shotgun to kill someone, they'll buy a black market pistol smuggled in from the U.S. Harassing upstanding sport shooters with a colossally wasteful gun registry will never make Canada safer. Hunters, gun collectors and target shooters are not the problem, and never were.(The registry exists because the Liberals pander to the urban vote, and they tried to garner those votes by duping the 'firearms ignorant' city dwellers by promising a registry of all guns would prevent crime! The city dwellers heard the words 'all guns' and figured that the liberals had some magical way of finding out what criminals had guns, and where they were. Had they been told that the registry in fact would only track guns that were of absolutely no danger to society, and it was going to cost a billion dollars, even 'firearms ignorant' city dwellers would have to do a double take to make sure they heard right! The Liberals know the registry is virtually useless, but what the hell, it's only tax dollars and every good Liberal knows that 'tax dollars' are not 'real' money!)
A cautionary tale about heavily armed goofballs
Daniel Greig, who looks like a clean-cut college graduate, is a clean-cut college graduate. He is also very well-spoken. What sets him apart from a great many other clean-cut, articulate college graduates is that he possessed:(*) A six-shot, .44-calibre Smith & Wesson revolver. (*) A .45-calibre Glock semi-automatic pistol. (*) A .45-calibre Heckler & Koch semi-automatic pistol. (*) A 12-gauge Franchi pump-action shotgun with a pistol grip and a collapsible stock. (*) An M16, a .223-calibre Colt semi-automatic assault rifle. When Toronto police discovered his arsenal, the guns were fully loaded. Rounds were chambered and ready to be fired in the semi-automatic weapons and the shotgun. The shotgun's tube magazine had been extended so that, instead of the legally permitted three, it held eight rounds, in this case of buckshot. (I Know 20-30 Sport Shooters that have the same gear.  But even 'they' would think this guy is a 'nut' But then again, The 'Trudeau Star' thinks EVERYONE that owns a gun is a heavily armed goofball. Hey 'Slinger' The problem is the "GoofBall" NOT the firearms. They, are only inanimate objects to be feared only by paranoid readers of the Toronto Star! By the way, and 8 cartridges in a shotgun is perfectly legal, 3 is 'only' for hunting purposes)
Youth facing charges after FSJ rifle incident
A 15-year-old male youth is facing a number of charges after Fort St. John RCMP received a gun complaint from a resident near a local high school Thursday.  Fort St. John RCMP Cpl. Stephen Wile said the incident happened at about 10:45 a.m. and, as a precaution, the North Peace Secondary school and others in the immediate area were locked down.  Wile said it's hard to say how close the suspect, who was carrying a Winchester rifle, came to the school but it's likely it was in the fringes of the high school's sports fields or some nearby woods.  After a brief chase on foot, officers arrested the suspect, who was found hiding in the backyard of a nearby residence.  He added RCMP would like to hear from anyone who may have lost a Winchester Model 94 lever-action 30-30 calibre rifle in a camouflaged soft case over the past month or two.  "We're hoping they will approach us so we can return it to them and also it will help support our charge," he said. (Hmmm!! I wonder? Can they not find the owner of this firearm through the BILLION DOLLAR GUN REGISTRY? Perhaps the serial number 94-30-30 is fairly common, and hundreds of thousands of 'un verified' rifles are registered with that number! Perhaps it's simply one of the millions of guns that were never registered, and now the police are hoping for another charge, by 'fishing' for someone who will 'confess' to owning an unregistered firearm, that subsequently was stolen. The mind boggles!!)
