Conservative motion to cut budget for federal gun registry defeated
OTTAWA (CP) - An Opposition Conservative motion to cut funding for the controversial federal gun registry was defeated Monday. Garry Breitkreuz, Conservative vice-chairman of the all-party Commons justice committee, moved that several million dollars be cut from the $25-million annual operating fund for the troubled registry. However, the motion was defeated by a vote of 7-4 at a regular committee meeting. With a minority Liberal government in Ottawa, opposition MPs often outnumber Liberals on many Commons committees. However, opinion on the gun registry doesn't always follow party lines. Spending on the program has already been fettered after its ballooning budget embarrassed the government and gave rise to demands from the Opposition Tories to scrap it. Last spring, the Liberals capped its operating budget in a pre-election announcement. The registry was originally budgeted to cost just $2 million when it was introduced by then-justice minister Allan Rock in 1995 to help stem gun violence. The government of the day said most of the actual $119-million projected cost for the program would be recovered through registration fees, leaving only $2 million to be covered by taxpayers.(Is there any doubt 'now' that public safety is NOT the priority of either the Liberals, the NDP, or the Block? They have basically said they value this farce of a liberal boondoggle over increasing border security, and taking criminals off the streets by clearing the HUGE RCMP DNA forensics backlog of cases.. Political correctness and the 'feeling' that registration of duck guns somehow keeps them safer.. Unbelievable... Ask the family of the 11 year old girl who got shot in the head on a Toronto bus by gang bangers if  'they' feel safer knowing that money will not be redirected from this farce to REAL crime control and putting down these gangs. The money will instead be used to continue the harassment of  law abiding firearms owners.. I.E. duck hunters and target shooters, while continuing to level insignificant sentences and punishment to criminals actually USING firearms to commit crimes. The asshole that shot that little girl should get no less than 20 years in prison, and THEN be deported back to what ever third world county he crawled out of.. But nope...  Not in Liberal Canada.. Even if caught, he will be back on the street in a few years. If deported, the sieve we laughingly call a border, will offer little resistance to his eventual return. And the worst part? Don't expect anything to change, until we get the 'group hug' mentality out of our government, and judicial system.

MPs VOTING AGAINST TRANSFERRING MONEY TO CRIME CONTROL
Hon. Roy Cullen (LIB) Etobicoke North, Ontario
Hon. Paul Harold Macklin (LIB) Northumberland-Quinte West, Ontario
John Maloney (LIB) Welland, Ontario
Anita Neville (LIB) Winnipeg South Centre, Manitoba
Serge Ménard (BQ) Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, Quebec
Réal Ménard (BQ) Hochelaga, Quebec
Joe Comartin, (NDP) Windsor-Tecumseh, Ontario

MPs VOTING IN FAVOR OF 'REAL' CRIME CONTROL
Garry Breitkreuz (CPC) Yorkton-Melville, Sask.
Monte Solberg (CPC) Medicine Hat, Alberta
Mark Warawa (CPC) Langley, B.C.
Rob Moore (CPC) Fundy Royal, N.B.
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Silence aids gun crime
Shots ring out on a crowded bus. Their intended target, a 28-year-old man, falls with three bullets in his body. An 11-year-old girl falls, too, with a bullet in her head.Both are victims of a ruthless gunman firing in anger after an argument developed Sunday at the back of a Toronto Transit Commission bus. Both are in danger of being victimized again — this time by witnesses who were on that bloodstained bus but fled and haven't come forward to tell police what they saw. Brazen gun crime presents a growing threat in Toronto. It is remarkable that not even the presence of 40 witnesses stayed the shooter's hand in this most recent incident. Those who remain silent in the face of such conduct become part of Toronto's festering gun problem, and not part of the solution.(Perhaps NOW might be a good time for the Liberals that voted to keep pouring money into the "Registry of LAW ABIDING gun owners" instead of redirecting it to REAL crime control, to explain why someone willing to shoot someone else IN FRONT OF 40 WITNESSES ON A PUBLIC BUS would be even be remotely deterred, by requiring a firearms licence, or the need to register the gun? What has the duck hunter registry DONE to curb "Toronto's festering gun problem"? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT'S WHAT!)
Mother turns in son accused of killing up to 9 boys in Chinese school dorm
The mother of a 21-year-old man accused of slashing as many as nine boys to death as they slept in their high school dormitory turned her son in after he attempted to commit suicide, a news report said. Yan Yanming, 21, was reported to police after he attempted to take his life late Thursday in the city of Ruzhou, the Xinhua News Agency said Saturday. The agency said Yan confessed and said he slashed the students out of hatred. Xinhua put the death toll in the attack at eight, but another state-run news agency, the China News Service, said nine students were killed. Yan broke into the central China dormitory at 11:45 p.m. on Thursday and "chopped eight people to death," Xinhua said. The China News Service cited a survivor as saying that during the attack, the man with the knife said, "Don't blame me." It was the fourth knife attack reported at a Chinese school or day-care centre in as many months. The earlier assaults left one child dead and 42 people injured. Fatal bombings, mass poisonings and other attacks are reported frequently, usually blamed on people trying to hurt business rivals or seeking revenge in often minor disputes. Firearms are rarely used because private gun ownership is illegal in most parts of China. Last month, six men were arrested in Beijing in a knife attack at an Internet cafe that left 14 people bloodied. News reports said the attackers wanted revenge on several men they had met at the cafe and when they couldn't be found, they slashed customers at random.(As you can plainly see, banning firearms in China has evolved into the same "culture of safety" the liberals want for Canada! Everyone 'honest' is disarmed, don't fight back, give the criminal what he wants, call the police, let the police protect you. This sage advice, coupled with 10 year 'life sentences' for murder, and "time served" for the internet luring of a child, has to make some people wonder just 'what' the Canadian Just-Us  system is doing to make 'anyone' safer? Oh I forgot, they have spent 2 billion dollars on a registry of 'duck hunters'! Feel safer yet? )
Ayuh, Vermont would fit in with Canada, eh?
Many Vermonters are troubled by the re-election of George Bush, the continuing war in Iraq, and the increasing power of big corporations and right-wing religious zealots in the U.S.A. Some of my friends have even suggested that they would like to leave the country. I have a better idea. Vermont should ask to join Canada as its 11th province.(The naivety of this is overwhelming. I couldn't resist sending a letter to their editor: Ahh yes, join up with Canada.. But keep in mind some of the thing you need to know.. The homicide rate for the U.S. 'is' higher than Canada's but Vermont's is far lower than ANY Canadian Provence, as well as the general crime level. In Canada, you are more likely to have your car stolen or your home broken into, and when someone murders a relative, rejoice in the knowledge that the perpetrator will be back on the street in about 10 years or sooner. Even cop killers don't stay in prison for long .. So be prepared to be shot at.. And oh yes, you can't shoot back.. Upon joining the country, ALL of your 'known' firearms will be registered, and those deemed small, or scary, will be confiscated, with out compensation.. As a Canadian, you would no longer have the 'right' to own private property.. The Government has  the ability to take anything you have, anytime they want, by simply passing a law with a 'order in council' (this is totally foreign to Americans, but its a government dictate, that simply by-passes the democratic process) this allows them to do what ever they want, providing they have a majority government. A succession of "orders in council" for example, was the method used to waist 2 billion dollars on what is basically a Canadian Registry of duck hunters!  Sure health care is free, providing you don't die while waiting for a hospital bed. Be prepared to wait 6 months to a year for a MRI scan for example. I'll bet Vermont has more MRI scanners than ALL of Canada! These are only a 'few' of the things you should be aware of.. Indeed, the grass does look greener on the other side of the fence, but that's largely due to the amount of fertilizer being spread by Ottawa.. )
Festive(?) Season RIDE is back
Do people in Brampton and Mississauga drive drunk more than their neighbours in such communities as Halton, York, Durham or Toronto? If you look at the raw numbers, the answer appears to be an overwhelming yes, yes we do. But do we really? Why on earth was only one person charged with drinking and driving by the Halton Festive Season RIDE program last year? There were 15 charges in York Region, 50 in Hamilton and 50-some in Toronto. In Peel, there were 133 charges laid. Considering the populations of the various areas, Peel drivers appear to be getting behind the wheel far more often than others in southern Ontario. (What happened to the CHRISTMAS season Ride Program? Did I 'really' hear folks at a local television station singing "Oh 'Festive' Tree"? Why is it ONLY the christian holidays that MUST be sacrificed to appease the foreign gods and deities? When the term 'Festive Tree' popped out of the mouth of some Toronto left wing city hall lib, Mel Lastman, the ex mayor of Toronto (who is a jew by the way) centred this idiot out with words to the effect of  ' It NOT a Festive Tree, It's a Christmas Tree' .. I wonder if 'Lefty Miller' will have the balls to do the same.. I doubt it.. ALSO, it looks as if the Ontario Supreme court is actually deciding whether the the cops MUST inform you, that you are entitled to call a lawyer, BEFORE they ask you if you have had a drink during a RIDE stop check! A drunken asshole, behind the wheel of a car, has MORE rights than a law abiding duck hunter during a law ENFORCEMENT home invasion by the police? In that case, C-68 says you MUST help them 'contrary to the Canadian charter of 'some' rights, and a few freedoms'  in the collection of evidence against you! It's called 'selective' justice. Drunk Drivers are responsible for thousands of deaths, injuries, and suffering right across Canada. But, according to our 'just-us' system, take it easy, it's not as if they actually own a DUCK GUN or anything like that!)
