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Shooting
Guns &
Riding Horses
page 11
Paul Martin What can we
Expect?
page 24
Firearms &
Young People
page 12
Gunproofing
Your Child
page 22
Teaching the
Canadian
Restricted
Firearms
Safety Course
page 27
Preserving Canada’s
Firearms Heritage
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encourage young people to participate in our proud culture
and heritage of shooting sports. We want articles from a
youth’s perspective, or articles describing what you are
doing for youth involvement.
Spring Bear Hunt and the Spring Turkey Hunt. Know
any funny stories? Remember, you can change the names of
people in the story if you want. We also want to hear about
the gear you find most helpful in the field, and maybe a
warning about the gear you’ve had the most problems with.
Fast Draw. We want to hear about the participants in this
sport, both in Canada and the United States. Do you know
something interesting about the equipment required? Have
you been to a Fast Draw Competition? Have you been a
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Are you Ready for the Hunting Season? We want to hear
about the latest gear, the latest news and the tactics needed
to ensure that the 2004 season is the most successful season
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Cowboy Action Shooting. We want to hear from the
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IPSC and IDPA. Are you involved in this exciting sport?
We want to hear from you or any Canadian shooter who has
excelled in this area.
Caring for Firearms. We will be featuring the best
methods to clean and care for firearms. If you’ve found a
neat trick that has worked well for you over the years, let us
know. Ammunition reloading is another topic that will be
wrapped in with this one.
Women and the Shooting Sports. The National Firearms
Association is looking for women who are prominent in the
shooting sports. Tell us your story. Additionally, we want to
see articles on how shooting clubs are encouraging women
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ids! Kids! As you can tell from this month’s cover, we’re featuring
youth and shooting sports. Not only do we have an article written by a
young gentleman, but we also have a great collection of articles about
some of the different things that you will come across when you bring your
children, nieces, and nephews into the sport.
“Shooting Guns and Riding Horses” is a small article on page 11 written by
Sirett Holmes. Sirett is a young black powder enthusiast. He has brought pen
to paper to let us know about his passion and the appreciation he has for the
people that have made it possible for him.
Our President, Jim Hinter, has an interesting tale on page 6 to tell about his
encounter with Scout Master Bob and his troop. This month’s legal column is
something that you should check out if you’re concerned about the legalities
of your child being involved in shooting. On page 14, even our Canadian
Firearms Heritage article is about youth and firearms.
For those of you wanting to know more about the political aspect of our sport,
we have a couple of articles that you will be interested to read. David
Tomlinson has provided us with an article about Paul Martin and what we can
expect on page 24. As well, we have an great article from Garry Breitkreuz
about domestic homicides in regard to the gun registry.
As usual, “The Last Word” is a tale the of sort that most hunters can relate to,
so check it out on page 29.
If you’ve got something to say, and have written about it in an article, or
you’ve just got some great photos that you’d like to share with everyone,
please contact us. We can’t promise that they’ll end up in the magazine, but
we’d love to hear from you!
Have a great read!
Nicole Greenwald
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The National Firearms Association is an alliance of Canadians
dedicated to preserving our firearms heritage.
Along with safe and accountable ownership and use, we strive
for practical and cost effective legislation that respects the
rights of law-abiding Canadians.
The National Firearms Association works to educate Canadians
regarding firearm issues.
Inside this issue
Regulars
The President’s Column ..............................................................6
James M. Hinter
Vice President’s Column ...........................................................10
W. J. (Wally) Butts
Legal Corner ..............................................................................12
David A. Tomlinson
Canadian Firearms Heritage ......................................................14
Gary K. Kangas
Members’ Letters .........................................................................8
The Last Word ...........................................................................29
W. J. (Wally) Butts
On the Cover
This month’s cover features some of our promising
youth. From left to right in the back: Sarah, Shawna,
and Kasha. From left to right in the front: Travis,
Richelle, and Michael.
Features
The Plea-bargaining Trap ............................................................9
David A. Tomlinson
Shooting Guns and Riding Horses ............................................11
Sirett Holmes
The Young Guns ........................................................................15
Kanada Kidd
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EESA Junior Program................................................................16
John Evers
Gunproofing Your Child............................................................22
David A. Tomlinson
Paul Martin - What Can We Expect? ........................................24
David A. Tomlinson
Domestic Homicides Continue to Rise .....................................26
Garry Breitkreuz
Teaching the Canadian Restricted Firearms Safety Course ......27
James M. Hinter
by James M. Hinter
President’s
Column
S
ome people rate the power of their
firearms in the bullet weight, still
others in the feet per second at
which the bullet leaves the muzzle. And
some rate it on the amount of “kick”
when the firearm is fired. I think there
may be other ways to decide what
handgun is the most powerful handgun in
the world.
I think I just might own the most
powerful handgun in the world, and for
this reason.
A few months ago, while I was shooting
at the Wild West Shooting Centre, a local
Scout troop arrived. The Scouts were
there to learn firearms safety.
One of the best tools I have found for
teaching, especially when serving as a
Range Safety Officer, is electronic
earmuffs. I can hear far more, and my
hearing is very well protected.
That night, one of the young Scouts was
telling his friends that “cowboy guns are
not cool.” I just couldn’t let that one
slide. As much as I enjoy shooting all
firearms, my favourites are single-action
revolvers.
I walked over to this young man with a
big grin on my face and my Ruger
Vaqueros on my hips and asked him,
“Why are ‘cowboy guns’ not cool?”
He didn’t say much. So I brought him
and his target back to the firing line, and
gave him a safety talk on how to shoot a
single-action revolver. We did some dryfire practice. Then I loaded one cartridge
and guided him through shooting my
Vaquero.
The huge grin on his face told me that his
previous thought that “cowboy guns are
not cool” was no longer real to him.
Five shots later, this young man was in
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absolute glory and ecstasy.
The entire troop earned their first crest
that night in the National Firearms
Association’s Shooting Sports
Achievement Program. The National
Firearms Association also provided each
Scout with a copy of our “Shooting
Sports Primer for New Shooters.” Each
Scout was also granted a National
Firearms Association crest, which each is
now proudly wearing on his sash.
That is part of the reason that I think I
own the most powerful handgun in the
world. There is more.
Last night, months later, I got a call from
the Scout Master for the troop. This troop
has decided to make firearms safety its
troop’s special badge. At the last meeting,
when planning the annual salute to those
who have made a real impact on the
troop, the Scouts wanted “Jim Hinter, the
Cowboy Gun Guy” to be one of their
honoured guests at their annual breakfast.
The impact that I had that evening, and in
the following evenings, with those twenty
young people has stuck with them for all
these months.
That is another part of the reason I think I
own the most powerful handgun in the
world. However, there is even more.
Our next step is getting all of these young
people through the Canadian Firearms
Safety Course. The teaching team at the
National Firearms Association has agreed
that we will put together a special course
for these Scouts, and for a special price.
Through the National Firearms
Association Learning Centre, we will
teach this course to all of the Scouts, and
to all the parents who wish to come. The
cost will be (at the most) $20.00. I have
also promised that if any of the troop
cannot afford the cost, we will still
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provide the learning experience, we will
find some way around the costs.
We do not want to leave out one single
Scout, or one of their parents.
The Scout Master is absolutely thrilled
with this offer. It allows the troop an
educational opportunity at a price he feels
everyone can afford.
Imagine, at least twenty new shooters...
all Scouts. All will be new ambassadors
for the shooting sports.
That is another part of the reason I now
know I own the most powerful handgun
in the world. Yet, there is still more.
At an Edmonton area gun club recently, I
gave a talk on what the National Firearms
Association is doing. In the course of that
talk, I asked, “Who is the youngest
person in the room?” It was a 38-year-old
man.
