2006 - articles

• B.C. WILDLIFE FEDERATION LETTER RE: LIBERAL PARTY FIREARMS RESOLUTIONS . . . click here
• Moncton Times & Transcript Column: Grits suffer self-inflicted gunshot wounds . . . click here
• PRIME MINISTER HARPER: "Simply banning guns we don't think would be effective." . . . click here
• Calgary Herald Column: Hunting frees us from life's tedium . . . click here
• Le Soleil Column: Firearms: the farce continues . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen: Minister McLellan kept mum on gun registry cost . . . click here
• Vancouver Sun Column - Guns, sense and nonsense . . . click here
• Montreal Gazette: Dangerous gun licence applicants hard to spot . . . click here
• National Post Column - Gun Control: Numbers don't lie . . . click here
• O.F.A.H. ACTIONS AGAINST FEDERAL GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
• OCTOBER 18, 2006 - BREITKREUZ: CENTRAL GUN STORAGE = ONE-STOP-SHOPPING FOR CRIMINALS . . . click here
• Lorne Gunter Column: No more fourth chances . . . click here
• National Post Column: Grasping at guns . . . click here
• October 4, 2006 - A Brief Summary of Research on Prison and Violent Crime by Gary Mauser . . . click here
• Orangeville Citizen Column - The 'false promises' of gun control . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen Column: Gun bans benefit the violent criminal . . . click here
• National Post Column: Gun policy still has to be rational . . . click here
• Globe and Mail Column: The firearms registry has not saved any lives . . . click here
• Toronto Star Column: I've been wrong about the gun registry in the past . . . click here
• National Post: '$1-billion didn't prevent tragedy': PM speaks on gun registry . . . click here
• Lorne Gunter Column: Simplistic to blame guns, goths, games . . . click here
• CANWEST NEWS: PM WANTS 'MORE EFFECTIVE' GUN LAWS . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN EDITORIAL - GUN CONTROL: THE GREAT DECEPTION . . . click here
• CALGARY SUN COLUMN: TRAGEDY CAN'T STALL TORY PLAN . . . click here
• Star Phoenix Editorial: The rights already surrendered didn't prevent Wednesday's tragedy . . . click here
• HILL TIMES COLUMNS: A brief history of gun control in Canada, 1867-1995 . . . click here
• Professor Gary Mauser: Comparing homicide trends in Canada and the US . . . click here
• National Post Editorial: Get on with dropping the gun registry . . . click here
• Star Phoenix Editorial: Officers' deaths sober reminder of police reality . . . click here
• Calgary Herald Column: Shooting down gun registry . . . click here
• Lorne Gunter Column: Gun owners not breathing easy yet . . . click here
• CSSA: Bill C-21 - GUN REGISTRY CHANGES - A GOOD FIRST STEP . . . click here
• MAY 23, 2006 - LETTER: ORGANIZATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS . . . click here
• National Post Editorial: Good riddance to the gun registry . . . click here
• Globe and Mail Editorial: The long-gun registry is ripe for dismantling . . . click here
• Star Phoenix: Long wait nearly over for Breitkreuz . . . click here
• LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT: Spousal Homicides by Weapon, 1995-2004 . . . click here
• FRASER FORUM: After the Gun Registry by Professor Gary Mauser . . . click here
• BCWF Letter to Public Safety Committee: Domestic Violence Statistics . . . click here
• Judge tells man he is stuck in bureaucratic bungle . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen: Top bureaucrat feared political impact of gun registry overruns, MPs told . . . click here
• Canadian Taxpayers Federation: Investigate the Gun Registry . . . click here
• CANADIAN SHOOTING SPORTS: GUN REGISTRY CHANGES - A GOOD FIRST STEP . . . click here
• National Post Column: Spare me your gun-registry sanctimony . . . click here
• EDMONTON SUN COLUMN: GUN REGISTRY LIKE ANOTHER ADSCAM . . . click here
• Lorne Gunter Column: Oh, the tangled web Liberals wove . . . click here
• Victoria Times Colonist Column: Gun registry poll mixes fact, fiction . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen Column: Gun registry fires a final deceit . . . click here
• National Post Editorial: Kill the gun registry . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen Editorial: Betraying the trust . . . click here
• GARRY BREITKREUZ'S 2006 ELECTION PROMISE: A WORK IN PROGRESS . . . click here