Chinese school attacker kills 8
George W. Bush's Big Canadian Mistake
TORONTO, ON (Nov. 26/04) -- US President George W. Bush ought to be addressing a joint session of the Canadian Senate and House of Commons during his first official state visit next week. In much the same way that the Iraq war has served to pull every terrorist in the world into the region, a prominent appearance by Bush in the nation’s capital would draw the loony lefties of the world into a single place, where they can prominently display their special brand of class, tact and diplomacy. It would be great for liberals, and far better for conservatives.
Bush needs to make a grand, red-carpet entrance in Ottawa, and ensure that every liberal knows exactly where he is. And liberals should plan to go to Ottawa and heckle really, really loudly. Leftist Canadian politicians should do just what former socialist Member of Parliament, Svend Robinson, did during US President Ronald Reagan’s Parliamentary address in 1987: Heckle him mercilessly until the President asks, like Reagan did, “Is there an echo in here?” MP Carolyn Parrish, who is prone to Tourette’s-like anti-American outbursts, should be taken off any meds and de-muzzled for the occasion. Nothing helps the conservative cause more than liberal protesters acting like boors. Rather than arming themselves with facts and logic, liberals prefer to use pies--like the one that was recently launched at conservative columnist, Ann Coulter, during a public appearance.  A website    (www.rncnotwelcome.com), dedicated to instructing liberals on how to act like total imbeciles in protest of the Republican National Convention in New York City, features an entire section on the art of pieing conservatives. Advice includes how to choose a target (“any pompous evil-doer will do”); how to dress (“shave, put on a suit…you’ll be able to go anywhere!”); how to handle the aftermath (“expect shock and chaos...people will be aghast at what has just transpired”); how to practice (“set up a pie toss gallery to practice at home”); and how to handle the inevitable arrest and assault charges. There’s even a pie recipe included, with tofu as a main ingredient, of course. Make mine banana cream please, guys. And keep practicing the rhetorical hyperventilation and those maniacal outbursts. Dubya should consider ordering up the same for his Canadian visit. It can only help his cause.(Martin simply can't trust the morons around him to not embarrass his dysfunctional, minority government, so, why take the chance.. Back when Svend Robinson (the convicted thief), did try, the quick thinking Reagan made him look like the total ass that we all know he is.. )
Police seen in park during standoff
FOREST -- Police were "sneaking" through the bushes in Ipperwash Provincial Park before and after native protester Dudley George was shot and killed, the inquiry into his death heard yesterday. A member of the Oneida First Nation testified he saw police inside the park on Lake Huron on the night of Sept. 6, 1995.  Isaac (Buck) Doxtator, who was at the park as one of several representatives from Oneida to lend support, said he was keeping watch around the park's perimeter to warn if police were approaching. He said he noticed seven armed officers lying prone in the bush near the beach. When they were spotted, Doxtator said "they just crawled back and went behind the cottages." Doxtator also told the inquiry about his involvement in the physical confrontation with police on the night of Sept. 6. During the scuffle, Doxtator said, he struck an officer over the head with a baseball bat because the officer had struck his left leg with a baton. (Is it any wonder, more and more people are having less respect for the police? To serve and protect 'who' ? Why would a police officer feel he has the 'right' to arbitrarily strike someone with a baton, and think no repercussions would be forth coming?)
Gripes focus on confronting opportunistic distortions, not political grandstanding
Stephen Harper promised to increase accountable health care funding, increase child tax benefits, cut taxes, scrap the gun registry, and substantially boost military spending. Liberals promised to increase health care spending, fund a massive federal daycare program, maintain unrestricted abortion, and were silent on tax cuts and military funding. In fact, Martin criticized the Harper budget as unsustainable while overtaxing us into a large surplus.  Paul Martin's approach to the military mirrors his approach to health care. First, slash funding and when a crisis of their own making arises, promise to throw money at the problem to fix it.(And the dummies that keep voting Liberal, seem to think the liberal theft is for their own good.. )
The Liberals do it again
A recent report in The National Post states that the Canadian Army is in grave danger of having some of its troops killed or injured due to faulty hand grenades. Apparently the grenades, manufactured in (surprise!) Quebec are failing to explode at over 10 times the rate as similar U.S.--made grenades. The Canadian Military has been (surprise!) ordered by The Government of Canada to purchase the Quebecois grenades, despite the fact that at about $40 each, they cost significantly more than grenades made elsewhere. I have a personal stake in this matter, as one of my sons is a member of the Canadian Armed Forces and will likely in his career come into contact with these sub-standard made-in-Quebec grenades. As the father of a young soldier, I find it unconscionable that our government would put the lives and health of our troops at risk to acquire political capital. As a citizen, I am outraged that the rest of us are letting them get away with it. I think I am beginning to understand why the National Firearms Registry is such an important part of the Liberals’ ideology. Keeping guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens will ensure their longevity. (Regardless of 'what' liberal is in charge of the party, the military and it's un-liberal warlike thinking, will always be at the bottom of the list of things they spend money on. Unless of course it's a liberal supporting Quebec company benefiting from the kickbacks.. The only thing dumber than liberal military thinking, is the Ontario Urban voter thinking. The flawed, incomprehensible thinking that keeps putting these trough wallowers back in power to steal from us, time and time again..)
Two different versions emerge of how Wisconsin hunter shootings were sparked
HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) - Both the man suspected of shooting six hunters to death and a survivor agree that the tragedy began with a confrontation on private land. But they differ sharply on what happened next. Survivor Lauren Hesebeck told investigators Chai Vang, 36, of St. Paul, Minn., turned around after a verbal exchange and started shooting his rifle from about 35 metres away. But Vang told Sawyer County investigators he began firing only after one of Hesebeck's hunting buddies, Terry Willers, shot at him with a rifle from about 30 metres feet away and missed.(What ever happened, it all boils down to one crazy man with a gun.. Had he been 'Canadian' I'm sure the billions  invested(?) by the liberals would have prevented this tragedy (!) Or at least confirmed he had the intelligence to earn or steal $10.00 for a POL to keep his gun just as Marc Lepine would have done. The police report below, shows clearly that it 'may' have started with self defence, but rapidly progressed to murder
Police Report on The Fatal Shooting of Wisconsin Deer Hunters(.pdf) Interesting Reading)
Toronto Police Services Board zaps Tasers
Needless to say, the majority of lefties on Mayor David Miller’s Board said no. They didn’t actually say no; they said they were going to request further studies, a common tactic used by municipal politicians to avoid actually making a decision. Board Chair Pam McConnell said that it is not a minor step and she wanted to go slow. The TPSB then requested that the Toronto Medical Officer of Health conduct a study into the long term effect of being Tasered. Where was Ms. Pammy’s go slow approach a few years ago when she was racking up the miles in her city paid-for limo?(I'm no "lefty" but I do agree with not handing these things out to every cop that wants one! Why? because I don't think the police can be 'trusted' to use them wisely. I think they will just become another 'pepper spray' item to be used when every they 'think' someone 'may' put up resistance. Any resistance now, regardless of how minor, is met with a blast of pepper spray to the eyes, even if that 'resistance' is due to a automatic response to the severe pain of perhaps, twisting an arthritic shoulder. Once armed with these so called non lethal weapons, they will find it much easier to just zap the guy, drop him to the pavement, then inflict what ever injury required to handcuff him... Over response seems to be the answer to everything the police do now, from 'taking down' and handcuffing an eight year old kid with a cap gun, to kicking down a door and throwing a senior citizen to the ground after being told they could simply come to a house and pick up a firearm being voluntarily surrendered. No Thank you! I don't think 'anyone' should be dancing on the end of a 50,000 volt line because of the now very common police over reactions, and general indiscriminate use of some of the tools and weapons they currently possess..)
