2005 - articles

• STEPHEN HARPER: IDLE TALK WON'T SAVE LIVES . . . click here
• SUN MEDIA: CONSERVATIVE CRIME PLAN FULLY-LOADED . . . click here
• Breitkreuz disappointed in Star Phoenix's missing agriculture article . . . click here
• Breitkreuz addresses Leader Post omissions . . . click here
• REGINA LEADER POST: Tories would give farmers $500M . . . click here
• CANADIAN PROFESSIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION PROPOSALS TO COMBAT GUN AND GANG VIOLENCE . . . click here
• Winnipeg Free Press Editorial: Make a firearms prohibition a real ban . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN EDITORIAL: DOES GUN CONTROL WORK? ASK OUR COPS . . . click here
• National Post Editorial: How we failed Valerie Gignac . . . click here
• Globe and Mail - Experts questioning value of gun registry . . . click here
• Montreal Gazette Editorial: Trouble waiting to happen . . . click here
• SUN MEDIA POLL: LIBERAL'S GUN BAN PLAN MISSES THE MARK . . . click here
• Red Deer Advocate Editorial: Handgun ban off target (see police quotes) . . . click here
• SUN MEDIA COLUMN: SHEILA COPPS: WE WERE WRONG ON THE THE RIFLE REGISTRY . . . click here
• Winnipeg Sun: Conservative Leader Stephen Harper called the handgun ban "a phantom policy." . . . click here
• EDMONTON SUN EDITORIAL: ANNE ON THE ATTACK . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN EDITORIAL: STILL SHOOTING BLANKS ON GUN CRIME . . . click here
• National Post Column: Canada's silent majority . . . click here
• National Post Editorial: Rebuilding the RCMP . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN EDITORIAL: LIBERAL SPIN ON GUNS IS A CRIME . . . click here
• Saskaton Star Phoenix Editorial: Toronto's woes no national crisis . . . click here
• GUN OWNERS TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST LIBERAL GOVERNMENT . . . click here
• BREITKREUZ STUMPS McLELLAN: $100 TO REGISTER A GUN - 25 CENTS TO REGISTER A COW . . . click here
• Anderson’s junior hockey bill moves forward . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen Editorial: Dying young in Toronto . . . click here
• WESTERN STANDARD COLUMN: DOCTORS' ORDERS . . . click here
• TRAINING GAPS FOR RCMP IMPERILS PUBLIC SAFETY, AUDITOR SAYS . . . click here
• NOVEMBER 22, 2005 - AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT ON RCMP CONTRACT POLICING . . . click here
• CBC TV - Rex Murphy: "Useless" is not a difficult word . . . click here
• Regina Leader Post: We need more officers: RCMP . . . click here
• EDMONTON SUN COLUMN: GUN REGISTRY COSTS THE NEXT ADSCAM . . . click here
• MINISTER McLELLAN ON THE SHORTAGE OF 1,059 RCMP OFFICERS . . . click here
• Vancouver Sun: Crime rising faster than number of officers, study shows . . . click here
• FRASER FORUM: Why a Drop in "Gun Deaths" Cannot Justify the Gun Registry . . . click here
• HUBRIS IN THE NORTH: THE CANADIAN FIREARMS REGISTRY by Gary Mauser, PhD . . . click here
• BREITKREUZ MOTION CALLS FOR JUSTICE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ALL ALLEGATIONS OF MISLEADING STATEMENTS AND STATISTICS . . . click here
• CANWEST NEWS: Tory says Martin a come-lately on weapons crime . . . click here
• Toronto Star Editorial: Disarm the gun culture . . . click here
• Globe and Mail Editorial: Uneasy at the border . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN COLUMN: GUNFIGHT AT THE MINISTERS' CORRAL . . . click here
• National Post Editorial: Bordering on indifference . . . click here
• Victoria Times Colonist Edtitorial: Hunting season: A link to our past . . . click here
• THERE WAS 5.1 MILLION “UNVERIFIED” GUNS IN THE REGISTRY! NOW? . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN COLUMN: ARE YOU BUGGED BY FLYING BULLETS? . . . click here
• Letter to the Editor: Liberals blaming everyone but themselves . . . click here
