Gun Control Group Warns of New ‘Cop-Killer’ Handgun
At a press conference Thursday morning, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence United with the Million Mom March said it would "sound an alarm to law enforcement professionals around the county about a new handgun available to the general public that is capable of firing bullets through soft police body armor." The gun control group said it will be joined at the press conference by the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, a labor union, and other national law enforcement groups. The press conference was taking place at the First District headquarters of the District of Columbia Police Department. According to the Brady Campaign, the Five-seveN handgun is lightweight and easily concealable.  The FN Herstal website bills the gun as "stopping power for close combat."  It says the Five-seveN will "defeat the enemy in all close combat situations in urban areas, jungle conditions, night missions and any self defense action. Enemy personnel, even wearing body armor, can be effectively engaged up to 200 meters."  According to the Cal's Sporting Armory website, "the ammunition has been designed to bridge the gap between the 9mm ammunition and the 5.56 x 45mm." Nine millimeter is the caliber of handgun ammunition used by many U.S. law enforcement agencies. The 5.56 x 45mm is the rifle ammunition used by the U.S. military. The Brady Campaign did not mention that the 5.7 x 28 mm cartridge fired by the Five-seveN is a rifle-sized cartridge and that virtually all rifle ammunition will penetrate the most common types of body armor worn by police.  (Well of course they wouldn't mention that! It would only defeat the illogical aims of a group that is desperately trying to propagate fear and hysteria to the ignorant masses! After all, there's nothing like promoting hysteria, and mindless fear, to beat down common sense. Particularly, when groups such as these have so little collective common sense as it is!)
Till death do us part
"We were scared at night, we went to sleep, the smell burning meat," Kott says. "We were seeing the smoke and all that. We couldn't sleep. And then there was Mengele. I guess you heard from Mengele, everybody heard from him. I got sick one day and I went to the hospital. Mengele came there to take out one girl from the bottom and I was laying on the top. He took her out and I got left. It's just luck. Just luck." Chana Szabo says, "Dr. Mengele, sometimes he used to get drunk or whatever his mood was, you know, he could say, this block, everybody to the gas chamber, right? It was all, you know, on his whim people were killed, murdered."  "There was one time that it was our turn actually and the truck driver that took us back to the camp he deliberately made the truck break down so that we're not, we're not going to be there in time for the selection and that's how he actually saved our lives." (And it all started with 'gun control' and the disarming of the Jews. Every act of genocide, anywhere in the world, started with gun control and the disarming of citizens. This must be a vision of Allen Rock's Utopia! Remember his statement:, "I came to Ottawa with the belief that ONLY the police and military should have guns".  Nazi death camps are a PRIME example of what happens when only the police and military have guns.)
Students beaten by Police in York University protest
Five people were arrested and taken to Toronto police’s 31st division after participating in the rally, which was held in protest of the inauguration of United States President George W Bush and the University’s corporate ties. Police allegedly beat PhD student Gregory Bird with a baton, while political science student Nicholas Birtig was taken to hospital due to beatings he allegedly received from police in a holding room after the rally on 20 January. Konstantine Kilibarda, an academic researcher from Cambridge University, was arrested and detained with four other students and said he witnessed the alleged beating of Birtig by the police.  “They started hitting him repeatedly and when he lifted his head, it was just covered in blood. The group was pretty roughed up,” said Kilibarda.  “In detention, I was tackled from behind by an officer and brought to the ground. I didn’t resist—I just went limp.”  Constable Isabelle Cotton, spokesperson for the police division, said a struggle in Vari Hall between one student and police led to the student allegedly attempting to reach for an officer’s handgun. “They will be processed and charged for trespassing, assault, and obstruction—those are the charges we are looking at,” said Cotton. “When you try to steal an officer’s gun, it’s pretty major.” ('He went for my gun',  I'm sure!! The average protesting PHD or PS student from York U. wouldn't know what in the hell to do with a gun even if was grabbed.. Personally, I think  it was the only excuse the cop could use under the circumstances.. I wonder if anyone 'witnessed' this alleged 'gun grab'? And what happened to the student in the 'holding room'? I supposed 'he' tripped.. Ahh nothing like attending a university, where protest will get you beaten by the police.. I'm not anti police by any means, but they SHOULD be held to a higher standard of behaviour, simply in light of the power they hold. Officers found to be abusers of that power should be turfed out of the force on their asses)
Farmer who shot teen doing doughnuts loses sentence appeal
David Colville, 41, was convicted of manslaughter two years ago in the July 2001 death of Ted Gabriel, 18, on a rural road near Colville's Crossfield farm north of Calgary. Colville had chased down Gabriel after he spun his tires in the farmer's garden. Colville then discharged his rifle while smashing the window of the victim's car with the barrel of the gun. During the trial, Colville testified he chased after Gabriel to make a citizen's arrest. When Colville caught up with him, the farmer used a rifle from the cab of his truck to smash the driver's-side window. The weapon discharged, killing Gabriel and wounding a passenger. (I guess using the 'butt' of the rifle didn't occur to him? Unfortunately, a teenager with a stupid idea, became the victim of a farmer with a stupid idea. Reporting a kid "doing doughnuts" is not even a 911 call unless the kid was thought to be drunk. Compounding the stupidity by going after the vehicle with a gun, only ended in grief for everyone.. But mostly for the kid and his family. The farmer will eventually be released, and go home.. The kid does not have that option. Part of the responsibility of owning a firearm it to be responsible for ALL your actions, even the stupid ones..)
Ga. store turns into site of shootout
ATLANTA -- When two men walked into a popular country store outside Atlanta, announced a holdup and fired a shot, owners Bobby and Gloria Doster never hesitated. The pair pulled out their own pistols and opened fire. The armed suspect and his partner were killed. The Dosters won't be charged, according to local officials, because they were acting in self-defense. "I just started shooting," said Gloria Doster, 56. "I was trying to blow his brains out is what I was trying to do." One man grabbed Gloria Doster and pushed her toward the register. She said the other kept his gun on her 62-year-old husband, who also goes by the name Shoats. She tried to open the register, but one of the men told her she wasn't moving fast enough and tried to shoot her husband. He missed - and his gun jammed. At that point, Bobby Doster pulled out a .380-caliber handgun and shot one of the suspects. Gloria Doster then went for a 9 mm pistol she keeps near the register. "All hell broke loose," she said. "I was trying to shoot and dial 911 at the same time." Both suspects took cover behind the store's meat counter as the Dosters opened fire. Gloria Doster said she doesn't know how many bullets were fired, or how many times the suspects were hit. Police arrived about five minutes after receiving Gloria Doster's call; the suspects died a short time later at a hospital.(Now, picture the 'same' scenario happening in Canada! The difference would be 'who' lives and 'who' dies! The 'unarmed' storekeepers would be joining the remains of many other unarmed Canadian Storekeepers at the cemetery. In Canada, if you 'were' to shoot back, you would be facing MORE charges than the 'real' criminals. You 'may' beat the the charge of manslaughter with a self defence plea, but you will be beaten down with a litany of firearms offences and quickly disarmed in order to protect the 'next' group of criminals that wants to rob and kill you. You might as well just die and let the robbers have their way, because if you don't the Canadian 'Just-Us' system will ruin you by ensuring that every single penny you own, will be required to defend yourself again. Only 'this' time the robbers will be the government. And one last consideration. Even 'if' the criminals are caught and charged with your death, they will be back on the street inside of 10 years. The Canadian Firearms Centre at that point, won't even 'care' if they have another gun, because they don't concern themselves with criminals. The Liberal Government's 2 Billion Dollar gun registry exists only to track, control, and persecute the law abiding. It has absoloutly nothing to do with tracking criminals, OR their firearms.)