A bodice-ripper worthy of tabloids
But below the seedy intrigue of the stripper scandal lie more serious issues.A decision that arbitrarily brings one woman in from the cold while thousands wait patiently outside, rips holes in the all-important appearance of immigration fairness. A minister who doesn't understand that is in the wrong job. Then there are the standards demanded by a new ethics code Liberals took a decade to embrace. Among many other things, it requires ministers steer clear of the conflicts that Sgro seems to have hit head-on. If this story is to end happily for Sgro, Shapiro will have to write a surprise final chapter. Stacked like ethical cordwood, each of these contributes to what a serious publisher would surely reject as a plot too fanciful, too fantastic, for a Canadian political novel. After all, our scandals usually have all the sizzling sex appeal of gun registry cost overruns, the Quebec advertising slush fund or heat-seeking contracts designed to find only the ruling party's pals.(Well, isn't 'everything' the liberals have been ducking lately, including this,  designed to find only "ruling party pals" ? )
Lobbyist insists Bill C-68 dying slow death
The national gun control legislation is in flames, and more and more parliamentarians are starting to realize it, says a lobbyist opposed to the controversial Bill C-68. Tony Bernardo of the Canadian Institute of Legislative Action said Thursday the legislation is so fraught with pitfalls that bureaucrats responsible for administering the bill are beside themselves trying to figure out what to do. He said the federal government is currently breaking the law in several areas with respect to what is required under C-68. But bureaucrats and supporting politicians know if they even go close to the House of Commons for the necessary amendments to make things right – to make things legal – the legislation might very well get booted into oblivion, he said. Bernardo said if the necessary changes are sought, politicians will also have to face all the pitfalls in the bill, and accept that if they want to make C-68 work again, it means starting over. And with the public already breathing fire over the $1 billion-plus cost of implementing the legislation, there’ll be no stomach for starting over, he said, adding there is good evidence now to suggest the cost is closer to $2 billion. The highly controversial gun control legislation is dying a slow death, but Bernardo is convinced death is inevitable.(One thing in our favour, is that now this farce is known to ALL as costing 2 billion dollars.. Two Thousand Million Dollars!! For What? No one has ever seen legislative benefits that are more 'under whelming' than 'this', Allan Rocks utopian dream of "I came to Ottawa with the belief that only the police and soldiers should have guns".. You know, just the same as every country controlled by a dictator, or elitist regime. When ever some poll is released that says the Liberals are in the lead, I wonder what kind of ignorant moron, knowing what they 'should' know about this bunch of thieves, would care so little for their personal freedom and country, as to keep voting this bunch into power, resulting ALWAYS in the further erosions of our individual freedoms, while paying only 'lip service' to the actual RIGHTS of personal safety.  )
Hunter(?)kills five and injures three after tree stand dispute in Wisconsin
BIRCHWOOD, Wis. (AP) - A deer hunter shot and killed five people and wounded three others in northwestern Wisconsin following a dispute about a tree stand during the hunt's opening weekend, authorities said. A 36-year-old suspect was arrested Sunday afternoon, Sawyer County sheriff's officials said. Jake Hodgkinson, a deputy at the county jail, identified the suspect as Chai Vang but would give no additional details. Paul Schnell, a spokesman for the St. Paul, Minn., police department, said the man was from St. Paul. The incident began when two hunters were returning to their rural cabin on private land in Sawyer County when they saw the suspect in one of their hunting platforms in a tree, county Chief Deputy Tim Zeigle said. A confrontation and shooting followed. It's not known who shot first, Zeigle said. Both hunters were wounded and one of them radioed to the cabin 400 metres away. Other hunters responded and were shot. About 20 shots were fired, but it's unclear who shot them, he said. The dead included a teenage boy and a woman, Zeigle said. Some of the victims had been shot more than once. "It's absolutely nuts. Why? Over sitting in a tree stand?" Zeigle said. He said the suspect was "chasing after them and killing them," with a SKS 7.62-mm semiautomatic rifle, a common hunting weapon. Wisconsin's statewide deer-gun hunting season started Saturday and lasts for nine days.(??? Now we have to check the trees, for lingering 'nuts' ?)
A Reply to a Gun Control Critic
I'm curious: nowhere in that article on Gun Control does it mention Canada.  We've *always* had gun control, in one form or another.  It's never been possible for someone to walk in off the street and out with a firearm twenty minutes later. So if gun control is so heinous and detrimental, why is our crime so vastly smaller than yours and why is our population so much less paranoid? I'm sorry, but going through your site, it seems to me to be less about "freedom" of a people as a whole and more about individual freedom — and that leads to anarchy. Thank you. C.H.........Answer:You opened your comments by referring to an article on gun control. I do not know of which article you speak, and so cannot comment on any statements in particular, but I can speak to the general gun control argument. You wrote that Canada has "'always' had gun control, in one form or another. It's never been possible for someone to walk in off the street and out with a firearm twenty minutes later." I'm not sure what conclusion you're hoping we'll reach from that particular statement.  Even when Canada's gun control laws were (relative to today) lax, the crime rate in that country was low relative to the United States because the United States has historically had a higher crime rate. The important question is whether the presence of firearms is the cause of that high crime rate and whether gun control is a proper policy to adopt in combating crime.  "In the 1990s, sweeping changes were made to the [Canadian] firearms laws, first in 1991 and then again in 1995. Licensing and registration are still being phased in." However, "The contrast between the criminal violence rates in the United States and in Canada is dramatic. Over the past decade, the rate of violent crime in Canada has increased while in the United States the violent crime rate has plummeted... [emphasis added]  (Perhaps when the original letter writer says that 'Canadians have 'never' been able to walk in off the street and out with a firearm 20 minutes later' he is referring to his own rather limited experience. Virtually every rifle or shotgun I have ever owned was purchased in that context. Of course, that was back before the government tried to fix what wasn't broke, and as a result, created a vast black-market for firearms. Now, the only ones that can obtain a firearm in twenty minutes are the criminals. This can be demonstrated by the number of times someone has 'walked away' from a prison, and the police are now describing him as "armed and dangerous". Even right out of prison, the criminal knows exactly where his friendly black market firearms dealer is located , and is NOW able to buy firearms of the type that were not readily available 'before' strict gun control laws proliferated... This is called progress!! don't forget to thank a Liberal!)
Report Says Use of Stun Guns Contributing to Human Rights Abuses
Amnesty International USA says it has studied the use of Taser weapons by police, concluding that the "rampant use" of such electroshock weapons is "contributing to widespread human rights abuses." Amnesty International USA plans to release its 93-page report -- "Excessive and Lethal Force? Deaths and Ill-Treatment Involving Police Use of TASERs" -- next Tuesday. The report finds that thhe growing use of Tasers "has dangerously expanded the boundaries of 'acceptable' levels of force." In other words, the report suggests that police are using Tasers even on suspects they might ordinarily subdue by hand.(This make a lot of sense! The Toronto Police are now asking for 500 of them.. Compare stun guns to pepper spray.. Now, that virtually 'all' police carry pepper spray, it's used for everything. Even when approaching a suspect, they pepper spray him to 'gain control' before anything happens.. Once they have stun guns, it will also become routine for the cops to 'zap' you "to gain control" whether you pose a immediate danger or not... As long as they 'think' the zap is harmless, they will use it, and use it often, whether really needed or not.. If the police are issued with them, they should be REQUIRED to DOCUMENT EVERY SINGLE USE. If not, it will be simply another reason for people to mistrust the police for another abuse of power.)
