ISSUES - Gun Control Article of Interest 2003   Vancouver Sun Column: Do gun laws really improve public safety?: Statistics show that violent crime in Canada is on the rise even as we do more to restrict firearms . . . click here Breitkreuz receives "Santa" award from Vancouver Sun Columnist . . . click here National Post:  China to enshrine property rights:  Cultural revolution:   Communists set to amend constitution...click here Montreal Gazette:  Gun registry fails all seven of Martin's tests: Billion-dollar boondoggle.  New PM signed most of the cheques when he was Liberal finance minister...click here Toronto Sun Column: GUN REGISTRY MESS GOES BACK 70 YEARS . . . click here Calgary Herald: Shooting down the gun registry: Does Paul Martin have the nerve to scrap a flawed and misguided program? . . . click here George Jonas Column: "The authorities fancy they have a monopoly on defending us." . . . click here American Society of Criminology Paper (November 2003) - Canada's 1995 Gun Control Legislation: Problems and Prospects . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download) CANADA CUSTOMS: "WE CAN'T INSPECT THEM ALL.  IT'S NOT A VERY GOOD SYSTEM ANYWAY." . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download) Toronto Sun Column: GUN CONTROL HAS GIVEN US A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY . . .click here “The Government of Canada's commitment to prohibit the Ruger Mini-14 and the Colt AR-15 has not changed.”  . . . click here RCMP's forensic labs lose $500,000 used to help enforce wildlife laws . . . click here National Post Column: The perverse policy of the gun registry. . . click here RORY LEISHMAN COLUMN: NEW LAWS NEEDED TO PROTECT THE UNBORN . . . click here Edmonton Sun Editorial: SHOOT REGISTRY DOWN . . . click here The Failed Experiment: Gun Control and Public Safety in Canada, Australia, England and Wales by Gary A. Mauser . . . click here November 27, 2003 - Contract to replace gun-registry system set at $300 million . . . click here National Post Editorial: Gun registry debacle continues . . . click here George Jonas Column: GUN CONTROL DOESN'T KEEP GUNS AWAY FROM CRIMINALS . . . click here Windsor Star Column: Property rights belong in Charter; Governments have broken the pledge to protect veterans . . . click here PARTY MUST OPENLY EMBRACE SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES: HARPER - Ottawa Citizen - November 7, 2003 . . . click here November 7, 2003 Concerns with a National Identity Card . . . click here October 31, 2003 - MP PANEL: REVEAL ALL GUN COSTS REGISTRY ACCOUNTING . . .click here New Firearms Commissioner admits he doesn't know how many guns there are in Canada . . . click here Stephen Harper Column: United We Stand . . . click here Edmonton Sun Column: PUT A DOLLAR VALUE ON STOPPING A RAPIST . . . click here Lorne Gunter Column: Property rights are being eroded by the charter, court decisions: . . . click here Gun control centre spending slashed: Declined by $58M after Fraser's report . . . click here FIREARMS TALLY A YEAR AWAY: COMMISSIONER . . .  click here Column: Gun registry can't take credit for drop in gun murders . . . click here Column: Mounties' decision a puzzler . . . click here National Post - RCMP lab swamped, cases in peril: Insiders blame cuts: . . . click here Star Phoenix Editorial: For gun control advocates to proclaim victory in the face of rising homicides is absurd . . . click here Lorne Gunter Column: "Net effect of intrusive, error-plagued, billion-dollar registry? Zero" . . . click here Ottawa report blasts gun registry: Unreliable data threaten key screening goal of program . . . click here TORONTO POLICE CHIEF FANTINO: GUN REGISTRY OF "PRECIOUS LITTLE HELP" . . . click here FOUR EDITORIALS SLAMMING THE GUN REGISTRY . . . click here LA PRESS - AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION FOR THE FIREARMS REGISTRY . . . click here Lorne Gunter Column: "Abortion's deadly secret: Why the pro-choice lobby won't tell women an abortion increases the risk of getting breast cancer." . . . click here 976,000 GUN SALES BLOCKED IN THE USA (WITHOUT A GUN REGISTRY!) . . . click here La Presse: Registry’s integrity in doubt, says Alliance MP . . . click here Lorne Gunter Column - Gun registry's usefulness exaggerated: You could auger fencepost holes with the Star's variety of corkscrew logic . . . click here Editorial: Another setback for gun registry . . . click here Waterloo Record Column: "Gun registry support just keeps on falling" . . . click here Barbara Yaffe Column: "Scrap registry" . . . click here Bill for gun registry $17.4M more than disclosed, Alliance learns: . . . click here Doctors refuse to vet gun licence applicants: Fear unstable patients . . . click here Calgary Herald Editorial: Good advice ignored . . . click here Lorne Gunter Column: StatsCan figures don't mirror reality: . . . click here Tom Brodbeck Column - Winnipeg Sun: Crime, sir, isn't all in our heads . . . click here National Post Editorial: Undercounting crime . . . click here Winnipeg Free Press Editorial: Outgrowing crime . . . click here National Post Editorial: Shut the gun registry . . . click here George Jonas Column: The issue isn't gun control but state control . . . click here National Post: Natives refusing to register guns, documents show: . . . click here Lorne Gunter Column: Most aboriginals ignore gun registry: "Let's see the Grits find the silver lining in that." . . . click here Stephen Harper Guest Column: LIBERALS BROKE THEIR VOWS: THEY PROMISED ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES WOULD DECIDE DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE . . . click here Ottawa Citizen Editorial: Taking responsibility for our actions . . . click here Saskatoon Star Phoenix Editorial: Let criminals feel law's sting . . . click here Leader Post Editorial - Editorial: Gun registry a black hole (scrap the whole program) . . . click here National Post Editorial - Pellet-gun hysteria . . . click here Auditor-General raised alarm over gun registry audit: Justice Department misrepresented financial review, officials said . . . click here Montreal Gazette Editorial: Put the Gun Registry out of its misery . . . click here Gun registry staff spent $13M on travel:  Hospitality bill close to $500,000 for six years . . . click here Column: Canada tries to sell gun control to the world . . . click here  Vancouver Province Editorial: Economic freedom equals civil, political liberties . . . click here Winnipeg Free Press Editorial - Inuit firearms . . . click here UN gun control forum told of Ottawa's registry woes: . . . click here National Post Editorial - Wayne Easter's misplaced pride . . . click here Gun Registration in Canada Fortells New Zealand Disaster . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download) Victoria Times Colonist Editorial - 200,000 more lawbreakers here: The deadline for registering guns has passed, but the government doesn't seem concerned . . . click here Ottawa Sun Editorial: GUNNING FOR YOU . . . click here Gun boss spent $209,000 commuting between Ottawa office, Edmonton home . . . click here Ottawa Citizen Editorial: Politicians should look at the facts on global warming . . . click here National Post Editorial: Power to slow regulatory flood . . . click here Winnipeg Free Press Editorial: "By any useful standard, the registry is an abject failure." . . . click here Windsor Star Editorial: Gun registry a shotgun approach to public safety . . . click here Ottawa Citizen Editorial: This dog won't hunt . . . click here Background checks optional for gun licences, Ottawa says . . . click here Vancouver Province Editorial: A thumbs- down to the federal firearms registry . . . click here Victoria Times Colonist Editorial: Gun registry farce continues . . . click here Vancouver Sun Editorial: Federal gun registry doesn't make sense, but ignoring it does . . . click here Montreal Gazette Editorial: Bad law just got worse . . . click here Calgary Herald Editorial: Shot down, but not dead . . . click here The Chronicle-Herald: Gunning for Ottawa . . . click here London Free Press Editorial: GUN REGISTRY SHOOTS BLANKS . . . click here St. Catherine's Standard Editorial: Rescind gun registration . . . click here Regina Leader Post Editorial: Gun registry in bind again . . . click here Toronto Sun Editorial: DUD GUN REGISTRY MUST GO . . . click here Now there are six provinces refusing to prosecute . . . click here Calgary Sun Editorial: COUNTDOWN TO DISASTER . . . click here Shoot Down the Gun Registry . . . click here Column: MP sees abortion as a health issue, not one of morality . . . click here Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino: "Why don't we have a sex offender registry?" Fantino asked angrily. "We have a gun registry." . . . click here National Experiences with Firearms Regulations: Evaluation the Implications for Public Safety . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download) Does Gun Control Reduce Criminal Violence . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download) No beefing about this registry . . . click here Study links abortion to mental illness . . . click here Canada's gun laws will continue to be a cost-inefficient way to save lives . . . click here Ottawa Citizen Editorial: Not again . . . click here Regina Leader Post Editorial: Another misfire for gun registry . . . click here Alliance MP slams gun registry . . . click here Ottawa Citizen Editorial: Gun Shy  "Remember: People without spines rarely stand tall." . . . click here Column: do the math on gun registry . . . click here Vancouver Province Editorial: Got to bite the bullet; gun registry a bust . . . click here Winnipeg Free Press Editorial:  It's still a waste . . . click here National Post Editorial:  $59 million more down the hole . . . click here Victoria Times Colonist Editorial:  Chretien's election threats . . . click here London Free Press Editorial: GRIT INTIMIDATORS . . . click here Ottawa Citizen Editorial: MPs, unmuzzled: Liberal opponents of the gun registry should keep speaking out . . . click here Column: Chretien Hammers Nail in coffin of Democracy . . . click here Lorne Gunter Column: Big man!  He made a woman cry:  Chretien browbeats caucus into adding to gun-registry absurdities . . . click here Vancouver Sun Editorial: Gun registry bungling continues . . . click here Ottawa Citizen Editorial: SHOT DOWN . . . click here Column: Brief history of Canada's gun laws . . . click here MPs Should rein in Justice Department by Lee Morrison . . . click here Property Rights: The Key to Freedom, Prosperity and Equality a speech by Lorne Gunter . . . click here A gang that couldn't shoot straight . . . click here Ding Dong, the Registry's Dead . . . click here Ottawa Citizen Editorial:  Passing the buck(s):  A transfer from Justice won't fix the gun registry's problem . . . click here National Post Editorial:  Let the registry die . . . click here Speaker's ruling proves Commons, public misled over gun registry tab: MP . . . click here Editorial: Gun-shy in the House . . . click here Column:  Armed and dangerous: A firearms registry won't stop criminals from terrorizing people, but a minimum sentence of 10 years for crimes committed using a gun will . . . click here Column: Chart a new course, Mr. Manley . . . click here "Gun Control: There is another way with another focus" by Mark Reesor, Editor, Blue Line Magazine - Canada's National Law Enforcement Magazine: http://www.blueline.ca/ . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download) National Post Editorial:  Anti-gun posturing . . . click here Minister fires gun control chief: Shuffle won't solve 'political' problem:  Alliance MP . . . click here Column: Cauchon misleads the House again:  There's no limit to Liberal deceptions, and no limit to gun registry costs . . . click here Moncton Times & Transcript Editorial: This is not good government, it's farce . . . click here Calgary Herald Editorial: It is not too late for Ottawa to dump this turkey.  It should . . . click here Database another firearms disaster . . . click here  6 million to 9 million guns remain unregistered across the country . . . click here Ontario's police chiefs want the federal gun registry put on hold . . . click here Firearms database 'flags' innocent people . . . click here Firearms: Quebecers defy the law . . . click here Resistance to gun licences highest west of Quebec . . . click here