There's only one way to protect ourselves – and here's the proof
Today, 96 years ago, London was rocked by a terrorist outrage. Two Latvian anarchists, who had crossed the Channel after trying to blow up the president of France, attempted an armed wages robbery in Tottenham. Foiled at the outset when the intended victims fought back, the anarchists attempted to shoot their way out. A dramatic pursuit ensued involving horses and carts, bicycles, cars and a hijacked tram. The fleeing anarchists fired some 400 shots, leaving a policeman and a child dead, and some two dozen other casualties, before they were ultimately brought to bay. They had been chased by an extraordinary posse of policemen and local people, armed and unarmed. Along the way, the police (whose gun cupboard had been locked, and the key mislaid) had borrowed at least four pistols from passers-by in the street, while other armed citizens joined the chase in person. Today, when we are inured to the idea of armed robbery and drive-by shootings, the aspect of the "Tottenham Outrage" that is most likely to shock is the fact that so many ordinary members of the public at that time should have been carrying guns in the street. Bombarded with headlines about an emergent "gun culture" in Britain now, we are apt to forget that the real novelty is the notion that the general populace in this country should be disarmed.(Not only is the U.K. Populace "disarmed" but now victims in a country that has one of  the highest crime rates in the world. How many times have you heard the term "Unarmed Victim"? Have you 'ever' heard the term "Armed Victim"? I thought not.. I wonder why that is? During a period when ordinary Englishmen could walk around with a pistol in their pocket, crime was low.. Now that you can, and will be thrown into the Queens prison for even possessing a pistol, crime is high! Coincidence? Not likely)
WEAPONS USED IN CRIME MAY SURPRISE YOU
Today, Saskatchewan MP Garry Breitkreuz, Conservative Firearms Critic, released new Statistics Canada tables that show the reality of weapons crime in Canada – a view seldom reported in the media and completely ignored by the government and its soon-to-be two-billion dollar gun registry.  “This may shock a few Liberals, but in 2003: 71% of murders were committed with something other than a gun; 86% of robberies reported by police were committed with something other than a firearm; and 97% of the assaults with a weapon reported by police were committed using something other than a gun,” reported Breitkreuz. “What did the firearms program do to protect the victims of all these violent crimes?  Nothing!”(What a coincidence!! The firearms program 'also' did Nothing to protect victims from Assault, Robbery, and Murder 'with' a firearm as well!)
The buck should stop in cabinet ministers' offices
That connection between power and accountability, a connection that is fundamental to parliamentary democracy, seems to escape Sgro. In exit interviews she spread blame like butter, suggesting that if anything went wrong in her campaign office it was due to poor judgment exercised far from the oversight of the minister who was, in any case, suffering from vertigo.Any schoolteacher turned cynic by too many excuses would add those to the one about the dog eating the homework. The bottom line is that in our system, the buck has to stop someplace and that place is the top.A political buck that wanders aimlessly should worry taxpayers and voters. In the national capital, scandals now come and go, usually without leaving behind lasting repercussions or exacting a meaningful price. Just try to name a minister who lost their job because of the egregiously mismanaged loans and grants affair, the billion-dollar gun registry overrun or, to date, the Quebec sponsorship scandal. Pierre Pettigrew left Human Resources before the loans mess surfaced and is now Minister of Foreign Affairs, no one ever accepted responsibility for the rifle horrors and, so far, only bit players are feeling the sponsorship pain.(It would seem, that history has shown that 'whenever' a "buck" lands close to a Liberal, they quickly use it to try and buy a vote!)
You are not going to believe this. At first I didn't, but I do now: Are you aware that someone born in a hospital on a Canadian military base overseas to Canadian parents in the Armed Forces is not automatically a Canadian citizen? This, despite having a Canadian birth certificate and social insurance number (SIN)? Krista Bruton-Anderson is such a case.(Amazing Eh? Perhaps you should apply to get back all the taxes you paid, while you 'thought' you were a real Canadian!)
MPs get message over gay unions
MPs are expected to vote on legislation promised by Prime Minister Paul Martin, to legalize gay marriage, shortly after Parliament resumes Jan. 31. Martin has promised a free vote, leaving MPs in his divided minority Liberal caucus to vote as they wish. Despite earlier confusion, Martin has said overwhelming opposition to the legislation would not trigger an election. Barnes compared the feedback she's had to that from the early stages of federal gun-control legislation, "when people still didn't understand it." Oxford Conservative MP Dave MacKenzie, who opposes the Liberal plan, said he's received a few letters supporting the legislation, one from the United Church. But like Barnes, he said his office has had about 25 calls and 25 e-mails a day, "90 per cent of them in favour of the traditional form of marriage." But one activist in London's gay community said the numbers don't reflect a true understanding of marriage. "People define marriage by what their parents had. I'd like to know how many of those 90 per cent are from single-family homes or abusive homes. Is that what marriage is?" Ben Benedict asked. (Barnes is accurate as far as the gun registry is concerned. NOW people understand fully, that it's a complete waste of money, and nothing but 'feel good' legislation. As for Traditional Marriage, it should be just that.. Marriage is 'traditionally' a religious concept, not a civil concept. As a matter of fact, the very term "Civil Marriage" is an oxymoron as far as I'm concerned. I have no objection to 'civil unions' between two people of  any lifestyle. But, Marriage itself is a religious concept, whether the man and woman being married are religious or not, marriage should remain the realm of a man and a woman. The government has no right to decree that ANYONE'S rights are being denied by disallowing the religious concept of 'marriage', to be applied to those individuals that virtually EVERY religion says the concept of Marriage does not apply. The government 'has' the right and so does everyone else to be joined in a 'legal' civil union. I think what has to happen, is the division of Marriage, and civil union. If you are legally joined as a man and woman in a religious environment, or ceremony, then THAT should be a 'traditional' Marriage. A City Hall 'wedding' should be a legal civil union. And, I'm just as sure, that what will happen, IS as what happens with any liberal foot in the door concept. Eventually everybody will be able to join with any thing, creature, or person, least their 'rights' be trampled on, but MARRIAGE is  MILLENNIA OLD TRADITION between a A MAN and a WOMAN and Liberals OR THEIR APPOINTED JUDGES, DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT to usurp millennia of  HUMAN, RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, whether you personally believe in religious concepts or not. This is just MY personal opinion if you don't agree with it tough.. Like I said it's MY personal opinion.. But, unfortunately for the liberals, it 'also' seems to be the opinion of  the VAST majority of voting Canadians..)