Even the Toronto Star has started the criticisms
The Liberal party's two most deeply embedded policy markers that have most clearly begun to unravel. The party's stewardship of the French-English partnership was called into question with the near-loss of the 1995 Quebec independence referendum, and more recently with the outright loss of nearly every Quebec francophone Commons seat outside the island of Montreal. Liberal Ottawa in the past decade has struck many Quebec federalists mainly as a source of warmed-over posturing — and more recently, of course, of the chicanery of the sponsorship scandal. Whatever the extent of criminal activity, many Quebecers already ask if the party of Laurier now believes their loyalties can be bought by plastering Canada logos onto sports arenas. An even more visible problem has been the Liberals' increasingly uncertain performance on their single most important marker, that of social reform. The clearest result, though not the only one, is the widespread deterioration of Canada's public medicare. Less obvious but just as serious was the neglect of child care, welfare, education and environmental initiatives. Focusing more attention in communities should also help the Liberals to avert monumental cock-ups like the sponsorship or gun registry fiascos.(The ONLY way we are going to bring this country 'back on track' is to dump the liberal party. The continuance of the 'in your face' government nanny state, of politically correct do-gooders, will result in forever controlling the lives of Canadians from cradle to grave. A government and justice system, that treats the criminals as the victims has been around far too long. When Canadians can be fined and jailed for defending any property the government allows them to temporarily hold (we have no rights to actually own 'anything') government has gone too far.. Promoting false security, and power at any cost  is the trademark of the liberal party. When they assume, as they do now, that tax dollars are Liberal dollars, to spend as they wish, with nothing but 'lip service' regard for what the public 'really' wants, then it's time for a change. There can NEVER be any change if the same party remains in power, regardless of how they arrange the chairs surrounding the public trough.)
Martin dismisses Parrish from caucus
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Paul Martin expelled renegade Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish from the party's caucus on Thursday, citing her "unacceptable" behaviour. Martin told reporters that while he has defended the controversial MP's right to express her views frankly, he "cannot, as leader of our party and the government caucus, tolerate behaviour that demeans and disrespects others." "There are better, more civil and more effective ways to make your case than those she has chosen," he said, adding he called Parrish to tell her of his decision. Martin did not say what specific actions by Parrish prompted him to expel her. (Well, and how many MP's does he have now? That's one down..134 more to go... The residents of this woman's riding should INSIST on an immediate by-election, I don't think they wanted an independent, Or an NDPer for that matter.)
Website is 'Spruced-up' but 'still' largely bullshit
The Canada Firearms Centre (CAFC) was created by an order-in-council in 2003 to oversee the administration of the Firearms Act and the Canadian Firearms Program (CFP). The Firearms Act and its related regulations govern the possession, transport, use and storage of firearms in Canada. The objective of the CFP is to help reduce firearm-related death, injury and crime and to promote public safety through universal licensing of firearm owners and registration of firearms in Canada.(This "Order in Council" (Liberal dictatorial decree) has so-far, cost Canadian taxpayers almost 2 Billion Dollars, with absolutely NO documented effect on the criminal use of firearms what-so-ever.  Not one documented life has been saved, although there is documented evidence that lives have been lost. Not one criminal has been apprehended, not one illegal gun been traced back to it's criminal owner. The firearms Centre, tracks ONLY the law abiding, hunter, target shooter and firearms collector, and not the thousands and thousands of people 'prohibited' from owning firearms. It also does not track those with restraining orders against them, to ensure they don't 'have' firearms. It also does not ensure 'all' those that have guns, have had suitable training in the safe handling of firearms, it only assured itself, that they owned ten dollars for a POL.  This entire bureaucracy exists 'only' to serve itself, and the misguided bureaucrats fearful of losing their jobs and power, that constantly, and futilely, try to convince 'someone' out side the bureaucracy that it has value when it clearly does not. They say a useless bureaucracy is identifiable by three types of lies it constantly uses. The lies it tells the people, the lies it tells parliament, and the lies it tells itself.. The Canadian firearms centre is famous for, and has been documented, in using, all three types.. Does this 'farce' make anyone safer? No.. Does this farce save any lives? No.. Does this farce make a police officers job safer? No.. Is this farce worthy of 'any' more tax dollars? Absolutely not! We already have wasted almost 2 billion dollars on this liberal, utopian dream. It's time to wake up!)
Woman 'blessed by the holy toast'
A half-eaten slice of cheese on toast purportedly showing the image of the Virgin Mary has got online bargain-hunters licking their lips. A Florida woman put the item up for sale, claiming it has brought her great luck since she found it 10 years ago. The internet auction site eBay originally pulled the offering, fearing it was a joke, but has now apparently been reassured it is genuine. The snack has attracted a bid - thought to be a hoax - of $99.9m. Diana Duyser, 52, of Hollywood, Florida, set a starting price of $3,000, and pleaded with people not to post hoax bids. (Perhaps Paul Martin should buy this toast?  It just might save his shaky minority. Besides, it fits right in: The 'unofficial' liberal motto (besides power at any cost), is 'Bite Me'.. But, just like the phoney reasons for the gun registry, this 'miracle' could be created by anyone with a laser. )
AG Fraser 'concerned' about massive expenditure review
Canada's Auditor General Sheila Fraser says she's concerned about the size and impact of the government's much-vaunted election commitment to find $12-billion in savings in federal government spending in the next five years. "We are talking about a significant reallocation of funds within government, which will require programs to be eliminated in order to achieve that," the spending watchdog told Senators on the National Finance Committee this month. "We are concerned about the capacity within the public service to respond adequately to all of this at the same time that they are trying to do sort of business as usual," she added. Ms. Fraser, who appeared before the powerful committee on Nov. 3, also said she is worried the government may sacrifice key services, like internal audit functions, in its zeal to find savings and cut programs. Ms. Fraser stressed that her office has not formally studied the sweeping spending review which is being headed by Revenue Minister John McCallum (Markham-Unionville, Ont.) who chairs the government's Expenditure Review Committee. She said she was raising the concerns in a "theoretical way." Still, her comments struck a chord with some of the Senators on the committee that has built a reputation for ferreting out spending scandals. The committee was the first to blow the lid off the gun registry boondoggle even before Ms. Fraser reported in December 2002 that the program was $1-billion over budget. The last program review of this kind conducted by Ottawa in 1993-94 led to major cutbacks across the board in a bid to beat back the deficit. Now that the government's books are in the black, this review is ostensibly about eliminating wasteful programs and modernizing government.(We will soon know if Martins minority government is 'really' serious about eliminating waste. The gun registry is the prime example, always referred to when 'anyone' discusses wasteful programs. It's been used as an example in university lectures as defining government waste. It's 'only' saving grace, is that it's 'politically correct'! But is that alone, worth 2 billion dollars of taxpayer funding, while hospitals and the countries infrastructure crumbles for lack of funds?  I think not...)
Fingers off the trigger as pistols handed in
VICTORIANS surrendered more pistols than any other state under a recent amnesty program. A total of 18,626 pistols and 45,229 parts were ceded during the buyback scheme. About $23 million in compensation was paid to Victorians. Australians surrendered enough firepower to equip a small army under the amnesty. The ban on pistols with a calibre above .38 and limits on barrel length followed the shooting of two students by a licensed gun owner at Monash University in October 2002. More than 68,000 handguns and 328,000 parts were ceded during the national pistol buyback scheme, which came to an end in June this year. The program saw $93 million in compensation paid out by the federal and state governments for registered and unregistered pistols and gun parts. NSW produced the second-largest haul, with 17,735 pistols and 68,000 parts handed over. Queensland took third place with 15,777 handguns and 77,000 parts. (Well, what do you know! There ARE a lot of 'sheep' in Australia)
Canada's respect for serial murderer misplaced
Our foreign minister went to the terrorist's funeral. No word as to whether or not he fired off a few AK-47 rounds into the air, or just nodded approvingly. With so many guns being shot and effigies being burned, it's safe to assume Pettigrew didn't inquire into the status of Canadian foreign aid, siphoned off to pay for Mrs. A's shopping sprees in Paris, or why suicide bombing is taught to children in Canadian-sponsored Palestinian schools.