I stated that this room should be full of
young people. All of the members present
agreed. At the events the club holds their monthly meetings, their gun shows,
and their shoots - they need to do more
things to encourage more youth
participation.
Scoutmaster Bob and I have already
discussed this, and the troop will be very
interested in helping out in this effort.
Part of Scouting is community service.
The Scouts will help do this as a part of
their community service.
At an upcoming gun show, the Scouts can
help unload items for sale by the vendors,
and later load items not sold for the
vendors. They can also bring lunches, or
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coffee, or other refreshments to the
vendors at the shows.
guns.” Milarm has donated 1000 rounds
of .45 Colt ammunition to the scouts.
The club will offer the Scouts access to
its shooting range and invitations to the
club’s monthly meeting. We will have
made a major positive injection of youth
into a local club.
During this coming summer, I am sure
that the scouts are really going to enjoy
that very generous donation.
That is still only a part of the reason I
now know I own the most powerful
handgun in the world. There is even
more.
I spoke to Mr Alan Kerr, who owns the
company Milarm here in Edmonton.
Milarm in Edmonton has a Military
History Museum. It contains all kinds of
firearms that Mr Kerr has collected over
the years.
Mr Kerr has offered to give the Scouts a
personal tour of his museum. I had this
privilege earlier this year. It is a great
opportunity, and I encourage each of you,
if you have the opportunity, to visit.
Then, to help support the Scouts, Mr Kerr
has generously offered to help support
their new interest in the shooting sports,
and especially in shooting “cowboy
The next and last step in this “neverending story” is that because of the
efforts of Scoutmaster Bob and I, we are
hosting a meeting later this week with the
Scouts Canada Coordinator.
The reason for the meeting is that this
particular Scout troop is growing faster
than almost any other Scout troop in
Canada. Scoutmaster Bob’s Scout troop is
offering new and exciting programs.
All of this happened because a young
man fired five rounds of .45 Colt from
my Ruger Vaquero. I think that is a pretty
powerful handgun, don’t you?
Historical Arms Society, Alan Kerr of
Milarm, Robin Leech and Tom Sherwood
of the National Firearms Association
Teaching Team, and of course
“Scoutmaster Bob,” may encourage a
positive attitude that is far more powerful
than a .45 Colt revolver.
Heck, maybe the most powerful force of
all is the Scouts themselves.
Regardless of “who” is responsible, the
shooting sports need more cooperation
like this. We need more new shooters,
and more shooters shooting more — that
is one of the objectives that the National
Firearms Association is working hard to
achieve.
Here is another example of another win!
You win! We win!
Or maybe the most powerful factor here
is not my Ruger Vaquero, but the positive
attitudes, and the efforts of a growing
number of people.
People such as Ken and Flora Kupsh of
the Wild West Shooting Centre, Stan
Beaumont, President of the Canadian
James M. Hinter
National President
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Members’ Letters
My first question is does the
grandfathering provision of the law
require continuous ownership of a
particular prohibited firearm and/or
the continuous holding of a particular
registration slip for that firearm, or, as
I believe, can the grandfathering
requirements be met by having
continuous ownership and
registration of any short-barreled/.25
or .32 cal handgun as long as the
ownership/registrations overlap?
You are correct. They think of a
"grandfathered" gun as the one that you
first mentioned to them, but there is no
legal basis for that.
My second question is, should my
records indicate that I am still in
possession of any "green slip"
registered firearms that have no
"plastic card" or "white slip"
registrations beside them, what are
my options?
Re-register them. It is probable that if
you go to the Canadian Firearms Centre
web page, and sort through it until you
get to the status of your registration
applications, you will find that they are
showing "incomplete" and "in process"
as my own do.
Another interesting point: I just
opened the envelope containing my
new PAL, and it is good for nonrestricted and restricted - no mention
of prohibited. I will be phoning and
bringing this to their attention, but
since I do own registered prohibited
handguns this license is of little value
to me.
Right. Do NOT send that bad one back - or you will put yourself in violation of
the laws forbidding possession without a
licence. Be stubborn about that!
David A Tomlinson
NFA Legal
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Dear Editor,
Paul Martin is to revisit the firearms
registry. If the Liberal government is
really going to revisit their 1 billiondollar boondoggle, then we can
expect to see the registry cancelled?
However, if after the study the
registry is not cancelled, then we will
know the "study" was merely smoke
and mirrors and was intended, not to
save Canadians money and dispose
of this totally useless government
mistake, but rather to temporarily
pacify western Canadian voters.The
argument that the registry allows law
officers to check if there are guns in
the home is ludicrous - all gun
owners are already licensed with
Possession/Acquisition permits.
Surely one can assume from this
separate permit that there might be
firearms in the home without the
expense of a double registry.
Government claims that the registry
has already saved lives cannot be
proven, and all of the examples used
by the Firearms Centre to justify its
existence would have been possible
using only the Possession/Acquisition
permit database. Perhaps the firearm
registry might be replaced with a
much needed sex offender's registry which might keep some of the
bureaucrats of the Canada Firearms
Centre employed.
Yours truly,
Jim Lawrence
Manager Corporate Affairs &
Communications
Canadian Outdoor Heritage Alliance
I am a soldier currently serving in
Afghanistan, and while over here I
purchased a deactivated Sten Mk II
submachine gun from Canada. All of
my mail is forwarded to me from
Canada through the military, and of
course the Sten was no exception.
Shortly my tour will be over, and I'll be
heading back to Canada next month
with the Sten in my possession. I am
worried about the headaches that
Customs is going to give me. Do I
declare it as a firearm and then try to
explain? Or is there a way that I can
minimize any complications?
Hopefully, I did not purchase this
dewat only for it to get taken from me.
If you have any thoughts or advice on
the situation it would be greatly
appreciated.
A deactivated firearm is not a "firearm"
as defined by Criminal Code section 2. It
is merely a chunk of scrap metal. No
firearms control law, firearms control
regulation, or any other firearms control
provision applies to it in any way.
It is NOT a "firearm."
You may get static from the airline people
if they X-ray your baggage, so take a
little time to explain what is in your
checked baggage, and show it to them if
they want to see it.
David A Tomlinson
NFA Legal
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This is an actual case recently dealt with by the
NFA. (Name has been changed.)
J
oe was charged with illegal storage of his
firearms. The Crown offered a plea bargain:
if Joe pleads guilty, his firearms will be
returned to him. In turn, he will be granted an
absolute discharge, so he will not have a
criminal record. That was attractive, but Joe
called the NFA first. Here is what we told him:
1. The judge cannot return your firearms if
you plead guilty. Criminal Code section
491 says that where “it has been
determined by a court that...(b) a person
has committed an offense that involves...a
firearm, a crossbow [or] ammunition...and
any such thing has been seized and
detained...the thing so seized and detained
is forfeited to Her Majesty and shall be
disposed of as the Attorney General directs
[emphasis added].”
2. Firearms Act section 5 says, “In
determining whether a person is eligible to
hold a license...the [authority shall have
regard to whether the person, within the
previous five years, (a) has been convicted
or discharged...of... (ii) an offense under
[the Firearms Act] or Part III [the firearms
sections] of the Criminal Code [emphasis
added].”
Therefore, this offered plea bargain is not real. A
Crown may think he can do it, but CC s. 491
prevents the judge from ordering the return of
the firearms. He will lose them. A person who
pleads guilty also becomes ineligible for a
license. His license will be revoked by the
firearms control bureaucrats. They care nothing
about what a Crown wanted to do. He will not
be eligible to hold a license again until five long
years have gone by, and may have to fight a
court battle to get one even then.