PM threatens election over same sex marriage
Prime Minister Paul Martin says the issue of same-sex marriage is so important to him, he'd be willing to call an election -- if he has to. Martin's headline-making remarks came as he spoke in French with reporters in Beijing covering his trade trip to China. "It's not my intention to go into an election. We want to govern," said Martin who ended up with a minority in Parliament after last June's federal election.  "Am I ready to go into an election to uphold the charter of rights against those who would attack it? The answer is certainly yes." Martin was responding to remarks from Conservative Leader Stephen Hamper(sic) who said the Liberal government's move to extend marriage to include gay and lesbian couples could, one day, evolve one day into support for polygamy. Hamper(sic) has said he fears it's a slippery slope. (First of all, you would think that the reporter for CTV. would actually 'know' the name of the leader of the opposition wouldn't you? Second of all: BRING IT ON!!!

Israel to kill in U.S., allied nations
Israel is embarking upon a more aggressive approach to the war on terror that will include staging targeted killings in the United States and other friendly countries, former Israeli intelligence officials told United Press International. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has forbidden the practice until now, these sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Israeli statements were confirmed by more than a half dozen former and currently serving U.S. foreign policy and intelligence officials in interviews with United Press International. World Israel is embarking upon a more aggressive approach to the war on terror that will include staging targetedkillings in the United States and other friendly countries, former Israeli intelligence officials told United Press International. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has forbidden the practice until now, these sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Israeli statements were confirmed by more than a half dozen former and currently serving U.S. foreign policy and intelligence officials in interviews with United Press International. But an official at the Israeli Embassy in Washington told UPI: "That is rubbish. It is completely untrue. Israel and the United States have such a close and co-operative intelligence relationship, especially in the field of counter-terrorism, that the assertion is ludicrous." With the appointment of Meir Dagan, the new director of Israel's Mossad secret intelligence service, Sharon is preparing "a huge budget" increase for the spy agency as part of "a tougher stance in fighting global jihad (or holy war)," one Israeli official said. Since Sharon became Israeli prime minister, Tel Aviv has mainly limited its practice of targeted killings to the West Bank and Gaza because "no one wanted such operations on their territory," a former Israeli intelligence official said. Another former Israeli government official said that under Sharon, "diplomatic constraints have prevented the Mossad from carrying out 'preventive operations' (targeted killings) on the soil of friendly countries until now." He said Sharon is "reversing that policy, even if it risks complications to Israel's bilateral relations." A former Israeli military intelligence source agreed: "What Sharon wants is a much more extensive and tough approach to global terrorism, and this includes greater operational maneuverability."Does this mean assassinations on the soil of allies? "It does," he said. But the complications posed by Israel's new policy are real. "Israel does not have a good record at doing this sort of thing," said former CIA counter-terrorism official Larry Johnson. Phil Stoddard, former director of the Middle East Institute, cited a botched plot to kill Ali Hassan Salemeh, the mastermind of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. The 1974 attempt severely embarrassed Mossad when the Israeli hit team mistakenly assassinated a Moroccan waiter in Lillehammer, Norway. (Of course, they probably apologized to the Waiters wife and children, and then left the country using their usual 'Canadian Passports'. What's the new motto here? "See a Jew with a gun, dial 911".. I'm sure these assassinations happen all the time, and are routinely covered up by governments. After all, the government 'can' legally kill you. In Canada, the Supreme court has basically said the government can do anything it wants, providing it passes a law saying 'that particular crime' was their intention for passing the law in the first place. This would apply to assassinations as well as stealing pension money from disabled veterans as they have already done, by passing a law to do just that! )
Michael Moore's Bodyguard Arrested on Airport Gun Charge
Police took Patrick Burke, who says Moore employs him, into custody after he declared he was carrying a firearm at a ticket counter. Burke is licensed to carry a firearm in Florida and California, but not in New York. Burke was taken to Queens central booking and could potentially be charged with a felony for the incident. Moore's 2003 Oscar-winning film "Bowling for Columbine" criticizes what Moore calls America's "culture of fear" and its obsession with guns.(It would seem that Moore live in a "Culture of fear" and needs a body guard, but will gladly make millions trying to push HIS agenda that says YOU don't need personal protection.. Hell, if someone were to shoot him , all that would leak out is 'fat', 'stupidity', and of course, a big blob of hypocrisy.. )
Border agents doze at posts, traveller says
"Sorry to wake you - just crossing the border." That may have been Stephen Holtzman's gentle plea to a border guard he chose to wake up one Saturday evening to declare himself to customs. A frequent traveller to Plattsburgh, N.Y., the Montrealer is worried about the ease with which smugglers can bring guns, drugs and people into the country just by speeding past border controls, big and small. A report by customs officers at Lacolle this week revealed it's been happening at one of Quebec's largest crossings at the rate of 18 times in less than a month. Holtzman was not surprised. "Here I am at the Canadian border, we're talking 7:30 p.m., and the guy's sleeping," he said. "I can't blame him, though, he was all alone on a 24-hour shift." But many do blame the customs agents' boss, the Canadian Border Services Agency, and say it's time it started properly protecting Canada's borders. "In our view, the next logical move is to change the jurisdictions and budgets and give customs officers the ability to take these cars in pursuit," said Ron Moran, national president of the Customs Excise Union.  The RCMP has jurisdiction beyond border posts, but has stopped regular patrols. "Individuals and goods are getting into the country, and we don't have a clue who they are," Moran said. Anne McLellan, the minister responsible for public security, will be discussing border security with the CBSA, said Alex Swann, her director of communications. "Then we'll see what can be done," Swann said. "To be sure, the union has been stressing the need for more personnel at border crossings." McLellan might also want to consult with her U.S. counterparts. Anyone attempting to run the border into the United States is quickly intercepted, said Customs and Border Protection spokesperson Mario Villarreal. "We have responsibility not only at ports of entry but between the ports," Villarreal said, adding there are often secondary checkpoints beyond the border. "So, when someone tries to run the port the border patrol can respond immediately." Holtzman has seen it live. While waiting to cross into New York, he saw someone in a Jeep try to crash the border. Within 20 seconds, officers were on him and a helicopter circled overhead. "The U.S. learned something from 9/11, but Canada sure hasn't," Holtzman said.(Our border is a joke! From unarmed Personnel, to college kids on the front lines of our security perimeter. You want in? just run the border. The guard will call 911 and if a police officer has the time, they will try and intercept the intruder. That is of course, if they have any idea at all when he or she went.. This, is the liberal security system. Rule #1: Don't look dangerous, you will only frighten people. Rule #2: If faced with a life threatening situation, having border personnel draw a firearm, will only increase the level of violence. Rule #3: When applying for bereavement leave to attend the funeral of a co-worker, you are required to give 30 days advance notice)
