Sunday, 23 October 2022

Rifle used in recent police killings not on Canada's list of banned firearms

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/srs-russia-rifle-ban-killings-list-prohibited-1.6622190


Rifle used in recent police killings not on Canada's list of banned firearms


Russian-designed SKS rifle not added to federal government's 2020 list
of prohibited weapons

Mark Gollom, Katie Nicholson · CBC News · Posted: Oct 22, 2022 4:00 AM ET

Calls to add Soviet-era rifle used in Canadian shootings to federal weapons ban

17 hours ago
Duration 2:27
Advocates are calling for the SKS — a Soviet-era, semi-automatic rifle
that was used in the 2022 Innisfil, Ont., shooting, the 2019 northern
B.C. murders, and the 2018 mass shooting in Frederiction — to be added
to Ottawa's military-style assault weapons ban.

The type of semi-automatic weapon used in the recent fatal shooting of
two Ontario police officers was also used in a series of other deadly,
high-profile gun attacks in Canada, including the 2018 Fredericton
mass shootings and the murders committed by the B.C. manhunt suspects.

But the Russian-designed SKS rifle was not added to the federal
government's 2020 list of prohibited weapons, raising questions as to
why it wasn't included.
The type of semi-automatic weapon used in the recent fatal shooting of
two Ontario police officers has also been used in a series of other
deadly, high-profile gun attacks in Canada, including the 2018
Fredericton mass shootings and the murders committed by the B.C.
manhunt suspects. (CBC)

"The SKS, for all practical purposes, is a military weapon. It's
actually still used in militaries across the world," said Heidi
Rathjen, the co-ordinator of Poly Remembers, a gun control advocacy
group set up by the families of the École Polytechnique massacre
victims. "The only reason why it was not covered by the May 2020 [ban]
— is because it's not a modern design. And that is what we feel is a
completely arbitrary criteria that makes no sense."

    National handgun sales 'freeze' takes effect

    Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of 'assault-style' firearms —
effective immediately

The weapon was most recently used in the Oct. 11 killing of two police
officers at a home just north of Toronto. But it was also the weapon
used by two teenagers in the northern British Columbia murders that
left three people dead and sparked a nationwide manhunt. As well, the
SKS was used in the 2018 Fredericton shooting spree that left four
people dead, including two police officers.

In 2020, the federal government announced the prohibition of around
1,500 makes and models of military-grade and "assault-style" weapons
in Canada. Those models included M16, AR-10, AR-15 rifles. Since the
announcement was made, the list has been expanded and now includes up
to 2,000 weapons, however, the SKS is not one of them.
No word on why SKS not included in ban

The government has not given a specific reason as to why the SKS was
not part of the prohibition.

According to Public Safety Canada, the prohibition applies to weapons
that are semi-automatic firearms capable of rapid fire, are of modern
design and are available in large quantities in Canada.

The exact number of SKS rifles in Canada is not known, but there's
likely at least a million in the country, said Rod Giltaca, executive
director of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights.

The shooter who earlier this month gunned down South Simcoe Police
Const. Devon Northrup, left, and Const. Morgan Russell used an SKS
rifle. (South Simcoe Police Service/The Canadian Press)

But the government may have decided to keep them off its prohibition
list because they are an old design and don't accept large capacity
magazines, meaning they can't be reloaded as fast as other more modern
weapons, according to Blake Brown, author of Arming and Disarming the
Nation: A History of Gun Control in Canada.

On Friday, during the federal government's announcement of a national
"freeze" on the sale, purchase and transfer of handguns, Public Safety
Minister Marco Mendicino wouldn't say whether there were plans to ban
the SKS rifle.

    Ottawa extends amnesty on 'assault-style' firearms, says buyback
program still in the works

    Federal minister calls Alberta minister's pushback to firearm
buyback 'reckless'

Instead, he said the standing committee on public safety is currently
working with all parties to make sure they have "the right policies as
it relates to assault-style rifles."

A statement from his ministry's office simply said they are currently
examining the list of prohibited weapons, but that it was too early to
say what, if any additions, will be made to the list.
Popularity due in part to cost

Experts say the gun is a very popular rifle in Canada in part because
it's considered inexpensive. One Canadian website that sells guns
lists the sale price of a Russian SKS at just under $600.

"At one time they were extremely inexpensive and you had rifles coming
over from former Soviet republics and you could buy them by the
crate," said Windsor, Ont., based firearms expert A.J Somerset.