Policing, not registry, needed to curb gun crimes
It seems that we have more laws, more courses and more tests now then we ever had and yet the gun crime rates continue to climb. The government has spent close to $1 billion on the gun registry so that law-abiding citizens will register their long guns. The law has required handguns to be registered since 1934, but most gun-related crimes are committed with unregistered handguns. I believe that money would have been better spent on increased policing instead of wasting a lot of our police time controlling a useless registry.(Gun laws are almost always written as a knee-jerk reaction, by urban dwellers who's only contact with firearms is on the news as yet another criminal shoots or robs someone. The fact that knives are used in the commission of crime far more than firearms is acceptable, because 'everyone' is familiar with knives. It's only inanimate objects of ignorance that get 'controlled' by dubious legislation. This legislation is not now, nor has it ever been passed to actually deal with the problem at hand. It exists only to generate a placebo effect for dealing with fears and paranoia. Unfortunately, because this type of legislation 'never' actually deals with the targeted crime it-self. The targeted crime therefore increases, and more placebo legislation is needed.  Gun laws then escalate ineffectively, thereby creating a vicious circle of useless legislation)
Bullet-proof S.A. muti robber defies hot lead
One of a group of gunmen, who was shot and arrested after a car chase yesterday, stood boldly in the line of fire - and escaped without a scratch, apparently believing muti made him impervious to bullets. For the second time in three days in the southern suburbs, after Friday's Blue Route mayhem, police shot dead armed robbers.  Two were killed and two arrested after trying to hold up Ferness Service Station in Ottery Road, Ottery. A security guard was seriously hurt in the gunfight. Provincial police spokesman Captain Rod Beer said a garage employee had raised the alarm shortly after 7am. ADT security officer Wayne Lincoln arrived on the scene and the robbers fired at him. "He was hit in the head and in his side. They then took his firearm and ran away," Beer said. (Some of the S.A. rituals and muti(medicine) used by 'un-educated' criminals border on the bizzare For a closer look at what 'some' muti may be click here. It's obvious, guns are not the biggest problem they have in that country!)




Want to own a 'legal' gun in South Africa?
According to the South African Qualifications Authority, the requirements for use of a firearm would contribute to a safer country. An applicant would have to understand the laws required for possession and use of a handgun, know how to operate the weapon safely and shoot competently.  An applicant wanting a licence for a handgun should go for at least 100 hours of learning made up of classroom tuition (30 hours), on the job learning (10 hours), self-directed learning (10 hours) and coaching (50 hours). However, should an applicant wish to apply for a licence for shotgun or machine-gun, then the person would undergo learning equal to 190 hours.(Of course, the criminal need not bother with any of this, he or she has only to zip out and buy one on the black market!  The South African gun control scheme, is much like gun control all over the world. It only controls the guns that are of no problem to anyone, and are virtually never used in criminal activities. But, it makes the liberal paranoids of the world 'feel' safer, and when 'their' in charge they tend to create a lot of stupid legislation simply to deal with their personal phobias.)
Roll out the barrels
Hugo Poirier's best childhood memories have to do with hunting trips he took with his dad. "Those memories never fade," said Poirier, now an assistant manager at the Baron Sport hunting gear store on Notre Dame St. W. "I'm very lucky to have been given the opportunity to hunt with him." Poirier, 28, who says hunting created a special bond with his dad, worries that fewer Quebec children are taking up the sport. Benoit L'Allier, a spokesperson for the Société de la faune et des parcs du Québec, a provincial conservation agency, said the proportion of young hunters dropped to 13 per cent in the late 1990s from 30 per cent in the early '80s. In 1981, there were about 138,800 hunters age 15 to 24 in Quebec. By 1996, that number had fallen to 54,000, he said.
According to statistics provided by the Fédération québécoise de la faune, an advocacy group for hunters and fishermen, more than 7,000 people took the course to qualify for a hunting certificate in 1992. By 2001, that number had declined to slightly more than 3,000.(In many parts of the country, 'man' is the major predator. When you eliminate the major predator from the ecosystem, you can cause a great deal of suffering within the wildlife population. Death by disease, starvation, and  road kill, now become the controlling factors. Everyone now,  particularly the animals,  lose!)
Liberals may have won the election, but they lost the majority of rural voters
The Liberals may have claimed victory in Ontario, but any rural riding they won was only by a hair's breadth. Hopefully McGuinty is smart enough to see the writing on the wall, and face the fact that rural voters (the ones that bothered to go out and vote anyway) have all but rejected him. The far north of  Ontario went NDP, and North, and 'Near' North are still P.C.  With very few exceptions, this was clearly a 'urban' win. Now, we have to see if McGuinty will follow through with his fiscal incompetence of supporting the Federal Liberal Gun Registration farce, while wasting millions to prosecute grandma for keeping grandpa's old shotgun locked away in a trunk.  Grandma will now be caught between a 'Rock' and a hard head, and because it was 'his', and she can't bear to part with it, she may now be locked up and the heirloom confiscated by a party of urban paranoids bent on eradicating the 'evil gun'. Even though many more people are now killed by knives. What will McGuinty's plan do? It will drive hundreds of thousands of firearms underground. If your home is broken into, and guns stolen, are 'you' going to report them, get charged and convicted on your own confession, present yourself and your family with a lifetime of legal costs, debt and suffering ? I doubt it.  You'll do what ANY person would do in that position,  'keep your mouth shut'. Losing your guns to a thief will be viewed by most, as a better alternative than ending up doing more time than the thief that stole them!