Experts blast governments' inaction on cancer
A high-profile coalition of health groups is launching a blistering ad campaign today in the hope of embarrassing the federal and provincial governments into implementing and funding a national cancer strategy.  The Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control, a blueprint for preventing and treating cancer in a uniform manner across the country, was developed by 700 health experts and presented for adoption in 2002, but has not yet been acted upon by government. "Today, 200,000 deaths from cancer later, not one of its recommendations has been acted on," reads the text of the ad, which appears in today's edition of The Globe and Mail and La Presse.(People are dying by the THOUSANDS every year, and the Liberals, thanks to Ontario voters, have wasted more than a BILLION DOLLARS on useless, legislation such as the firearms act. How many people do you know of that have been shot by a legal firearms owner? How many people do you know of, that have, or are, dying of cancer? Where do YOU think the money should have been spent? Another election should be coming up fairly soon. This is a good question to ask yourselves before voting, and 'again' putting the stamp of approval on liberal lunacy!)
Police Execs Speakout About Terrorism, Gun Control, Drugs
The National Association of Chiefs of Police released its 17th Annual Survey of Police Chiefs and Sheriffs and some of the survey findings are surprising and compelling. The survey -- released in the January 2005 issue of Police Times Magazine -- had some surprising results on various topics including terrorism, gun control, homeland security, and drug enforcement. NACOP asserts that the public perception of how police view certain issues is based on media coverage, which is not necessarily accurate. When police chiefs and sheriffs are allowed to respond to poll questions anonymously, the politics may be removed from their answers. Gun Control: With regard to private citizens owning firearms for sport or self-defense, 93.6 percent of the respondents supported civilian gun-ownership rights. Ninety-six percent of the police chiefs and sheriffs believe criminals obtain firearms from illegal sources and 92.2 percent revealed they hadn't arrested anyone for violation of the so-called "waiting period" laws. When asked if citizens concealed-weapons permits would reduce violent crime, 63.1 percent said yes.(This is the U.S.A. of course.. Canada's Police associations 'have' no mind of their own. They exists only to lobby the government for more power. The fact they they 'publicly' support the ridiculous assortment, and mishmash of gun laws aimed squarely at the law abiding, and not the criminal, only says they 'they' feel the average Canadian is either too stupid, or too violent to have access to firearms. Needless to say, they support the arming of many Police officers, who consider their issued firearm as uniform decoration, only to be pulled out during 'qualification' times. Or, when blowing a hole in the station wall practising their quick draw in front of a mirror as happened in Hamilton Ontario last year! The fact that a law abiding, trained hand gun shooter that fires thousands of rounds a year is deemed a 'public safety risk', and furthermore, could be charged for protecting his or her own life. Is only made more absurd, by the fact that the police officer doing the 'charging' is in all probability barely competent with the  issued 'decoration' currently, and legally hanging on his or her hip )
Gang members deported from U.S. take deadly culture to their home countries
The National Youth Gang Center estimates that the United States has 750,000 gang members. California has roughly 365,000 members, with 100,000 in Los Angeles County. San Diego County has 7,500. Every state in the nation now reports being plagued by gangs. "We're everywhere," boasted a Mara Salvatrucha 13, or MS 13, gang member in Los Angeles. "Honduras, Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, L.A., Washington, New York, Denver. There's a few in Missouri. There's homies in Canada, too. "Wherever we go, we recruit more people. There's no way they can stop us. We're going to keep on multiplying." (It would seem, that 'homies in Canada' are proliferating. As long as the downtown store clerk, gas bar attendant, business man making a bank deposit, continues to be 'government legislated fodder' by being denied the RIGHT to carry the tools needed for personal defence against these "homies", we can ALL expect the gangs to flourish un controlled. Bleeding heart liberal judges and politicians are not helping matters one bit.)
4,000 shot in Britain in a year
The data show that 518 people needed to be detained in hospital after being shot and wounded in the 12-month period from 2002-03. More than one-third (187) were seriously injured by handguns while 41 were wounded with shotguns. In total, 3,995 people were shot, of whom about half (2,187) had minor wounds caused by air guns.
The figures will be of great concern to the government, which has tried to convince the public it is winning the battle on gun crime. The 2003-04 figures are also expected to see the trend continue with even more injuries being caused by guns. Two years ago a guns amnesty was hailed a success by the government after more than 17,000 firearms and 450,000 rounds of ammunition were handed in to police stations across the country. There have also been recent high-profile operations to crack down on guns in inner cities. (Yup. 17,000 firearms, and 450,000 rounds handed in by law abiding owners under threat of fines and imprisonment. It's very obvious 'now' that not many 'criminals' handed in guns or ammunition, and instead, decided to take advantage of the edge government has given them to remain safe while committing their crimes against the now largely unarmed citizenry of the U.K. The solution to this, by the morons in power will no doubt be 'more' gun laws aimed squarely at the law abiding)
"Sgro You Eh!"
Beleaguered Immigration Minister Judy Sgro will resign from cabinet Friday, kicking off a mini-shuffle that will see her replaced by Human Resources Minister Joe Volpe. Her departure came amid reports that she promised asylum to a Toronto man after he worked on her re-election campaign last June. She was named to cabinet just over a year ago and is the first of Prime Minister Paul Martin's ministers to step down under a cloud. Sgro has been struggling in her job for weeks amid allegations she gave priority immigration treatment to a Romanian stripper after the woman worked on Sgro's campaign. She got into more hot water over a program which fast-tracked work visas for other strippers. The program was quickly cancelled. The allegations against Sgro are under investigation by the federal ethics commissioner. (Would this be the 'Liberal' Federal ethic commissioner? A 'true' oxymoron.. This woman offered the man asylum for free pizzas for christ sake.. Is there no level to which a liberal will not stoop to further their own gain?)