That wouldn't show Canada's famous even-handedness, though. Speaking of even-handedness, Martin did not send a foreign minister to U.S. President Ronald Reagan's funeral earlier this year. The man who ended the Cold War without firing a shot, the most popular U.S. president in a generation, the one whose free trade treaty with Canada is the main source of our current wealth, the rejuvenator of the greatest democracy in the world, did not earn that respect. But a gangster, the thief of a billion dollars in humanitarian aid, the serial rejecter of reasonable Palestinian statehood, the murderer of children did earn Canada's highest respects. That says more about our government than it does about Arafat. (It Also might explain why the 'Canadian' Flag was the 'only' international flag on display inside the Ramallah compound during the funeral... We probably 'paid' for it!)
Gun registry costs rise
The Canadian Firearms Program will cost taxpayers another $120 million. "It seems more like a money grab than anything," said Tom Hoy, an acquisition and possession instructor in Brandon. "To me, it's not going in the right place." Hoy was "shocked" to learn more money was being allocated for the program. "I thought after all that's been wasted on this, it would be cut back. It seems like we're flogging a dead horse," he said. October estimates show the federal government will spend $120 million on the administration of the Canadian Firearms Program, during the next fiscal year, according to Inky Mark, Conservative MP for Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette. "The government says that the objective of the Canadian Firearms Centre is to reduce firearm tragedies, accidental deaths or injuries, and criminal firearms violence by strengthening controls on firearms," said Mark. "However, none of the $120 million in spending will be used for training or public gun safety programs. Instead, the funding will be used for public relations, advertising, travel, hospitality, conferences and professional services.("Public relations, advertising, travel, hospitality, conferences and professional services". This is a 120 million dollar 'SLUSH FUND' for liberal friends and colleagues! Hospitality (parties), Conferences (funnel more cash to useless organizations like the collation for gun control), and "professional services" (Hookers? maybe their 'not' just screwing us?) Who knows? A local television station in Toronto is doing a show on prostate cancer, and it seems that research is slowing down because of "FUNDING SHORTAGES"!  And, these assholes (no pun intended) have a 120 MILLION MORE DOLLARS to spend on "public relations, advertising, travel, hospitality, conferences and professional services" This is absolutely OBSCENE! It would seem that more people in Martins circle are obviously being shot by duck hunters, than dying of prostate cancer,  It's the 'only' thing that makes sense. The opposition simply HAS to do something about this ongoing waste! )
Business must adapt to new firearms act, says minister
CAPE TOWN — Government did not consider the economic effect  of the Firearms Control Act and will not consider changing the law if it was found to be adversely affecting certain businesses in the country, Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula has said. The Firearms Control Act, after being approved in 2000, was fully implemented in July this year. Reports of massive losses by gun dealers and difficulties in the hunting, film and private security industries have followed the full implementation of the act. Huge numbers of applications for firearm  licences have been rejected by the Central Firearms Registry and there have been charges  there are not enough accredited facilities to test the competence of applicants. Jankielsohn said this would have been "a crucial opportunity for him to deal with the many concerns regarding the Central Firearms Registry, which have become even more pressing following recent media allegations of irregularities and possibly even corruption. "The minister has not attended a single meeting of the parliamentary oversight committee since the new committee was formed after the April election. This poses question marks over his commitment to the democratic principles of transparency and accountability. It also appears that the committee does not have the political will to enforce its oversight responsibilities by holding the minister to account," he said. (It would seem that apartite is 'still'  alive and well  in South Africa. Only 'this' time it defines those who are in charge, and those who are not!)
"Make my Day" in New Zealand
On Monday, I launched a campaign to restore commonsense to the Crimes Act. As it did 25 years ago, the Act must once again support law-abiding defenders instead of criminal invaders. You can see the change in culture from the Government's hysterical response. In rejecting any change, Justice Minister Phil Goff raised the spectre of "Americanisation", and the shooting of door-to-door salesmen. Instead of getting behind rural people, the Agriculture Minister damned it as "a licence to shoot trespassers". They're wrong. I was sorely tempted to draft a "make my day law". If  Peter Bentley had managed, with his only shot, to rid this Earth of one of his attackers, how many New Zealanders would be mourning - beside the offender's family and Labour Cabinet? Perhaps some in the security-alarmed, manicured suburbs where the anointed of the Justice establishment sleep. Every other decent New Zealander would have said "good job".(IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE TODAY, READ THIS SPEECH This is a Excellent speech from a N.Z. member of the government that has introduced a "Make my day" law .. He certainly makes more sense than 'most' politicians.. Perhaps the Canadian Conservatives should have a look at it... Like the U.K. below, more and more people are making the point that the police are incapable of protecting them, and there is no reason ANYONE should end up fodder for the politically correct. New Zealand was wise to dump it's gun registration law, perhaps it might also be wise enough to use common sense.. But of course, were talking about politicians and political correctness here, and if common sense had anything to do with government, we wouldn't have the stupid firearms laws we have today!..Common also is the clue in the speech "If  Peter Bentley had managed, with his only shot, to rid this Earth of one of his attackers" not one news article that I could find mentioned this 'shot'! Much like the left wing media here, the defensive use of a firearm is NEVER reported. So, people are under the totally wrong impression that no one ever uses a firearm in self defence. )
Overwhelming support for U.K.
'make my day' burglary law
An overwhelming majority of the public backs the Sunday Telegraph's campaign to give people more rights to protect their homes and families from violent intruders, according to a new survey. The ICM poll shows that 71 per cent of voters believe that householders should have the "unqualified right to use force, including deadly force if necessary" - against burglars. The wording of the survey question mirrors legislation, introduced in the state of Oklahoma in 1988 and known as the "Make my Day Law", which has halved burglaries. An even greater proportion of those surveyed - 81 per cent - say that intruders should lose the right to sue for anything that the householder does in self-defence.(Is the pendulum now swinging the 'other' way in the U.K.? I doubt it! People of the U.K. have shown themselves over and over again to be 'Subjects' not 'Citizens'. They can whine and bitch all they want, but the 'upper classes' will NOT allow the peasants that kind of power. Particularly after they have been so successful at removing that power. It's always wise to remember, the "upper classes" can afford personal security measures, the 'peasants' can not. So, until the 'upper classes' feel the need for that kind of protection, they will certainly not allow the peasants to have it. That might seem silly and out dated, but it's the way things work in the U.K., and it's also the way 'our' government would like to see it here!)
PM shares blame for military
CFB VALCARTIER, Que. -- Prime Minister Paul Martin took some of the blame for the underfunded state of Canada's military yesterday as he visited with troops near Quebec City. Martin had just finished lunch with a group of soldiers at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier when he promised to invest more money in troops and equipment."We have to turn around our dwindling investment which, I admit, I have a certain responsibility for causing," said Martin, who was finance minister in the 1990s when the military's budget was cut and troop levels dropped. "Your superiors here are just too polite to say it," he added, causing scattered laughter among the soldiers. On several occasions this fall, Martin has promised to boost military spending but hasn't offered details. Yesterday, Martin repeated old commitments to buy helicopters, supply ships and mobile gun systems and enlist 5,000 new soldiers for the Canadian Forces and 3,000 extra reservists. During Martin's term as finance minister, the defence budget fell by 23% between 1993 and 1998 followed by small increases through 2001, according to a parliamentary report. "It's been 20 years that Canada has not invested enough into our military capacity," Martin said. (It's been a lot more than 20 years.. Trudeau came to power 35 years ago, and promptly put military moral in the basement where he felt it belonged..  Everyone in uniform learned all to well that 'it was not easy being green'! But, what did Trudeau know? He spent W.W.II as a 'consciences objector' (read coward) riding his motorcycle around Quebec's back country roads, wearing a Nazi Helmet.. It took conservatives to give the military back 'some' of it's dignity. Martin has 35 years of liberal military bashing disgrace, to overcome. And, he ain't going to be in power long enough to do it..)