The SKS was developed for the Soviet Union military in the 1940s,
although they were later replaced by the AK-47, Brown said. The Soviet
Union allowed other countries to produce the SKS, like China and the
former Yugoslavia, which made millions of the rifles.
A.J. Somerset, a firearms expert from Windsor, Ont., displays an SKS
rifle. At one time, he said, the rifles coming over from former Soviet
republics were so inexpensive they could be purchased by the crate.
(CBC)

Many surplus SKS rifles went to the United States during the 1980s and
many ended up in Canada in the 1990s, Brown said.

"It's very available. So for people who want something that's kind of
like an assault rifle, the SKS kind of fits the bill."

They are also not restricted, meaning an individual just needs a
regular firearms licence to purchase one.

"Basically, if you're a gun owner in Canada and you own rifles, you
probably got an SKS. They're just that common," Somerset said.

    Analysis
    When it comes to stopping gun violence, it's all about the border,
critics say

Giltaca, of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights, said he doesn't
believe the focus should be on this type of rifle, but instead on
violence in general.

"It needs serious dialogue, not just, 'Well, we're going to ban this
gun,' wait until more violence happens with another firearm, then ban
that one."

Rathjen, the gun control advocate, agreed the root causes of violence
need to be addressed.

"But until that happens, let's keep the lethal weapons out of the
hands of ordinary Canadians," she said, adding there was no reason for
anybody to own a "fully functional assault weapon."

With files from Megan McCleister
CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-assault-weapons-ban-buyback-rcmp-1.6603678

Federal minister calls Alberta minister's pushback to firearm buyback 'reckless'

‘No ambiguity’ about role of RCMP in relationship between Ottawa and
Alberta, minister says
Jade Markus · CBC News · Posted: Oct 02, 2022 5:15 PM MT | Last
Updated: October 3
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, pictured during a news
conference earlier this year, said the buyback program will require a
number of partners in the public safety community, including the RCMP.
(Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

The federal minister of public safety says Alberta's justice minister
is engaging in "political brinkmanship" regarding Ottawa's assault
weapon buyback program — and the RCMP's role in it.

The federal government banned more than 1,500 assault-style weapons in
2020 — now, they're preparing to buy back those weapons.

It's a move that Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said will
require local police forces and the RCMP.

But Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Tyler Shandro said he's
taking action to ensure the province will not be participating in the
program. Saskatchewan's minister of policing and public safety has
also pushed back, as has Manitoba's minister of justice.

Speaking to CBC's The House on Saturday, Mendicino said he wants to be
clear: the regulation of firearms falls within the exclusive
jurisdiction of the federal government.

He said Shandro is mischaracterizing the program and the RCMP's role in it.
LISTEN | Mendicino discusses conflict over buyback program:
CBC News: The House13:18The firearms program becomes a federalism fracas
Federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino joins The House to talk
about the growing conflict with prairie provinces over the federal
firearms buyback program.

The buyback program will require a number of partners in the public
safety community, including the RCMP, to help facilitate the
surrender, the compensation and ultimately the destruction of the
guns, Mendicino said.

"That somehow, by asking RCMP to ensure that we're getting these guns
off of their streets that cuts against the grain of public safety,
it's the opposite," he said. "[Shandro] is regrettably engaged in, I
think, some political brinkmanship which is counterproductive and
reckless."

"There's no ambiguity about the relationship that exists between
Canada and Alberta as it relates to the role of the RCMP … the RCMP is
a federal entity and matters relating to the control management and
administration of the RCMP are within exclusive federal jurisdiction."

    Calgary shootings surpass 100 amid 'shocking' number of guns on streets

    Alberta won't participate in federal efforts to seize prohibited
weapons, Shandro says

Mendicino said his letters to provincial and territorial governments —
which his office shared with the media — were seeking collaboration in
order to implement the program.

"What we got back from the Alberta solicitor general is a political
stunt. He knows full well that matters that relate to the enforcement
of the Criminal Code and the firearms laws are exclusively within the
jurisdiction of the federal government," he said.
'Strong interest in having a fight'

Shandro previously said Alberta will not agree to having RCMP officers
act as confiscation agents and will protest any such move under the
provincial-federal agreement that governs policing.

"Alberta taxpayers pay over $750 million per year for the RCMP and we
will not tolerate taking officers off the streets in order to
confiscate the property of law-abiding firearms owners," said Shandro,
speaking at a news conference in Calgary.
Alberta's Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Tyler Shandro
answers questions at a news conference in September 2021. Shandro said
Alberta will not agree to having RCMP officers act as "confiscation
agents." (Todd Korol/The Canadian Press)

Alberta is exercising existing authorities to identify the
"confiscation plan" as an activity that is not appropriate for the
RCMP to be used for, he wrote in a statement posted on Twitter
Wednesday.