Newfoundland boy's case highlights shortage of MRIs
A cancer patient volunteers his spot on an MRI scan, another offers to pay $1,500 and two others want to purchase round-trip flights. All of these offers and others have come from strangers who were touched by the story of Ryan Oldford, a four-year-old Newfoundland boy who has lost one kidney to cancer and faces a 2½-year wait for a magnetic resonance imaging scan. Stories such as Ryan's are fuelling public demand for MRI services and sparking a boom in the private-clinic business. On 36 private scanners across the country, patients can pay to have speedy access to MRIs, CT scanners, PET scanners or the combination of a CT/PET scanner. Normand Laberge, chief executive officer of the Canadian Association of Radiologists, whose group has offered to help Ryan navigate the health-care system, said the case is a "good example of what is wrong in the system."(AND, with people dying from lack of diagnostic equipment, its always good to remember the Liberals spent MORE THAN ONE BILLION DOLLARS , the cost of installing and manning a MRI machine in virtually EVERY hospital in Canada, on a duck gun registration scheme to keep us all save from law abiding hunters, collectors and target shooters. But is does make you feel better right? Except of course, if your one of the hundreds of thousands dying of Cancer..)
Pass the shotgun shells
Town officials plan to go ahead with a goose hunt Saturday over the protests of animal-rights groups and some worried residents. "Not only do we think it’s cruel, it’s going to be ineffective," said Stephanie Boyles, a wildlife biologist for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the group famous for its "Meat is Murder" campaign and protests against fur. "I know that as soon as they kill some, more are going to take their place," she said.
Gaggles of Canada and gray geese have taken over this town of about 2,300 people recently, snapping at residents on the grocery store parking lot and covering parks and other public spots with droppings. About 300 birds have claimed the town as home, drawn by the local salt bogs. "They’re confident enough around humans to the point that they’ve become aggressive," the mayor said. "Children have been attacked." One woman told police she had to beat four or five geese away with a broom after they menaced her grandson. Amphitheater seats near the Well Fields area, a salt bog and wildlife sanctuary, rotted from all the droppings, the mayor said. Officials settled on a town-sponsored goose hunt – the first in Southwest Virginia – spread over the next five Saturdays as a way to get the flock under control. Ten hunters will get 10 shots each in spots around the Well Fields in a plan recommended by state and federal game experts, Campbell said.(A drop of over 400 thousand migratory game bird permits in Canada has certainly added to this problem.. Perhaps when peta members are 'actually' up to their ears in goose shit they will back off? Nah, their just not smart enough.. Lets all chip in and buy them a snorkel)
Ont. doctor urges colleagues to drop Liberal patients
GODERICH, ONT. - A doctor in Ontario is urging his colleagues to drop provincial Liberal legislators and their families as their patients to spur the government into dealing with the growing doctor shortage. Ken Milne, a doctor in Goderich, Ont., said doctors across the province should replace their Liberal patients with people who have no family physician. "If [Premier] Dalton McGuinty had to come home and have his wife chew him out because they were eight hours in an emergency department because they had a cold and didn't have a family doctor, then maybe something would get done," said Milne. "The government needs to respond in some way."(This doctor is probably right!  Politicians live in a different world from you and I. If this different world reflected some of the problems ordinary Canadians had to endure, change would not be long in coming.)
Maryland Gets High Ratings For Firearms Regulations
Maryland has received a top grade from the nation's top gun control groups for the way it regulates firearms. The rating from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is based on the state's regulation of the sale and possession of guns for kids and laws shielding families from gun violence Only five other states -- California, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jerrsey and Massachusetts -- received ratings in the A-range. Thirty-one states were given Ds and Fs.(The Brady Bunch figured they had better pump a little sunshine up Maryland's ass after their police force exposed the much touted "Ballistics Fingerprinting" as 'Junk Science' and recommended scrapping the program.  Imagine that!! "Top Ratings" for doing something that TWO very important published research papers said: they could find no gun control law ever passed, that made any difference in lowering the crime rate. No doubt, the 31 states that were given D's and Fs were the very same states that have seen a drastic drop in violent crime, because they passed laws that allowed the law abiding to carry a concealed firearm. From this, you can plainly see that the gun control groups, want to control people and their guns, far more than they want to control crime! And it IS  'ALL' about 'Power, and Control' )
THOUSANDS See The Sham, and Fail to Show up for Liberal Immigrant Vote Gathering Photo Op
Sunday I asked why only about 600 people -- out of a government-expected 15,000 -- showed up at the Civic Centre for the naational ceremony honouring the victims of the killer tsunami. Below, representing the overwhelming sentiment of the response, excerpts from some of the massive number of phone calls and e-mails. Gord Stamp, Edmonton. "My wife is Indonesian. She is not happy with the Liberal government response. The reality is that Canada is impotent. Liberals have destroyed our ability to have an impact on the world. When tragedies occur, we are almost non-existent. And Paul Martin and his holier-than-thou sidekick Clarkson decide to hold a photo op showing endorsement for Liberals actions? I wouldn't have attended if it were held across the street from me." Bruce Mills, Dundas, Ont. "The Canadian public seems to have grasped the difference between genuine compassion and a grandstanding, self-aggrandizing photo op. Canadians are fed up with the Liberals telling them what to do." Becky. "Finally Canadians are waking up and bread and circuses are no longer going to get the Liberals off the hook."(And on and on it goes. Paul Martins 'aren't liberals great - pat us on the  back' grandstanding  photo op, 'was' a pathetic attempt to gather immigrant votes for his failing party. The visit to a local school and crawling around the floor with the kids 'trying' to look interested was incredibly opportunistic. If the cameras hadn't been there, he wouldn't have been there either! What the public actually saw, was a 'visual' liberal lie)
Why Liberals Love Gun Control
Gun control laws still disproportionately regulate the African-American community, but now our benign liberal leaders want to spread the oppression about a bit more fairly. But the goal is the same. Gun control does nothing but oppress a population, deny them basic rights, make them subservient to the government, and prevent them from changing their collective conditions at the time of their choosing, rather than at the sanction of the State. Liberals do not want you making your own decisions anymore than they did the slaves. That is their job. How can they possibly restructure society so a Republican is never elected President again if people are running around not doing what they are told? Liberals love gun control for the simple fact that it directly impacts the most independent, self reliant, and free thinking of us as demonstrated by our refusal to proxy our personal protection out to an unaccountable government. The goal of gun control is not to actually control guns and make the world a safer place, but to control people. It is not as important for you can pass a criminal background check so much as it is that you feel obligated to ask the state for permission to buy a gun. Liberals know gun control laws will not stop criminals, but it will erode the sense of independence and self reliance of regular people until they feel that they can do nothing that does not meet government approval. (And 'Canadian' Liberals prove all of this by their incomprehensible 'clinging' to their failed firearms act, and registry. Virtually 'every' time the media mentions the registry, it's accompanied by the word "boondoggle". The failure of this farce, is obvious to all, but the liberal party and their dogged pursuit of social engineering!)