• National Post Column: Don't blame American guns . . . click here
• Montreal Gazette Editorial: Guns in Canada not an American problem . . . click here
• The Record Column: Anglers could face cruelty charges; If Bill C-50 gets approved . . . click here
• Calgary Sun: Like the gun registry, it does nothing to make us safer . . . click here
• Regina Leader Post: Sask. needs more crime fighters: Breitkreuz says . . . click here
• Globe and Mail: Number of smuggled guns cited by Martin unsubstantiated . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen: Mounties face 4-year fingerprint backlog . . . click here
• National Post Column: 64 deaths, 44 of them involving guns. Almost all of the victims and perpetrators are young black men . . . click here
• Edmonton Sun Editorial: Don't blame the Americans for Canadian gun violence . . . click here
• National Post Editorial: Shooting the wrong target . . . click here
• National Post: Blame Customs not U.S. for gun influx: MacKay . . . click here
• National Post - Canada mulls suing American gun makers: Bid to end smuggling . . . click here
• BLUE LINE ARTICLE: Mounties work on Manitoba police shortage . . . click here
• Hamilton Spectator - Criminals are getting walk in the park: Police chiefs . . . click here
• WESTERN STANDARD: Gone fishin'? New animal cruelty laws . . . click here
• CANADIAN PRESS - Police: (seized) firearms not properly in the system . . . click here
• The Chronicle Herald: "That's what it is, a tax on gun owners." . . . click here
• CALGARY SUN: GUN REGISTRY CASH 'BETTER SPENT' HIRING MORE COPS . . . click here
• National Post Column: More proof that Ottawa's gun registry is useless . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen: POLICE CHIEF BEVAN: "We need more police officers." . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN COLUMN: ANIMAL CRUELTY BILL C-50 NEEDS TO BE SCRAPPED . . . click here
• CANWEST NEWS: Conservatives eager to see gun-registry audit . . . click here
• IMPORTANT FACTS FROM HOMICIDE IN CANADA 2004 REPORT . . . click here
• October 4, 2005 - LIBERALS OPPOSE BREITKREUZ'S PROPERTY RIGHTS MOTION M-227
• CANADIAN PRESS: FEDS KNEW OF FAKE GUN PERMITS . . . click here
• OTTAWA SUN EDITORIAL - REGISTRY IS A GIANT FAILURE . . . click here
• SUN MEDIA EDITORIAL: GUN REGISTRY: 10 YEARS OF WASTE . . . click here
• OTTAWA SUN: ILLEGAL WEAPONS FLOW ACROSS BORDER . . . click here
• SUN MEDIA: TORY CRITIC TAKES AIM AT SOARING TAB . . . click here
• National Post Editorial - Enforcement, not sensitivity training . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN EDITORIAL: SUMMER OF GUNS IS FAR FROM OVER . . . click here
• Saskatoon Star Phoenix Column: What public good is served by the Firearms Act? . . . click here
• Globe and Mail: More police needed: Toronto Police Association President . . . click here
• Sun Media: 'Not fair' to blame U.S. for Toronto gun violence . . . click here
• Regina Leader Post Column: Make law a deterrent (to stop shootings in Toronto) . . . click here
• NATIONAL REVIEW COLUMN: Canada Blames Us: Gun-control folly here, up north, across the pond . . . click here
• FRASER INSTITUTE: Suicides and the "Gun Deaths" Fraud . . . click here
• Edmonton Sun: Harper slams Grits on crime . . . click here
• The National Post: Harper talking tough on crime . . . click here
• Canada Free Press Editorial: Going after law abiding citizens . . . click here
• The Brandon Sun: Another big gun headache . . . click here
• National Post: Feds announce another registry delay . . . click here
• Edmonton Sun Editorial: So much for gun control . . . click here
• Windsor Star: No judicial deterrent for gun-related crimes . . . click here
• EDMONTON SUN COLUMN - EPIDEMIC OF STABBINGS . . . click here
• STOPPING GUN VIOLENCE by Senator Terry Stratton . . . click here
