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wm i st tribune august 14 1991 p3 973 certificates issued in york this year gun group oppc julie caspersen staff reporter ten dollars will buy you the right to own a gun- thats the post of applyingfor a permit to purchase a firearm but the fee could be raised to 50 if proposed changes to gun control laws arepassed later this year other possible amendments include a 28day waiting period photograph id on the licence the names of two references who have known the appli cant for three years competence training and parental consent for 16 and 17yearolds l national firearms association president david tomlinson said stiffer permit regulations will do nothing to cut down on crime involving guns the only person youre disarming is someone who abides by the law he said in the united states where permits are issued according to state or city legislation as opposed to canada where firearms regulationsare federally controlled the tighter the laws the worse the crime new york and washington two states with high violent crime rates have the tightest controls while the loosest regulations exist in vermont tomlinson compared passing stricter gun control laws to warding off coyotes from a herd of sheep they pass laws saying no one is allowed to have big teeth then they pull teeth from the sheepdogs when the coy otes descend on the herd theres no protection the only ones wiuy teeth are the coyotes tomlinson said one answer to curbing misuse of firearms is to institute a screening system make people prove they can use a gun for the purpose it is intended currently a person can get a gun ownership permit and buy a gun with out ever firing a shot v in york region firearms acquisition certificate applications are avail- able at all police stations and are then sent to const jrick howie at the richmond hill station three to four weeks after handing in the form the applicant visits howie who in the meantime has run the prospective gun owners name through the police computer system and chances are if the applicant has no histo ry of violent behavior he or she wiu be granted a gun ownership permit 999 per cent of the people who come through this office are legitimate- bona fide collectors said howie who has held the position of firearms officer since april- in the first six months of this year 973 firearms acquisition certificates were issued of these 243 were issued to collectors 104 to collectors 10i for business purposes and nine to security people howie interviews each applicant personally but tomlinson said the only meaningful screening place is on a supervised shooting range adding any laws requiring person to prove their proficiency are impossi ble to enforce v his association is researching the legal aspects of firearms control and has evidence that the proposed changes are unconstitutional he said from th asspciationsedmonton headquarters howie estimated half the applicants in york region are gun collectors and target shooters awhile half are hunters if a person admits the gun is for personal safety the request will be turned down we will not issue a gun for protection howie said tomlinson said this rule in particular turns the gun control into a womens issue youre turned down due to a policy decision by a bureau cracy run 95 per cent by men photosieve somerviue bruce gledhill of the trillium sport shooting complex in gormley takes aim at a target the range will hold its official opening in september but already has about 600 members proper instruction crucial fofirearrri ysays manager learning to shoot is the key to firearms safety said a local firearms instructor anybody wanting to own a firearm should have- instruction on a firearm trillium sport shooting complex manager bruce gledhill said the whitchurchstouffville gun range opened last january in gormley and has signed up more than 600 people target shooters security workers and police personnel have joined the recreational shooting range mat can house up to 1200 members at the grand opening of the range slated for septem ber the club will offer two 10position ranges with individually controlled target systems a classroom and a club room trillium sports is also handicap accessi ble y before joining the club the prospective member must have a firearms acquisition certificate to apply for a carrying certificate allowing the gun owner to trans port the weapon from home to the range the gun owner must take a oneday safety course as well as a sixweek probationary period with supervised shooting i come across a lot of people who shouldnt be asso- dated with firearms said gledhill who worked 22 years with brinks canada he spent 11 of those years as a firearms instructor gledhillsaiditlstpoeasyfqr someone to obtain a firearms acquisition certificate from the police buy a gun and ammunition and learn to use the weapon at home xvr- ql- after successfully completing ihe probation period which gledhill said should be longerthe person is given a letter stating he or she is a member of the club and can now apply to the police for a carrying permit with 11 years experience guarding brinks trucks gledhill learned the importance of decisionmaking and using common sense when carryinga gun gjedhill pulled his gun orily once in his career when he arrived at the scene of a bank robbery in progress and saw an armed man at the entrance of the bank he drew his gun but did not shoot the hesitation was the right choice the armed man was undercover police officer the last thing you want to do to defend your lifejs use a gun he said in an armed confrontation theres never two winners theres a winner and a loser julie caspersen volunteers make difference at recycling depot roger belgrave staff reporter stouffyille recycling depot has been accepting local recy- clables for over a decade and even with the blue box program still receives a good portion of the towns recyclable goods since 1976 volunteers have been laboring at the depot to divert waste from local dump- sites glass tin newsprint and corru gated box board were accepted at the depot long before the blue box program was started now the depot only helps to compliment the towns growing recycling program in fact time has done little to diminish the amount of material faithfully brought to the depot each week we are finding more and more people coming by said cam wallis president of the recy cling group which runs the depot with the arrival of blue boxes in 1988 there was a slight drop in some of the materials collect ed at the depot but the depot still sees some heavy traffic when its open thursday and sat urday mornings wallis said in 1986 the depot collected about 183 tonnes of metal glass newsprint and corrugated boxes in 1989 after introduction of the blue box program tonnage fell slightly that year the recy- cling group collected about 163 tonnes of recyclable material it the depot is one of the bet ter kept secrets in town said wallis located just south of the town hall the depot still helps to serve some households on the other side of stouffville and areas recycling trucks simply cannot access wallis estimated about half of the people who use the depot have been doing so for the last 15 years currently the depot still accepts glass tin and newsprint but there are plans to widen the range of materials accepted the facility operates relatively inexpensively the town has donated the building for storing the recy- clables miller waste isnt cur rently charging to dispose of the material and the depot itself is operated by some 60 volunteers basically theres not much overhead so it doesnt require much funding wallis said wallis moved to stouffyille in 1985 and soon after arriving heard about the recycling group shortly after volunteering to help he became president the group has been very active in promoting the 3 rs in stouf fville helping to organize such events as hazardous waste day and a recent composting work shop members of the group are determined to make recycling a intricate part of community life we try to create an awareness and get things done in the com munity said wallis man charged with sexually assaulting 1 0yearold girl at musselmans lake a man was arrested after a girl reported being sexually assaulted and videotaped at a whitchurchstouffville trailer park over the weekend police reports said a 10yearold toronto girl was invited into the trailer of a man at cedar beach park on musselmans lake last saturday the girl was touched and fondled while in the trailer and the assault was recorded on video police said the accused was known to the vic tim and they were neighbors at the park a 65yearold rexdale man of provence trail was arrested by york regional police sunday and charged with sexual assault invitation to sexual touching and two counts of sexual inter ference the victim was taken to the hospital for sick children we seized a large quantity of tapes and are viewing them now to see what they contain police spokesperson sgt 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