Shot In The Dark
The most pre-eminent scientific group in America has produced a definitive analysis of our decades-long experience with gun control and shattered what has become an article of faith among proponents. The 328-page report by the National Academy of Sciences is based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, a survey of 80 gun-control laws and some of its own independent study. It could find no evidence to support the conclusion that government restrictions on firearms reduces gun crime, gun violence and gun accidents.  In October 2003, a task force of scientists appointed by the Centers for Disease Control conducted a sweeping study of the nation's gun-control laws. Included in the review were mandatory waiting periods and bans on certain weapons. All told, 51 published studies about the effectiveness of eight types of gun-control laws were analyzed. In each case, the task force found "insufficient evidence to determine effectiveness." In other words, the scientists found no proof gun-control reduces violence. So what is reducing the crime rate? Increased prosecution for the use of guns in criminal acts, for starters. The BJS study noted that about 40% of state inmates and 56% of federal inmates were given additional time because of their firearm use. Deterrence is another factor. Glen Otero of the Claremont Institute reports that where U.S. counties have enacted conceal-carry laws, murder rates fell by 8%, rape by 5% and aggravated assault by 7%, with the biggest declines in urban counties.(There are now TWO definitive studies that show gun control as 'junk science' with NO effect on the criminal use of firearms. But in all fairness, it IS very difficult for a liberal to actually hear and understand this,  considering their heads are stuck that far up their collective asses. Now, because of this what seems to be a 'global' liberal physical impairment, these reports truly are a 'shot in the dark')
Report on Ballistic Imaging Shatters Gun Tracking Myths
BELLEVUE, Wash., Jan. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A report by the Maryland State Police that recommends repeal of a law requiring collection of ballistic imaging information "shatters one of the favorite myths of gun control extremists," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today.  In its progress report on the Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS), the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division recommends that "this program be suspended, a repeal of the collection of cartridge cases from current law be enacted and the Laboratory Technicians associated with the program be transferred to the DNA database unit." So far, Maryland has spent $2.5 million over the past four years, with nothing to show for it. The report admitted, "Guns found to be used in the commission of crime...are not the ones being entered into" the system.(This should quell the idiots in this country that think ballistics imagine is based on any prolonged 'useful' science. Anyone with a 'pointy' object can render the data for 'any' particular gun useless..)
Peel Crime Stoppers - News Release
MISSISSAUGA, ON, Jan. 10 /CNW/ - The Peel Regional Police Central Robbery Bureau and Peel Crime Stoppers are seeking the public's assistance in solving a daring day-time armed robbery of a jewellery store in Mississauga. On Thursday, December 23rd at approximately 10:30 a.m. the Diamond Connection store located in the Dixie Outlet Mall had just opened for business. At this time two culprits entered the store with one brandishing a handgun. The armed thug grabbed the terrified victim and placed the barrel of the gun against the victim's forehead, while his cowardly accomplice rummaged through display cases placing stolen diamond pendants and earrings into a black bag he was carrying. Both bandits then fled through the south doors of the mall and into the backseat of an awaiting vehicle.("Brandishing a handgun"? How can this be? Handguns have been registered, and therfore made harmless(according to the liberals), since 1934. Did the Liberals not tell us that we are much safer, now that they have spent more than a billion dollars controlling all those duck hunters among us ? Did they lie to us simply to build 'another' burocratic monument to Liberal Social engineering? Will Toronto, in spite of being shafted time and time again, vote liberal in the future? YES  to all of the above)
'We're dealing with sick individuals'
As an icy dawn broke over Toronto one morning this week, Daniel Facchini and partner Nick Palotta had already been working for hours -- when you're fending off the forces of chaos and disorder, you need to be out there early. Radios crackling, they cruised the streets, looking to make a bust. At 9 a.m., Mr. Palotta pulled up to a building on Sorauren Avenue -- his flinty eye had spotted something out of place. He called in Mr. Facchini for backup, then pulled on a set of rubber gloves: The garbage police were going in. Unbeknownst to the average citizen, a small, highly specialized force of trash inspectors patrols the streets of Canada's largest city, looking for infractions that range from putting out garbage on the wrong day (the trash equivalent of jaywalking) to illegal dumping, which can be seen as the Murder One of garbage.(Bag em Danno!)
Gun Control, By Any Means Necessary
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is up to its old tricks again, trying to control violent crime by penalizing law-abiding citizens. In their infinite wisdom, the supervisors want to ban private citizens from owning handguns, while the very criminals they seek to undermine are free to purchase them on the black market. Led by Chris Daly and supported by outgoing board president Matt Gonzalez and fellow supervisors Tom Ammiano, Bevan Dufty and Michela Alioto-Pier, the proposal is a disaster in the making. Nevertheless, they plan to put the misguided measure on the ballot in November, and, considering San Franciscans' propensity for supporting feel-good laws with little thought for the long-term consequences, it could very well pass. (If Americans have the "constitutional right" to bear arms, why does this "right" only apply to 'some' states? A constitutional right, is a right for everyone in the country or it's no right at all, it becomes a 'privilege'. Is this part of their famous document now to be called a constitutional "privilege" until the 'current' government says it's not?)
