-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Wednesday, December 13, 2000 GUN SHOWDOWN Pro-gun group dares the government to jail them By LYLE HARVEY, CALGARY SUN Thousands of Alberta gun owners will publicly dare the government to toss them in jail as part of a protest against federal firearms legislation. More than 11,000 provincial members of the Law-abiding Unregistered Firearms Association (LUFA), a national pro-gun group, will willfully ignore a Jan. 1 deadline for obtaining a firearms licence under the law commonly known as Bill C-68. "We recognize that with the right to bear firearms comes a serious responsibility, and safety is the foremost concern of any gun owner," said Ed Hudson, president of the 20,000-member LUFA, based in Alberta. "As long as owners are using guns responsibly, they'll accept reasonable control, but Bill C-68 goes far beyond reasonable control." Owners must obtain a possession licence by Jan. 1, 2001, or when their current firearms acquisition certificate expires, and it will be needed to buy ammunition. Individual guns must be registered by Jan. 1, 2003. Projections of national non-compliance range from 25%-50% of owners, estimated at 2.2 to 8 million people. The penalty for ignoring the law ranges from gun confiscation to five years in prison. Hudson said while Jan. 1, 2001, will likely arrive without fanfare, New Year's Day 2003 will see every LUFA member take to the streets to publicly protest a police right to search gun owners' homes without a warrant. "On that date, we'll be in the streets saying, 'We own unregistered firearms -- arrest us or scrap Bill C-68,' " Hudson said, adding the demonstration will be peaceful. Although police are required to enforce the law, they will not wage a full-scale invasion of gun owners' homes to check for compliance, said one of Alberta's top-ranking Mounties. Police still must have reasonable and probable grounds to conduct a search in order for testimony to stand up in court, said RCMP Supt. Dennis Massey. REACH HARVEY AT [EMAIL PROTECTED] DEADLINE SET *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
