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2008

Monday 07 July 2008 OTTAWA: MORE ILLEGAL GUNS ENTERING CANADA
The flow of illegal American guns into Canada is causing concern for Canadian authorities. Canada Border Services seized more than 660 guns last year. Almost 2,300 weapons were seized in the last four years. But border guards believe that's only a small fraction of the total. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says that in 2007, almost 1,400 Canadian guns came from the United States.

Friday 27 June 2008

THE STRAIGHT GOODS:

The US Supreme Court lifts a ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. North Korea takes hesitant steps towards nuclear disarmament under the watchful gaze of the United States. Harper loses his director of communications, Sandra Buckler.
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WELCOME TO THE WILD WEST
The National, CTV News, the Globe, ??the Star, the Post and the Citizen all go inside with another court ruling that has been making waves south of the border. The US Supreme Court yesterday overturned a ban on handguns in Washington, D.C., ruling that it is unconstitutional for the government to prohibit personal use of handguns. Drawing from the Constitution’s Second Amendment, ratified in 1791, Justice Antonin Scalia ruled that the Constitution does not allow “the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defence in the home.” Gun advocates such as the National Rifle Association are celebrating the decision, calling it a “historic” moment and vowing to use the momentum from the court case to change handgun laws in California, New York and San Francisco. Not surprisingly, gun control lobbyists are worried about the repercussions this will have for crime in US city centres. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says the court ruling signals a return to the Wild West in which everyone will be able to get their hands on a gun.

The Globe reminds readers that the ruling will strike down a ban created three decades ago in Washington, a city that was once considered the “murder capital” of the United States. The Post chooses to focus on how the decision will play out between presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, pointing out that both are in favour of the ruling (and that McCain can now pin Obama on a statement he made earlier in his campaign that citizens of small towns “cling to their guns” out of bitterness). McCain shot a hole in Obama’s stance on guns by saying that “unlike the elitist view that believes Americans cling to guns … today’s ruling recognizes that gun ownership is a fundamental right.” The Globe’s John Ibbitson realizes that this will leave Obama juggling a sensitive issue in which he must both support personal gun use while simultaneously advocating common sense laws that prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands. The Citizen suggests that the decision will bolster efforts from gun lobbyists here in Canada to change laws regarding personal gun use, while the Star starkly points out that a ruling such as this one could be deadly in a city such as Washington, where this year alone twenty-two people have died from gunfire in one southeast neighbourhood.

Friday Jun 27, 2008 Guns a right, U.S. judges rule
America's gun-rights lobby celebrated yesterday as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled individual Americans...

Thursday 13 December 2007 OTTAWA: USE OF STUN GUNS WOULD BE LIMITED
The complaints commission for Canada's federal police force recommends restricting the use of electronic stun guns or Tasers. The Commission for Complaints Against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police says the 50,000-volt Taser should only be used when a suspect is combative or risks hurting or killing someone. The report also recommender better training in the use of Tasers and more research into the controversial devices. The report stops short of calling for a moratorium on stun guns. The commission prepared the report after the RCMP used the Taser on a distraught Polish passenger at the Vancouver airport in October. The passenger died within minutes.

Thursday 24 May 2007 Teen killed in school shooting
A 15-year-old boy was shot to death inside a Toronto high school Wednesday, causing students to hide under their desks while police locked the school down for hours.

ANOTHER SHOOTING, ANOTHER SET OF QUESTIONS
by Jordan Himelfarb
May 24, 2007

The way CTV News presented it last night, yesterday’s fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy at a Toronto high school may very well have been cut from the same fraying social fabric as the massacres at Virginia Tech or Columbine. CTV News and The National did not mention, as the Globe does, that C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute—the school where Jordan Manners was murdered—is just a few blocks west of Toronto’s Jane-Finch neighbourhood, an area notorious for gang violence. The television sources last night largely avoided mention of the argument between Manners and his as yet unidentified suspected killer at a run-down strip mall a block from the school just before the shooting took place; nor did they, or the Post, touch at all on Toronto Mayor David Miller’s plea for stricter gun control laws as a means of cleaning up Toronto streets—a subject to which the Star dedicates an entire article.