Girl tackles would-be thief in alley
The girl grabbed the man's arm and he swung around and hit her in the nose, which started streaming blood. But the teen wouldn't give up and chased the thief into an alley where she knocked him to the ground. They wrestled briefly before her father arrived and pinned the man to the pavement.  "He was yelling that he was having a heart attack," she recalled. "I didn't even think about it - it all happened so fast." The money, about $160, was recovered. Dean Parthenis of the city police service praised Simsaland's courage but warned her to never, ever do it again.  "She was very lucky," he said. "It could have ended a whole lot worse." Kim San agreed that members of the public should never confront thieves. "I'm very proud of her, but she knows it was dangerous," he said. "He could have had a knife or a gun or something." Quyen Trinh, 34, has been charged with robbery. (Here we go again, the police advising a victim "not to do it again" which of course only encourages criminals to keep right on attacking people and stealing from them. The police INSIST that the criminals should be safe.. The ONLY WAY your pretty well sure, that it would not have ended "a whole lot worse". Is for these criminal assholes to KNOW that their going to meet resistance, and possibly injury every single time. Every would-be thief, SHOULD BE a victim of his or her own victim selection process, and until that happens, the public can depend on the police promoting their victimization by warning the public not to injure criminals, just give them what they want, then wait for the next one. It won't be long. )
Bush to visit Canada in near future
Bush did visit Canada twice during his first term, but both trips were during summits in Quebec and Alberta and were not state visits. Bush won re-election last week in a hotly-contested national race against Democratic Senator John Kerry. Bush ended up with more than 50 per cent of the popular vote and Republicans made gains in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate.(Bush may not be popular with Canada's Liberals, but Bush did something NO Liberal has been able to do, and that's win 50% of the popular vote.. Canada is one of those rare countries where a political party can actually rule the country, virtually unhampered, with even 30% or less of the popular vote.. Yes, Bush may not be popular with Liberals, but he' far more popular than ANY Liberal has been in a long time.. Thats probably 'why' they don't like him.)
Bowdlerizing Columbine
Our Svengali is such a (figurative) lightweight that he cannot bear discussing the issue of the Second Amendment with any legitimate scholars, so he instead brings up the topic with the scarred and neurotic brother of Terry Nichols. Mr. Nichols is frightened and barely coherent. Moore is smug and satisfied after Nichols admits to not being familiar with Gandhi, but just how would the leader’s pacifism help citizens deal with a felon in the bedroom? It could not, yet rather than consider such things Moore would prefer to look worldly besides a broken man. I’m sure the outcome would have been different had he approached Dr. John Lott but our director is not the type to ever take such chances. Besides, logic cannot outdo Jerry Springer on the entertainment meter.(THIS, is one of the most accurate reviews of Moore I have read to date... This guy has Moore labelled exactly as he should be...)
Playing with guns is 'good for boys'
BANNING boys from playing with toy guns is futile and may even damage their development, a leading child psychologist has warned. Confirming what many guilty parents long suspected, Penny Holland says boys will indulge in gunplay regardless of attempts by schools, nurseries and guardians to stop them. Holland, who claims boys have fallen victim to politically correct dogma, claims that suppressing their need for boisterous play may be counter-productive. Holland, senior lecturer in early childhood studies at London Metropolitan University, believes that boys who have been banned from playing at soldiers, pirates, or superheroes, become disruptive and live up to a "bad boy" image. But her views have been strongly opposed by gun control groups and families of the children killed in the 1996 Dunblane massacre. The tragedy dramatically accelerated the existing trend towards banning toy guns and swords in shops and nurseries alike. But in a new book, We Don’t Play With Guns Here, Holland says the ban on violent play should be reconsidered. She argues that the zero-tolerance approach that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s was wrong to assume that "the spiral of male violence" could be broken by preventing boys from playing aggressive games. Holland claims that 30 years after the ban on playing with guns and swords came into vogue, there has been no evidence of a decline in their desire to play violent games. (If you take a toy gun away from a boy, he will simply pick up a stick and play with it as if he was still using the toy gun! Children are curious, particularly boys. Age appropriate firearms training is the ONLY way to keep them from possible injury should they come across a discarded firearm, which has become more and more common, as governments increase the world wide black market distribution of firearms. We teach our children about the dangers of finding a discarded needle, and have even surrendered to the fact that teaching them 'age appropriate' information about sex will not turn them into pimps and hookers. Why would teaching them about firearm safety, make them want to shoot someone? Unfortunately, most educational systems are run by 'paranoid urbans' who only see firearms in the news, and the news NEVER reports anything positive about firearms or the RIGHT to self defence. So what are we left with? Myths and Ignorance, that's what were left with.)
FYI
GUARNIERI'S REPORT DECLARED A "CABINET SECRET"
 OCTOBER 1, 2004 - BREITKREUZ'S ATI REQUEST TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE
Reference is being made to the Prime Minister's appointment of Hon. Albina Guarnieri, Associate Minister of National Defence and Minister of State (Civil Preparedness) to conduct a review of the federal firearms program. Please provide copies of each draft report and the final report prepared by the Associate Minister with respect to her review of the federal firearms. NOVEMBER 3, 2004 - DEPT. OF NATIONAL DEFENCE RESPONSE
After a thorough review of the documentation, it has been determined that requested information cannot be disclosed. The information you requested is excluded in its entirety pursuant to Section 69(1) of the Act. ["Cabinet confidences"](There, problem solved... Millions spent on yet 'another' report that the liberals find undermines their true agenda.  Again, the Liberals use their most common tactic to with-hold TRUTH and ward off EMBARRASSMENT. They simply make it a "Cabinet Secret".. I predicted that this would happen, when I wrote a email to the CFC on June 14 2003 "Is it possible to get a complete copy of the 'latest' firearms report from Albina Guarnieri. or is it, as I suspect, been made a 'cabinet secret' They sugested that I forward it to her office directly. which I did.. The email remains unanswered to this date.. I wonder why?)

TO: THE UNHAPPY STATES OF AMERICA
RE: YOUR APPLICATION OF ADOPTION BY CANADA
THANK YOU FOR YOUR interest in becoming us.
I'm pleased to say that during a regular meeting of all Canadians held at Tim Horton donut shops last night, almost everyone in our country voted in favor of your wish to "cede" to us - some thought that word may be sexual, others were still upset about that whole War of 1812 thing, and at least a half a dozen ballots were ruined when coffee was spilled pulling out of the drive-through. Though the number in your party is far smaller than expected before last Tuesday's presidential election, we do, however, have strict rules in becoming citizens of Canada. You will, from this point on, pretend that Wal-Mart is a Canadian company. From now on, you will no longer have to disguise Canadian landmarks while filming American movies. Tell your children - that last letter is "zed." As Canadians, you'll have to learn to embrace and use all the products and culture of Americans, while publicly bad-mouthing their way of life. Relax. "Boxing Day" is not what it sounds like. Neither is a "Robertson screw." Tuques are cool - even if you live in Hawaii.(You must also relinquish your personal safety to the government or the police, who, as equal to their American counterparts, have no mandate to protect your personal safety. They do however have lots of chalk for body outlines.. Remember, criminals in Canada, are a protected species, they have 'rights' while their victims do not, our courts and the governments insure this, by making them as safe as possible while performing in their chosen field. Criminals that would draw 20 years in a American federal prison, are treated differently up here.. In some cases, they are back on the street before the cop that arrested them is home for dinner.. But look at the good side, the free health care will mean if your shot, while confronting one of these protected species,  and live, you will only be out of pocket what they stole from you.. That's the Canadian way..Get used to it...)
Come up to Canada..
Americans, sick of the political climate of their homeland, have long sought refuge within Canadian borders. And let's face it, when compared to the United States, Canada is a liberal utopia & we have universal healthcare (in two languages!), gay marriage, free marijuana for everyone, and we don't like guns. Already, our American counterparts are fleeing the U.S. in droves and buying up land along our borders. We envision a movement where everyone wins: Freedom of expression and a politically convenient marriage with love and igloos for all. Canadian singles, tired of the dating scene, are willing to act for love or just plain pity. Let's drop our borders/ inhibitions/ commitment issues, set a date, pick out our china patterns and wed a sexy American liberal.(Like the old 'brothers-in-law" song "Come up to Canada, your neighbours in the north where we all live in Maple trees.. We have tons and tons of arctic air, scores of mounties everywhere, we'll make sure your money doesn't freeze" .. ha ha ha .. Leave your freedoms at the border, and welcome to socialist living! The government 'in your face' from cradle to grave.. where your car is more likely to be stolen, and your house more likely to be broken into, where "terrorists" are only a mythical bogeyman, happily 'rubber-stamped' into the country by the thousands, and politically ignored by 'our' liberals as 'improbable' .. until of course a bomb goes off in the subway.. Don't worry, be happy.. We accepted your draft dodgers, we'll accept your Liberal cowards as well.. But wait!!! when the Conservatives win the next election, will you be going home again? 'Parrish' the thought.. Hmmm thinking about  Parrish! Right now, this woman who's mouth is clearly not controlled by her brain, could jump on Martins breakfast table and piss right in his corn flakes. He would not be able to kick her out of the party, and she knows it and exploits it.. He 'needs' every MP he's got, even the stupid, arrogant, mouthy ones..)