Canadian Soldiers Killed While Driving Un-Armoured, Outdated, Canadian Military CRAP
The aging all-terrain vehicle two Canadian soldiers were riding in when they were killed on patrol in Afghanistan is so out of date the army has been forced to cannibalize its own fleet for parts. But opposition MPs declined to condemn the government and army commanders yesterday for sending the unarmoured 20-year-old Iltis utility vehicle -- iltis is German for ferret -- on rural patrol in a war zone. The MPs said they intend to question the government over the decrepit state of Canadian military hardware and equipment once a period of mourning and respect for the families of the dead soldiers is over. Soldiers in Afghanistan recently complained about the difficulties servicing and maintaining their fleet of Iltis vehicles, essentially four-wheel-drive light trucks designed by Volkswagen for the German army in the early 1970s. Bombardier Inc., of Montreal acquired rights to manufacture the vehicles in 1983 and supplied the Canadian army with more than 2,000 between 1984 and 1986.  One soldier in Afghanistan described it as "a bit of an albatross around our neck."(Liberal military cutback are NOW costing Canadian Soldiers their lives! A BILLION dollars into a useless registry for sporting firearms, is a BILLION dollars less protection for our soldiers. Remember, "If it Saves Only One Life".. Just the money being wasted right now by the Governor General taking her friends on a taxpayer funded, first class 'jaunt', all over northern europe, could have bought all that was needed to have protected the lives of these two soldiers.  But the Liberals 'do' have their priorities don't they!)
Statistics abused
Only the most warped sense of logic can lead anyone to cite Canada's latest homicide statistics as a sign that Ottawa's billion-dollar gun registry is doing an effective job.  The fact that the number of homicides reported by police across Canada actually rose by 29 to reach the 582-mark, even though the number of gun-related deaths declined, only underlines what opponents of the registry long have maintained:  As long as the underlying causes that lead to deadly violence remain unaddressed, forcing Canadians to register their long guns under threat of criminal prosecution isn't going to fix the problem.  It really doesn't matter to the 582 dead persons whether they met their untimely end as a result of being shot (149), stabbed (182), beaten (124), strangled (64) or burned (eight).  Dead is dead, and for gun control advocates to proclaim victory in the face of rising homicide rates and numbers, frankly, is absurd. Given the data, an equally nutty argument could be forwarded that, rather than register long guns, the homicide rate could be lowered by threatening citizens with imprisonment unless they register their hands and have their mental stability certified before acquiring knives and matches. (Registering cars does not deter drunks from driving them, registering your dog will not prevent it from biting, registering your 'birth' will not guarantee a wonderful life, but asking every duck hunter to register his shotgun is supposed to stop crime! How many of those 582 dead folks were actually killed by a duck hunter or his/her ilk?.. And for 'this' the Liberals have hoodwinked the taxpayer out of over ONE BILLION DOLLARS and no doubt padded the pockets of many liberal supporters along the way.)
CDC: More study is needed on gun laws
ATLANTA (AP) — A sweeping federal review of the nation's gun control laws — including mandatory waiting periods and bans on certain weapons — found no proof they reduce firearm violence. the task force reviewed 51 published studies about the effectiveness of eight types of gun-control laws. The laws included bans on specific firearms or ammunition, measures barring felons from buying guns, and mandatory waiting periods and firearm registration. None of the studies were done by the federal government.  In every case, a CDC task force found "insufficient evidence to determine effectiveness."  Firearms injuries were the second leading cause of injury deaths, killing 28,663 people in 2000, the most recent year for which data was available. About 58 percent of the deaths were suicides. Gun accidents claimed about 775 lives that year.  About the only conclusion the task force could draw from the surveys was that mandatory waiting periods reduced gun suicides in people over 55. But even that reduction was not big enough to significantly affect gun suicides for the overall population.(Gun control has very little effect on suicides, Desperate people in the the U.S., like just like Canada, will, and have, switched to other means when guns were not available. Gun Suicides in Canada are down, but hanging is 'way' up. As for the fact that 'gun accidents' claimed 775 lives in 2000 is absolutely phenomenal for a population of over 300 million. More people are probably killed on golf courses. When you subtract the 58% suicides, you end up with 12,038 gun deaths which a LARGE portion will be punk on punk, and crime generated shootings over which gun control has little effect. The balance would be your normal murders. we'll say 50/50 Which means that out of a population of at least 300 million they have 6000 'possibly' 'somehow' preventable deaths, or .002 of one percent. Hell, many more people than that, die in swimming pools every year and I don't see anyone clamouring to ban swimming pools. Do You?)
