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COMMENTARY: GOOD FRIENDS IN FIREARMS COMMUNITY ARE ESSENTIAL
The Canadian Shooting Sports Association/Canadian Institute for Legislative Action (CSSA/CILA) was delighted to attend the 2013 Freedom Cruise conference held aboard the ship MS Maasdam.
CSSA/CILA executive director Tony Bernardo was the sole Canadian delegate invited by the hosts — American Conservative Union Foundation, National Rifle Association (NRA), and Freedom Alliance. NRA past-president David Keene, who was recently appointed opinion editor at The Washington Times, attended the conference and discussed firearms politics extensively with Tony Bernardo during the six-day conference.
Bernardo was the first featured keynote speaker to address the conference. He shared the Canadian perspective on firearms legislation, the firearms registry, Canada’s role in the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty and more. He was in good company with previous conference speakers that include Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Pat Buchanan, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Allen West and many other conservative public figures.
“David Keene was surprised that the horrific Sandy Hook shooting had such a impact on Canadians,” said Bernardo. “I assured him that the Newtown tragedy commanded media attention in Canada for weeks and sent our anti-gun lobby into overdrive. He was touched that Canadian sport shooters shared the Americans’ pain and the unfair anti-gun accusations.
“Mr. Keene was also very interested in the movement behind scrapping the Canadian long-gun registry,” adds Bernardo. “He is impressed that we were able to swing the anti-gun pendulum the opposite way from all those countries with governments that pretend they can legislate sanity. It’s a bit ironic that I consulted with so many NRA board members who are quite impressed with the CSSA’s work in Canada. They were astonished to learn that our national media often try to discredit the CSSA by claiming we are run by the NRA. They laughed at the notion and said it was news to them.”
Tony Bernardo was also asked to speak at future American Conservative Union Foundation events. He says international forums like these are important for sharing strategies and tactics that promote conservative positions. He says he learned a great deal at the conference and many delegates assured Bernardo that his input was valuable and informative.
“It is good to see that the NRA and CSSA/CILA remain close allies in promoting truth to assure a future for sport shooters,” explained Bernardo. “This is good a reminder for responsible firearms owners in Canada that CSSA/CILA has an important ongoing role on the national and international stage.
“Our struggles at the U.N. have taught us that our fight for firearms freedoms is not just national in scope,” he adds. “Our enemies have an international presence and our long-term survival requires that we continue to do the same. CSSA/CILA became executive members of the World Forum on Shooting Activities almost 15 years ago. We have enjoyed international success from our efforts, but the problems still exist.”
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IN MEMORIAM:
NICK MANIOUDAKIS — It is with the deepest sadness and regret that we announce the sudden passing on August 15 of our good friend and colleague, Nick Manioudakis at age 39. Nick was the sales manager of Stoeger Canada. He was a former IPSC champion and strong CSSA supporter. He leaves his dear wife, Mary, and his beloved children, Zach and Fay. Nick will be missed by his coworkers and many friends in the firearms community and beyond.
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RECENTLY IN THE NEWS:
BRUCE MONTAGUE TRIAL DATE SET FOR NOVEMBER 15: (The following is a letter from Bruce Montague)– Dear Supporters: It’s been a busy summer as we prepared for a June appeal date that got postponed due to our lawyer Doug Christie who suddenly took ill and died. The Canadian Constitution Foundation then took on our case and has been working very diligently to prepare for court. Some changes had to be made to our factum and as a result the crown will also need more time to respond to those changes. This means that the court date will now be on Nov. 15 at Queen’s Park in Toronto. I hope to see some of you there if you can find the time to attend this hearing.
My case started out fighting for the right to self defence but has now turned into a fight for property, including my own home! The Canadian Constitution Foundation and the lawyers working on my case (Karen Selick and Derek From) seem very diligent and serious about fighting for the property rights of all Canadians. My case is just one step in the process of re-establishing our right to own and enjoy our property free from arbitrary confiscation by the state. You can visit their website to learn more about the constitutional issues they are championing on our behalf. Their website address is: http://www.theccf.ca — Yours in liberty, Bruce Montague
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IS THE .303 ON ITS LAST LEGS? The Canadian Rangers will get new rifles to replace their iconic, nearly 70-year-old Lee-Enfields, according to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. But Harper said Tuesday he expects Canada’s Arctic militia will get their new guns “over the next few years.”
As part of a photo-op, while meeting with the Rangers, Harper and some of his ministers took in some target shooting. Since they first stood up in 1947, the Rangers have been equipped with Lee-Enfield bolt-actions built during the Second World War in a factory in Long Branch, a neighbourhood in Toronto. They ammunition used – the .303 British – is a round that was designed in 1888.