911 Is a Joke... or Is It? Let's Find Out
A major new report by National Academies of Science concludes that there is not enough empirical data to determine whether gun control enhances public safety, or whether gun ownership deters crime. The report calls for further data-gathering on firearms injuries. We suggest that gathering a type of related data is equally critical: how often 911 calls result in the interruption of a crime. The issue is central to the gun debate. The anti-gun lobbies, while sometimes conceding that people can be allowed to have sporting guns, vehemently opposes gun ownership for personal protection. The lobbies insist that crime victims should rely on 911 instead. For a disarmed victim, the police response to 911 can literally be a matter of life or death. If the data show that 911 won't save your life when you're attacked by a criminal, then it would be difficult for government to claim the moral authority to disarm victims.(It's just as big a joke in Canada, as it is in the U.S. The major difference here, is if the government was 'forced' to "gather data" on this subject, they would no doubt make the results a cabinet secret just as they have done with every single other report that proved the government was wrong, and citizens were dying of  'Liberal flawed thinking'. When your life or the life of anyone is in danger, there should be no repercussions to 'justly' defending that life. If someone is approaching you with a weapon, any weapon, with the intent to do you harm, I doubt if your cell phone and speed dial will scare him away. So, you might as well skip 911, save some time, and make your call direct to the funeral home. )
Cop charged after pistol stolen
A Calgary police officer has been charged with unsafe storage and handling of his service pistol after it was stolen from his vehicle in Edmonton last year. Thirty-eight-year-old Detective Gerard Brand was at the Edmonton Folk Festival last July when his gun and badge were stolen. Calgary's deputy police chief Murray Stooke says charges were laid on a recommendation from Crown prosecutors in Edmonton. Police say Brand, a 13-year veteran of the force, is on paid leave while his case works its way through the courts.(This will slowly grind it's way through the police officer 'special' justice system, where no doubt he will receive a notice of reprimand in his file.. )
S.A. Gun Law a Dud
Your editorial, Licensed guns (January 4), confirms the concerns of the South African Gun Owners Association (Saga) with regard to the Firearms Control Act. Besides the cost of implementing the act versus the potential benefit it may produce, tightening the screws on licensed firearm owners will have little or no effect on criminals .
Saga is the first to concede that there are irresponsible firearm owners, who should be prosecuted . But the reality is most licensed firearm owners are responsible and do not commit crimes with their firearms. The focus of the act is on increasing control on licensed firearms and avoids almost totally the illegal use of firearms by criminals. In the six months since the implementation of the act, the Central Firearms Registry and the relevant sector education and training authority have been unable (or unwilling) to process applications for competency certificates, accreditation or licences. Any law is meaningless unless it is constitutional, enforceable and, most importantly, understandable. This legislation is neither constitutional, simple, nor capable of enforcement and comprehension by the police officers tasked with its administration. Martin Hood Spokesperson, South African Gun Owners Association (Gee for Canadian gun owners, this is "Deja vu all over again"..
Also see:
Gun licence chaos looms, say owners
Registering of guns seen as impossibility
Gun licence renewals not achievable – dealers)
S. Africa: Following the "highly successful" Canadian Plan..
Firearms dealers say that there is no way the government can hope to re-register the millions of legal guns in the country in the four years from January 1 that it has given itself. Adding to the load will be the thousands of new gun licence applications that will be made to the Central Firearms Registry this year. Since Monday, the 2.8-million firearm owners across the country could apply to renew licences for their 4.5-million firearms. The Firearms Control Act, implemented in July, makes it compulsory for applicants to have a training test to gain a proficiency certificate before applying for a competency certificate. People must have a competency certificate before they may apply for a licence. According to gun dealers, only one firearm licence has been issued in the past six months. Of concern is that gun owners who do not have their licences renewed would be in possession of illegal firearms - a criminal offence. Andrew Soutar, chairman of the South African Firearm Dealers Association, said that many gun dealers had gone into liquidation. The Central Firearms Registry had processed 69 000 licence applications a year until March last year under the old laws, which entailed less complicated procedures, he said. At this rate, he calculated that it would take about 65 years to renew licences.(With only 'one' licence issued in 6 months, you can see exactly where they are headed with this.  The overall plan is to eradicate firearms from the law abiding population, drive all sales underground where the criminals can make HUGE profits, and subsequently reduce the population. The aftermath will make S. Africa the crime and murder capitol  of the entire world.  Nice work Wendy, I'm sure they are going to really appreciate all your help..Down at the funeral home!)
New American Passports Will Broadcast Personal Data
"The technology allows data on the chip to be read remotely using radio frequency identification or RFID. That means the passport does not have to be opened or even come in contact with a scanning device. Its contents can be read remotely -- some estimates claim as far away as 30 feet -- without the passport holder knowing anything about it. Privacy advocates and the American Civil Liberties Union have sharply criticized the proposed system, saying it effectively creates `a global infrastructure of surveillance.` `The U.S.-backed standard means that all the information on American passports can be read by anyone with an RFID reader, whether they are an identity thief, a terrorist trying to spot the Americans in a room or a government agent looking to vacuum up the identities of everyone at a political rally, gun show or mosque.(Gee Why don't they just inject a pellet into every American ass, and track those 'freedom loving' people just like the family dog? I'm surprised Canada's Liberals have not come up with this idea? Or maybe they already have? Watch for spurious signals, beeps, and odd numbers being picked up the next time you check out your groceries at the supermarket. Beeeep... Ooooo 667!!! Damn.. Missed it by
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Seals have a Canadian Club
When you are in the business of killing baby seals, it takes a strange turn of mind to think of yourself as a victim. Yet this is how Canada's seal-pup hunters have always wanted us to see them -- as the victims of "propaganda," meddlesome "outsiders," unfair trade restrictions and other forces arrayed against the noble sealer. And now, as they prepare the boats, guns and clubs for another intrepid assault on the nurseries of the North Atlantic, they ask once again for our sympathy. In six weeks' time they would learn to fend for themselves. Instead, the men move in, welcoming the newborns into the world with clubs, hakapiks and hooks. With all the manhood -- and less skill -- that it would take to execute tens of thousands of frantic puppies or kittens, they go by boat and snowmobile from nursery to nursery. British and Canadian veterinarians, observing the scene in recent years, estimated that about 40% of victims are skinned alive. Uncounted others are "struck and lost," meaning shot and drowned.(And this guy was witness to it all, right there on the Disney Channel, while sitting back in his leather chair, enjoying his 'veal' parmesan! And of course, that just fine with him, because the media 'never' goes into the back rooms of the urban supermarkets where they actually cultivate the lumps of meat on little styrofoam trays. And the Parmesan? Well that's made from..uh..cheese.. and everyone knows cheese comes from soya trees, and leather comes from factories in other countries! Ain't life as a urban liberal wonderful!)
