Cdn-Firearms Digest       Tuesday, May 27 2008       Volume 11 : Number 470



In this issue:
       Re: Proposed Toronto Handgun Ban
       With him was the word and the word was wrong

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Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 19:31:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rob Sciuk <rob@controlq.com>
Subject: Re: Proposed Toronto Handgun Ban

Todd wrote:
> handgunners are on their own.

Not to be critical, Todd, but it was this kind of thinking which split the
RFC, and prevented an effective defense against the CFA ... Hunters, and
clays shooters figured that black rifles and handguns were not their
problem.

We are *ALL of US* in this together, and the fact that this is happening
in Toronto, don't think for a second that it can't happen out west ...
Don't make me quote Martin Niemoller ... again ...

Today, I've put out the usual quota of letters, as well as doing an
off-air interview with CBC (for background on the Metro-Morning show ...
a left wing radio hosted by a draft dodger (Andy Barrie) in Toronto) ...
apparently, given my recent complaint to the CBC, Joan Melanson
"recommended" that they interview someone other than the Miller camp to
demonstrate how "fair and balanced" the Mother-corp is .... as if ...

Best wishes,
Rob.

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Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 20:03:40 -0400
From: Marc Thibault <marc@thibaults.com>
Subject: With him was the word and the word was wrong

> Your ATT limits you to discharge at a provincialy approved range and
> military ranges if you belong to a club based at a DND range. Thats it
> thats all end of story.

And which god gave you the final word?

My ATT is an Authorization To Transport and it's very clear
about what I can transport where. It's not an Authorization to
Discharge, and it says nothing about where I can shoot my
restricted firearms. In fact, the act, the law, the regulations
and my ATT are completely silent on the topic.

Since I need an ATT to transport and the law is reasonably clear
about the unloaded and disabled status that must be maintained
during transport, and my ATT is clear about where I can
transport, the only wiggle room is at the two ends: the range
and my home. The fact that my home is not regulated doesn't
disqualify it as a site for some target shooting.  We are not,
yet, a country where "everything is forbidden unless expressly
permitted."  That the act, the law, the regs and my ATT all fail
to forbid me to shoot my handgun at my home is sufficient to
make doing so legal unless safety considerations or some
municipal bylaw gets in the way. In my case, a small-town lot
makes safe discharge impossible, so I can't exercise my freedom
in this respect--but if I had a 200-acre farm...

Since express permission is neither likely nor necessary, anyone
who disagrees has the burden of providing chapter and verse.

- --
An opinion is an expression of ignorance. If you knew, it
wouldn't be an opinion.

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