Gun-death rate drops to all-time low; anti gun groups hail regulations!
Knife death rate rises to all-time high; anti gun groups are silent as expected!
OTTAWA (AP) _ The rate of gun deaths in Canada fell to an all-time low last year, providing fresh ammunition for gun-control advocates and drawing envy from south of the border. The 26 percent of homicides committed with a firearm was the lowest proportion since statistics were first collected in 1961, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday.  Stabbing was the most common method of killing, accounting for 31 percent of homicides. Beatings resulted in 21 percent of deaths, while strangulation or suffocation came in at 11 percent.  The overall homicide rate actually increased slightly, but it was pushed up by the 15 deaths of missing women that occurred in previous years in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, that were reported by police in 2002.  The lower gun-death rate was hailed by anti gun groups in Canada and the U.S.  They pointed to years of firearms regulation, but stopped short of crediting the federal gun registry which requires all gun owners to register their weapons. "The numbers look encouraging," said Wendy Cukier of the Coalition for Gun Control in Toronto. "It's still a bit soon to attribute it to the most recent gun-control law but certainly the trend in Canada of strengthening controls over firearms does appear to be having an effect." (Just as I thought! (See More killed by knives than guns: StatsCan ) Gun control freaks think it's perfectly fine for the homicide rate to increase, the killing with knives to increase, and the number of deaths to increase (The national homicide rate was 1.85 homicides for every 100,000 people, compared with 1.78 in 2001.), but thank Christ 'gun control is working'  Oh ya, that makes one hell of a lot of sense.  Gun control has 'never' had an effect on the criminal use of firearms, and never will, but leave it to weirdo's like Cukier to jump on the band wagon. When the killing by smuggled handguns, and drug/turf wars, drive-bys, & home invasions decreases, 'then' and only then will I believe that the government is making any progress on 'crime control' . Until then, they've spent a BILLION DOLLARS+ on smoke and mirrors to  control 'Uncle George's duck gun' and Uncle George is not harming anybody! Some crime control plan! I'm waiting for the Liberals to render 'everything' safe, and send me 'stickys' for all the knives in my kitchen drawer)
Liberals join ranks and vote to continue the waste
Motion M-387 - "That, in the opinion of this House, the government should immediately suspend application of the Canadian Firearms Programme in order to hold a public inquiry into the reasons for the Programme's extraordinary cost overruns, and to submit a structured and detailed strategic plan that would have to be approved in advance by this House." (Why would anyone expect this government to do anything different like maybe vote what their constituents want for a change?)
Maybe 'This' is the place to move to?
A libertarian movement promoting "minimalist government", the free market, drugs, prostitution and gun ownership plans to infiltrate New Hampshire to create a breakaway American regime, its leaders will announce today. The Free State Project, which has supporters in the UK and worldwide, will reveal today at a meeting in New York that its members have voted for the small but highly-symbolic north-eastern state as its target to win power.  Project chiefs will now try to persuade 20,000 people to move to New Hampshire and sway the electorate towards blocking federal "nanny" laws and social restrictions. (Sounds like a 'plan' to me! )
The 'Terminator' is Terminally Ignorant About Calif. Gun Laws
Hannity asked Schwarzenegger what he thought of the "assault-weapon" ban and the Brady Bill. Schwarzenegger replied, "Yes I do support that. And also I would like to close the loophole on the gun shows."