Indeed, it appears that the events and social factors that contributed to yesterday’s tragedy are more mundane and less sensational than those commonly thought to have fed the famous American school mass murders. However, legitimate commonalities do exist: The Citizen focuses its coverage on the panicked parents gathered outside the school, frustrated by the lack of available information about their children’s safety; while a separate article in the Star describes Manners’ classmates’ harrowing few hours, locked down in the school as police took the necessary precautions to ensure their safety. All sources report on Manners’ mother’s public display of grief outside the hospital upon hearing that her son had died, but too many of the Big Seven diminish the tragedy by attempting to situate yesterday’s events in the context of increasingly common school shootings by disgruntled youth. Certainly too few sources pose the necessary larger questions about the relationship between impoverished neighbourhoods, gun control and the safety of Canadian youth.

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THE LEADS:
THE NATIONAL: “School Shooting: A fifteen-year-old student is killed in Toronto”
CTV NEWS: “Hallway Horror: A fifteen-year-old boy is shot dead at a Toronto school”
GLOBE AND MAIL: “Teen shot dead in Toronto school”
TORONTO STAR: “Shattered Haven”

Saturday 21 April 2007 U.S. Rules Made Killer Ineligible to Purchase Gun
WASHINGTON, April 20 — Under federal law, the Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho should have been prohibited from buying a gun after a Virginia court declared him to be a danger to himself in late 2005 and sent him for psychiatric treatment, a state official and several legal experts said Friday.

Friday 20 April 2007 Police, opposition blast Tory move to cripple gun registry
The Conservative government’s latest move to cripple the long-gun registry is being blasted by a national police group and all federal opposition parties.

Aislin archive April 19, 2007

Apr 19th 2007

America's politicians are still running away from a debate about guns: leader Its politicians are still running away from a debate about guns IN THE aftermath of the massacre at Virginia Tech university on April 16th, as the nation mourned a fresh springtime crop of young lives cut short by a psychopath's bullets, President George Bush and those vying for his job offered their prayers and condolences. They spoke eloquently of their shock and sadness and horror at the tragedy (see article). The Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives called for a “moment of silence”. Only two candidates said anything about guns, and that was to support the

Monday, Jan. 29, 2007 Gun Law If you’re a hunter planning to retire to Latin America, what happens to your gun collection Stateside? What can you hunt in your new country? What guns can you buy? Read on…

2006

Sunday 26 November 2006 OTTAWA: FIREARMS LEGISLATION PROMISED
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is promising to introduce a tougher law to fight serious crimes involving firearms. The new law will make it more difficult for accused suspects to get bail. Suspects will have to prove to a judge that they're not a danger to society. Mr. Harper announced the "reverse-onus" law at a news conference in Toronto.

Mon 07/08/2006 15 States Expand Right to Shoot in Self-Defense
New laws allow crime victims to use deadly force in situations that might formerly have subjected them to murder charges.

Jul. 24, 2006 Time Why they fight and why it's different this time

Cover Story: Roots of Crisis: Why the Arabs and Israelis Fight Understanding the new and lethal logic of violence in the Middle East - and what the world can do to find peace Hate Thy Neighbor ... Understanding the new and lethal logic of violence in the Middle East--and what the world can do to find peace

Sunday May 14, 2006 Grits obscured overspending on gun registry
The huge costs incurred by the federal gun registry were obscured by the former Liberal government deep within mandatory reports on government spending, preventing Canadians from learning just how much money was being spent on the poorly managed program, the auditor general is expected to reveal next week.

Tuesday May 9, 2006 Tories take aim at gun crime
The federal Conservatives have proposed tough new sentences for gun and gang-related crimes that would swell inmate populations in federal prisons and provincial jails. Tonda MacCharles reports.

Monday May 1, 2006 rci The government in the province of Ontario has set aside CDN$3 million for a program to help deal with gun violence in communities in the area around Canada's largest city, Toronto. Premier Dalton McGuinty made the announcement on Saturday at the West Seventh-Day Adventist Church, where an 18-year-old man was gunned down as he attended the funeral of a friend who had also been killed by gun violence. The new program called Down With Guns aims to show young people that there are better alternatives to youth gangs that use guns. Among the aims of the program is to provide employment opportunities and support for nurturing families. The program is organized by a coalition of community leaders.

