CANADIAN SHOOTING SPORTS ASSOCIATION / CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION
TEAM CSSA E-NEWS - September 17, 2012
KEEP ON KEEPING ON – THE GREAT CANADIAN GUN REGISTRY SHUFFLE
The shuffle is working.
Our plan to demonstrate that the federal long-gun registry is a stillborn building block for provincial registries has gained media attention across the country. And with media attention goes public opinion. Even the more dedicated pro-registry advocates are beginning to wonder if the data is worth protecting. The Quebec Superior Court seems to think so. It’s up to responsible gun owners across Canada to keep the pressure on and prove them wrong.
The CSSA has said publicly that we will not support any new registry proposed by any government in the future. We ensured the media that we will advise all responsible gun owners to ignore any new registry that shortsighted legislators might cook up, just like Quebec is ignoring Bill C-19. Why would we support a law designed specifically to persecute sport shooters, farmers and hunters? Many of us complied with the original registry, only to learn that the police would use it to throw innocent people in jail. We’re done.
So, keep shuffling hard and heavy and let us know how many firearms you’ve moved. Don’t tell us who had ‘em, who has ‘em, or where they are. That’s your business, and yours alone!
Do tell us you’ve taken part in the Great Canadian Gun Registry Shuffle at: Great_Canadian_Registry_Shuffle. The E-Form is anonymous and very easy to use.
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KEEP THE HEAT ON SHAW MEDIA AND GLOBAL TV TO MAINTAIN HUNTING SHOWS
(Editor’s note: Please see below a follow-up to the cancellation of hunting shows by Shaw Media and Global TV posted at
www.canadaintherough.com/eblast/enews_Sep2012_2.html – it was prepared by Keith Beasley, Paul Beasley and Kevin Beasley, who are the Executive Producers of one of the cancelled shows. The CSSA issued a media release on September 4 to criticize Global TV’s insult to hunters and sport shooters.)
Hello Canada in the Rough enthusiasts, due to the tremendous amount of feedback that we received from our last communication regarding the cancellation of all hunting shows on Global Television, we wanted to provide an update to help answer some of the commonly asked questions.
Canada in the Rough will continue to air on Global until December 30, 2012. If Global does not reverse their decision, Beasley Brothers Outdoors Inc. will continue to look for other network options to air Canada in the Rough but it is unknown at this point whether we will be successful in that pursuit or not.
It is widely believed that this decision started as a result of pressure from an anti-hunting group that urged its members to contact Global and complain about the hunting shows. For more information, go to
http://www.vancouverhumanesociety.bc.ca ... n-hunting/The following is a list of articles written about this travesty of our hunting heritage:
http://www.cdnshootingsports.org/2012/0 ... 20904.htmlhttp://outdoorcanada.ca/23771/blogs/fie ... up-in-armshttp://sherimonk.com/in-disney-world-yo ... at-it-too/http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/09/07/hun ... -shot-downhttp://www.ofah.org/news/OFAH-letter-shaw-mediaThere is an online petition that you can sign to show your support of Global reversing this decision at
http://www.tinyurl.com/stopshawglobalThe anti-hunting group that started this fight has created a counter-petition and in that petition they state: "It is our fervent hope that this will start a proactive trend in broadcasting communities globally!"
There is your proof and make no mistake about it. This is not just a battle affecting Canadians and this is not just a decision made by the executives at SHAW. Our hunting heritage is under attack by those who don't understand it and lack the desire to educate themselves. If we lose our right to broadcast hunting on national television, the anti-groups will get stronger and will not stop there. They will go after hunting across the world and will not stop until they've taken all of our privileges away. It's time to stand up and be counted. Complacency will not save our hunting heritage.
If you wish to share your thoughts with Global regarding this decision, please email
[email protected] as well as
[email protected] and
[email protected] or call 1-877-307-1999.
From all of us here at Canada in the Rough, and on behalf of all hunters across this great nation, thank you for your support and remember to enjoy the greatness of Canada and be proud of your hunting heritage.
Sincerely,
Keith Beasley, Paul Beasley & Kevin Beasley
Executive Producers
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NEWS
GUN REGISTRY DATA SHOULD BE DESTROYED, NOT SHARED: Columnist Susan Riley's advice for Prime Minster Stephen Harper to give the gun registry data to Quebec premier-designate Pauline Marois as a "gift" is a travesty on many levels. Most Canadians know by now that there is no longer a gun registry to preserve for Quebec. The data have always been grossly inaccurate, and the recent Great Canadian Gun Registry Shuffle illustrates that point. Some simple arithmetic: The RCMP reports that 850,000 firearms change owners in any given year. So, at least 300,000 firearms have changed hands since the registry was scrapped last April. In addition, the Canadian Shooting Sports Association organized the Great Canadian Gun Registry Shuffle to urge responsible firearms owners to exchange guns. In just the first week, more than 45,000 guns changed hands across the country, including Quebec. Why are they doing it? The RCMP admit that criminals have hacked into the registry data more than 300 times. Law-abiding gun owners don't want the bad guys to know where they live. That's why the registry was a very bad idea - so bad, that most gun owners would reject any new registry scheme. We have logically concluded that the data don't enhance public safety, they jeopardize our safety. (Letter to the editor by Tony Bernardo, Executive Director, Canadian Institute for Legislative Action, Oshawa -- The Ottawa Citizen -- September 8, 2012)
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SAY WHAT? QUEBEC EDITORIAL ADMITS REGISTRY USELESS, BUT STILL WANTS DATA: Federal Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has said that his government will “thoroughly review” a Quebec Superior Court ruling saying that if Quebec wants federal gun-registry data that have been collected in this province, then Ottawa should turn the information over. However, his further declaration that “ we do not want any form of a wasteful and ineffective long-gun registry” suggests that the Conservative government’s inclination is to appeal the ruling, which would set up a legal showdown on the matter before the Supreme Court.