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by W. J. (Wally) Butts
Vice President’s
Column
Waffling &
Obfuscating
M
Wally J. Butts
ost of the readers of this column
probably don’t know what the
word “obfuscate” means, and
that’s the reason that I’ve used it here.
Paul Martin is waffling and obfuscating
over what to do about the gun registry.
“Obfuscate” means to confuse. Thus,
someone is obfuscating when he uses
language and phrases to explain
something in a manner that makes it
unintelligible. Martin is on the record as
coming down on both sides of the debate.
While he says he is committed to the
registry, he agrees that the costs can’t
continue at the same rate. He says the
registry is here to stay, and he voted for
the last $58 million additional to support
it through 2003. Wake up, Mr. Martin you can’t have it both ways.
Additionally, the West hates the scheme,
and if Martin wishes to “Win the West,”
he won’t do it with the firearms registry
still in place. And he shouldn’t bet that
the West would support him in the next
election, even if the registry were gone.
The West just doesn’t trust the Liberals.
The Liberals have poured so much
political capital into the doomed gun
registry scheme that they just can’t drop
it. They blindly paid homage to the
Coalition for Gun Control’s tortured
innuendo and manipulated statistics in
formulating this idiotic piece of proposed
utopia, all the while not paying any
attention to the real target of the gun
registry - law-abiding Canadians.
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At least the media are now regularly
calling for the end of the gun registry.
Even newspaper editors and columnists
recognize that registering Uncle George’s
duck gun in Newfoundland isn’t going to
make a dent in the handgun shootings in
Toronto and Vancouver.
The latest statistics from Toronto show
that, although firearms homicides are
relatively unchanged over that past
several years, shootings in 2003 increased
by 51% to 326 incidents. The fact that
homicides aren’t up significantly means
that paramedics and specialized hospitals,
such as Sunnyside, are better able to save
the lives of shooting victims. I guess that
the reason is that they’re getting lots more
practice.
In addition, fully 94% of the firearms
homicides in Toronto last year were
determined to be gang related.
That’s really the gist of this column shootings in our large cities, usually with
smuggled or stolen handguns, are up
dramatically. The justification for this
registry by Alan Rock, when he
announced the legislation, was that it
would lessen the criminal access to
firearms and would reduce crime. Duh!
Yeah! Right!
The public vision of gun violence is what
shows up on the news every night. The
public doesn’t give a damn about Uncle
George’s duck gun. The public now
realizes that registering Uncle George’s
duck gun (and registering Uncle George,
too, for that matter) is not the issue.
Toronto’s Police Chief Julian Fantino said
it best by saying that the gun registry has
been useless in helping us to solve any
homicides in Toronto, and that the money
wasted could have put real police on the
street to help solve the gun problem.
The National Firearms Association has
said all along that the opposite would be
true, and as usual, we were right. We
were right on the costs as well. Additional
billions will have to be spent to keep the
registry on life support, and to enforce
registry violations by otherwise lawabiding Canadian firearms owners.
Mr. Martin! Please wake up and smell the
coffee. Scrap the long gun registry. If you
really want to use the infrastructure and
rescue some of the wasted money, change
it over to a sex offender registry, or one to
track the criminals who are forbidden to
have guns.
That probably would have to include all
of the gang members in Toronto with
illegal handguns, too.
Wendy Cukier has obfuscated the issue
by saying that if the gun registry saves
just one life, it is worth all the money
spent. What we really should be
considering and asking is this: “How
many dozens of lives could have been
saved if this money had been spent by
police for enforcement work?”
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by Sirett Holmes
Shooting Guns &
Riding Horses
M
y name is Sirett Holmes.
I am 15 years old, and I
like shooting guns and
riding horses.
My father was a man of many
talents, one of which was shooting
black powder muskets. From an
early age I was introduced to
firearms and taught how to use
them.
With my father I attended many a
black powder rendezvous. On these
occasions my father taught me to
use flint and steel and how to
camp.
With his untimely passing a year
ago, guns left my thoughts, and my
focus was redirected to art - where
it had always been, but was now
even more so. Art was another one
of my father’s talents and definitely
his most developed one. His
imagination and creativity were
awe-inspiring.
To my surprise, about eight months
after my father’s passing, a man
named Gary Kangas contacted my
mother. Gary had been one of my
father’s best friends in his early
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life. Upon the conclusion of our
meeting, I asked if I could visit and
shoot with Gary. He agreed. So
since then I have ridden horses
again, shot guns, performed in
street theatre, and competed in
Cowboy Action shooting
competitions among other things.
Before I took part in any of this,
however, I was taught the proper
procedure and safety of firearms
and how to properly deport myself
while using firearms.
My skills in horsemanship have
been broadened and refined.
The individuals I have become
acquainted with through riding and
shooting have shared their
knowledge and expertise willingly.
Though I am only 15 years old, the
men and women
with whom I
have become
acquainted are
furthering my
education and
treating me as
a peer.
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LEGAL
CORNER
David A. Tomlinson
Firearms &
Young People
T
he law provides for two classes of
licence available to young people
under 18.
1. Firearms Act section (FA s.) 8(2) says
that a 0 to 18-year-old person who “hunts
or traps as a way of life is eligible to hold
a licence if the individual needs to hunt or
trap in order to sustain himself or herself
or his or her family.”
2. FA s. 8(3) says that a 12 to 18-year-old
shooter “is eligible to hold a licence
authorizing the individual to possess, in
accordance with the conditions attached
to the licence, a firearm for the purpose
of target practice, hunting or instruction
in the use of firearms or for the purpose
of taking part in an organized
competition.”
No, it is not. In FA s. 33, we find this:
33. A person may lend a firearm only if:
(a) the person
(i) has reasonable grounds to believe that
the borrower holds a licence authorizing
the borrower to possess that kind of
firearm, and
(ii) lends the borrower the registration
certificate for the firearm....
Next, in CC s. 84(4), we find this:
84. (4) For the purposes of this Part, a
person is the holder of...
Then FA s. 8(4) limits those licences to
possession of non-restricted firearms
only, and says that a person with either of
these types of licences is not authorized
to acquire firearms or crossbows. That
provision is tricky, as we shall see below.
(b) a registration certificate for a firearm
if...
Criminal Code section (CC s.) 91 and CC
s. 92 say that the young person (by which
I mean a person under 18 years old,
but also at least 12 years old) cannot
legally be in possession of a firearm
unless he or she “is the holder of”
both a licence covering that class of
firearm, and a firearms registration
certificate for that firearm. Those
sections are the same for everyone.
Therefore, if the young person has a
licence, either of the type specified in FA
s. 8(2) or of the type specified in FA s.
8(3), you can lend that young person a
non-restricted firearm — provided that
you also lend him or her the registration
certificate for that firearm. Once you
have done that, then the young person
is “the holder of a licence under
which (he or she) may possess it” and
is “the holder of...a registration
certificate for the firearm” as
required in CC s. 91 and 92.
So, how does the young person
come to have possession of a
firearm? His or her licence is a
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possession-only licence, so he or she
cannot buy or be given a firearm. Is this a
Catch-22 situation?
(iii) the person possesses the registration
certificate with the permission of its
lawful holder.
This is an interesting exception to the
idea that a person with a “possessiononly” licence cannot buy or be given a
firearm, or acquire it in some other way.
Apparently, the law has no objection to a
person — even a young person — with a
“possession-only” licence temporarily
acquiring a firearm by borrowing it.
This is a case where, in law, “the specific
overrides the general.” The concept that a
person with a “possession-only” licence
cannot acquire a firearm by someone
lending it to him or her is in error.