Thursday Apr 20, 2006 rci

Thursday Apr 20, 2006 rci A Canadian cabinet minister says that the federal gun registry will soon be phased out. Carol Skeleton, the minister of national revenue and western economic diversification, says the registry "will be gone," without saying when. The registry has been controversial since its inception under the former Liberal Party government as a measure against crime. Critics have complained that it hasn't done anything like control crime because criminals don't register weapons. The register was supposed to cost only several million dollars but in fact has cost tens of millions. The governing Conservative Party has long opposed its existence.

Monday Apr 17, 2006 OTTAWA: GUN OWNERS PRESS NEW GOVERNMENT TO ABOLISH REGISTRY
Some Canadian gun owners are reported to be growing impatient that the new Conservative Party government has yet to announce when it will fulfill an election campaign promise and abolish the gun registry introduced by the former Liberal Party government. The discontent is heard among farmers, hunters and target shooters. The gun registry was introduced in 1995 as a measure to fight crime. Its critics call it an expensive bureaucratic nuisance. Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged to do away with it once in office. But until his government takes action, the registry will continue to exist, and the bureaucrats at the Canadian Firearms Centre will continue to do their jobs. Critics hope to gain support when the Auditor General, Sheila Fraser, issues a report on the registry next month. In 2002, a study predicted the cost of the registry would be about CDN$1 billion over its first decade in operation, far more than first thought. Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day, who is responsible for the registry, has predicted that "people are going to be upset, and they're going to have a right to be upset" when the report is issued. But the minority federal government could face difficulty finding enough votes among opposition party members of parliament to abolish the registry.

Wednesday Apr 12, 2006 nyt

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Tuesday Mar 14, 2006 rci The former head of Canada's gun registry says it could fall prey to computer hackers. John Hicks, who was the head of the registry until 2003, says he expressed his concern before leaving his position without his warnings having been heeded. He says hackers could easily penetrate the registry to find out where weapons are stored in Canada. The federal government says the registry is safe and under constant surveillance. The registry has cost several billion dollars to set up, after the former Liberal Party government had claimed it would only cost $2 million

Friday Feb 17, 2006 Tory says he will kill gun registry The Conservative government has created a committee of two cabinet ministers and a backbencher to figure out how best to kill the long-gun registry as soon as possible.

Saturday Feb 4, 2006 ts 40 guns stolen from collector
Forty handguns including tiny Derringer-like pocket pistols discovered stolen from an Oshawa house yesterday could have disappeared anytime within the past 12 days, says the man who spent a lifetime collecting the weapons.

The guns that got away
A convicted gunrunner once boasted to undercover Toronto police officers that he could supply 50 or more guns at a time through an American weapons pipeline. Dale Brazao and John Duncanson report.

Monday Jan 9, 2006 ts Fugitive in paradise
Dozens of high-powered weapons that have flooded Toronto streets were stolen from a well-known gun collector and firearms instructor, a Star investigation has revealed.

ts Anti-gang powers expanded
Ontario's government has announced a fundamental shift in the way it plans to bring to justice the worst culprits responsible for gun violence. Kerry Gillespie reports.

ts Gun owners say they're wrong target
Here's a true story from 50 years ago that could never happen today. Two teenage boys were swaying back and forth in a Toronto streetcar, .22 rifles propped between their knees, headed for the dump to do some shooting. A police officer boarded and walked past them, eyed the two rifles, and said in a firm, fatherly voice, "Those wouldn't be loaded now, would they, boys?"

Thursday Jan 5, 2006 fp GUNNING FOR THE WORLD
By David Morton
Once just a club for red-blooded Americans, the National Rifle Association has become a savvy global lobby. It presses for rights at the United Nations. It assists pro-gun campaigns from Sydney to São Paulo. And it has found that its message—loving freedom means loving guns—resonates almost everywhere.

Tuesday Jan 3, 2006 ts Lawyers doubt tougher bail rules
Prime Minister Paul Martin's proposal to keep individuals charged with gun offences locked up under so-called "reverse onus" bail rules has sparked a sharp debate, reports Harold Levy.

Sunday Jan 1, 2006 Turning things around
Plastic flowers still mark the spot within the complex where a 17-year-old was gunned down three years ago, and remnants of recent police tape remain knotted to steel railings, but not much else remains of the old Ardwick.


