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stourfville tndun a metroland community newspaper- i 9hentagerdmarkhamronfil3plm3 ifr v- r i publisher ian proudfoot general manager minn brouwer i- editor in chief brenda larson 4 director of advertising debra welter k v jgssri 905294-2200- n 9052941538 i email newsroomcconsuncom deputy editor debora kelly editor julie caspersen production director cfienky distribution director 1 barry goodyear online publishing v manager brian kirlik classified manager inn campbell jj r retail sales manager v stephen mathieu inside sales manager r stacey allen t business manager i- margaret fleming office manager- v7wn oafei i- editorial astrdng feplfcanimp r makesgo6uisefise when youre staring ciowrithe barrel of a gunyou dont stop tb whether its ajeal gun or juststafters pistol yj t k thatin a nutshellis the logic behind a ph- vate member if bill being promoted by liberah- justice critic michael bryant l hisproposal would- restrict the sale ofair guns and starters pistols to adults buyers would haveto submitto acnminal record check and swear out a- declaration that they would not misuse them stpreowners would v be required to keep sales records premier vmike harris has indicated he i would bewilling tojstudy theidea and may even makeittougher v already federal law prohibits realistic copies of real guns if they are unable to fire ybrkegionalpplice j chief robert micldaugh says the proposed pfovincialregu- lations ehtnearly toughenough he would fike replica guns to be banned r thecarfadian gunlobby although not nearly as vocal and extreme asits american counterpart would certainly object after all gun owners are still going through theprbcess ofhavingtq fileriew paperwork and follow new restrictions- and suddenly the government movingjn on bb guns starters pistols- toys ahd collectors items j 1 but in- many ways the proposed restric tions on replica handguns make mbre sense than the federal gdverhments controversial gun control law vlts not often someone robs a convenience store with a hunting rifle whicli are stringent- ly controlled by federal law jwf i ohlthelother hancirreplicasare commonly h jused inrobberiesandeanbe purchased v dozens of stores in the greateftorohto area by anyonenvi i 1 many replicas can jbe converted to real firearms 1hg ammunition the replica itself maynot be able to do any harm t jj 4 but theperson holding it is danger v because police have no way of knowing the cweapon is a fake 1 t as far as middaugh isconcemed there no regitiniatereasoiiforanyone to kavea replica gun criminals use them to temfylawabicling citizens and thats the only purpose they serve a law that children and criminals from huyirig replica weapons is long overdue a lthe a at rpunp- r i letter s tot hi edit or l s key to efficient public transit is ignoring municipal borders it was an opportunity they failed to see the subway should have goneon north- li east las far as markhamstouffville or even 1 vuxbndge the bloor street subwayshould go 1 when i came to toronto from overseas northwest run under the airport and on to almost 50 years agqrom day one i had the woodbridgevc j i impression thatthis big city was in fact an j j3 hold it were getting into different overgrown village y jurisdictions here and thats a nono well things havexsure changed in just 4 this is why i think toronto is still a big vil- about jevery way except public transporta- la tnese squ with mississauga over tionjnmatdeparltnenttorontoisstillavil- me public transportation areridiculousa 4 lage only a bigger one with gridlock subwayto the airport shouldhave been in apprpachmgrthere is still more money spent p 2 years ago is it now even considered on roadsand highwaysthan on rail lines has anybody been to europe and looked the subway even the sheppard extension 7 the seamless publictransportation in any is great to get people around the city proper r some of had bette pub the subway to finch avenueis great too transportation in the 30s than wehave now t but hasanybpdy realized there are hun- 0 coursv nobody had acaf thehsorau coh- dreds of thousands of workers coming in- n were heeded- jfrom outsidej twenty years after the war everybody had i know there are go trains and buses but a h no plai parlcpubhc trwsit wks those still necessitate a carto get to a street- in lae be gridlock came and is fasteffi- carsubway or bus to get towork