DND has warned in the past parts for the iconic antiques will one day become scarce, and while Harper said there is no problem currently servicing the rifles, “this is a concern and we believe it is time,” for the guns to be replaced, he told QMI Agency.
“The Department of National Defence is in the process of scoping out a program for replacement, and I expect that to happen over the next few years.”
In 2010, DND outlined a series of criteria for the new guns as identified by the Rangers themselves, who are also allowed to hunt with their the DND-issued firearms.
It should be a bolt-action rifle, shoot .308 Winchesters, with a 20-inch barrel and hold 10 rounds in the magazine as the Enfield currently does, among other specifics. Harper is touring Canada’s Far North this week. (Sun News — August 21, 2013)
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U.S. ORG SURVEY SHOWS SOLID SUPPORT FOR HUNTERS: A recent nationwide survey indicates 79 percent of Americans approve of hunting, marking a five percent increase from 2011 and the highest level since 1995. “Hunting is a way of life for many of us. Most Americans recognize and agree with that,” said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO.
“Hunting is conservation! It has a tremendous positive impact on wildlife and wildlife habitat.”
Responsive Management, a public opinion research organization focusing on natural resource and outdoor recreation issues, began to scientifically track nationwide hunting approval trends in 1995. The most recent finding of 79 percent is the highest percentage to date. Trends remain relatively steady over the years: 73 percent in 1995, 75 percent in 2003, 78 percent in 2006, 74 percent in 2011 and 79 percent in 2013.
The survey also found that more than half of Americans (52 percent) strongly approve of hunting (79 percent strongly or moderately approve) while 12 percent disapprove (strongly or moderately) of hunting. Another 9 percent gave a neutral answer… (Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation media release — August 15, 2013)
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CANADIAN SHOOTERS ENJOY SUMMER COMPETITIONS:
RESULTS FOR THE 2013 NRA CANADIAN NATIONAL PISTOL CHAMPIONSHIPS
ALBERTA HANDGUNS ASSOCIATION 2013 Canadian National Pistol Championships August 2nd to 9th, 2013 – Calgary, Alberta http://www.aha.abshooters.org/
ALBERTA FEDERATION OF SHOOTING SPORTS — CANADIAN NATIONAL PISTOL CHAMPIONSHIPS – AUGUST 2 and 9 – CALGARY RIFLE AND PISTOL CLUB http://www.abshooters.org/index.php?option=com_easyblog&view=entry&id=120&Itemid=55
CLUB GIVES AWAY $8,000 IN PRIZES TO SHOOTING COMETITION http://www.pinchercreekecho.com/2013/08/15/local-gun-club-hosts-trap-shoot (QMI Agency – Thursday, August 15, 2013)
CALGARY RIFLE AND PISTOL CLUB
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SHOOTING FEDERATION OF CANADA NATIONAL MATCHES: Beachburg Gun Club in Beachburg, Ontario – August 3-13, 2013
Major trophies – ISSF Events: Gilmour Boa Memorial Trophy — Greg Sych — 4055 High Canadian in 4 days Prone + Free Rifle Aggregate (420 shots)
Sheila MacQuarrie Memorial Trophy — Aerial Arthur — 1923.4 High Canadian Lady Grand Aggregate Sport Rifle (120 shots) + Air Rifle (80 shots)
Trophée Cibles Canada Targets Award — Sharon Bowes — 2914.2 High Canadian Lady Grand Aggregate Sport Rifle (120 shots) + Prone (180 shots)
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GUN CONTROL IS A WAR ON WOMEN: Just as the passage of concealed carry laws benefit women immensely, so too the reverse is true – the passage of more gun control hurts women especially. Gun control makes the vulnerable more vulnerable, and those who are already prone to attack are rendered prone to more attacks.
In the book More Guns, Less Crime, scholar John Lott showed that women were among the top beneficiaries from concealed carry laws. Conversely, where gun control is stringent, crimes against women rise.
Take Chicago for example, the gun control capital of America, where the NYT reported approximately 1,400 sexual assaults in 2010 alone. Or consider Chicago’s murder numbers – approximately 441 persons murdered in 2011. And according to Chicago Police Department, roughly 10 percent of these murder victims were women.
That means over 40 women were murdered in 2011, and if the 10 percent rule applies to 2012 as well, it means over 50 may have been killed in 2012, as the number of murders in Chicago during 2012 was approximately 512.