If this is indeed the government’s inclination, it should think twice about it. There is more to be lost for Ottawa than gained by such an appeal, even if it does get a favourable judgment from the high court that it is fully in its jurisdictional right to trash the Quebec registry data. This, for starters, is far from a sure thing. In his ruling, Justice Marc-André Blanchard persuasively noted that while the long-gun registry was a federal initiative, it was developed in partnership with the provinces and that the data in dispute came from Quebec and concerns citizens in Quebec, and that therefore, as a partner in the enterprise, Quebec should have a say in what becomes of it...
Particularly at this time, in the wake of a Parti Québécois election victory and the traumatic shooting incident at the PQ victory rally. That happened despite the fact that the shooter’s gun was registered, as did Kimv**r Gill’s Dawson College rampage. It is further debatable whether a gun registry would have prevented the Polytechnique massacre, an event that gave rise to the registry in the first place. Nevertheless, these incidents have galvanized Quebec opinion in favour of tight gun control in general and the registry as part of that.
Registry proponents cite the 41-per-cent reduction in homicides by long guns since the registry was introduced and the strong majority support for it by police authorities across the country who claim to refer to it close to 20,000 times a day. On the other hand, registry debunkers make a valid point when they suggest that it does more to make people feel good than to actually prevent gun crime. There are relatively few verified instances where a direct causal link has been drawn between the registry and the prevention of a gun crime, certainly far fewer than the number of horrific gun crimes that have taken place despite the registry.
It is indeed debatable whether the feel-good benefit is worth the $66 million annual cost of maintaining the registry, a spending estimate that was determined by a recent RCMP evaluation. The Liberal government that introduced the registry did not help its case with sloppy administration that resulted in huge cost overruns, and devious accounting of registry costs, that were subsequently unearthed by the auditor general.
Nevertheless, federal taxpayers in Quebec paid for their share of the cost of compiling the registry data and should thus have a right to retain the Quebec information, as Quebecers clearly wish to have. The Conservative government would be well advised to heed this desire in the higher interest of national unity at this critical time. (Editorial -- Montreal Gazette -- September 11, 2012)
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TWO LETTERS AND TWO PERSPECTIVES: Owning a gun carries perhaps the second-greatest human responsibility after raising a child. Every gun owner has the ability to end a human life in the blink of an eye. In 2009, more than 9,000 Americans, just under 9,000 Mexicans (more than 11,000 in 2010) and 193 Canadians were slain with guns. But these statistics rarely sway public opinion. That normally takes graphic events splashed across our newspapers. Tragically, 2012 has had no shortage of massacres and high-profile shootings in the most public of places: a movie theatre in Denver, a shopping mall and a street party in Toronto and countless murders along the Mexico-U.S. border.
Still, public opinion in North America seems against greater gun control. For some reason, people believe guns will keep them safe. This is not the case. Shortly after Jeffrey Johnson shot his former co-worker in the head on Aug. 24 in New York City, he was shot and killed by New York police officers. They followed procedure and their actions have been backed by their police commissioner and mayor. But they also wounded nine bystanders. If two veteran police officers with rigorous training accidentally shoot nine people, what can be expected of civilians defending themselves with guns in a public place?
We face a massive challenge. In the United States, the Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms. But this tradition has led to an unprecedented proliferation in ownership of weapons, legal or otherwise, that is terrorizing Mexico, leading to massacres in suburban America and changing the fabric of society in Canada's biggest cities. We should start by making it almost impossible to buy a handgun. Civilians just do not need them. Pepper spray, mace and even Tasers are better options. They not only prevent you from killing, but prevent an attacker from killing you if your weapon is taken. We are doing a decent job in Canada, but we need to find a way to stop American guns coming across the border. America needs to do serious soul-searching. The Denver theatre shooting, for example, was perpetrated by a mentally unstable individual. More thorough background checks would be a good start and there should be no place for automatic weapons in civilian society. It's true guns don't kill people, but they certainly make it easier. (Letter to the editor by Stuart Shaw, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Edmonton Journal -- September 10, 2012 )
NOT SO FAST: (Re: "Guns make it too easy to kill others," by Stuart Shaw, Letters, Sept.10.) I agree with Stuart Shaw that owning a firearm is a great responsibility. That must be why I meet so many responsible people at a shooting range or in the field. But I think he overlooked automobiles, airplanes, knives, hammers and hatchets, to name a few other objects that can be dangerous. He seems to believe we are just one new law away from a complete sublimation of human behaviour. He states, "We should start by making it almost impossible to buy a hand gun. Civilians just don't need them." I disagree. On Utoya Island in Norway, the problem was not just that Anders Behring Breivik had a gun, but that nobody else had a weapon and were fish in a barrel. The same is true at every other site of a mass shooting of unarmed innocents. How do we make it impossible to get a gun? With laws? We have laws. It's already illegal to kill people. If that doesn't stop murder, why would regulating inanimate objects work any better? (Letter to the editor by R. Parsons, Edmonton – Edmonton Journal – September 11, 2012)
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