While CC s. 101 states that it is an
offence to transfer a firearm to a person
“otherwise than under the authority of the
Firearms Act,” FA s. 33 specifically
permits the lending of a firearm to a
person with a “possession-only” licence.
That is then backed up by CC s.
84(4)(b)(ii), which recognizes that a
person who has borrowed a firearm and
borrowed the registration certificate for
that firearm is now the “holder” of that
registration certificate.
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As the “holder” of both a licence to
“possess” non-restricted firearms and a
registration certificate for the borrowed
firearm, the young person cannot be
successfully prosecuted for illegal
possession by way of CC s. 91 or 92.
Is there any other way for a young person
to possess a firearm?
Yes, there is. A young person can legally
acquire and possess an “antique firearm”
because the law does not require a licence
to acquire or possess an “antique firearm”
or a registration certificate for an “antique
firearm.”
“Antique firearms” come under an
exemption to the Firearms Act granted by
CC s. 84(3)(a), which says:
*84. (3) For the purposes of sections 91
to 95, 99 to 101, 103 to 107 and 117.03
of this Act and [for] the provisions of the
Firearms Act, the following weapons are
deemed not to be firearms:
(a) any antique firearm...
So: An “antique firearm” can be
transferred to a person who holds no
licence of any kind, including a young
person.
“Antique firearms” include rifles without
magazines that were manufactured before
1898 and which have bore diameters over
8.3mm/.327 inches.
Such a rifle may well be an old rifle or an
old shotgun, made before 1898, that has
been converted by a gunsmith into a
single-barrel or double-barrel rifle in, say,
.44-40, .45 Long Colt, or .444 Marlin.
All flintlock rifles and shotguns are
“antique firearms” — even if they were
made last week. Unfortunately, the
question of whether or not all caplock
rifles and shotguns are “antique firearms”
is still open to dispute, and the
government is still claiming that such a
firearm is not an “antique firearm” if the
particular firearm was manufactured after
31 Dec 1897. The NFA is waiting for that
question to come up in criminal court,
because the NFA has very interesting
arguments to make. It is just difficult to
get such a case in front of a judge.
There are advantages to starting a young
person out with a flintlock. It is slow to
reload, so unless the firearm is one of the
rare double-barreled flintlocks, it teaches
the student to be very careful with his one
lonely, shot.
There are unusual complications built
into the laws that control possession of a
firearm by a young person, and some of
them are very technical. For example,
note that the part of a firearm which is the
“firearm,” as define by CC s. 2, is the
“frame or receiver.” Therefore, any
firearm built up from a pre-1898 “frame
or receiver” is an “antique firearm” — if
it falls within the other rules. That can
produce some rather startling “antiques”
— that use modern, easily available
cartridges.
The question of what is, and what is not,
an “antique firearm” is too complex to
deal with here. Write to NFA, Box 52183,
Edmonton, AB T6G 2T5, and ask for a
copy of “Antique Firearms.” A small
donation to cover the costs will be
gratefully accepted.
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by Gary K. Kangas, SASS #223, Life Member, Regulator
Canadian Firearms Heritage
Youth & Firearms
C
hildren and young teenagers are fascinated by firearms. At any firearms event young
people ask, “How do they work?” “Is it hard to shoot?” “May I try it?” I have watched as
parents, grandparents, and adult extended family members are amazed at how youth
responds to proper firearms instruction.
When firearms are demystified and demediafied, young and old discover how much skill it
requires to use firearms properly.
Training is the pivot to safe and prudent firearms use. I know of one gun club that has put on
youth programs for over 50 years. The participants in this program are dedicated hunters,
competitive shooters, and renowned collectors. Some have gone on to instruct the young
themselves.
Gary K. Kangas
If youth are taught proper firearm safety skills, and sanctioned shooting techniques, they become
safe firearms users.
I congratulate those who instruct firearms courses,
hunter training, and practical firearms handling, for
they are instrumental in preserving our Canadian
firearms heritage.
Gary K. Kangas
It All Adds Up!
Many of our Members contribute monthly to the
NFA. Their individual donations range from $5 to
$50 per month.
Gary Kangas is a long-time member of the National
Firearms Association and a lifetime firearm owner. Gary
has owned firearms since age six when his mother bought
his first handgun. He is retired and devotes his time to
writing articles on firearms and history for Guns & Ammo,
Trails End, The Cowboy Chronicles and others.
Gary produces Wild West shows, does consulting, and rents
firearms and props for movies, TV and theatre. He is an
active competitor in Cowboy Action Shooting as well as a
founder of the Western Canadian Frontier Shootists Society
and mounted shooting. Gary and his wife Sybil live on a
rural acreage with two horses, two cats, a dog, and a
peacock.
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Thank You!
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by Kanada Kidd
The
Young Guns
I
know some kids who are really good kids. They don’t
drink or smoke. They don’t listen to Marilyn Manson,
or throw bottles at police cars. They study hard at
school and work vigorously at everything they do.
I want to introduce them to you because they have risen, in
a very short time, to the top of the competitive shooting
sports. They have broken away from the pack, and have set
their lives on an amazing course. They are the cream of the
crop in the shooting world, and they continue to be
excellent role models, not only for the other kids, but for us
parents as well. The hard work and dedication they
contribute to their training is awe-inspiring and remarkable.
Lead Dispencer (left) and Kanada Boy (right)
at Gunfight Behind the Jersey Lilly.
Let’s begin with Cowboy Action Shooting, as it is one of
the largest shooting sports in the world today. The World
Championships of the Single Action Shooting Society has
over 700 competitors. There are over 25,000 spectators at
this event, and it attracts all the top guns. The US National
Championships (Winter Range) are almost the same size.
This year, both matches were won by an eighteen-year-old,
Lead Dispenser. I’m not talking about a junior category, he
won Top Overall! When you see this California student
shoot a lever-action rifle, you won’t believe your eyes. It’s
not uncommon for him to shoot ten targets in less than
three seconds! Most often, Lead Dispenser shoots with his
father, Swifty Swede. Swifty is no slouch either. Dispenser
has won all kinds of titles and competitions, and is an
inspiration to all the juniors in the sport. Last week he once
again won the US Nationals, with a field of almost seven
hundred shooters.
There is also a young lady in Cowboy Action Shooting
who has taken the shooting world by storm. Holy Terror is
the granddaughter of a former National and World overall
champion, Evil Roy. At fifteen years of age, she is already
the top lady in both the World and National
Championships, and with a ninth place overall finish at the
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by John Evers
EESA
Junior Program
G
reetings! My name is John Evers.
I am currently a director at the
East Elgin Sportsmen’s
Association in Aylmer.
We are extremely proud of our Junior
program on many levels. On the surface
our success can be measured by the great
quantity of medals that our kids have won
over the years. We are the home club of
both Ontario and Canadian medallist in
Winter and Summer games. However, I
feel that the sense of maturity and the
“can do” attitude engendered is our
greatest success. Many parents have
commented about positive changes they
have seen in their children as a result of
our program.
Here are the basics.
The youngest age for starting is 8 years;
however, that really is at the discretion of
our Junior Chair and Range Master. Ten
or older is best in our view. No
experience with firearms is required.
Actually it’s almost better if they have
none, so we will not have to train out any
bad habits.
The rifle portion of our program runs
from the first Friday in the New Year
until the first Friday in May. Shooting
starts around 6 p.m., with registration
starting no later than 5:30 p.m. We run on
a “first come, first served” basis.
Registration for the first shoot ends at
6:30 p.m., or when we have the first 35
shooters signed up. Persons arriving later
than 6:30 are welcome to stay for our
second session. The second session
follows the first group and normally
starts at 8:30 - 9:00 p.m. Generally, the
later session is populated by some of the
older kids who take things a little more
seriously and are shooting what we call
3-P or 3-position (prone, standing, and
kneeling). The late session runs till the
kids are finished. At times this can run a
little late for the younger kids.
