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FIREARMS FACTS UPDATE

McLELLAN REFUSES TO ANSWER BREITKREUZ'S QUESTIONS
ON TRANSPORTATION OF PROHIBITED FIREARMS

September 9, 2005 - Anne McLellan's reply to Garry Breitkreuz's July 11th Letter
http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/publications/2005_new/2.pdf

July 11, 2005 - Garry Breitkreuz's Reply to Anne McLellan Criticizing Her Decision to Ban the Transportation of Prohibited Firearms to Shooting Ranges
http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/issues/guninfo/newguninfo/2005_reply_07_11.doc

June 23, 2005 - Anne McLellan's Letter Defending Her Decision to Ban the Transportation of Prohibited Firearms to Shooting Ranges
http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/issues/guninfo/newguninfo/2005_mclellanltr_06_23.pdf


EXCERPT FROM THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S
DECEMBER 2002 REPORT TO PARLIAMENT

THE PROGRAM BECAME EXCESSIVELY REGULATORY

10.67 In February 2001, the Department told the Government it had wanted to focus on the minority of firearms owners that posed a high risk while minimizing the impact on the overwhelming majority of law-abiding owners. However, the Department concluded that this did not happen. Rather, it stated that the Program's focus had changed from high risk firearms owners to excessive regulation and enforcement of controls over all owners and their firearms. The Department concluded that, as a result, the Program had become overly complex and very costly to deliver, and that it had become difficult for owners to comply with the Program.

10.68 The Department said the excessive regulation had occurred because some of its Program partners believed that
* the use of firearms is in itself a "questionable activity" that required strong controls, and
* there should be a zero-tolerance attitude toward non-compliance with the Firearms Act.

http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/reports.nsf/html/20021210ce.html


MAYBE THE AUDITOR GENERAL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR EXAMPLE OF RECENT EXCESSIVE REGULATION BY THE CANADA FIREARMS CENTRE:
http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/oag-bvg.nsf/html/feedbk_e.html


USING REFERENCE HEARINGS TO PROTECT THE FIREARMS COMMUNITY

by David A Tomlinson, National President, National Firearms Association
http://www.cssa-cila.org/garryb/publications/2005_new/4.htm