Bullets are usually very selective
Orlando Grundy was, like many of this year's homicide victims, a young black man. He was just 22, shot to death in an Etobicoke apartment last winter.

Girl's slaying has `touched each one of us'
Hundreds of Torontonians united in grief under the giant Christmas tree at Yonge-Dundas Square last night to mark the death of 15-year-old Jane Creba, killed on Yonge St. as she hunted Boxing Day bargains with her sister. Patrick Evans, Isabel Teotonio and Naomi Carniol report.


We all have to act to push for change
Across this city, since Jane Creba died on Monday, people are asking the same questions: What will it take for enough to be enough? Are we there yet?

A loving mother's son
Andre Burnett began life as an independent boy, raised by a loving mother in a poor neighbourhood. At some point, for reasons this city must reckon with, he decided to live by the gun. He was murdered Sept. 10 ? becoming Toronto's 54th homicide victim of the year, and the 36th to be killed by a gun, writes Jim Rankin.

2005

Fri 12/30/2005 rci The fallout continues from the December 26 gang shoot-out in the heart of Canada's biggest city, Toronto. A 15-year-old girl, Jane Creba, was killed in the crossfire. Six other bystanders were wounded. A newspaper report says firearms charges have been laid against a man arrested shortly after the shootout. A 20-year-old man faces eight charges, including discharging a firearm into a crowd. He was arrested with a 17-year-old youth at a subway station shortly after the incident. But a police spokesperson says that the firearms charges don't relate directly to the killing of Ms Creba. Meanwhile, Ontario politicians are discussing increased video survelliance of public spaces in the wake of the fatal shooting. Ontario's Community Safety Minister says the idea is being explored. He says cameras could be an assest in deterring crime and gathering evidence. And Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has sent a letter to the leaders of Canada's main federal parties, in which he calls for stronger sentences for those found guilty of criminal possession and use of firearms.

Friday Dec 30, 2005 rci Police in the Canadian city of Toronto say they are aggressively building a case to ensure all those involved in Monday's shootout are brought to justice. Fifteen-year-old Jane Creba, described as a star student and athlete, was killed in the crossfire during a dispute Monday between two groups of about 15 young men. Six others were injured in the shooting. The incident occurred in a major downtown shopping area where thousands of people were particpating in post-Christmas Day sales. Toronto has been the scene of at least 45 shooting deaths in the last year. The federal government says it will amend laws in order to crackdown on gun violence. And the mayor of Toronto has said he will increase street patrols by police.

Opponents of proposed federal gun ban are going ahead with a 100-thousand-dollar media blitz in Toronto -- despite the deadly December 26 shootout. The Toronto Star cites a memo from the Canadian Institute for Legislative Action and the Canadian Shooting Sports Association. The memo is dated December 22nd and says the media campaign is designed to coincide with the final two weeks of the election. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Paul Martin unveiled a plan to severely restrict handgun ownership and boost efforts to control the illegal flow of weapons.

Tuesday Dec 27, 2005 rci Prime Minister Paul Martin's election promise to ban handguns may not be having the effect he intended. Gun shop owners say sales have increased since Mr. Martin made his promise earlier this month. The gun shop owners say buyers are stocking up on coveted models before it's too late and hoping the ban would not be retroactive by including guns already owned. The gun shop owners say the people that are buying the guns hope they'll be covered under an exemption that would exist for target shooters. The gun shop owners say that although handgun sales have skyrocketed since the Liberal announcement, they are worried sales might plummet if the ban takes effect. There are more than 500,000 legally registered handguns in Canada. Most are owned by police, security guards, collectors and licensed target shooters.

Monday Dec 5, 2005 rci Canada's controversial gun registery program is becoming an issue in the political campaign for the federal election next month. The program requires Canadians to register their guns. It has been widely criticized for costing hundreds of millions of dollars. The leader of the Conservative Party, Stephen Harper, wants to scrap the program. But the leader of the New Democratic Party, Jack Layton, says that some changes can save the program. Mr. Layton also says that if his party comes to power on January 23, then he will improve border security to stop smugglers from traponsporting guns illegally from the United States to Canada. Canada's minority Liberal Party government fell last week after the three opposition parties voted in favour of a non-confidence motion. Most leaders took Sunday off to rest. But Mr. Layton campaigned in Vancouver and Prime Minister Paul Martin made an appearance in Ottawa. There were no scheduled events for Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper, Gilles Duceppe of the Bloc Quebecois or the Green Party's Jim Harris.