The total cost of an evening of training (1
session) is $6. This covers all your needs
for the evening, including firearm,
ammunition (up to 50 rounds), eye and
ear protection, and targets. There is no
need to show up for every evening, nor
do participants need to be the children of
members. We do offer a “junior
membership” to the members of our
Junior Program for $10. Junior
membership is required after three visits
to the program, and a $1 surcharge is
levied for non-members in this period.
These kinds of memberships and fees are
mandated by our insurance carrier.
A full canteen is available. It is run by a
few of the mothers (my wife among
them), providing hamburgers, hotdogs,
fries, and snacks. A pop machine is
available for drinks.
All new shooters are put though a
introduction to shooting that includes a
safety “walk-through” to cover the
routine of the evening. Naturally, safety
is stressed, and then stressed again.
Safety is our number one priority;
however, having a fun time and learning
are neck-and-neck for second place.
Over the evening each shooter will shoot
(on very busy nights) between 30 and 50
rounds at targets in groups of 10 shots.
We do not refund for any unused
ammunition on “short nights,” nor do we
charge for extras on bonus nights (when
there are fewer shooters). Regardless, we
feel it is a good deal.
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Participants are eligible to earn various
merit badges for proving their skills.
These follow the Shooting Federation of
Canada’s Marksmanship program.
Shooters advance though various badge
levels from Prone Bronze (10 targets with
a score of 80 or more), to Grand Master
(20 targets scoring 100 in each position).
It really helps to keep the kids motivated.
3-Position shooting is allowed (at the
discretion of senior coaches) after a
shooter has progressed beyond the Gold
level in Prone. At this point they are
eligible to participate with our Junior
competitive team and compete at various
matches across Ontario (and Canada for
that matter). In last year’s Canada Winter
Games, the entire Ontario Girls team
were EESA members. At the last Ontario
Summer Games EESA fielded two
complete teams, one garnering the Gold
medal and the other (nearly all beginners)
came in an astonishing fourth place!
We have started, and now have running,
an air rifle program. It shows promise of
growth in the future.
The Junior program also has a very strong
archery component, which runs from May
till the end of September (when air rifle
starts). So we can provide a full year’s
training in the various shooting sports.
Should you wish to pay a visit to EESA, I
would be pleased to meet you and take
you and your child out for a tour. I have a
10-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter
who have been shooting in the program
for the past five years, and who can give
a child’s perspective.
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by Kanada Kidd
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Holy Terror is Cowboy Action
Shootings Top Lady.
Alanna Blin, Fast Draw Champion from Alberta.
Continued from page 18
2003 Nationals. This is out of over 600 shooters! She is so
dedicated that when not doing schoolwork, she is either out
shooting, or teaching classes with her grandparents. I think I
could safely say that the Evil Roy Shooting School is the biggest
and most respected course in Cowboy Action Shooting. Holy
Terror is an essential factor in the school. At the 2004 Nationals
there is a man vs man shoot off, which is an event held after the
main match to determine the Top Gun. This year’s winner was
none other that Holy Terror!
At eighteen years old, Alanna Blinn set another World Fast
Draw record. She is the only lady ever to draw and shoot a
balloon in .268 of a second! Of course, this Canadian girl from
Calgary has set other records as well. She has made many TV
appearances and is an excellent ambassador for the shooting
sports. We are going to hear a lot more from her.
Eric Grauffel (left) and Kanada Kidd
(right) at USPSA Nationals.
Eric Graueffel is twenty-four years old now, but he already has
two IPSC World Championships under his belt! The IPSC
Championships, unlike other sports, are held once in three
years, so he was under 20 the first time. Eric is from France and
travels the world shooting and teaching. In October 2003, he
once again showed his skill and dexterity when he won the US
Open IPSC Nationals! Once again, the best IPSC shooters in the
world could not conquer this young man.
The World Speedshooting Championships are held every August
just north of Los Angeles, California. It’s better known as The
Steel Challenge. This is a real pressure match, and is the most
intense mental match of them all. You know exactly what you
have to do and how fast you have to do it. There is also over a
quarter million dollars in cash and prizes at stake. The
excitement and concentration make this my favorite shoot of the
year. Now you would think that perhaps a mental match like this
would be a sure victory for the professional shooter. Nope, not
this time. Fifteen-year-old KC Eusebio is the World
Speedshooting Champion! KC had a horrible run on one of the
stages called Outer Limits, but was so far ahead that it didn’t
affect his finish.
15-year-old KC Eusebio wins 2003
Steel Challenge.
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newsletter from Kanada Kidd at
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I think it’s absolutely wonderful to have our youth so involved
in competitive shooting and enjoying themselves so immensely.
I salute not only the above-named shooters, but also all of our
juniors. I hope each and every one of you has all the enjoyment
and pleasure that I have had in shooting over the years. You
guys are awesome!
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Gunproofing Your Child
M
ary told me, “I’ve dealt with gun safety for my children. There are no
guns in my house. I won’t allow my children to have toy guns, or watch
movies with violence”. I turned to her six-year-old and asked “Susie,
how do you shoot a gun?” Susie snapped her hands into a two-handed hold,
squinted down an imaginary barrel, and worked her index finger.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Here is a tragedy in the making. Mary’s children already know enough about guns
to hurt themselves and others. Mary’s child, and yours too, already knows how to
load, aim, and fire a gun. They may not be very skilled at it, but they have seen it
done hundreds of times.You can’t protect your child by allowing television, video
games, and the media to do all the training. The results are worse than ignorance,
and even ignorance can hurt or kill children.
Here is how to protect your
child if you are a firearm
owner...
Preparation and Materials:
Gather up several firearms of various
types and one cartridge for each. One
firearm, preferable a handgun, should be
.22 rimfire, with a detachable magazine.
You will need two identical bars of soap.
Prepare one of them by shooting a .22
rimfire high-velocity hollowpoint bullet
through the middle of the bar. In training,
bring out only one item at a time. Do not
distract your child.
Introduction:
Tell your child that you are going to teach
them about. Impress on him or her that
this is very serious and that you are doing
it now because he or she are smart
enough and grown-up enough to learn
about firearms.
The rules come first. Before any firearm
or cartridge is within sight. Tell your
child, very seriously:
1) Loaded guns can hurt people, hurt
them the way you hurt yourself when
you cut your finger...(fall off your
bike, etc.).
2) Every gun is loaded and dangerous
until you have proven that it is empty.
Never believe anyone - not even me who says that a gun is empty, until
you prove it by looking for yourself.
bullet from this cartridge can fly from our
front door to [somewhere your child
knows about, about 1.5 km away]. Even a
tiny, weak cartridge like this one can
make the bullet go a very long way.
3) Never point a gun where it can hurt
someone if it goes off. It is very rude
to point a gun at anyone, and possibly
dangerous.
Hand your child the unmarked bar of
soap. Let him or her feel how hard and
strong the bar of soap is. Then get him or
her to feel how soft his or her leg is. Give
your child the second bar of soap, the one
you shot the .22 bullet through. Explain
that this bar of soap was shot by this tiny
.22 cartridge, and this is the hole the
bullet made. If you were shot by this .22
cartridge, it would make a hole this big in
your leg. Do not substitute the soap for
anything more impressive, because that
can lessen the desired effect.
4) Never touch any gun without the
permission of a safe adult. A safe
adult is a person who opens the gun,
looks inside, and then shows you that
it is not loaded - before he or she
does anything else with the gun.
Anyone who does not do that is
dangerous.