Colombian coach, victim of gun attack, unable to live off ventilator
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombian soccer coach Luis Fernando Montoya likely will never be able to breathe without a ventilator or use his arms or legs after being shot two weeks ago while protecting his wife from robbers, doctors said Tuesday.(But what about the gun? Did they arrest that dangerous 'gun' that attacked him? After all, this 'was' reported as a "Gun Attack" not a Attack by Robbers. Was the coach armed? Probably not, even if he was it would never be reported. Why? Because guns are 'all' bad. It's best you don't try to use one to defend yourself, or much like a 'pit bull' it could 'turn on you' at any moment, and render 'you' the victim of a "gun attack" At least according to the liberal controlled media. This was truly a tragedy for all involved, but the GUN did not attack him, the ROBBERS did! Had they beat him with a baseball bat during the robbery, would this then have been reported as a "bat attack"? Not likely)
Doctors kill more people per year than guns
Back before the November election, many mainstream media pundits--trying desperately to get John Kerry elected--began to harp on President Bush’s unwillingness to stop certain federal gun control laws from expiring as scheduled. But their propaganda efforts came to naught because this issue was a non-starter with the American people. The fact is, in this day of post-9/11 increased security consciousness, most average Americans simply don’t want more gun control. They want more guns on hand to defend themselves and their loved ones in the face of possible life-threatening danger. Soccer moms are now taking handgun proficiency courses down at the local firing range. Liberals are always complaining about getting to the root of the problem--unless it deals with gun rights. Then they abandon all logical analysis and resort to hysteria, distortion and downright lies. Today I want to set the record straight and dispel a few of the more common myths with some hard facts.(Liberals are Liberals no matter what side of the border their on. The liberals always want more power 'from' you... History has proven time and time again, the only way to ensure a government has absolute power when it feels it needs it, is to disarm it's citizens. Facts play no part it what a liberal want's to hear if it goes against what it wants, period. As it would seem, some people with guns kill people but Doctors Kill 'more' People! This article has been around for a while now, It's just very nice to link to it from a 'Canadian' source)
Police 'Taser' & Kill Handcuffed man
The death comes as civil rights groups have repeatedly warned of the increasing number of fatalities among people shocked by police Tasers, raising questions about whether people suffering from mental illness, intoxication and heart problems may be especially vulnerable to stun guns. Saulsbury, 30, suffered cardiac arrest at his family's home on Inverness Drive in the Westview district of Pacifica and was pronounced dead at Seton Medical Center in Daly City at 12:40 a.m., according to San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault. The cause of death is pending an autopsy to be conducted today and possible toxicology tests that could take two weeks.
"They put the handcuffs on him, and they started shooting him with that stun gun. The next thing you know he wasn't breathing,'' said the man's aunt, Shenita King. Preliminary paramedic reports suggest Saulsbury was shocked at least two times when an officer directly held the stun gun against him, Foucrault said. During the autopsy, he said, doctors will look for evidence of "how long (the Taser) was administered and how many times. Sometimes, if these things are left on too long, burn marks are left on the skin.''(The more cops that carry these things, means the more times they will be indiscriminately used. Just the way they 'currently' use pepper spray on handcuffed people, to  exert authority and dominance.)
Public relations issues and your shooting range
Why should a shooting range have a "Director of Community Relations"? In today's world of "political correctness," your shooting range is a target for anti-firearm groups and other groups who do not understand what we do. Building positive relationships with your local media, your local community, and local municipal government is vital for good will for your range. It is equally vital for your range's long-term survival. Having a positive presence in your local community ensures that your range, the shooting sports and our firearms heritage are seen as important parts of your local community. Simply put, you have to make sure that your shooting club matters to your local community.(A lot of times, "political correctness" is a creeping disease. The 'more' politically correct you try to be, the more politically correct they 'expect' you to be, so the standard of political correctness keeps increasing.  What the community needs to know about shooting ranges is the 'truth' not a display of political correctness.  The fear of political correctness is what 'keeps' a lot of clubs from inviting the public to watch a IPSC match for example.. 'Public' Political correctness says all those people should not be walking around wearing pistols - after all this is Canada- and the press is not usually able to be trusted to give a unbiased report. So, it's simple.. You don't invite the press, and you miss out.. The first step in promoting your club to the public is to find local reporters that can be trusted to give unbiased opinions. Invite them out, let them shoot, and let them write about what they discovered. If they do a hatchet job, then they should be inundated with letters to the editor letting the public know that 'that' particular reporter is not to be trusted in the future. Well planned Public relations WILL work! I have never seen a single person that 'claimed' they hated guns, leave the range without grinning from ear to ear after poking some holes in a target  with a .22 and 'then' a .44 magnum..  It's 'fun' whether they hate to admit it or not, their 'grins' give them away every time!! )
Just when you Wondered How Low a Human Being could could stoop!
Another 'Mad Cow'
The U.S. border was slammed shut to Canadian beef in May of 2003, after the discovery in Alberta of the country's first case of BSE. The border was reopened to some processed beef products in August of 2003. But a second case in late 2003 was found in Washington state, in a cow that had Alberta roots. That helped to keep the border closed to live cattle, resulting in an agonizing 19-month ordeal for domestic beef producers. Some Americans were angered at the decision last week to reopen the border, including the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund. The group held back comment on the potential new case, not wanting to "jump the gun on a sensitive situation," but declared yesterday that it will do all it can to keep the border closed to live Canadian cattle. It said several members of the U.S. Congress are on its side.(I wonder how long the border would be closed if Alberta turned off the 'gas' taps ? This IS all about protectionism isn't it?)
Gun control doesn't reduce crime, violence, say studies
National Academy of Sciences, Justice Dept. reports find no benefits to restricting ownership of firearms
While it is an article of faith among gun-control proponents that government restrictions on firearms reduces violence and crime, two new U.S. studies could find no evidence to support such a conclusion. The National Academy of Sciences issued a 328-page report based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, a survey of 80 different gun-control laws and some of its own independent study. In short, the panel could find no link between restrictions on gun ownership and lower rates of crime, firearms violence or even accidents with guns. (I can't think of a better article to end the year on.. Gun control has NO effect on Crime Rates.. But of course, the Liberals will somehow insist that this is only the case in the U.S.A. and 'gun control' works in Canada.. And then, they will drag out the old 2000 hits a days on the database (they say from police, but everyone knows it's simply just bureaucratic 'busywork'), The 1200 "refusals"( that have since been licensed, or in most cases, still have all the guns they had, and 'those' refusals are only a fraction of the number refused under the old FAC system), the 90% compliance rate (only the liberals could figure 7 million guns, and 2 million owners is 90% of  the actual 17 million guns and 5 million owners) The police support the registry (The police association 'lobby group' supports the registry in the hope of getting more power/funding/etc. The police on the street DO NOT), 1200 'or so' "affidavits" for the courts to be used in firearms prosecutions (in virtually every case, the affidavit would only confirm the firearm was indeed "not registered" , as any police officer with a brain could have told them beforehand!). And on and On it goes.. The Liberals only pulling their heads out of their asses long enough to see who's handing them 'another' cheque to be distributed among their friends... HAPPY NEW YEAR.. MAY THE FARCE AVOID YOU IN 2005)