While the federal ban on so-called "assault weapons" is scheduled to sunset in September 2004, the much more severe California prohibition has no sunset date. The federal and the state law are both based on cosmetics — on the idea that a gun is bad if it has a bayonet lug, or other small features that have nothing to do with the gun's firepower. Schwarznegger also endorsed the Brady Bill — which never affected California gun sales, because the state's gun laws were more restrictive than the requirements of the 1993 Brady Bill. And these California restrictions are why Schwarzenegger's comment about gun shows was so appallingly uninformed.(Canadian Tire used to sell a semi-auto .22 that happened to be the same shape and style as the M-16, only slightly smaller. This rifle was among those banned by Kimmie and Co. during her short stint as P.M. This ban was based ENTIRELY on what the firearm 'looked' like. Hell, it was only a .22, and probably less dependable than my old nylon 66, but it was deemed as 'looking evil' so it must be! Now, Kimmie is ambassador (or something) to California. A great place for her! The 'Granola State' (what ain't fruits and nuts, is flakes))
More killed by knives than guns: StatsCan
OTTAWA - More people were killed with knives than guns last year and the number of gun-related homicides fell to an all-time low, according to Statistics Canada. Killers used guns in 26 homicides while 31 per cent of murderers used knives. This was the lowest proportion of homicides committed with guns since statistics were first collected in 1961. During the 1960s and early 1970s, firearms accounted for 40 per cent to 50 per cent of all homicides. Canada's homicide rate increased last year after being stable for two years. It had been decreasing since the mid-1970s. Police recorded 582 homicides in 2002, 29 more than in 2001. Manitoba recorded the highest homicide rates among the provinces, followed by British Columbia and Saskatchewan. The lowest rates were recorded in the Atlantic provinces. According to the data, handguns accounted for two-thirds of homicides committed with a firearm. (Handguns are now responsible for 2/3 of all homicides, and 'they' have been registered and verified for 70 years! If registries make a difference, why is the criminal use of  handguns increasing? Seeing that knives are preferred over firearms, why not a 'knife registry'? Of course, the C.F.C will take credit for the drop in firearms use for both crime, and suicide. But you can bet your ass, that they will conveniently ignore the StatsCan Facts that the number of deaths have increased, and not dropped, and that 'knives and ropes' have now replace the firearms as the tool for crime and suicide.. Well, in 'liberal speak', as 'long' as there not shooting as many people, and not shooting themselves, gun control  'must' be working!)
Pistol club has Government in its sights over crackdown
THE CRACKDOWN on handguns will achieve nothing but encourage the black market trade in the weapons and the victimisation of sport shooters, Tamworth Pistol Club secretary Bill Caley says. The Minister for Police, John Watkins, recently announced a new plan to tackle illegal handguns, including tougher controls, penalties and increased cash rewards for weapons handed in to police. But Mr Caley criticised the plan as merely a political stunt by the State Government.  He also said it would unfairly see law-abiding sports shooters come under tougher scrutiny, and make illegal weapons a more valuable on the black market. "The buyback is not addressing the issue. There is supposed to be a gun amnesty, but no one in a pistol club owns an illegal gun, so it's only the criminals who will benefit," Mr Caley said.  "The Government is offering $1000 for legal handguns, but they are worth $2000 on the black market so who is going to hand one in? (And, if the government wre offering $2000.00 per pistol, the blackmarket would get $3000.00. Agian, who is going to turn one in? Gun Bans only fuel black markets, were 'anyone' with the cash can get a gun.. Have 'you' ever heard of a drug dealer with no cash? This is just another farce, that will only affect the law abiding and create more victims as usual)
Woman killed defending her shop
Marian Bates, 64, of Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, was shot in the chest and died at the scene after she tried to fight off the robbers. A police spokeswoman said Mrs Bates was attacked at the family-run Time Centre jewellers in Arnold along with her husband Vic and her daughter Xanthe. The two robbers arrived at the shop on a motorbike. 'Disgraceful event' They fled the scene, but the motorbike was recovered half a mile away with its engine still running. The bike had been stolen from Kimberley a month ago. Nottinghamshire Police said a murder investigation is under way after the shooting incident, which was reported at the Time Centre jewellers on Front Street in Arnold at just before 1300 BST. Nottinghamshire Police spokesman Peter Ditchett said: " I want the information about these gun-carrying criminals and I want to know who is responsible for this." "My deepest sympathy goes to the family for today's disgraceful events, it is one of the few times in my career with the police that has provoked such a sense of outrage. They weren't the sort who would just hand something over Brian Walker Family friend "If this sounds like an emotional response, then I make no apology for that. Because it is an emotional response. (Gun control certainly seems to work in the U.K. ! They have such control over firearms, that now 'only' the criminals have them, and the rest of the population is 'fodder'. A shotgun kept under under the counter and pointed at the criminal, would certainly cause 'fear' to the offender. Strange as it may seem, if this were the case,  the shopkeeper would be arrested and imprisoned 'for causing another person 'fear'.. Ahhh life in a passive, socialist, environment. Where even self defence is against the law!)