• NEWS RELEASE: Government takes action to eliminate the costly and ineffective long-gun registry . . . click here
• Bill Thomson's Outdoors Column: Federal caucus created to work on wildlife issues . . . click here
• National Post: Contract is registry's 'smoking gun': Public works investigating . . . click here
• National Post: Liberals buried gun registry costs: Auditor General . . . click here
• New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal: Outdoors caucus attracts 70 members . . . click here
• Justice Minister Vic Toews: "stay tuned for the details" on the gun registry shutdown . . . click here
• Regina Leader Post: Outdoor caucus formed . . . click here
• Canadian Outdoor Heritage Alliance supports Parliamentary Outdoors Caucus . . . click here
• Agriculture Minister supports outdoor caucus . . . click here
• EDMONTON SUN: WE'RE STILL UNDER THE GUN LAW . . . click here
• Toronto Star Column: Biker killings show criminals don't heed law . . . click here
• Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation: Parliament of Canada Forming Non-Partisan Outdoor Caucus . . . click here
• OTTAWA SUN: AUDITOR GENERAL SET TO GO BALLISTIC OVER GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
• N.S. Federation of Anglers and Hunters give thumbsup to non-partisan Outdoors Caucus . . . click here
• National Post Column: When will the gun registry be gone? . . . click here
• DUCKS UNLIMTED: Outdoor Caucus to provide a welcome voice for outdoor enthusiasts . . . click here
• EDMONTON SUN COLUMN: UNITED WE STAND . . . click here
• SHIMANO ENCOURAGES FISHERMEN IN QUEBEC TO CALL ON MPs TO SUPPORT OUTDOORS CAUCUS . . . click here
• Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Applauds the Formation of an Outdoor Caucus . . . click here
• Sudbury Star Column: Step up to support Outdoors Caucus . . . click here
• Calgary Herald Editorial: Police claims alone not enough to alter long-gun registry plan . . . click here
• NATIONAL FISHING WEEK - July 1 - 9, 2006 . . . click here
• Delta Waterfowl applauds launching of Outdoors Caucus . . . click here
• MACLEAN'S: TORY MP WANTS A NON-PARTISAN 'OUTDOORS CAUCUS' . . . click here
• Belleville Intelligencer Editorial: Facts support dismantling of gun registry . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen: Breitkreuz not allowed to discuss gun registry . . . click here
• QUEBEC WILDLIFE FEDERATION: FEDERAL MPS ASKED TO HELP PROMOTE HUNTING AND FISHING . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen Column: Victims tell the crime story . . . click here
• DÉPUTÉS FÉDÉRAUX SOLLICITÉS POUR LA MISE EN VALEUR DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA PÊCHE . . . click here
• Sport Fishing Institute of B.C. Supports Outdoors Caucus . . . click here
• Outdoor Industry Association Endorses New Federal Caucus . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN COLUMN: OUTDOORSMEN HAVE FRIEND IN MP BREITKREUZ . . . click here
• Outdoors Caucus gives anglers, hunters and trappers the recognition they deserve . . . click here
• National Post Column: A one-stop e-shop for gun thieves . . . click here
• Le Soleil: An “Outdoors Caucus”. . . click here
• Windsor Star Editorial: Gun registry: No reason to prop it up . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN EDITORIAL: GUN REGISTRY IS A NATIONAL DISGRACE . . . click here
• National Post Column: More gun-registry propaganda . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN: GUN REGISTRY IS NOT AS SECURE AS TOUTED . . . click here
• OFAH: Is the gun registry an easy target for computer hackers? . . . click here
• FRASER INSTITUTE - GUNS AND GANGS: WHAT SHOULD WE DO? . . . click here
• EDMONTON JOURNAL: ROSZKO'S GUNS . . . click here
• Edmonton Journal: Bans on gun ownership often ignored . . . click here
• February 24, 2006 - LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT REPORT: STATUS OF PROVISIONS AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE FIREARMS ACT, ABILITY TO CHANGE MEASURES BY ORDER-IN-COUNCIL AND REQUIREMENT TO TABLE REGULATIONS . . . click here
• Manitoba Attorney General: Mandatory penalties show promise . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN EDITORIAL: THE PROBLEM IS CRIMINALS, NOT GUNS . . . click here
• WESTERN STANDARD COVER STORY: HOW TO STOP THE KILLING . . . click here
• CANADIAN PRESS:TRUE COST OF GUN REGISTRY UPSETTING, DAY SAYS . . . click here