Sunday Nov 13, 2005 rci Canada's justice minister, Irwin Cotler, says the federal government will introduce legislation this month to crack down on the rash of gun-related crimes that have plagued some of the country's cities. Mr. Cotler says there are already 20 types of gun-related crimes have carry mandatory minimum sentences, but that there will be more such sentences. The minister says more automatic incarcerations on the law books will send a message to judges, prosecutors and criminals. Defence lawyers and other critics have accused Mr. Cotler of pandering to "law-and-order" voters ahead of the forthcoming federal election.

Thursday Nov 10, 2005 rci Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin says that tougher laws are needed to check the increase in gun violence. Mr. Martin says that his justice minister will soon announce increases in mandatory minimum sentences for such offenses. But at the same time, the prime minister says it's important that adolescents who became caught up in violence shouldn't be treated like hardened criminals. Mr. Martin also announced $50 million to fund anti-gang and anti-gun programs. He made the remarks after a meeting with the mayor of Toronto, David Miller. Canada's biggest city has suffering a spate of 44 shooting deaths this year.

Wednesday Nov 9, 2005 rci WHITEHORSE: ONTARIO CONTINUES PUSH FOR STIFFER GUN SANCTIONS Ontario attorney general, Michael Bryant, says he's confident that he'll win the support of his federal, provincial and territorial counterpart for the Ontario government campaign for harsher penalties for gun-related offenses. He's meeting with them in the capital of Yukon territory. Mr. Bryant says he has raised the subject with several of them and contacts have been positive. His government has been galvanized by the spate of 44 shooting deaths in Toronto so far this year. Ontario wants increased sentences, new mandatory minimum sentences and new offenses to be written into the federal law books. The federal justice minister, Irwin Cotler, has said he's willing to act if he feels he has the support of the ministers at the lower levels of government.

Tuesday Nov 8, 2005 ts Feds 'ready' to toughen gun laws
Federal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler says he's ready to bring in tougher sentencing for gun crimes if he can get agreement from his provincial and territorial counterparts this week.
Cotler to propose tougher gun laws
WHITEHORSE—Federal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler says he's ready to bring in tougher sentencing for gun crimes if he can get an agreement from his provincial and territorial counterparts.

Tuesday Nov 8, 2005 rci TORONTO: ONTARIO WANTS TOUGHER LEGAL LINE ON GUNS
Canada's federal, provincial and territorial justice minister are holding several days of talks in Whitehorse, YT, this week in which one of the chief topics is gun offenses. Ontario's attorney general, Michael Bryant, has submitted to his counterparts a 15-page document in which he calls for stronger jail terms for such crimes. The document recommends mandatory minimum terms for certain types of gun crimes in cases where they don't now exist. He also demands a review of the federal Youth Criminal Justice Act. Toronto has been the scene of 44 shooting deaths this year. Mr. Bryant says that no one in any other province or territory wants such a crime wave to spread which is why all of his counterparts recognize the need for action.

Monday Nov 7, 2005 ts Toughen gun laws: Ontario
The Ontario government will demand an increase in mandatory minimum sentences for gun crimes at today's meeting of federal and provincial justice ministers, confidential documents show. Robert Benzie reports.

Tuesday Oct 25, 2005 ts Martin draws a line on guns
OTTAWA?Guns are Prime Minister Paul Martin's newest target in what seems to be a deliberate and continuing attempt to take some careful pokes at the United States.

Sunday Oct 23, 2005 rci Concerned over the increased use of handguns by criminals in Toronto, Canada's government is considering ways of suing the American manufacturers that are the source of many of the guns. A plan to crack down on crimes committed with guns is due to be tabled in Parliament next month. Part of the plan might include lawsuits that would be launched either in Canada or the United States. Police in Toronto estimate that guns smuggled from the United States are involved in nearly half of all crimes committed with guns in Canada. In Toronto, 61 people have been murdered this year, forty-one of them with guns---a record.

