CSSA to boycott Chief Firearms Officer's meeting

[R. LaCasse]

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Date: Thu, May 3, 2012 10:01 pm
From: "Dennis Young"
Subject: FW: CSSA to boycott Chief Firearms Officer's meeting

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CANADIAN SHOOTING SPORTS ASSOCIATION / CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE
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CSSA to boycott Chief Firearms Officer's meeting
“Public officials are spitting in the face of Parliament:”

(OTTAWA -- May 3, 2012) The Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA)
will officially boycott the 2012 Chief Firearms Officer's (CFO) Range
Seminar on Saturday in Barrie, ON. The association is protesting the
Ontario CFO's intent to ignore Bill C-19 by demanding that firearms
retailers must record all sales at the point of purchase. The CFO's decree
is in direct conflict with the wording of Bill C-19 and shows contempt for
the parliamentary process. “Accordingly, the CSSA is expressing our
outrage toward the Chief Firearms Office by refusing to lend credibility
to their event,” says CSSA and Canadian Institute for Legislative Action
executive director Tony Bernardo. “The CFOs are taking the law into their
own hands and spitting in the collective face of Parliament. These public
servants are way in over their heads legally and we refuse to be a part of
any forum they are hosting.

“The CFO's exceeded their moral authority where firearms sales are
involved because they have chosen to ignore the will of the Canadian
public,” add Bernardo. “This has absolutely nothing to do with public
safety -- it's all about the CFOs trying to retain power and relevance.
And as with all gun control measures, it is more about control than guns.”

When Parliament passed Bill C-68 in 1995, gun owners were forced to
register their firearms against their will. Millions of firearms owners
bit the bullet and complied with the law, even though they knew the
registry was a mere political pacifier that would not keep the public
safer. “We are law-abiding citizens and did what Parliament decreed at the
time,” explains Bernardo. “We were well aware that the registry would
create an expensive shopping list for computer-hacking criminals, but we
did what the House of Commons and Senate dictated. The CFOs don't seem to
share our respect for the law and have chosen to make their own rules in
spite of Bill C-19. They have invoked Section 58(1) of the Firearms Act to
do basically what they want and ignore the House of Commons and the people
of Canada.

“We've tried to work with them in the past, but those days appear to be
over,” he adds. “The CFOs have declared war against the Canadian firearms
community and our elected federal representatives through oppresive
enforcement and arbitrary, shifting rules. These civil servants have
repeatedly demonstrated contempt for the responsibility of authority, and
the CSSA will be asking Parliament to rein them in.”

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The CSSA is the voice of the sport shooter and firearms enthusiast in
Canada. Our national membership supports and promotes Canada's firearms
heritage, traditional target shooting competition, modern action shooting
sports, hunting, and archery. We support and sponsor competitions and
youth programs that promote these Canadian heritage activities.

Joining the Canadian Shooting Sports Association is important and
inexpensive! Be part of the solution. Help us oppose the anti-firearms
groups that want to take away our sporting firearms. To join or donate to
the CSSA, visit: http://www.cdnshootingsports.org/membership.html
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