• Winnipeg Free Press Editorial: Scrap gun registry . . . click here
• Winnipeg Free Press: Tories want gun registry killed fast . . . click here
• National Post Column: Gun control's unlikely new enemy . . . click here
• WINNIPEG SUN: REGISTRY ON LAST LEGS . . . click here
• OPEN LETTER TO STEPHEN HARPER - Crime in Canada: Some advice for the new government . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN: WHAT IS SAFE ENOUGH FOR STORING LEGAL HANDGUNS? . . . click here
• CHRONIQUES PLEIN AIR COLUMN: Elimination of federal registration of hunters and their shotguns and rifles . . . click here
• National Post Editorial: Ditch the gun registry . . . click here
• Winnipeg Free Press Editorial - Wrong target . . . click here
• WHAT POLICE HAVE SAID ABOUT THE GUN REGISTRY - Updated February 1, 2006 . . . click here
• Brandon Sun: Say goodbye to gun registry . . . click here
• LORNE GUNTER'S BLOG: Fewer guns = more gun crime . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN: THE REAL STORY ON HOW ALL THOSE CRIME GUNS GOT ONTO TORONTO STREETS . . . click here
• Retired RCMP Superintendent Column: Gun legislation an election issue . . . click here
• Ottawa Citizen - Border security over-budget and under-achieving: audit . . . click here
• Victoria Times Colonist Editorial: After England, Canada had the worst crime rate of 35 countries . . . click here
• Charles Moore Column: There is a Canadian gun culture, Mr. Martin . . . click here
• National Post Column: Commit the crime, do the time . . . click here
• Sgt. Mark Tonner Column: A finger that's in jail can't pull a trigger . . . click here
• Vancouver Deputy Police Chief Column: More police = less crime . . . click here
• National Post: 76% blame lax judges for gun violence: Toronto poll . . . click here
• National Post Column: Prisons work. Gun registries and gun bans do not . . . click here
• BLUE LINE MAGAZINE: Plan helps prevent domestic violence . . . click here

2006 - information

• B.C. WILDLIFE FEDERATION LETTER RE: LIBERAL PARTY FIREARMS RESOLUTIONS . . . click here
• December 13, 2006 - Firearms Registration Certificate Revocation Notices: Number Sent and Disposition, by Province . . . click here
• December 15, 2006 - Garry Breitkreuz's Speech to the Canadian Shooting Sports Association . . . click here
• STATISTICS CANADA: Homicides Involving Firearms, 1974 to 2005 . . . click here
• STATISTICS CANADA: Methods Used to Commit Homicide, 1995 to 2005 . . . click here
• STATISTICS CANADA TABLES: Firearms Homicides by Owner, Licence and Registration Status, 1997-2005 . . . click here
• November 28, 2006 - Gun Registry Questions in the House of Commons . . . click here
• November 23, 2006 - Privacy Commissioner Ruling: Criteria for Approval of Gun Collector Status Applications . . . click here
• NUMBER OF POLICE: CANADA RANKED 25th IN THE WORLD . . . click here
• CRIMINAL CODE INCIDENTS PER POLICE OFFICER, 1962-2005 . . . click here
• REGISTERING & BANNING GUNS FAILS TO SAVE LIVES . . . click here
• 43 KILLERS WERE LET OUT TO KILL AGAIN . . . click here
• RCMP: NUMBER OF REGISTERED SEMI-AUTOMATICS BY PROVINCE . . . click here
• COSTS OF FIREARMS PROGRAM PRIOR TO BILL C-68 . . . click here
• NUMBER OF GUNS AND GUN OWNERS BY PROVINCE, 1999 GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES . . . click here
• O.F.A.H. ACTIONS AGAINST FEDERAL GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
• OCTOBER 18, 2006 - BREITKREUZ: CENTRAL GUN STORAGE = ONE-STOP-SHOPPING FOR CRIMINALS . . . click here
• OCTOBER 12, 2006 - STATEMENT BY EARL TURCOTTE REPRESENTATIVE OF CANADA DURING U.N. CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS DEBATE . . . click here
• October 4, 2006 - A Brief Summary of Research on Prison and Violent Crime by Gary Mauser . . . click here
• "Saturday Night Specials" - A Bibliography . . . click here
• WHAT POLICE HAVE SAID ABOUT THE GUN REGISTRY - By Garry Breitkreuz, MP – Updated: September 25, 2006 . . . click here
• BILL C-21 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY . . . click here
• National Post: '$1-billion didn't prevent tragedy': PM speaks on gun registry . . . click here
• PROPOSED HANDGUN BAN: ONTARIO GOV'T HAS NO RECORDS ON COSTS . . . click here
• HILL TIMES COLUMNS: A brief history of gun control in Canada, 1867-1995 . . . click here
• LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT: THE BENEFITS OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP – HUNTING AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT . . . click here
• LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT: SOCIETAL BENEFITS OF FIREARM OWNERSHIP –
  SELF-DEFENCE . . . click here
• NUMBER OF FIREARMS STOLEN - 1994-2004 . . . click here
• NUMBER OF RESTRICTED & PROHIBITED FIREARMS STILL TO BE RE-REGISTERED = 578,330 . . . click here
• NUMBER OF RESTRICTED & PROHIBITED FIREARMS CURRENTLY REGISTERED = 636,291 . . . click here
• Professor Gary Mauser: Comparing homicide trends in Canada and the US . . . click here
• National Post Editorial: Get on with dropping the gun registry . . . click here
• LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT: SPOUSAL HOMICIDES INVOLVING REGISTERED GUNS & LICENCED GUN OWNERS, 1997-2004 . . . click here
• AUDITOR GENERAL: 5,000 HITS A DAY AN INDICATOR OF ACTIVITY - NOT EFFECTIVENESS . . . click here
• June 28, 2005 - Crimes Against the Person Involving Firearms, by Type of Firearm Present, 2004 . . . click here
• RCMP 1995 REPORT - Restricted Weapons per Province by "Type" & "Action" . . . click here
• Star Phoenix: Long wait nearly over for Breitkreuz . . . click here
• LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT: Spousal Homicides by Weapon, 1995-2004 . . . click here
• June 15, 2006 - AUDITOR GENERAL RESPONDS TO GARRY BREITKREUZ . . . click here
• JUNE 1, 2006 - BREITKREUZ'S QUESTIONS FOR THE AUDITOR GENERAL . . . click here
• FRASER FORUM: After the Gun Registry by Professor Gary Mauser . . . click here
• BCWF Letter to Public Safety Committee: Domestic Violence Statistics . . . click here
• NFA - Constitutional Defences: Criminal Code Sections 91 & 92 . . . click here
• JUNE 6, 2006 - POINT OF ORDER: LIBERALS HAVE BREITKREUZ IN THEIR SIGHTS . . . click here
• MAY 31, 2006 - LIBERAL MP EXPOSES GUN REGISTRY ERRORS . . . click here
• RCMP CONFIRM 414 BREACHES OF POLICE COMPUTER SYSTEM . . . click here
• GARRY BREITKREUZ'S 2006 ELECTION PROMISE: A WORK IN PROGRESS . . . click here
• GUN CONTROL LAW IN CANADA - APRIL 1994 . . . click here
• NEWS RELEASE: Government takes action to eliminate the costly and ineffective long-gun registry . . . click here
• May 12, 2006 - Q-6: UPDATED AUTHORIZATION TO CARRY STATISTICS . . . click here
• May 12, 2006 - Q-7: STATISTICS FOR THOSE TOO DANGEROUS TO OWN GUNS . . . click here
• WHAT POLICE HAVE SAID ABOUT THE GUN REGISTRY - Updated: May 15, 2006 . . . click here
• Study: Impact of Prison Growth on Homicide . . . click here
• OTTAWA SUN: AUDITOR GENERAL SET TO GO BALLISTIC OVER GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
• APRIL 10, 2006 - BREITKREUZ RE-INTRODUCES BILL TO PROTECT PROPERTY RIGHTS . . . click here
• DUCKS UNLIMTED: Outdoor Caucus to provide a welcome voice for outdoor enthusiasts . . . click here
• IN THE RIGHT HANDS: An International Firearms Safety Seminar . . . click here
• April 5, 2006 - M-113: Auditor General conduct a cost-benefit analysis on each gun control measure . . . click here
• MACLEAN'S: TORY MP WANTS A NON-PARTISAN 'OUTDOORS CAUCUS' . . . click here
• FEDERAL CFO POLICY MANUAL: AUTHORIZATION TO CARRY . . . click here
• QUEBEC WILDLIFE FEDERATION: FEDERAL MPS ASKED TO HELP PROMOTE HUNTING AND FISHING . . . click here
• Sport Fishing Institute of B.C. Supports Outdoors Caucus . . . click here
• Outdoor Industry Association Endorses New Federal Caucus . . . click here
• TORONTO SUN COLUMN: OUTDOORSMEN HAVE FRIEND IN MP BREITKREUZ . . . click here
• Outdoors Caucus gives anglers, hunters and trappers the recognition they deserve . . . click here
• February 24, 2006 - LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT REPORT: STATUS OF PROVISIONS AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE FIREARMS ACT, ABILITY TO CHANGE MEASURES BY ORDER-IN-COUNCIL AND REQUIREMENT TO TABLE REGULATIONS . . . click here
• INFORMATION COMISSIONER INVESTIGATION CONFIRMS CANADA FIREARMS CENTRE HAS "NO RECORDS" ON FIREARMS TRACES . . . click here
• O.P.P. DIRECTIVE: REVOCATION OF FIREARMS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES . . . click here
• WHAT POLICE HAVE SAID ABOUT THE GUN REGISTRY - Updated February 1, 2006 . . . click he
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• 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