• Globe and Mail - Statistics belie flood of guns from U.S. . . . click here
• Globe and Mail Column: Aim at crime's cause . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN COLUMN: REMOVE GUNS FROM THE STREET . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN COLUMN: REGISTRY FIRING BLANKS . . . click here
• Saskatoon Star Phoenix Editorial: Fight crime, not freedoms . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen - Don't blame legal gun owners for armed crimes . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen Editorial - Who's doing the shooting and why? . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN COLUMN - FIGHT GUN VIOLENCE: SCRAP THE REGISTRY . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN EDITORIAL - TORONTO MAYOR STILL OFF TARGET . . . click here
• National Post Editorial - Making Toronto a safer city . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN EDITORIAL - TOUGH TALK ON GUN CRIME . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN EDITORIAL: TWELVE HOURS; three gun murders . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN COLUMN: CHIEF'S TOUGH TALK NEEDS TOUGH ACTION . . . click here
• Calgary Herald Column: Toronto's mayor on a wild gun chase . . . click here
• Toronto Sun Editorial: ON CRIME, COMMUNITY AND COLOUR . . . click here
• CALGARY SUN COLUMN: PRISONERS TO LIBERAL GOVERNMENT SPIN . . . click here
• Globe and Mail Editorial - Gunfire in Toronto . . . click here
• Canadian Press: Police worry about proliferation of illegal handguns in T.O. area . . . click here
• National Post - Shootings leave Toronto bloody . . . click here
• SUN MEDIA: GUN REGISTRY MAKES 'PROGRESS' . . . click here
• Sun Column: DON'T BUY FEEL-GOOD CRIME STATS . . . click here
• STATISTICS CANADA: 622 HOMICIDES REPORTED IN 2004, A 12% INCREASE FROM 2003 . . . click here
• July 8, 2005 - Lang Michener Letter: Revisions to the Animal Cruelty Provisions of the Criminal Code . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen Editorial: Wrong target . . . click here
• National Post - Ottawa officials tell UN to make small arms a priority . . . click here
• National Post - Gun owners take fight against Ottawa to UN: Firearm markings . . . click here
• FRASER FORUM: Are Guns Really More Dangerous than Other Weapons? . . . click here
• National Post Editorial - Gun registry is no lifesaver . . . click here
• Calgary Herald Editorial - Gun-death decline not linked to registry . . . click here
• June 30, 2005 - BUT DID OUR GUN LAWS ACTUALLY SAVE ANY LIVES? By Garry Breitkreuz, MP, Conservative Firearms Critic
• June 28, 2005 - LIBERALS TRYING TO EXPORT THEIR FIREARM FOLLIES AROUND THE WORLD By Garry Breitkreuz, MP, Conservative Firearms Critic
• Globe and Mail Column: ABORTION Where do we draw the line? . . . click here
• Junk science: Ottawa's plan to ban lead fishing sinkers . . . click here
• CANADIAN PRESS: The udder, er, utter futility of the gun registry . . . click here
• SUN MEDIA - AUDITOR GENERAL SET FOR 2ND LOOK AT REGISTRY . . . click here
• SUN MEDIA - EXTERNAL AUDIT BLASTS GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
• "Trouble in Paradise: Small Arms in the Pacific": A Brief Critique - By Professor Gary Mauser, Simon Fraser University http://www.sfu.ca/~mauser/papers/png/PNG.pdf
• June 13, 2005 - NWEST REPORTS LOTS OF ACTIVITY BUT NO EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS . . . click here
• Windsor Star Editorial: Gun registry: Still wasting tax dollars . . . click here
• National Post - Tory tries to halt spending on gun registry . . . click here
• National Post - RCMP forensic services under the microscope: Cases 'backlogged' . . . click here
• National Post - Hunters becoming endangered species . . . click here
• National Post Column: Crime and punishment in Saskatchewan . . . click here