And the "Culture of Safety" Continues
Just two days before a Red Deer woman and her son were shot and killed by her estranged husband, she had asked police to escort to her apartment, fearful of a confrontation with him. On Friday, police helped Blagica Fekete, also known as Betty, get some clothes and allowed her to take her child to a babysitter, Red Deer RCMP Insp. Peter Calvert said. On Monday, a red teddy bear sat among bouquets of flowers laid behind Betty's apartment building where Josif Fekete ended a year-long custody battle by shooting his family and then himself with an unregistered shotgun. The handwritten note on the teddy bear's chest summed up the disbelief and revulsion felt by many in this city. "I only hope this means they'll do something about domestic violence," said the woman, adding police didn't do enough to protect Betty. But the executive director of the Central Alberta Women's Emergency Shelter said she believes police did all they could. "Rather than try to find somebody who's at fault for what happened, there's going to be more Bettys and there's going to be more Alexes down the road -- we need to ensure that's not going to happen," Moriah Boyd told reporters. "RCMP are short-staffed, we're short-staffed -- there are no resources. We have the answers, we need the resources to be able to put them in place," she said. Police confirmed Josif, who was described by acquaintances as an avid hunter, had other unregistered firearms. (There it is! The whole answer right in front of us.. Those "Unregistered Firearms"! For the want of a single piece of paper to lay beside that shotgun, this tragedy could have been avoided. That's what the 'Liberals' would like you to believe. When in fact, for the want of a concealed carry permit, and an appropriate handgun, this woman and her child might still be alive today. The only thing this government guaranteed this woman and her child was that they would be legally unarmed, and assured of committing 'only' passive resistance. Passive resistance gets you dead just about every time. Had this man thought that she could be armed when confronted, he may not have attempted to kill them. But, if he had, at least she would have had a better chance to defend not only herself, but the life of her child as well. It's about time women started standing up for their right of "Security of the person" and get over this "I cant use a gun, the government says I would only hurt myself" crap!  I personally believe that 'rare' is the woman,  who when confronted with the possible death of her child, would NOT fight with any means available to defend that life!!! It's time cut the bullshit and make defensive firearms available to those that need them! Dialling 911, Ninety percent of the time, only provides someone that can chalk a body outline!)
Police can't get key data from gun registry says report
An internal Justice Department report on the firearms program cites major weaknesses in the ability of the registry to provide crucial information to firearms officers and police. The report says one of the chief goals of the program -- continual screening to make sure gun owners remain eligible for licences -- is threatened by unreliable information contained in a massive database that is supposed to tip police and the Canada Firearms Centre to individuals who should not own firearms. The report said key personnel interviewed for the evaluation, including Canada Firearms Centre officials, were "nearly unanimous" that the centre's structure was poorly designed at the outset, with separate policy and operations branches that reported to an assistant deputy minister who had duties in other areas within the justice department. Firearms centre spokesman David Austin noted the report was delivered following changes to the program the government had already initiated in response to Ms. Fraser's report. Mr. Breitkreuz predicted it will cost the government millions to fix the weaknesses outlined in the justice department report.(The fact the the report was release following 'changes' to the program is irrelevant! The only change of note, was the one from Justice to the Solicitor General. The simple fact that entering data on 4000+ stolen firearms generates a report of 200,000+ hits on the database, which 'then' have to be physically 'matched' to weed out the garbage,  proves that this farce is a HUGE waste of time and money. It has failed every test miserably, and the 'only' thing it does now, and ever will do effectively is waste money and employ a bunch of self serving bureaucrats!)
4 Editorials Slamming the Gun Registry
THE REGINA LEADER POST: Gun registry has run out of ammo
CALGARY HERALD: Another misfire
MONTREAL GAZETTE: Gun registry proven useless
VICTORIA TIMES COLONIST: A 95-per-cent failure rate
(The public CLEARLY does not support this registry.  Yet the Liberals are claiming the registry will go on because the public supports it??? The Liberals are CLEARLY ignoring the public again, and wastefully continuing on their own 'social re-engineering' agenda regardless of 'what' the public wants, or how much it will cost. It's CLEARLY time to dump this wasteful government!)