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p8 weekender may 27 1995 ts attention all legal firearms owners all canadians who believe in ownership of private property all citizens who believe in the principles of democracy we have a problem called bill c68 the time has come for all legal gun owners and all canadians who believe in the right to own property to stand together to defeat our federal governments punitive and confiscatory people control proposals we already have enough crimewithout inventing any more laws should be made to protect law- abiding citizens not to entrap them or to unfairly tax them to needlessly confiscate their private property we dont accept the governments polls we do not believe that most canadians understand how much control is present under existing law nor do they understand the impact of these proposed laws we do not believe that most canadians would knowingly support the disenfranchisement and criminalization of millions of fellow canadians who they consider to be lawabiding citizens we note that many who claim to support this law are on the public payroll or receive government funding or support present laws on purchasing long arms to legally purchase any firearm in canada today you must first obtain a firearms acquisition certificate fac this will cost a 5000 fee non refundable if refused plus up to 20000 or more to complete a firearms safety training course you must supply a current picture of yourself letters of reference and allow authorities to check your background after a minimum 28 day waiting period if approved you may purchase an unrestricted long arm ie a 22 rifle or shotgun you may also purchase but not possess a handgun this is the existing law present laws on purchasing handguns first you must complete all of the above you must then complete an application to register with your local firearms authority and wait 3090 days for approval your handgun will be stored by the police until approval is granted at that time you may be issued a conveyance permit to transport the firearm directly to and directly from an approved range you may not legally discharge or even load a handgun at any place other than an approved range not even on your own private property all legally obtained handguns in canada have been registered since 1934 this is the existing law present laws concerning safe storage all firearms must be stored in a locked container or a locked room in your home a locked house is considered unsafe storage unless all firearms are disabled or equipped with trigger locks if you transport any firearm in your vehicle it must be unloaded if you leave your vehicle for any reason it must be locked in the trunk or stored out of sight and the vehicle locked any firearm stolen from you from your home or vehicle can result in criminal code charges for unsafe storage if charged you will be expected to bear all legal expense for your own defense this is the existing law proposed laws on owning firearms you will be required to obtain a firearms possession certificate fpc and renew it every 5 years cost undetermined you must then license every firearm in your possession you will not be allowed to purchase or even possess ammunition for any unlicensed firearm if you do not renew your fpc every 5 years cost undetermined all of your firearms and ammunition may be confiscated and destroyed without compensation fortunately you will be subject to only 2 years in jail for a first offense or failure to comply was this in the liberal red book proposed laws covering all canadians the police or any persons designated by the federal government through order in council will have virtually unlimited and unprecedented rights of search and seizure they may obtain a search warrant by simply stating they believe there is a firearm ammunition or even a record of the purchase of either on your premises or in your home or they may simply arrive at your door and request to search the premises failure to reply with their request may result in a jail term of 2 years any adult present will be subject to this provision children under 18 will presumably be dealt with as young offenders was this in the liberal red book proposed laws concerning amendments bill c68 could be the last time any firearm regulation in canada goes before parliament this bill gives unprecedented power to the justice minister to make any further changes to gun laws by order in council and even removes the customary 30 day waiting period any section deleted or amended could be reinstated immediately following passage of bill c68 and the present justice ministers intentions were clearly shown when this bill was first introduced was this in the liberal red book we must make this proposed law public we learned this from charlottetown we know now that we must inform as many canadians as possible of these proposed laws we must examine the true cost of registration as we continue to pay interest on federal deficits we do not believe the citizens of our country will knowingly accept the most intrusive and confiscatory attack on law abiding canadians in our history we believe that every sitting member of parliament should be held accountable to their constituents for their position on this issue both in committee and in the house we bought this ad with donations not tax dollars this ad was purchased with donations from western canadians over 7 million copies of our ads have run in western canada since mar 1 all paid for by donations to date 82 of funds have come from individuals 18 from groups none from corporations none from the us we have been endorsed by more than 40 groups representing over 100000 paid members in western canada but the future of our campaign must rest with individuals and we must ask for your help with just 2000 each from many we will get the facts all across ontario and the rest of canada the most important thing you can do today make both a financial and a moral committment to support this cause make your donation first then get this ad to your workplace your coffee shop your business or your club ask your friends to do the same if anyone tells you our ads are incorrect in any way ask them to show you bill c68 this is not a crime bill but an attack on lawabiding citizens we must show that this is not acceptable and that the rights of lawabiding citizens must be respected we ask you for 2000 if you have family members at risk send 4000 or 6000 or whatever you an afford we are targeting injustice please make checks payable to aaft we can accept visa mastercard aiming for truth box 21012 bower pl po red deer ab t4r 2m1 18002602747 with your support well be back in 7 days with some pertinent and factual statistics