• Lorne Gunter's Blog - Where did all the guns go? . . . click here
• TORONTO: GUN REGISTRY FAILED 245 TIMES IN 2004 . . . click here
• Vancouver Province Editorial - We need action now to stop the spread of guns used in crimes . . . click here
• WESTERN STANDARD: Becoming the hunted by Pierre Lemieux . . . click here
• Dave Tomlinson Column: Five mistakes criminals must make before the gun registry can catch them . . . click here
• National Post - Law of the gun on Toronto's mean streets . . . click here
• Vancouver Sun - RCMP forensics lab inefficient: retired officers . . . click here
• BUSINESS REPORT: The gun registry's deadliest day by Shafer Parker http://www.businessreport.ca/web/cover_0505.php
• National Post Column: Gun control myths just won't die . . . click here
• Regina Leader Post - Officers say RCMP to blame for backlog . . . click here
• Globe and Mail Editorial: Stop the gunshots . . . click here
• National Post: 225 unguarded cross-border roads - 139 border sites staffed by only one officer . . . click here
• Moncton Times and Transcript Column: How is it we do not have the right to own property? . . . click here
• RCMP ALLEGE: $330,000 gun registry contract awarded to Groupaction was entirely bogus . . . click here
• The Ottawa Sun: MP's bill would create minimum sentences for crimes committed with knives . . . click here
• Montreal Gazette Editorial: Ensure our borders . . . click here
• Winnipeg Sun Editorial: Gun control borders on the ridiculous . . . click here
• BLUELINE MAGAZINE: "BORDER CONFIDENCE: Going beyond the political
  agenda" . . .click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
• Ottawa Citizen: No way to predict 'insane' acts, RCMP boss says: . . . click here
• Ottawa Sun: 25,000 weapons seized at border: . . . click here
• Montreal Gazette: Thousands blow past customs: . . . click here
• Calgary Herald Editoral: Full-term abortion on demand at odds with many jurisdictions . . . click here
• Calgary Sun Editorial: GUNNING FOR TROUBLE . . . click here
• Calgary Hereald Editorial: Illegal weapons don't get registered: RCMP murders underscore futility of tracking guns . . . click here
• Edmonton Journal - Police furious at surprise closing of local RCMP forensics lab . . . click here
• EDMONTON SUN: GUN REGISTRY HIGHER PRIORITY FOR LIBERALS THAN RCMP FORENSICS LAB . . . click here
• February 19, 2005 - Stephen Harper's Address to the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen - Correction: Registered owners of prohibited firearms are allowed to keep them . . . click here
• CALGARY SUN: CRITIC SLAMS FEDS' GUN CONTROL CLAIM . . . click here
• National Post - Use a gun, get 10 years, Fantino says: 'enough is enough' . . . click here
• Winnipeg Free Press Column: Another gun registry fiasco . . . click here
• Victoria Times Colonist Column: Kyoto amounts to spending our tax dollars for nothing . . . click here
• Windsor Star Editorial: Another registry misfire . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen - No ban on rifle type used in Dec. 6 massacre, Cotler says: Letter to gunowner sent by mistake, justice minister says . . . click here
• Toronto Sun Column: NO SMOKING GUN WITH SINKER ISSUE . . . click here
• Blue Line Magazine Column: Gun Control and Homicide in Canada . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
• National Post - Firearms centre loses track of 46,000 gun owners: . . . click here
• National Post - Mounties face 102-day delay for DNA results: Forensic labs aren't backlogged, Liberals insist, . . . click here
• Winnipeg Sun Column: DNA DILEMMA JUST GETTING WORSE . . . click here
• OTTAWA SUN EDITORIAL: REPORT FULL OF BLANKS . . . click here
• Ottawa Sun: FIRING BLANKS ON GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