American's gun crime a mistake, judge says
(But, not as big as the mistake he made 'next')
Halifax -- An American who did not declare the haandgun he brought into Canada on a research ship heading for Greenland will not carry a criminal record for what a judge said yesterday was a thoughtless mistake.  "He appears to have had the unfortunate, casual attitude that seems a lot more prevalent in the U.S. than in Canada regarding guns," Judge Pat Curran said in Provincial Court as he granted an absolute discharge to Matthew Morillo, 43, of Beverly, Mass. After pleading guilty, Mr. Morillo donated $800 to the Canadian Coalition for Gun Control and has submitted an article to Showboat magazine warning others about the dangers of not reporting guns when crossing the border. (Did the judge 'ORDER' him to donate this cash to this dysfunctional organization, where it will do absolutely no good what-so-ever? The Coalition for gun control is a Taxpayer funded via Liberal theft, Non Governmental Organization(???) that,  is comprised of one or two paranoids mired in the backwards agenda that promotes and vilifies 'GUNS' as the problem, and not the criminals that use them. It's absolutely idiotic to donate ANYTHING to them. Why not donate it to the 21st century legacy of the liberal government? After all, the Jean Chrétien National 'Food Banks' now stretch from sea to shining sea!)
York Region safe place to live, work: chief
The rate of crimes against people and property were down, but drugs and weapons violations were up. Drug violations went from 874 in the first six months of 2003 to 1,112 from January to June this year and the rate also increased. There were 323 weapons violations, compared to 259 in the same period last year. "The number of weapons being found is on the rise all across the GTA," Chief La Barge said. "Our officers say they are seeing more guns on the streets and it is a major concern." (Certainly the 'Chief' is going to say "it's a safe place to live and work", because he's paid to try and make it that way. Think about it! The liberals have wasted a BILLION AND  A HALF DOLLARS on a 'gun control' farce that Allan Rock said would prevent situations like this, and their STILL pumping Millions into it every year.. Police are short of money, Hospitals are short of money, infrastructure is falling apart all over the country, and the Liberals continue to harass, track  and persecute ONLY the Hunters, collectors, and target shooters. Their recent budget for this farce has directed absolutely NOTHING to safety and firearms education. So much for 'safety' being their 'prime' concern. The ONLY thing their trying desperately to save, is their own face. 75% of Canadians, and that number grows every day, says SCRAP this FARCE, and put the money where it can do some good.. enough is enough..)
"MYSTERY MECHANIC" BEHIND CHOPPER CRASH, REPORT SAYS
HALIFAX - A badly tuned engine is the likely cause of last year's Sea King helicopter crash, but records showing who was responsible have mysteriously disappeared. That's the conclusion of a report released Monday by the Directorate of Flight Safety, the air force agency that investigates aircraft accidents. The report says mechanics incorrectly adjusted one of the Sea King's two engines, but it's not known who. The crash happened in February of last year. The aging helicopter lifted off the deck of HMCS Iroquois shortly after it set out for the Persian Gulf to take part in the U.S.-led war on terrorism. Just after takeoff, the chopper crashed back onto the deck of the destroyer and rolled on its side. Two of the Sea King's four crew members were slightly injured.(Well, I guess this sounds much better than saying the mechanic ran out of bubble gum, binder twine, and duct tape. The fact that these things should not even 'still' be flying is the DIRECT responsibility of the Liberal Government. To blame a mechanic for an error in patching these flying crap buckets up, is inexcusable. How many of these things do we even have left? Right now, their a bigger threat to our military than any 'enemy' they face!)
Lone Ranger’s 'kemosabe' not racist, court says
The court ruling confirmed a earlier decision by a Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission board of inquiry. That decision was made after the board spent a full shift watching “Lone Ranger” reruns. The board found that at the start of their relationship, Tonto, a native American, had recognized the injured Lone Ranger as the man who had saved his life years before, and started calling him kemosabe. “When asked what it meant, Tonto responded ’trusty friend,”’ the board found. “Both the Lone Ranger and Tonto treat one another with respect...At no time during the episodes is the term kemosabe ever used in a demeaning or derogatory manner.” The board found, however, that while Tonto was always treated with respect, the long-running U.S. TV series treated other native American characters in a demeaning manner.(Oooo Thank heaven Tonto never corrupted 'me' as a child... Other than wearing my trusty six-guns that every other kid on the street was packing.. You know, back in the days before guns were 'evil' ..Now that Tonto has been cleared of racist epitaphs, should our socialist courts now look at the despicable term of referring to Red Rider's 'Little Beaver'? Perhaps Pat Brady's 'Nellie Bell' is a gender slur at comparing a woman to a jeep? Was "Jingles"  a homophobic slur for Wild Bills sidekick, or was Pauncho, Cisco's  generic term for chubby Mexicans? The politically correct mind boggles... Now of course there's nothing left to deal with other than "Fuddle Duddle", "Pass the Tequila Sheila" and "Americans I hate Those Bastards" all said of course by socialist politicians..)

FIREARM FOLLIES #2: LIBERAL REPORT

FABRICATES FIREARM PROGRAM BENEFITS
The Liberal’s tried to put a brave face on their waste of more than a billion dollars by providing two pages of so-called benefits in their recent 66-page report on the Canada Firearms Program. The sad truth is that every shooting reported by the media proves the soon-to-be $2 billion firearms program isn’t working.  Think about it – even if the Liberals can’t.  If the gun was unregistered – it failed!  If the gun was registered – it failed!  If the gun owner was unlicenced – it failed!  If the gun owner was licenced – it failed!  It’s time for Parliament to scrap Bill C-68 and cut the public’s losses before another billion is flushed down the drain.(And now of course, David Austin says the opponents of the program "are propagating the 'myth' that all references and background checks should be done on 'each' applicant" Well, it wasn't a "myth" before the Liberals decided to make us all safer by handing out licences to anyone that had ten bucks for a POL. The local police issuing a FAC,  'used to' check all references, and people BEFORE they got the FAC.. But 'that' was back when the rate of refusals to FAC's issued was MUCH higher that the rate of refusal is today. The Liberal cheer that they have 'refused' 9000 people firearms licences.. BIG DEAL that's 0.45 of 1 percent.. That only means that the vast majority of people that have applied for licenses are not criminals.. But then again, 'criminals' do not apply for licenses or register their guns. The Liberals are simply pandering to the stupid and ignorant among us, that think the 'guns' are the problem and not the criminals! If all the guns in the world, suddenly dissolved, the bad guys would 'still' be sticking knives into you, and beating you to death with blunt objects. It's way past the time to pull your heads out of your collective asses, stop blaming the 'object' and start blaming the user)
Parliament's West Block crumbling from years of Liberal Neglect
The Liberal government is under fire for acting like a slum landlord as MPs flee a crumbling federal building that's making staffers sick. Slamming the Confederation-era West Block building as a health and safety hazard, Ontario Liberal Lui Temelkowvski moved to another Parliament Hill office after he and his employees got scratchy throats and sore eyes from asbestos exposure. And in the wake of a three-pound brick crashing through her second-floor ceiling, Conservative MP Diane Ablonczy is also packing up for relocation. Ablonczy accused the government of neglecting its heritage jewels while wasting cash on VIP jets and a failed gun registry.  NDP Pat Martin called the decrepit building an "atrocious situation." Martin was already forced to vacate another government building about five years ago after staff boycotted over daily dustings of asbestos covered their desks. (Well, "A daily dusting of asbestos covered their desks" Now that 'this' has been documented, thanks to the Liberals neglect 'again', the taxpayer will be on the hook for millions and millions in lawsuits as public servants fall, one after the other, to asbestosis, and related illnesses, real or imagined. Ontario residents who went to school here in the 50's, should also jump on the bandwagon. The teachers used to give us loose asbestos to mix in water and mould things out of,  in grade 3.. My how times change!)
