ISSUES - Gun Control Article of Interest & Information - 2007
 

2007 - articles

  • NATIONAL POST COLUMN - Hollow symbols don't reduce crime . . . click here
  • EQUALIZATION - Rawlco Radio's John Gormley interviews Prime Minister Stephen Harper - Oct. 11, 2007 - click here
  • NATIONAL FIREARMS ASSOCIATION: David A. Tomlinson, R.I.P. September 18, 2007 . . . click here
  • NORTHEAST NEWS: Mounties Get Lesson On Gun Regulations . . . click here
  • Daily Journal Newswire: NATIONS' RATES OF PRIVATE GUN OWNERSHIP DO NOT CORRELATE TO RATES OF MURDER . . . click here
  • Ottawa Sun column by Lorrie Goldstein . . . click here
  • Winnipeg Sun Editorial: Avoidance manoeuvre Fighting gun crime too difficult, so politicians duck the issue . . . click here
  • Federal gun registry has not improved public safety despite costing taxpayers more than $2 billion . . . click here
  • OTTAWA CITIZEN: Scary anecdotes don't tell the real story on gun violence . . . click here
  • May 15, 2007 - BREITKREUZ THANKS FRIEND AND LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT DENNIS YOUNG FOR HIS BATTLE ON BEHALF OF FIREARMS OWNERS AND HIS COMMITTMENT TO CANADA . . . click here
  • Windsor Star Editorial: If police truly believe that the benefits of the gun registry outweigh the costs . . . click here
  • MAY 1, 2007 - AUDITOR GENERAL CONFIRMS BACKLOG FOR DNA ANALYSIS INCREASING . . . click here
  • Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy: Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide? . . . click here
  • BLUE LINE MAGAZINE COLUMN: On street gangs and guns . . . click here
  • BLUE LINE MAGAZINE: Our faith in identification documents is misplaced . . . click here
  • Edmonton Sun Column: Gun control debated to death . . . click here
  • YOUR ADVICE IS NEEDED: DECRIMINALIZING SIMPLE POSSESSION OF A FIREARM? . . . click here
  • CSSA/CILA OPEN LETTER TO MPs: "WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?" . . . click here
  • CSSA/CILA: 10 MYTHS OF THE GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
  • Ottawa Citizen Column: Is it time for a crackdown?: No: guns are overregulated now . . . click here
  • MINISTER STOCKWELL DAY ON "EFFECTIVE" GUN CONTROL . . . click here
  • Moncton Times & Transcript: Gun resolution backfires on Liberals . . . click here
  • COHA Letter: Liberal Party Firearms Resolutions . . . click here
  • DELTA WATERFOWL OPPOSES LIBERAL RESOLUTION TO BAN SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARMS . . . click here
  • TORONTO STAR - Had court orders been followed 32 homicide victims might still be alive . . . click here
  • OFAH LETTER: LIBERAL PARTY FIREARMS RESOLUTIONS . . . click here

2007 - information

  • Constitutional Challenge of Canada's Firearms Act, October 22, 2007 . . . click here
  • Fraser Institute News Release - Federal gun registry has not improved public safety despite costing taxpayers more than $2 billion . . . click here
  • June 19, 2007 - BREITKREUZ LEADS DEBATE ON C-21; IF PASSED, AN END TO LONG GUN REGISTRY . . . click here
  • May 15, 2007 - BREITKREUZ THANKS FRIEND AND LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT DENNIS YOUNG FOR HIS BATTLE ON BEHALF OF FIREARMS OWNERS AND HIS COMMITTMENT TO CANADA . . . click here
  • MAY 1, 2007 - AUDITOR GENERAL CONFIRMS BACKLOG FOR DNA ANALYSIS INCREASING . . . click here
  • Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy: Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide? . . . click here
  • Politicization of the RCMP - Executive Summary by Retired RCMP Asst. Commissioner Robert H.D. Head . . . click here
  • March 5, 2007 - Privacy Commissioner to Review of Release of Gun Registry Database by RCMP . . . click here
  • Library of Parliament: No Federal Law Prevents Release of Gun Registry Database . . . click here
  • Library of Parliament: Authority to Revoke a Firearms Instructor’s Certification . . . click here
  • YOUR ADVICE IS NEEDED: DECRIMINALIZING SIMPLE POSSESSION OF A FIREARM? . . . click here
  • Library of Parliament: Legislative Options to Decriminalize Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm . . . click here
  • RCMP: MISSING RECORDS ON SOME SOURCES OF CRIME GUNS . . . click here
  • LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT: AMENDMENTS TO BILLS AFTER SECOND READING . . . click here
  • POLICE OFFICERS KILLED BY LONG GUNS, 2001-2006 . . . click here
  • RCMP: NO RECORD OF "PROTECTION OF LIFE" CARRY PERMITS . . . click here
  • RCMP & CFC HAVE NO RECORDS ON EKOS SURVEY . . . click here
  • FIREARMS ACT SECTION 12(6) REFERENCE HEARINGS JUDGEMENTS . . . click here
  • Library of Parliament: Eligibility for a Licence to Acquire Restricted Firearms and Membership in a Gun Club . . . click here
  • January 10, 2007 - Delta Waterfowl Letter to Liberal Leader Stephane Dion . . . click here
  • DNA REGISTRY COST EFFECTIVE - GUN REGISTRY ? . . . click here
  • OFAH LETTER: LIBERAL PARTY FIREARMS RESOLUTIONS . . . click here