• Column: Defining marriage is a job for Parliament . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen Column: What do you have to do to get deported from this country? . . . click here
• National Post Column - Privileging death over life . . . click here
• Winnipeg Free Press - Bail courts need better access to accused's past . . . click here

2005 - information

• TORONTO SUN: THE REAL STORY ON HOW ALL THOSE CRIME GUNS GOT ONTO TORONTO STREETS . . . click here
• AUTHORIZATIONS TO TRANSPORT (ATT) AND AUTHORIZATION TO CARRY (ATC) STATISTICS, 2004 . . . click here
• January 9, 2006 - Sources of 'crime guns' by Professor Gary Mauser, Simon Fraser University . . . click here
• A 30 Year Analysis of Police Service Delivery and Costing: RCMP "E' Division . . . click here
• WHY DO 24 GUN REGISTRY EMPLOYEES NEED TWO COMPUTERS ON THEIR DESKS? . . . click here
• 5,688,766 "UNVERIFIED" FIREARMS IN GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
• POLICE USE OF THE GUN REGISTRY DATABASE WILDLY EXAGGERATED BY LIBERALS! . . . click here
• CFC Estimates of New Firearms Licences and Renewals, 2003-2010 . . . click here
• PROOF ONCE AGAIN THAT LIBERAL GUN LAWS TARGET THE WRONG PEOPLE! . . . click here
• BREITKREUZ STUMPS McLELLAN: $100 TO REGISTER A GUN - 25 CENTS TO REGISTER A COW . . . click here
• November 23, 2005: ROBBERY VICTIM CALLED 3 RCMP DETACHMENTS AND WAITED 5 HOURS . . . click here
• NOVEMBER 15, 2005 - CANADA FIREARMS CENTRE OFFICES, COST & EMPLOYEES . . . click here
• NOVEMBER 22, 2005 - AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT ON RCMP CONTRACT POLICING . . . click here
• 21,467 ATTs ISSUED FOR PROHIBITED FIREARMS - 17 REVOKED . . . click here
• MINISTER McLELLAN ON THE SHORTAGE OF 1,059 RCMP OFFICERS . . . click here
• November 16, 2005: McLELLAN EXPLAINS HER CLAIM OF "NO UNFULFILLED REQUESTS FOR RCMP OFFICERS"! . . . click here
• November 14, 2005: Anne McLellan’s Response to Order Paper Question Q-176 on RCMP Shortages . . . click here
• November 15, 2005 - BREITKREUZ SECOND MOTION FOR 12(6.1) HANDGUNS DEFEATED . . . click here
• BREITKREUZ MOTION CALLS FOR JUSTICE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ALL ALLEGATIONS OF MISLEADING STATEMENTS AND STATISTICS . . . click here
• HAVE THE DEMANDS OF FRONT-LINE POLICE OFFICERS BEEN MET? . . . click here
• FIREARMS CENTRE LOSES TRACK OF 11,978 MORE LICENCED GUN OWNERS! . . . click here
• HARMLESS HARRY HANDLOADER E-MAILS THE CHIEF INSPECTOR OF EXPLOSIVES . . . click here
• November 3, 2005: 17,316 POLs NOT RENEWED IN LAST 3 YEARS . . . click here
• THERE WAS 5.1 MILLION “UNVERIFIED” GUNS IN THE REGISTRY! NOW? . . . click here
• November 3, 2005 - Q-178 - FIREARMS CENTRE DOES NOT TRACK ADDRESSES FOR 13,997 REFUSED AND REVOKED LICENCES!
• November 3, 2005 - Q-177 - NUMBER OF FIREARMS TRACES LINKING CRIME SCENES TO THE ACCUSED? UNKNOWN!!!
• OCTOBER 31, 2005 - UPDATE ON THE $273 MILLION GUN REGISTRY CONTRACT AMENDMENT . . . click here
• Criminal Code Incidents per Police Officer by Province, 2004 . . . click here
• October 31, 2005 - Auditor General Letter: $273 Million CFC Contract Two Private Companies . . . click here
• October 27, 2005 - BREITKREUZ'S SECOND MOTION TO JUSTICE COMMITTEE ON 12(6.1) HANDGUNS . . . click here
• October 26, 2005 - BREITKREUZ INTRODUCES BILL TO IMPLEMENT SECTION 12(6.1) OF THE FIREARMS ACT . . . click here
• Auditor General: Under-reporting of RCMP Firearm Forensic Costs? . . . click here
• Trends on Police Personnel and Expenditures, Canada, 1962-2004 . . . click here
• CRIMINAL CODE INCIDENTS PER POLICE OFFICER BY PROVINCE, 1986-2003 . . . click here
• STATISTICS CANADA: Homicides Involving Firearms, 1974-2004 . . . click here
• STATISTICS CANADA: Methods Used to Commit Homicide, 1994-2004 . . . click here
• October 18, 2005 - Q-223: HOW MUCH DID THE TWO GUN REGISTRY COMPUTER SYSTEMS REALLY COST?