He also said Alberta will seek to intervene in ongoing judicial review
applications challenging the constitutionality of the program.

There's no doubt that the federal government has the power to
implement the buyback program, said Lisa Young, a professor of
political science at the University of Calgary.

"I don't think that the provincial government is actually questioning
the jurisdiction of the federal government to legislate in this area …
the province is using its appropriate role intervening in court cases
that are challenging this on charter grounds," she said.

"There's really no dispute about whether the federal government can do
this. I think the dispute is whether the federal government should do
this."
Lisa Young is a professor of political science at the University of
Calgary. (CBC)

She added that Shandro asking the RCMP not to enforce the program is
different than directing them not to enforce it.

"I don't think that Minister Shandro has stepped over that line," Young said.

As for sharing each letters publicly, and exchanging barbs, she said
the public back and forth benefits both ministers.

    Ottawa offers $1,337 apiece for AR-15 rifles under mandatory buyback program

    Sask. government tells RCMP it will not support federal firearm buyback

"I don't want to trivialize the issue of firearms control, because I
think it's an important issue, but I think that we do need to
recognize that both parties that we're looking at here have a pretty
strong interest in having a fight with one another over this issue,"
Young said.

She said the issue speaks to the base of both Liberals and
Conservatives, but there are fundamentally different values at play.

Mendicino said he hopes to start the program at the end of 2022, and
said it will likely carry through until 2023.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jade Markus

Digital journalist

Jade Markus is a digital journalist at CBC Calgary.

With files from Helen Pike
CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices

https://firearmrights.ca/who-we-are/

"Mr. Giltaca owns and operates one of Canada’s most recognizable
training businesses Civil Advantage Firearms Training Ltd. In
addition, Rod is an instructor in good standing with the RCMP Canadian
Firearms Program.

Rod produces and hosts the largest (all Canadian) firearms related
YouTube Channel, the “Civil Advantage Channel”. He is also the
official spokesperson of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights."

rod.giltaca@firearmrights.ca


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> > > > From: "McKnight, Gisele" McKnight.Gisele@kingscorecord.com
> > > > To: lcampenella@ledger.com
> > > > Cc:motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 2:53 PM
> > > > Subject: David Amos
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hello Lisa,
> > > > > David Amos asked me to contact you. I met him last June after he
> > became
> > > an
> > > > > independent (not representing any political party) candidate in our
> > > > federal
> > > > > election that was held June 28.
> > > > >
> > > > > He was a candidate in our constituency of Fundy (now called
> > > Fundy-Royal).
> > > > I
> > > > > wrote a profile story about him, as I did all other candidates. That
> > > story
> > > > > appeared in the Kings County Record June 22. A second story, written
> > by
> > > > one
> > > > > of my reporters, appeared on the same date, which was a report on
> the
> > > > > candidates' debate held June 18.
> > > > >
> > > > > As I recall David Amos came last of four candidates in the election.
> > The
> > > > > winner got 14,997 votes, while Amos got 358.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have attached the two stories that appeared, as well as a photo
> > taken
> > > by
> > > > > reporter Erin Hatfield during the debate. I couldn't find the photo
> > that
> > > > > ran, but this one is very similar.
> > > > >
> > > > > Gisele McKnight
> > > > > editor A1-debate A1-amos,David for MP 24.doc debate
2.JPG
> > > > > Kings County Record
> > > > > Sussex, New Brunswick
> > > > > Canada
> > > > > 506-433-1070
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
Raising a Little Hell- Lively Debate Provokes Crowd

By Erin Hatfield

"If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it? If your
world is all screwed up, rearrange it."

The 1979 Trooper song Raise a Little Hell blared on the speakers at
the 8th Hussars Sports Center Friday evening as people filed in to
watch the Fundy candidates debate the issues. It was an accurate, if
unofficial, theme song for the debate.

The crowd of over 200 spectators was dwarfed by the huge arena, but as
they chose their seats, it was clear the battle lines were drawn.
Supporters of Conservative candidate Rob Moore naturally took the blue
chairs on the right of the rink floor while John Herron's Liberalswent
left. There were splashes of orange, supporters of NDP Pat Hanratty,
mixed throughout. Perhaps the loudest applause came from a row towards
the back, where supporters of independent candidate David Amos sat.

The debate was moderated by Leo Melanson of CJCW Radio and was
organized by the Sussex Valley Jaycees. Candidates wereasked a barrage
of questions bypanelists Gisele McKnight of the Kings County Record
and Lisa Spencer of CJCW.