and this derfi md modern b we nonmyopic process is just too slow and expensive more see into the futureand than 2 for one ride on the ttqso people 1 still use their care to commute and what a pleasure thisis t my proposal let people ride the ttc free- during rush hours and save money on road construction and repairs j i- f the subway is membtmefficieht part of the wholesystem ft hwbeenproyen it can run very wefi above ground j so they started al stoppedthen they 1 very weu auuve giyiuiu olvmnics sothey started a line going northeast but rf ppedthen they built that toy train to c mccowan and stopped si not only for their of tenure people like daddygardiner are hardtp find i admit we have to find somebody like him forthetgta big village implodes and deceases 1 irmrriovand would like to seetprpnto be a city a real city does anybody have ah idea whytorohto has a hard time getting the hanshirsch stouffville lettersrolicy stouffvilletribunejf i welcomes your lcttersml s submissions must be less than 400 vvords andnusi jncludea t aytime telephone number s riameknd address the ruj newspaper reserves the righuo publish or riotpubush and w v editfofclantyandspace i ry vrv o i s wnte letters to the editor 9 heritage rdfei markbarn onc up 1m3 af serving the community since 1888 j post otypaienl collingwoodwasaga connection east tttk mitror enn advocatecountiy routes etobicote vfi guardian flamborough post geoteeiowi independent acton free press kingston this week undsay this week midlandpenetanguishene minor mikon canadian champion milton shopping news msstssauga news newmarket- 1 aurora georgina era banner northumberland news north york mirror oakvillc beaver oakviue shopping news onlliatoday oshawawhitbyclanngtonport perry- this n u v enull letterseonsun corn i canadian publications mil product sales aeeemcflt t j subsciiptioo rates by mail yearr s6955 iiesdays only s it fivi- u w 2948 181907433353 rickvaricierliride v would iridepeftdeni consultant support yorks cop chopper eprirters are always suspicious of politically paid consultants w j- theyre hyed guns hitmen 1 swijtlicajcuators 1 at ftthatsjwliat they say but a consulting jirm hired by three t ontario pblicefforces shot holes in that v i theory last weekj when it concluded police helicopters may hot be efficient cpntractedby thepeel haltonand pharniit6hpoiice the consultant said afivemohth pdotproject proved a helicbr3terwoiildnt be worth the 1 -mil- lion annual cost- doming ifrpma consultant hired by cops thats asurprisingif not refresh- ing result r i after all the boys do like their toys j x certainly mostjfork region officers union presidentdavid kingston exclud- ed rave about what ah eye in the sky can do w fs f so either thecohsiilting firm mism- r jthatwpuld have pleased x its law ehfdrcerrieht clients or theytold it likeit was j best bet says it was the latter which s 1 brings us back to the glowing reports s from yorks threemontlr pilot project as everyone knows by now york received a free whirlybird from r t american philanthropist charles bhrnett nephew of torontos superrhar- ketmaoiate galen weston- it was an honourable gesture to be sure r but long before the public knew york j was getting a free helicopter the police brass concluded a fulltime chopper would be well worth the tax dollars that raises a troubling question how can a police chopper fljang over the hamiltonarea be7a money loser xwheri its to be worthwhile over the skies of york region the answer may lie in the fact york regional police assessed its own data for some reason our police services aboard neverhired a consultant for an independent review ofyorks pilot pro- ject jnot that theyre averse to hiring con sultants police board chairperson margaret black and york region chair- person bill fischhave hired plenty of gunsin their political pasts why not this time it could to do with the salesmanship of former police chief julian fahtino howtorontbs top cop v pur chopper was barely off the ground and fahtino was extolling its virtues v j our police services board the tena- cious civilianxwatchdogsthat they are never stood a chance fantino had them sold before they even took a test drive l with a free helicopter in tow the deal may look good now but what happens when the donated 1995 chopper- runs out of steam in the end lets hope the consultant was wrong and thvcopwasnght v jjj j j jcjv-jlj- xjjutjt-l-jtjj- vtffftk