• WHAT THE LIBERALS SAY THEY SPENT ON THE GUN REGISTRY IN 2004-2005 . . . click here
• STATISTICS CANADA: Firearm-Related Homicides, by Type of Firearm, 1974-2003 . . . click here
• IMPORTANT FACTS FROM HOMICIDE IN CANADA 2004 REPORT . . . click here
• October 5, 2005 - WHERE DOES YOUR M.P. STAND ON PROPERTY RIGHTS?
• IS PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER ANNE McLELLAN DEFYING THE WILL OF PARLIAMENT? . . . click here
• September 26, 2005 - Q-178: McLELLAN'S GUN REGISTRY CLAIMS OF EFFECTIVENESS?
• September 26, 2005 - Q-177: GUN REGISTRY FIREARMS TRACES LINKED TO CRIME SCENES?
• September 26, 2005 - Q-176: SHORTAGE OF RCMP OFFICERS IN CANADA?
• Library Of Parliament Report: Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm and a Demand for Disposal After a Licence Expires . . . click here
• McLELLAN REFUSES TO ANSWER BREITKREUZ'S QUESTIONS ON TRANSPORTATION OF PROHIBITED FIREARMS . . . click here
• NFA: USING REFERENCE HEARINGS TO PROTECT THE FIREARMS COMMUNITY . . . click here
• Library of Parliament Report: Legal Implications of a Municipal Bylaw Requiring the Central Storage of Firearms . . . click here
• CFC STILL CLAIM THEY HAVE “NO RECORDS” ON TRACING OF FIREARMS – BUT? . . . click here
• Library of Parliament: Possible Privacy and Other Concerns Regarding an Application Form for Gun Collectors . . . click here
• Justice Minister Changes Stance on Mandatory Sentencing . . . click here
• Number of Ruger Mini-14s Registered, by Province . . . click here
• RCMP: NO RECORDS TO SUPPORT NWEST STATISTICS ON GUN SMUGGLING . . . click here
• GUN REGISTRY BEING USED AS A SHOPPING LIST BY CRIMINALS? . . . click here
• CRIME IN CANADA, BY PROVINCE, 1999 - 2003 . . . click here
• Privacy Commissioner Investigating CFC Firearms Collector Application Form . . . click here
• CFC FIREARMS COLLECTOR APPLICATION FORM . . . click here
• RCMP GET LITTLE VALUE FOR $3.5 MILLION AND 51 OFFICERS & STAFF EMPLOYED IN FIREARMS PROGRAM . . . click here
• TEN YEARS OF GUN REGISTRY POLLS . . . click here
• July 11, 2005 - Breitkreuz's Reply to Anne McLellan Criticizing Her Decision to Ban the Transportation of Prohibited Firearms to Shooting Ranges . . . click here
• June 23, 2005 - Anne McLellan's Letter Defending Her Decision to Ban the Transportation of Prohibited Firearms to Shooting Ranges . . . click here
• STATISTICS CANADA CONTRADICTS JUSTICE MINISTER ON EFFECTIVNESS OF MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES . . . click here
• WHAT POLICE HAVE SAID ABOUT THE GUN REGISTRY By Garry Breitkreuz, MP - Updated: July 5, 2005
• June 30, 2005 - BUT DID OUR GUN LAWS ACTUALLY SAVE ANY LIVES? By Garry Breitkreuz, MP, Conservative Firearms Critic
• BREITKREUZ'S MOTION FOR THE OWNERS OF 12(6.1) HANDGUNS DEFEATED BY LIBERALS & BLOC MPs . . . click here
• June 28, 2005 LIBERALS TRYING TO EXPORT THEIR FIREARM FOLLIES AROUND THE WORLD By Garry Breitkreuz, MP, Conservative Firearms Critic
• June 15, 2005 - CFC HAS NO INFORMATION ON THE COST OR BENEFITS OF TRACING GUNS . . . click here
• RCMP HAS NO INFORMATION ON WHY 70-YEARS OF REGISTERING HANDGUNS HASN'T WORKED? . . . click here
• June 21, 2005 - BREITKREUZ MOVES MOTIONS TO FIX REGISTRATION RENEWAL DILEMMA FOR OWNERS OF 12(6.1) HANDGUNS . . . click here