Danger Training:
Children have no concept of death. They
literally cannot understand the meaning
of the word “kill,” so don’t use that word,
or related words. It weakens your training
if you use words your child does not
understand.
Show your child the .22 rimfire cartridge.
Explain that this is what makes a gun
work. It’s called a cartridge. This is the
smallest, weakest cartridge for the
smallest, weakest guns. When the gun
shoots, the bullet flies away; and the
empty cartridge case stays in the gun. The
Bring out the .22 rimfire gun, pointing it
in a safe direction. Explain that the reason
you are pointing it in a safe direction is
so no one will be hurt if it goes off.
If possible, remove the magazine and
show your child that there are no
cartridges in it; then put it back in the
gun. All the cartridges, except one, have
to be in the magazine. Checking the
magazine tells us there can be only one
cartridge in the gun at the most. Now
show the chid the inside to see if there is
one cartridge in the chamber of the gun.
Show your child where the cartridges fit
in the chamber and in the magazine.
Explain that if there were a cartridge in
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either the magazine or the chamber, the
gun could make a hole in someone’s leg.
Put the gun down, pointed in a safe
direction. To shoot this gun, you must put
cartridges in the magazine, then move
one cartridge into the chamber, then move
the trigger to shoot it at a target.
Do not go into elaborate detail about how
to load and shoot the firearm. Then if the
child is capable, have him or her go
through the process to prove that it is
empty and safe. If your child does well,
say so and thank him or her for paying
such close attention. If your child does
poorly, do not get angry. Explain patiently
was wrong. Then try again. If your child
cannot do it, it is your fault. You
overestimated your childs ability at this
age, so drop it after a few words of praise
for trying. Try again later at an older age.
End the lesson by putting the guns away,
letting your child help by carrying one of
the guns to your storage area. Explain
where you keep your guns and where you
keep the ammunition (they know
anyway). Show how you lock them up,
6) Be sure of your target and what’s
beyond it.
7) Don’t mix alcohol or drugs with
firearms.
8) Know how to safely use the firearm
you are shooting.
Trained people are safe with firearms,
but not everyone is trained. Never
believe anyone who tells you they
know about firearms unless the first
thing they do is point the gun in a safe
direction. Then prove to you that the
gun is safe the same way as I showed
you today.
Firearms Away from Home:
1) If you are visiting a friend and your
friend brings out a firearm belonging
to his parents, you have to do what
you can to be safe. Do not yell at your
friend. He might get angry or try to
prove the gun is safe by pulling the
trigger! The best thing you can do is
to stop anyone from handling it, ask
that it be put away. Then leave at once
and come home. Tell us (your parents)
what happened.
2)
I would like a copy of
Gunproofing your Child!
The New Rules
I have enclosed my contact information so that one
can be sent to me.
1) Don’t ever touch the guns or
ammunition unless you have the a
parent with you and you have asked
permission.
Here is my contribution to the
National Firearms Association to help ensure that
publications like this one will remain available to
those who need them...
2) You are allowed to touch the guns and
the ammunition and to shoot them
under our supervision. You are being
trained so that you know how to do
things safely, but your friends are not
so they are not allowed, ever, to touch
either the guns or the ammunition.
When using any firearm,
always follow these NFA
rules:
1) Always treat every firearm as if it
were loaded.
2) Always keep the muzzle pointed in a
safe direction.
3) Always keep your finger off the
trigger until you are ready to shoot.
4) Keep the action of the firearm open
except when actually shooting or
storing the firearm.
5) Use only the right ammunition for
your firearm.
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Paul Martin -
What can we Expect?
I
n predicting what Prime Minister Paul
Martin, will do for the firearms
community, it is advisable to look at
his associations and his track record.
Mr Martin was Minister of Finance
during the development of the C-68
Titanic billion-dollar boondoggle. It was
his sworn duty, and his responsibility, to
monitor what Parliament was doing with
your tax dollars.
Normally, a Minister tells Parliament how
much money he expects to spend on a
major program early in the year. His
statement to Parliament forms part of the
“Estimates,” and Parliament is supposed
to debate the “Estimates” before
approving the money. In fact, the party in
power has absolute control over the
authorizing of spending because it has a
majority, and back-bench MPs are not
allowed to vote against the Prime
Minister’s wishes.
So — Parliament authorizes a Minister is
to spend your money (tax dollars) on a
program — for a year. The amount of
money authorized is supposed to be the
amount of money the Minister reasonably
expects to spend in that year.
More than occasionally, a Minister
overspends. Late in the year, to cover the
overspending, the Minister presents
“Supplementary Estimates” — a request
for more money (tax dollars), and the
party majority votes to authorize him to
spend that extra money. Because
“Supplementary Estimates” are supposed
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to cover minor cost overruns, no one pays
much attention to them. They are usually
passed without being closely examined.
At least, that’s how it is supposed to
work. The firearms control program,
starting in 1998, worked quite differently.
In the “Estimates,” the Minister of Justice
asked for a small amount of money.
Throughout the year, the Minister
answered all questions about the cost of
the firearms control program by pointing
proudly to the small amounts of money
that showed — in the “Estimates.”
Later in the year, he asked for a huge
amount of money in the “Supplementary
Estimates.” Because no one looked
closely at the “routine” small
overspending amounts in the
“Supplementary Estimates,” they were
passed without anyone noticing what the
Minister was doing. True, the other MPs
should have been more careful — but
they trusted Paul Martin, and they did not
notice how the firearms control program
was going out of control.
By the time the other MPs and the
Auditor General noticed this, the firearms
control program (which was supposed to
cost $2 million tax dollars) had cost the
best part of $1 billion tax dollars.
Certainly, some one should have noticed
much earlier.
Who? Obviously it should be the Minister
of Finance. It is his responsibility to
monitor the ebb and flow of tax dollars,
Volume XII Number 12 Canadian
Firearms Journal
and to know when a Minister is playing
fast and loose with the rules for handling
your tax dollars. He could not have been
fooled by the simple gambit of hiding
most of the cost in the “Supplementary
Estimates” — because his department had
to make out the cheques that paid for all
those cost overruns. Either he was
intimately involved in the whole sorry
mess, or his bureaucrats did a magnificent
job of hiding all the information from him
— which is highly unlikely.
After he left his position as Minister of
Finance, he was in a perfect position to
do something, or at least say something,
about the firearms control boondoggle.
So — what did he actually do? What did
he say?
He was silent on firearms control,
probably because
he was deeply
involved in not
reporting the cost
overruns to
Parliament. He
gave no
explanation for
his failure to
report the strange
actions of the
Ministers of
Justice. He gave
no explanation
why he, as
Minister of
Finance, failed to
take action in this
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highly
irregular area.
In the latest
ploy of the
firearms
control
bureaucrats,
their new
boss, Solicitor
General
Wayne Easter,
had to ask for
an additional
$57 million to
pay the latest
overruns of the firearms control
program.
By this time, many back-bench MPs
were unhappy about how the billiondollar boondoggle had been sneaked
past them. They knew that it was
going to cost them precious votes in
the next federal election. Even
Liberal MPs were up in arms about
it. A fair number of Liberal backbenchers (our Ottawa sources say 41
of them) banded together, intending
to vote against authorizing the
spending of those extra funds. They,
and the Opposition MPs, just might
have been able to keep that latest
$57 million in tax dollars out of the
hands of the firearms control
bureaucrats, who have been
shoveling tax dollars into their “black
hole” for the last few years.
Alas, it was not to be.