Might not many of these women be alive now had they not been denied the right to keep and bear arms?… Read the entire article at http://www.ammoland.com/2013/08/gun-control-is-a-real-war-on-women/#axzz2chm3ebf8 (Ammoland — August 14, 2013)
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NFA TO TAKE QUEBEC GOVERNMENT TO TASK: Quebec is illegally operating a gun registry, though the federal government scrapped it last year, Canada’s National Firearms Association claims in Federal Court. While the federal government scrapped the national long-gun registry last year, destroying registration data to the chagrin of many police organizations, the Quebec provincial government defiantly refused to turn over data on its residents, so as to maintain its own gun registry.
Co-plaintiff Shawn Bevins claims the country’s Registrar of Firearms, the Firearms Commissioner of Canada and Quebec’s Chief Firearms Officer are still illegally collecting data on non-restricted gun owners and sellers.
The plaintiffs claim the defendants are illegally operating a registry and collecting data, and that the Firearms Commissioner of Canada is illegally refusing to destroy records contained in the scrapped Canadian Firearms Registry.
The plaintiffs, or applicants, claim Quebec’s Chief Firearms Officer is “illegally refusing” to tell legal gun dealers that they no longer have to register sales of non-restricted firearms to Quebec residents, and are no longer under threat of sanctions for failing to register sales, transfers or for accepting guns for service or repair without verifying the firearm is registered.
The officer is “forcing Quebec based firearms dealers to comply with legislation that has been repealed by Parliament,” the application states… (Courthouse News Service – August 20, 2013)
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18 FACTS THAT SHOW GUNS MAKE US SAFER: The American people deserve to know the truth about gun control. Passing strict gun control laws will not make us all safer. In fact, as you will read about below, even a study conducted at Harvard found that the more guns a nation has the less crime it tends to have.
In other words, there is a very strong positive correlation between more guns and less crime. This is the exact opposite of what the mainstream media would have us believe, but it makes sense. You see, the reality is that criminals really, really, really don’t want to get shot. When you pass strict gun control laws, you take the fear of getting shot away and criminals tend to flourish. Just look at what is going on in America today.
The places with the highest crime rates are the major cities where strict gun control laws have been passed. In some of those cities the police are so overwhelmed that they have announced that they simply won’t even bother responding to certain kinds of crime anymore. The truth is that the government cannot protect us adequately, and that is one reason why millions of preppers are arming themselves and gun sales have been setting new records year after year.
Unfortunately, the mainstream media and many of our politicians seem absolutely obsessed with trying to restrict our constitutional right to own guns. They are waging a relentless campaign to try to convince the American people that guns are bad. But is that actually the case? Of course not. The following are 18 little-known gun facts that prove that guns make us safer…
To see the list see: http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/08/michael-snyder/is-there-any-doubt-that-guns-make-us-safer/
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U.S. PUNDIT WARNS AGAINST WARRIOR COPS: We need police to catch murderers, thieves and con men, and so we give them special power – the power to use force on others. Sadly, today’s police use that power to invade people’s homes over accusations of trivial, nonviolent offenses — and often do it with tanks, battering rams and armor you’d expect on battlefields. In his book “Rise of the Warrior Cop,” Radley Balko recounts the rise of police SWAT teams (SWAT stands for Special Weapons And Tactics) armed with heavy military equipment. SWAT raids began as rarely used methods of dealing with violent situations, like hostage-takings. But government always grows. In the 1970s, there were about 300 SWAT raids per year. “As of 2005,” says Balko, “100 to 150 per day.”
What began as a few specialized groups of police trained to address genuine threats to safety has degenerated into small armies descending on organic farms where farmers sell unpasteurized milk and legal medical marijuana dispensaries getting raided as if they were heavily armed threats. The increase began under Nixon-era politicians who wanted to look “tough on crime,” even if that meant exaggerating the threat posed by illegal drugs. As the futile war on drugs escalated, cops worried that drug users would destroy evidence if cops knocked and announced themselves. So they stopped doing that, changing a centuries-old rule that treated citizens’ homes as their castles — castles whose owners must be presented with a warrant before police can enter…. To read the entire article see: http://www.creators.com/opinion/john-stossel/beware-warrior-cops-2013-08-22.html (By John Stossel — Fox News)
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BE ON THE LOOKOUT: The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is requesting the public’s help in a case of stolen guns including four military-style semi-automatic assault rifles. Between 1 a.m. and 9 a.m. today, someone broke into Complete Gun Repair on O’Leary Avenue in St. John’s. The items stolen from the business included the four military style semi-automatic assault rifles, their type and serial numbers are: • Colt Serial Number: MH017628 • Colt Serial Number: ST015155 • Stag Arms 3R Serial Number: 268076 • Bravo Company Serial Number: W05785 (The Telegram — August 21, 2013)
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