• June 17, 2005 - FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER REPORTS SOME COSTS OF INTERNATIONAL GUN CONTROL EFFORTS
• Hill and Knowlton's $22,500 Management Review of the Canadian Firearms Program . . . click here
• Library of Parliament - Conditions Attached to a Firearms Licence and Production of Documents on Demand . . . click here
• 2 MONTHS AND STILL NO ANSWER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER . . . click here
• June 2, 2005 - BREITKREUZ'S LETTER TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL RE: GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO Q-136 . . . click here
• Library of Parliament - The Dilemma of Renewing Registrations for Section 12(6.1) Handguns . . . click here
• June 15, 2005 - Auditor General clarifies the scope her next firearms program audit . . . click here
• HOW DID YOUR MP VOTE ON THE GUN REGISTRY? . . . click here
• June 13, 2005 - NWEST REPORTS LOTS OF ACTIVITY BUT NO EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS . . . click here
• June 10, 2005 - BREITKREUZ'S MOTIONS OPPOSING FUNDING FOR FIREARMS FIASCO
• FIREARMS CENTRE FINDS 18% OF 311, 388 REGISTERED HANDGUN OWNERS WITH A VALID FIREARMS LICENCE . . . click here
• June 6, 2005 - Auditor General to Audit RCMP's Forensic Laboratory Services . . . click here
• Library of Parliament: CFC Plans to amend the Special Authority to Possess Regulations? . . . click here
• WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF THE POLICE TAKE YOUR GUNS? By David A. Tomlinson . . . click here
• June 3, 2005 - Breitkreuz Motion to Redirect Funds from the Canadian Firearms Centre
• Library of Parliament: Comparing Aboriginal Crime Data in the U.S. and Canada . . . click here
• Library Report: Bull-Pup Stock is a Prohibited Device Even When Not Connected to a Rifle . . . click here
• McLELLAN ADMITS 375,000 FOREIGN FIREARMS NEVER ENTERED IN GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
• STATISTICS CANADA: 11,497,574 FIREARMS IMPORTED INTO CANADA SINCE 1966 . . . click here
• WHAT POLICE HAVE SAID ABOUT THE GUN REGISTRY By Garry Breitkreuz, MP - Updated: May 25, 2005
• Justice Committee Letter to Auditor General Re: DNA Backlogs . . . click here
• May 20, 2005 - Library Paper: Classification of the Walther G22 Rifle . . . click here
• May 18, 2005 - AUDITOR GENERAL STARTS FOLLOW-UP AUDIT OF FIREARMS PROGRAM . . . click here
• THE GUN REGISTRY TEN YEARS AND $2 BILLION LATER: NUMBER OF GUNS UNREGISTERED . . . click here
• May 17, 2005 - Breitkreuz Questions Public Safety Minister's Priorities
• ALLAN ROCK'S PROMISES ON GUN SMUGGLING . . . click here
• COST TO DESTROY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FIREARMS UNKNOWN . . . click here
• THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT DANCE: HIDING THE TRUTH ABOUT FIREARMS TRACES . . . click here
• Library of Parliament - Transportation of Prohibited Firearms for Use at Shooting Ranges . . . click here (Requires Microsoft Word)
• STATISTICS CANADA: VIOLENT CRIME INVOLVING FIREARMS, 2001-2003 . . . click here (Requires Microsoft Excel)
• STATISTICS CANADA: VIOLENT CRIME RATE MORE THAN 4 TIMES GREATER THAN IN 1962!
  . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader - Free Download)
• Library of Parliament Paper: Public Consultations on Firearms Regulations and Publication in the Canada Gazette . . . click here (Requires Microsoft Word)
• Library of Parliament Paper: Removal of Firearms from the Canada Firearms Registry . . . click here (Requires Microsoft Word)
• Firearms Licences and Registrations by Province as of February 12, 2005 . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader - Free Download)
• WALTHER G22 RIFLE: NON-RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED? . . . click here
• April 4, 2005 - Total Cost to Privatize the Gun Registry Still Hidden from Parliament
• Library of Parliament: The Magna Carta and Canada's Constitution . . . click here (Requires Microsoft Word)
• Victims of Attempted Murder by Level of Injury and Weapon Causing Injury, 2003 . . . click here (Requires Microsoft Excel)
• March 29, 2005 - Letter from Bill Baker, Commissioner of Firearms to Owners of Prohibited Firearms . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader - Free Download)
• JUSTICE DEPT. SAYS LETTER WITH PLAN TO BAN RUGER MINI 14 SENT "IN ERROR"! . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader - Free Download)

• BLUELINE MAGAZINE: "BORDER CONFIDENCE: Going beyond the political
  agenda" . . .click here (Requires Acrobat Reader - Free Download)

• Calgary Sun Editorial: GUNNING FOR TROUBLE . . . click here
• Calgary Herald Editorial: Illegal weapons don't get registered: RCMP murders underscore futility of tracking guns . . . click here
• VICTIMS OF ARMED ASSAULTS & ARMED ROBBERIES: ANALYSIS BY GARY MAUSER, Ph D . . . click here
• FIREARMS PROGRAM BUDGET 2005/06 = $97 MILLION (PLUS, PLUS, PLUS...) . . . click here
• EDMONTON SUN: GUN REGISTRY HIGHER PRIORITY FOR LIBERALS THAN RCMP FORENSICS LAB . . . click here
• February 19, 2005 - Stephen Harper's Address to the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters . . . click here
• ARE FRONT-LINE POLICE GETTING WHAT THEY VOTED FOR? . . . click here
• CFC STATISTICS: Firearm Licence Refusals & Revocations, by Reason, as of February 1, 2005 . . . click here
• February 14, 2005 - Q-81 and Q-82: BREITKREUZ ASKS TO SEE RESULTS OF 6,000 FIREARMS TRACES AND 2,633 AFFIDAVITS . . . click here
• BREITKREUZ ON LIBERALS' PLAN TO BAN THE RUGER MINI 14 . . . click here
• AUTHORIZATIONS TO TRANSPORT (ATT) STATISTICS FOR 2004 . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
• PICTURE OF THE RUGER MINI 14 RANCH RIFLE . . . click here
• Library of Parliament Report: Legislative Procedures for Banning Firearms . . . click here
• DATA ON THE NUMBER OF GUNS CONFISCATED? . . . click here
• Cotler Letter announces plan to ban the Ruger Mini 14 . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
• More Benefits of Firearms Ownership: Volunteer Civil Guard . . . click here
• DNA BACKLOG INCREASES 61% IN 2004 . . . click here
• STATISTICS CANADA: POLICE REPORTED CRIME IN CANADA, 1962-2003 . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
• AUTHORIZATIONS TO TRANSPORT (ATT) STATISTICS, 2003 . . . click here
• 3.4 MILLION CFRO QUERIES? McLELLAN RESPONDS BUT PROVIDES FEW REAL ANSWERS . . . click here
• FIREARMS CENTRE LOSES TRACK OF 46,509 MORE FIREARM LICENCE HOLDERS . . . click here
• Statistics Canada: Average Sentences for Firearm Storage Charges 1996/97 to 2003/04 . . . click here
• STATISTICS CANADA: 2003 VIOLENT CRIME RATE STILL 66% HIGHER THAN 25 YEARS AGO . . . click here
• McLELLAN DECLARES $42 MILLION TO BE SPENT ON CRIMINAL USE OF GUNS A "CABINET SECRET" . . . click here
• LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT REPORT ON 190,892 "EXPIRED FIREARMS" . . . click here
• FIREARMS CENTRE HAS NO RECORDS ABOUT 2,633 AFFIDAVITS . . . click here
• WEAPONS USED IN CRIME IN 2003 . . . click here (Requires Microsoft Word)
• ASSAULTS BY WEAPON AND LEVEL OF INJURY, 2003 . . . click here
• Criminal Code Incidents per Police Officer - 1962-2003 . . . click here (Requires Acrobat Reader-Free Download)
• Quebec Government study examines the economic value of outdoor industries
          - 813,590 fishing enthusiasts spend over $1 billion a year.
          - 408,000 hunters: $308 million annually in expenditures  . . . click here
• Homicide Firearms by Ownership & Registration Status, 1997-2003 . . . click here