Staying true to party platforms for the most part, candidates
responded to questions about the gun registry, same sex marriage, the
exodus of young people from the Maritimes and regulated gas prices.
Herron and Moore were clear competitors,constantly challenging each
other on their answers and criticizing eachothers’ party leaders.
Hanratty flew under the radar, giving short, concise responses to the
questions while Amos provided some food for thought and a bit of comic
relief with quirky answers. "I was raised with a gun," Amos said in
response to the question of thenational gun registry. "Nobody's
getting mine and I'm not paying 10 cents for it."

Herron, a Progressive Conservative MP turned Liberal, veered from his
party'splatform with regard to gun control. "It was ill advised but
well intentioned," Herron said. "No matter what side of the house I am
on, I'm voting against it." Pat Hanratty agreed there were better
places for the gun registry dollars to be spent.Recreational hunters
shouldn't have been penalized by this gun registry," he said.

The gun registry issues provoked the tempers of Herron and Moore. At
one point Herron got out of his seat and threw a piece of paper in
front of Moore. "Read that," Herron said to Moore, referring to the
voting record of Conservative Party leader Steven Harper. According to
Herron, Harper voted in favour of the registry on the first and second
readings of the bill in 1995. "He voted against it when it counted, at
final count," Moore said. "We needa government with courage to
register sex offenders rather than register the property of law
abiding citizens."

The crowd was vocal throughout the evening, with white haired men and
women heckling from the Conservative side. "Shut up John," one woman
yelled. "How can you talk about selling out?" a man yelled whenHerron
spoke about his fear that the Conservatives are selling farmers out.

Although the Liberal side was less vocal, Kings East MLA Leroy
Armstrong weighed in at one point. "You’re out of touch," Armstrong
yelled to Moore from the crowd when the debate turned to the cost of
post-secondary education. Later in the evening Amos challenged
Armstrong to a public debate of their own. "Talk is cheap. Any time,
anyplace," Armstrong responded.

As the crowd made its way out of the building following the debate,
candidates worked the room. They shook hands with well-wishers and
fielded questions from spectators-all part of the decision-making
process for the June 28 vote.

Cutline – David Amos, independent candidate in Fundy, with some of his
favourite possessions—motorcycles.

McKnight/KCR

The Unconventional Candidate

David Amos Isn’t Campaigning For Your Vote, But….

By Gisele McKnight

FUNDY—He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his
wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone
that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."

Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot—David Amos.

The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife
and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from
running for office in Canada.

One has only to be at least 18, a Canadian citizen and not be in jail
to meet Elections Canada requirements.

When it came time to launch his political crusade, Amos chose his
favourite place to do so—Fundy.

Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his
dissatisfaction with politicians.

"I’ve become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he
said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."

The journey that eventually led Amos to politics began in Sussex in
1987. He woke up one morning disillusioned with life and decided he
needed to change his life.

"I lost my faith in mankind," he said. "People go through that
sometimes in midlife."

So Amos, who’d lived in Sussex since 1973, closed his Four Corners
motorcycle shop, paid his bills and hit the road with Annie, his 1952
Panhead motorcycle.

"Annie and I rode around for awhile (three years, to be exact)
experiencing the milk of human kindness," he said. "This is how you
renew your faith in mankind – you help anyone you can, you never ask
for anything, but you take what they offer."

For those three years, they offered food, a place to sleep, odd jobs
and conversation all over North America.

Since he and Annie stopped wandering, he has married, fathered a son
and a daughter and become a house-husband – Mr. Mom, as he calls
himself.

He also describes himself in far more colourful terms—a motorcyclist
rather than a biker, a "fun-loving, free-thinking, pig-headed
individual," a "pissed-off Maritimer" rather than an activist, a proud
Canadian and a "wild colonial boy."

Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.

"But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said.
"It’s alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"

Amos has no intention of actively campaigning.

"I didn’t appreciate it when they (politicians) pounded on my door
interrupting my dinner," he said. "If people are interested, they can
call me. I’m not going to drive my opinions down their throats."

And he has no campaign budget, nor does he want one.

"I won’t take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It’s
not about money. It goes against what I’m fighting about."

What he’s fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood,
the exploitation of the Maritimes’ gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
name a few.

"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing,
farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I’m
death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it
(NAFTA) out the window.

NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an
easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.

"There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me,
especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right.
Don’t necessarily vote for me, but vote."

Although…if you’re going to vote anyway, Amos would be happy to have
your X by his name.

"I want people to go into that voting booth, see my name, laugh and
say, ‘what the hell.’"

 

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