Liberals &  Spending under review
House standing committees, which are now all controlled by the opposition parties in this 38th Parliament, are supposed to spend the next 30 days poring through the Liberal government's $187-billion spending plans for the current 2004-05 fiscal year.  While many will pass these on the nod, as per usual, others are already making plans to cutback certain programs such as the controversial gun registry. The Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Committee is another committee to watch. It will be reviewing the government's trouble gun registry program, which is billions of dollars over budget. Led the, Tory MP Garry Breitkreuz, the Conservatives on the committee are trying to erase millions from the $119.7-million set aside by the government for its gun registry this year.  The spending plans are actually the same batch tabled in Parliament last spring. (Liberal 'spending' (and waste) SHOULD finally be under review. The Auditor General is STILL trying to piece together the billions of dollar the liberals have stashed in various foundations and accounts out of her reach! THIS IS NOT LIBERAL MONEY.. THIS IS TAXPAYERS MONEY BEING HIDDEN BY LIBERALS. Now that the opposition parties finally out number these political thieves 'something' is bound to come to the surface. What ever it is, the liberals will no longer be able to hide it.. Millions of dollars wasted every year on a stupid gun registry that has, and always will be, ineffectual at controlling crime. Every year they cry poor as far as tax reductions are concerned, but STILL manage to pull BILLIONS seemingly out of their asses, when they need it for political patronage, and general 'feel good'  spending. The public is getting sick of it..)
In Brazil, buyback program part of ambitious gun-control effort
Despite the law's early success, the pulse of violence in Brazil persists. The number of firearms handed over is minuscule compared with the total thought to be in circulation, and daily headlines in Rio throb with accounts of fatal street robberies, shoot-outs between criminals and police, and wanton bloodletting among feuding drug gangs that have no intention of surrendering their stockpiles. "The government says there are 8 million to 20 million guns in the country. The 130,000 is a drop in the ocean," said Leonardo Arruda, spokesman for the National Association of Gun Owners and Vendors, which opposes the law. Gun deaths have reached staggering levels in Brazil. Someone is killed by a bullet every 12 minutes, adding up to more than 40,000 such deaths a year -- many more than occur in the United States. The new legislation imposes strict criteria for gun ownership, establishes a unified national gun registry, forbids most ordinary citizens to carry firearms in public, and calls for a referendum a year from now on whether to ban gun sales entirely, a measure that probably would pass by a large majority if the vote were held today. What the law does not do, critics note, is disarm criminals.(There are now two places on this side of the world that will become 'experiments' in the ability of gun control laws to decrease crime. The first is Washington D.C. which currently has a horrendous number of shootings every year, and until very recently has 'banned' the ownership of firearms. This ban is now over, and people can now defend themselves. The Firearms ban had resulted in Washington D.C. to have a victim rate more than ten times higher than any neighbouring state. Brazil is disarming the law abiding, the guns it's buying back, are NOT coming from 'the street'.  Will the death rate now go up, or down, once the criminals are assured their victims will not be shooting back, or defending themselves with firearms? When dealing with ANY predator, Man or Animal, showing 'weakness' will never keep you safe. Power removed from the victim, ALWAYS transfers to the predator. Planning on visiting Brazil? I would wait until the experiment is over!)



-Gun Control, Working as 'Expected' In South Africa-
SAPS failing to curb number of firearms
"The new legislation implemented this year is aimed at eradicating illicit weapons and controlling the issuing of licences for legal firearms," Selebi said.  But firearms legal expert Martin Hood disagrees, saying the legislation will encourage the proliferation of illegal guns. "Law-abiding citizens who want a firearm because of high crime levels will turn to illicit weapons for protection, increasing the demand for illegal weapons," said Hood. Hood said an increased demand for illegal guns could possibly result in an increase in gun-theft related crime. "We may have a situation in which we may see an increase in crime on civilians and the SAPS with the specific aim of procuring weapons," he said. Hood also pointed out that the majority of weapons destroyed by the SAPS were legal firearms. "Illegal firearms do not comprise a significant portion of all weapons destroyed," he said. Chandré Gould, who was involved in researching and compiling the GFSA/CCR report, said that the perception that violent crime in South Africa was on the increase could create a demand for illegal weapons.(Does this mean Wendy gets 'another' free trip to S.A. ? After all, gun control has had the very same effect in the U.K., and now Canada's number of criminal held firearms is multiplying tenfold. The government persecutes the former law abiding, who are 'now' criminals because when Law 'Enforcement' in Canada say "Your Papers Please" there are none to show. The ones that 'do' have "papers" to show, are tracked and recorded with every move, while those banned by law from having firearms are of no interest what-so-ever to the government. Their Criminals, their 'going' to break the law, and they usually break enough laws so they can plea bargain the firearms charges away anyway! So, why waste time constantly watching them? Instead the government goes after the 'paper less' hunter who has broken no other laws, and consequently has nothing to bargain with. The result? A Government press release telling folks how they got a firearms conviction, and 'another' bunch of guns "of the street", but never of course mentioning that the guns they got, were never, have never, and never would have been "on the street" in the first place. It's all about defending government waste, and trying to convince the 'sheeple' their doing their 'political' best to "fight crime" and garner votes from the stupid and unaware. )
Is Common Sense Starting to Prevail In Crime Ridden U.K. ?
The rights of people to defend their homes have been highlighted after a judge said he could not criticise a man who shot and wounded a burglar. Kenneth Faulkner, 73, who had endured a number of break-ins at his isolated farmhouse in Ockbrook, Derbys, has not faced any charges. The burglar he shot, John Rae, 22, was given a seven-year jail term on Monday. Now a number of groups are calling for the laws about confronting intruders to be clarified. Passing sentence on Rae, Judge Andrew Hamilton said he was "an absolute menace" and it was right that Mr Faulkner was not prosecuted over the incident. The case follows the death of Robert Symons who was stabbed to death by an intruder in his London house on 20 October. It also echoes the Norfolk farmer, Tony Martin, who was sent to prison for the manslaughter of a burglar. Mr Martin's friend, Malcolm Starr, says the law must be changed to protect the homeowner. "The bottom line on this is that the victim is the householder ": Roger Gale, Conservative MP(The law abiding householder' is 'always' the victim. Whenever a government makes self defence illegal, it only opens the door to more crime, and more victims. It's always important to remember as well, that the people who pass these laws are invariably protected by armed security, or police. They are basically saying that 'YOU' are not worthy of the same protection, unless 'YOU' are one of the elite, or 'in their eyes',  lives 'worth' protecting! It only stands to reason, that now in the U.K., some government 'ass' will launch an appeal in this case, for no other reason than to keep the peasants in their place, and solely dependant upon illusory security that in fact, will probably never arrive in time!)

THE CFC 'BROWNSHIRT' PROGRAM IS BACK ON
Friends don't let friends become 'verifiers'
We are looking for individuals who are knowledgeable about firearms and are willing to volunteer their services as a verifier to firearm owners and businesses in their community. If any members of your club or range are interested in becoming approved verifiers, they may contact the Verifiers’ Network at 1 800 731-4000, ext 1052 for more information. Training, support and some resource tools will be provided by the Canada Firearms Centre.(Want a quick trip to jail for making a 'error' in verifying a firearm? Join the CFC 'Brownshirt' program,  helping to insure the future loss of ALL your firearms..  Just Like the one they abandoned before, this program is particularly suited to those that have a  mental condition that requires the feeling of  'importance', or 'recognition' in people that do not have the prerequisite mental attitude/education to be a police officer, or soldier. Plus of course, they want you to do this for free because their only 2 Billion over budget for a harebrained plan that has never worked 'anywhere' on the planet.. A plan that 'could' have bought and installed hundreds of MRI's while saving lives right across this country.. Is health care 'really' another #1 priority from Martin? or is it simply 'Peasant Control' and Squandering Tax Dollars? ALSO, don't forget to ask your "verifier" if he or she is a police officer before allowing them in your house. That in itself can open you up to all forms of potential problems)