Enter Paul Martin and his merry
assistants. The assistants fanned out
to talk to the dissident Liberal MPs,
and apparently told them to vote in
favor of handing over another
$57 million — apparently on pain of
the severe displeasure of Paul Martin,
who was about to become their
Leader. As usual with Liberal MPs,
they voted as directed. Liberal MPs
seem to have certain sheep-like
characteristics. Another $57 million
down the black hole.
Paul Martin has been an absentee MP
ever since he lost his job as Minister
of Finance. He was absent for almost
every vote held, regardless of how
important it was.
his seat. He voted to shovel another
$57 million of your tax dollars into
that useless black hole. He is,
apparently, committed to this
boondoggle.
Now, when looking at that track
record, do you really see Paul Martin
doing anything about firearms control
law? In my opinion, he will continue
with this useless firearms control
program, mainly because it would
hurt the Party to admit that it has
wasted a billion in tax dollars on a
badly designed and largely useless
program. Paul is not likely to hurt his
own Party, and this billion-dollar
boondoggle is Party policy. I do not
believe he will scrap it.
While most Canadians now realize
that the firearms control system is
costly and useless, Paul Martin
apparently still thinks that Toronto
voters believe it is working. Daily
Toronto news items about violent
crimes are swiftly eroding that belief,
but he apparently still thinks he can
gain votes in that key city by
supporting firearms control — even
if it doesn’t work.
It really is too bad that none of the
Liberal MPs — including, apparently,
Paul Martin — are willing to give up
on the idea that licencing Uncle
George (out in East Elbow,
Saskatchewan) and registering Uncle
George’s duck gun will somehow cut
down on the number of murders in
Toronto.
...Yes?
Have you Visited the
NFA Website?
§ The new National
Firearms
Association
Website is now
fully operational
on the new hosting
service.
www.nfa.ca
§ Since the registration deadline
Canadians have been voting their
opinion of firearm registration by
visiting www.nfa.ca
§ The NFA website averages
approximately 10,000 hits per day
which will translate to over 3.6 million
hits in the next year.
The firearms in the hands of the
vicious criminal gangs that are now
making Toronto into a hell-hole were,
mainly, smuggled into Canada. They
are being carried by criminals who
have no firearms licences, no
registration certificates, and no
authorizations to carry.
Nevertheless, they are carrying. They
are committing violent crimes, up to
and including murder. And our
firearms control system is utterly
unable to touch them, because these
guns are not in its data base.
Paul Martin apparently thinks that is
just fine.
Not this vote!
I don’t.
When the latest $57 million was
authorized, Paul Martin was there in
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Visit
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by Garry Breitkreuz
Domestic Homicides
Continue to Rise Despite Billion-Dollar Gun Registry
• 31% were murdered with handguns that
the government has been trying to register
since 1934.
• 17% were murdered with a registered
firearm.
• 4% were murdered with a completely
prohibited sawed-off rifle or shotgun.
• 27% of the murder suspects held a valid
firearms license.
• Domestic murders with registered
firearms more than doubled in the last
year.
• Murder suspects holding a federal
firearms license more than doubled in the
last three years.
“H
Gary Breitkreuz, MP
ow many lives could have
been saved if the Liberals had
spent this money addressing
the root causes of domestic violence?”
asked Breitkreuz
Ottawa – Today, Garry Breitkreuz,
Official Opposition Critic for Firearms
and Property Rights, released another
Statistics Canada report that drives
another nail in the gun registry’s coffin.
“The Liberal government’s own reports
show that family homicides have
increased by 28% in the last three years,
and spousal homicides have increased by
19%. Since 2000, twenty-one per cent
(103) of the 496 victims of domestic
homicides were murdered with firearms.
While the sample is admittedly very
small, the number of domestic homicides
with registered guns more than doubled in
the last year.” See Statistics Canada tables
attached – Note 1. “In 1995, Justice
Minister Allan Rock promised
Parliament: ‘Registration will assist us to
deal with the scourge of domestic
violence’, but these new domestic
homicide reports prove Mr. Rock was
wrong yet again,” said Breitkreuz.
Statistics Canada reports that of the 103
(21%) domestic violence victims
murdered with firearms during this threeyear period:
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“This report is only one in a series of
statistical set-backs for the Liberal’s
billion-dollar gun registry”, commented
Breitkreuz. Earlier this year, reports
showed the number of suicides increased
annually by 480 between 1991 and 1999.
Last month, Statistics Canada’s homicide
report showed that, despite the spending
of a billion dollars on the gun registry,
murders were on the rise and that 66% of
homicides were committed with
handguns that were all supposed to be
registered. But after 70 years of
mandatory handgun registration, three out
of four recovered handguns were not
registered – proving once again that gun
registration is a very expensive and a
totally useless way to try and control the
criminal use of guns,” declared
Breitkreuz. See Note 2.
“The government’s own statistics show
that 79% of domestic homicides didn’t
involve firearms and further, that
registering their guns and licensing the
murderers doesn’t do a thing to stop
them. Canadians can only wonder how
many lives would have been saved if the
Liberals had spent a billion dollars
addressing the root causes of domestic
violence,” concluded Breitkreuz.
Note 1: Statistics Canada – Family
Homicides in Canada, 1995-2002
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publicati
ons/DomesticHomicide-Firearms-200310-30.xls
Note 2: HOMICIDE REPORT SHOWS
RIGHT AND WRONG TARGET FOR
SAVING LIVES
http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/breitkreu
zgpress/guns95.htm
Statistics Canada reports that of the 103 (21%) domestic
violence victims murdered with firearms during this threeyear period:
T
31% were murdered with handguns that the government
has been trying to register since 1934.
T 17% were murdered with a registered firearm.
T 4% were murdered with a completely prohibited sawedoff rifle or shotgun.
T 27% of the murder suspects held a valid firearms license.
T Domestic murders with registered firearms more than
doubled in the last year. And
T murder suspects holding a federal firearms license more
than doubled in the last three years.
www.nfa.ca
by James M. Hinter
O
ne of the teaching tools that I use
in teaching the CRFSC is a Range
Bag. I started including, for the
Canadian Restricted Firearms Safety
Courses, a Range Bag with all of the extras
that I take to the range as a way to bring to
our students some of the “reality” of going
to a shooting range with a handgun.
The goal of this segment is to demonstrate to the students how to properly
prepare a restricted firearm for transport to a shooting range and back
home. The shape and colour of the bag (light blue) also hide the fact that I
am carrying handguns from the prying eyes of potential thieves.
The demonstration includes all the legal requirements (trigger locks,
locked case, registration certificates, authorizations to transport, etc.) with
a clear explanation of exactly what to have and what to do. It also includes
discussion of the gear (ear and eye protection, etc.) they will take with
them to the range for an enjoyable day of safe and fun shooting.
First, you must prepare a list all of the materials you are going to use.
Each time I prepare to go shooting, I do a complete “clean-out” of my
Range Bag. I remove all spent brass and any left-over live ammunition
from a previous visit to the range.
Teaching
the
Canadian
Restricted
Firearms
Safety
Course...
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My Range Bag contains:
• Hard plastic lockable gun case (one for each handgun).
• Trigger locks for each firearm.
• An extra trigger lock.
• Hearing protection (including an extra set of foam earplugs).
• Eye protection (including clear and yellow lens wrap-around
glasses).
• Gun oil.
• Cleaning kit.
• Brass rods.
• Extra magazines.
• Screwdriver.
• Multi-tool.
• Sunscreen.
• Drinking water.
• First aid kit
(small).
• Timer.
• Extra batteries.
• Spare gun parts.
• Boxes of
ammunition (empty
for course teaching
purposes).
• One copy each of the Firearm Registrations and Authorizations To
Transport.
I start with a fully loaded range bag on the table in front of me. As each
piece of equipment is removed from the bag, brief explanations for the
reasons each item is included in my range bag are included in the lesson.