Tuesday Oct 18, 2005 nyt The Gun Industry Rolls Congress
The House's eagerness to pass a bill that denies victimized families their fair day in court and shields the gun industry is obscene.

Tuesday Sep 20, 2005 ts Guns sales were also on rise
People in Louisiana rushed to purchase guns in the chaotic days of looting and lawlessness following Hurricane Katrina, according to law enforcement officials still trying to track down thousands of weapons that were lost or stolen.

Friday Sep 16, 2005 ts Don't blame U.S. for gun crimes, ambassador says
OTTAWA ? Canadians shouldn't blame their southern neighbour for the spike in gun-related violence in Toronto, says the U.S. ambassador in Ottawa.

Friday Sep 2, 2005 ts Gun amnesty targets violence
Attorney General Michael Bryant has introduced a series of initiatives to tackle Toronto's growing gun violence, including a firearms amnesty.

Friday Sep 2, 2005 rci TORONTO: ON WANTS LONGER JAIL TERMS FOR GUN OFFENSES>br> The attorney general of the Canadian province of Ontario is seeking longer prison sentences for gun crimes. Michael Bryant wants to cut back the trade of illegal weapons. He made the statement after talks with Canada's federal justice minister, Irwin Cotler. The minister says his department would consider mandatory sentencing for certain gun-related crimes. In recent months there have been 33 gun-related deaths in Ontario, mostly in its capital city, Toronto. The increased violence has been attributed to gang wars.

Thursday Sep 1, 2005 ts Ontario plans tougher laws in war on guns
Gun-toting thugs may soon face stiffer sentences simply because of the impact that growing violence is having on Toronto.
Harper turns Tories' focus to gun-related crime in city
Federal Conservative Leader Stephen Harper came to gun-troubled Toronto yesterday and unveiled a task force to examine crime rates that he says are on the rise across the country.

Wednesday Aug 24, 2005 ts Gun crimes to top agenda
REGINA—This summer's wave of gun violence in Toronto will be fuelling a new, more urgent discussion today among Liberal MPs from the GTA and Ontario, many of whom are looking for even tougher crackdowns on gun crimes and smuggling.

Wednesday Jun 29, 2005 Gun deaths in Canada trend downward 
Gun-related deaths are trending steadily downward in Canada, says Statistics Canada, even as high-profile shooting tragedies continue to raise public hackles. 

Tuesday Mar 8, 2005 OTTAWA: MOUNTIES' DEATH REVIVES GUN REGISTRY DEBATE
The deaths of the four Mounties have revived the debate on the effectiveness of the federal gun registry to stop crime. Conservative Party Member of Parliament Garry Breitkreuz says the tragedy proves that the registry doesn't work because criminals ignore it. Mr. Breitkreuz says the registry doesn't keep guns out of the hands of criminals and is purely a "paper-pushing exercise." The MP says the $2 billion that the government has spent on the registry since its inception would have been better spent on giving the police more resources. However, Wendy Cukier of the Montreal-based Coalition for Gun Control argues that while the existing laws to control firearms may be insufficient, the shootings don't prove that they don't work at all.

Tuesday Mar 8, 2005 CANADA GETS PRAISE FOR GUN CONTROL Meanwhile, a report published jointed by Amnesty International and Oxfam shows that there are 650 million weapons in circulation in the world and that they are often used to take victims among women both at home and in the street. The report was published on the eve of international women's day. The document praises Canada for its measures to register firearms and to prevent their use. The report notes that the measures that went into effect in 1995 resulted in a drop in the number of murders through guns dropped by 15 per cent between that year and 2003, while the number of such murders of women fell by 40 per cent.

Monday Mar 7, 2005 ts $1B gun registry branded `useless`
Rochfort Bridge, Alta.—New questions are being asked about Canada`s controversial and expensive gun registry, and why it didn`t keep a high-calibre assault rifle out of the hands of a man who killed four Mounties in a cold-blooded ambush.

21/Dec/2000 [total waist of our money.. stupid!]

BACKGROUNDER cbc.ca/news/indepth/background/gun_control.html

U.S. suspending gun sales to Canada WebPosted Fri Feb 25 08:18:01 2000

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