The last part of the lesson is taking the handgun out of the locked hard
plastic case and demonstrating how it is legally transported. This session
really helps reinforce the legalities of transportation of a restricted firearm.
The interest of the students in this section is really positive. As an
instructor, I can tell by the questions they ask and the attention that they
are paying to this lesson that it is a worthwhile addition to a Restricted
Firearms Safety Course. It adds about 20-30 minutes to the course.
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Events Schedule
February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
February 19 - 21
March 20 - 21
April 23
Leduc Fish & Game & AFGA’s 75th
Annual Conference - Leduc, Alberta
visit www.afga.org
The 21st Annual Gun and Antiques Show
& Sale and the 4th Annual Western
Canada Knife Association Custom Knife
Show.
Kamloops Exhibition Assoc. Building,
KXA 479 Chilcotin Road, Kamloops, BC
National Firearms Association’s Canadian
Firearms Safety Course Challenge.
Edmonton, Alberta
Call (780) 439-1394, Fax (780) 439-4091
February 20
Edmonton, Alberta
Call (780) 439-1394, Fax (780) 439-4091
March 23 - 25
AHEIA’s Hunter Education & Fishing
Education Instructors Workshop.
Edmonton, Alberta
Call (780) 466-6682 or 1-800-282-4342
February 26 - 29
2004 Recreation & RV Show & Sale
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Call Ron Edwards (403) 527-8097
Darlene Ford (403) 504-1370
Brenda Lee MacPhail (403) 529-6036
March 25
Trout Unlimited Canads’s 2004 Fly
Fishing Symposium Spring Dinner &
Auction - Calgary, Alberta
Visit www.tucanada.org
Call Don Pike (403) 221-8371
dpike@tucanada.org
February 27
Edmonton, Alberta
Call (780) 439-1394, Fax (780) 439-4091
March 26
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
March 4 - 7
AHEIA’s Conservation & Hunter
Education Course - Edmonton, Alberta
Call (780) 466-6682 or 1-800-282-4342
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
March 7
Edmonton, Alberta
Call (780) 439-1394, Fax (780) 439-4091
WCFSS’s Buffalo Shoot. Victoria, B.C.
Call Gary Kangas (250) 474-3244
March 5
Edmonton, Alberta
Call (780) 439-1394, Fax (780) 439-4091
March 6
Morinville Fish & Game Association’s
Brag Night Supper
Call Estelle Lavoie (780) 492-6659
el2@ualberta.ca
March 12
Edmonton, Alberta
Call (780) 439-1394, Fax (780) 439-4091
March 19
Edmonton, Alberta
Call (780) 439-1394, Fax (780) 439-4091
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Edmonton, Alberta
Call (780) 439-1394, Fax (780) 439-4091
April 2
April 3-4
AHEIA’s International Bowhunter
Education Program.
Edmonton, Alberta
Call (780) 466-6682 or 1-800-282-4342
April 9
Edmonton, Alberta
Call (780) 439-1394, Fax (780) 439-4091
April 24
The Alberta Frontier Shootists Saddle-up
match. Central Alberta
Call (780) 464-4600
April 25
WCFSS’s Spring Warm-up match.
Kamloops, BC
Call Doug Berkey (250) 579-5819
April 25
WCFSS’s Nimrod Match.
Victoria, BC
Call Gary Kangas (250) 474-3244
April 29
AHEIA’s Hunter Education Course.
Edmonton, Alberta
Call (780) 466-6682 or 1-800-282-7372
April 29
Trout Unlimited Canada’s 2004 Fly
Fishing Symposium Spring Dinner and
Auction. Edmonton, Alberta
www.tucanada.org
Call Don Pike @ (403) 221--8371
dpike@tucanada.org
May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
May 1
Heritage weekend at the Longwoods
Conservation area. Reenactment of the
Battle of the Longwoods and the
Westbrook Ambush. Delaware, Ontario
Call (780) 439-1394, Fax (780) 439-4091
May 15
The Alberta Frontier Shootists Spring
Fracas match. Central Alberta
Call (780) 464-4600
April 16
Edmonton, Alberta
Call (780) 439-1394, Fax (780) 439-4091
April 19 - May 5
AHEIA’s Fishing Education Course
Edmonton, Alberta
Call (780) 466-6682 or 1-800-282-4342
Are you wondering why your event isn’t
here? Send it to the
National Firearms Association:
Box 52183
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T6G 2T5
www.nfa.ca
Tel: (780) 439-1394
Fax: (780) 439-4091
nfainfo@nfa.ca
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...The Last Word
Passing the Buck
T
he usual excitement that comes with the start of Deer
Week had gripped all of the hunters. Standing around
pick-up trucks discussing strategy, and driving around
bushes and fields looking for deer sign was the order of the
day.
On opening morning, well before daylight, the gang gathered
at the farm house and waited impatiently for the latecomers.
Plans had been laid for the first three drives, and doggers and
blockers had been assigned their respective tasks.
The frosty morning was ideal - cold, with a light wind. The
plan was to drive the deer downwind to the waiting blockers.
The gang met with success on the first drive, and two young
deer were the first to grace the meat pole. The successive
drives for the day produced an additional three animals, but
none of these was big.
The gang was elated. There had been several more deer seen,
and the fact that five were hanging spurred the appetite for
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Tales from the Hunt Camp...
Passing the Buck
seen since. The harvested animals were
all just yearlings or this year’s fawns, and
most were small.
the following day. As the previous record
for the gang was eight animals in total,
the fast start indicated that maybe this
year, everyone would fill his tags.
That evening, there was a light snowfall,
just enough to show fresh tracks. The
following morning the gang again set out
early, and after several drives, three
additional deer were added to the
previous five.
“This hunt is going to be a slam dunk,”
remarked Uncle George, as he stowed his
trusty 12 gauge at the end of the day. “We
only need three more for the rest of the
week to fill all of our tags.”
But the following days proved that there
are dumb deer and there are smart deer.
The dumb ones become roasts in the
freezer, while the smart ones seem to
disappear, and emerge next year as bigger
and better deer. The gang hunted hard
over the next three day and saw several
deer, but these animals were always just
where there were no shooters.
Someone remarked that a couple of good
bucks had been seen in the first couple of
days, but no trophy animals had been
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On the fifth day of the hunt, the gang
was becoming resigned to the fact that
the area had been hunted hard, and that
the deer had mostly disappeared. The end
of the last drive was at hand, and all of
the hunters walked from the bush and
around a small swale, barely 20 paces
through. They gathered on the south side,
around the pick-up trucks to discuss the
lack of deer. One of the hunters, who
refused to give up, was walking down
through the swale, barely 25 yards from
the gathered hunters.
danger, and the plan was to cut off his
escape routes.
But alas, the giant animal proved why he
was smart, and had lived so long. He
knew that the hunters wouldn’t likely dog
out the swale, and he would also have
exit routes on both sides where he could
remain virtually unseen. The hunters
followed his tracks, but the deer again
outsmarted them by heading downwind
through the heavy bush lot. The great
buck was nowhere to be found.
There are dumb deer, and they taste good,
but it’s the smart ones that will bring all
of the hunters together again next year.
Suddenly a shot rang
out so close that the
hunters thought the
hunter was firing a
last blast in
frustration, to signal
the end of the hunt.
But when he stepped
out of the swale, he
motioned to the others
that the biggest buck
that he had ever seen
had just burst out of
the other side of the
heavy cover and
headed towards the
north bush. The
hunters quickly
reassembled and
dispersed toward the
north and east sides of
the bush, upwind from
where the deer went
in. The assumption
was that the big buck
would run into the
wind, in order to smell
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