TEAM CSSA E-NEWS - Jan. 20, 2014

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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:11:30 -0500


CANADIAN SHOOTING SPORTS ASSOCIATION / CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE
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COMMENTARY: ANTI-NRA HOLLYWOOD FLICK WILL BE PROPAGANDA 101 LESSON

We couldn't make this up in our most creative moment –
Miramax magnate Harvey Weinstein and Meryl Streep
are going to make a movie that will make National Rifle Association
members “wish they weren't alive.”

It may be the scariest film Weinstein ever made, and that's something in
the wake of films like Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and
Django Unchained.
His blockbuster NRA hatefest will no doubt be completely factual, right
up until the opening credits.


Weinstein is a wealthy, plugged-in
Democrat who has raised tons of money for Bill Clinton and Barack
Obama. The irony, of course, is that Weinstein has put over-the-top
gun violence on every movie screen in the world – for profit. He is
his own worst enemy and doesn't know it. Weinstein claims to hate
guns and says no one should be allowed to own one. This movie should
open with Meryl Streep trying to put toothpaste back in the tube and
then trying to un-ring a bell. Weinstein decries the mass shootings
in schools and movie theatres, blissfully unaware that his life's
work may have played a role in them. His hypocrisy is staggering.

The not-so-shy-and-retiring rocker and
NRA director Ted Nugent, predicted during the January 16 radio
broadcast of Cam & Company that Weinstein is only stoking the
pro-gun fire: "I know that God is inspiring the subhuman punk
Weinstein to create what is going to be the most powerful promotion
tool for the NRA ever, because people are smarter than he
acknowledges... (People) will see that Joseph Goebbels and Saul
Alinsky is alive in the form of a fat punk named Harvey Weinstein,
and as he tries to destroy the NRA it will backfire on him... Harvey
Weinstein is on the side of criminals. The NRA is on the side of
innocent victims protecting themselves from criminals."

Weinstein and Streep might actually
believe that Hollywood is the solution to firearms violence. But,
there is evidence that a century of firearms violence on the silver
screen may be at least part of the problem. In a world where movie
actors who portray doctors are frequently asked for medical advice by
some fans, it's possible that a few people might emulate a movie that
suggests firearms can make a statement. The Weinstein Company has
served up a steady diet of violence on which deranged losers can
gorge in the real world.

A movie that characterizes firearms rights advocates as monsters may find a
small audience among gullible gun-haters.
Perhaps they will cast Jim Carrey as the next president
of the United States, too. Unfortunately, this film folly will waste
considerable resources and talent trying to pillory the good guys who
would never use firearms to promote abject violence. The NRA has a
vested interest in finding practical ways to avoid mass shootings.
Yet the input and knowledge that the NRA has to offer falls on deaf
ears within anti-gun circles, where twisted logic dictates that
taking guns away from good people will somehow increase public
safety.


As our guitar-slinging friend at the NRA duly forewarns, Weinstein, Streep
and their ilk are trying to give criminals exactly what they want.

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"Quis costodiet ipsos custodes?"

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COMMENTARY: CSSA HOLDS SHOT SHOW RECEPTION IN LAS VEGAS

The Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA) was delighted to host a
reception for Canadian firearms industry reps who attended the
Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show) in Las
Vegas last week.


The CSSA's Canadian SHOT Show Reception was a huge success and
attracted over 150 people connected with our own Canadian firearms
industry, journalists and VIP's. It was sponsored by the CSSA,
Browning Canada, Calibre Magazine, Canada Ammo, Marstar Canada,
O'Dell Engineering, PGW Defence Technologies, R. Nicholls (F.N.
Sports), Select Shooting Supplies, T.E.C. Trade Ex Canada, Trigger
Wholesale, and the Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association
(CSAAA).

The 2014 SHOT Show set attendance records from January 14 to 17 at the
Sands Expo & Convention Center.
A Sun News crew covered the event that attracted hundreds of
Canadian industry professionals who make a living from selling
firearms, ammunition, outdoor gear and law enforcement equipment. The
36th SHOT Show attracted a more than 67,000 industry reps from some
100 countries, which is 5,000 more attendees than any previous year.
The general public is not invited to the show, as it targets industry
buyers seeking inventory for the upcoming year. Put simply, these
numbers prove that the industry is on an unprecedented roll.


The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) based in Newtown,
Connecticut owns and manages the SHOT Show. The NSSF says the
multi-billion-dollar industry has enjoyed robust sales in recent
years and welcomed many newcomers to the shooting sports, many of
whom are young, urban-based and female. SHOT Show consists of more
than 1,600 exhibiting companies with exhibition space of 635,000 net
square feet – that's 13 acres of product display.


Many firearms experts believe that the
increased sales and interest in sport shooting has been juiced by
U.S. government threats to invoke gun controls that would serve only
to disadvantage responsible gun owners. According to the NSSF,
newcomers have identified target shooting and personal and home
protection as the top reasons for purchasing their first firearm.

The NSSF also provides educational opportunities for firearms retailers at
SHOT Show University and other seminars, and for law enforcement
professionals at the Law Enforcement Education Program. The SHOT Show
injects more than $73 million into the Las Vegas economy and will be held
at the same location next year on January 20-23.

On a humbler size and scale, we hope Canada's firearms industry reps will
join us for the CSAAA INDUSTRY TRADE SHOW this
year in Edmonton, Alberta at the River Cree Casino on Feb 14-16. The
show is also not open to the general public, and targets shooting sports
retailers, distributors and manufacturers from across the country. Details
are available by sending an email to cs...@sympatico.ca
or calling the CSAAA office at 613-687-4775.



Let's show Canadian sport shooters that our industry is on a roll, too!
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HELP SUPPORT THE GREAT WORK THE CSSA DOES TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. DONATE
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CSSA CLUB LEVEL INSTRUCTORS – CLUB
LEVEL HANDGUN SAFETY AND RANGE SAFETY OFFICER – A
FEW OPENINGS STILL AVAILABLE:


Response to the small number of vacancies we had in our instructor training
course was so large that we have decided to do it again to try and
accommodate the demand for the courses in the southern Ontario area. We
will be running the two day course again on February 1 and 2 in our office
classroom by Toronto Pearson Airport. As always, space is very limited so
sign up for this course as soon as possible to ensure your seat. Please
send your requests to aberna...@rogers.com.
The cost of each course is $40, for a total of $80 for the weekend.
Class starts at 8:30 am and runs to approximately 4:00 pm.

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WE NEED YOUR HELP AT THE TORONTO SPORTSMAN SHOW: Got some time to
donate? Want to have some fun and talk some guns? We need your help
to staff the Toronto Sportsman's Show which runs from February 6-9,
2014, just a few weeks away. If you can spare us some time please
contact Mike Duynhoven at mike.du...@cssa-cila.org.




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RIGHT EDITION AMMO DRAW AWARDS 11,000 ROUNDS: The
Ammo Draw sponsored by the Right Edition hosted by Brian Lovig has a
winner. Chris Coleman of Cairo, Illinois was awarded with 11,000
rounds of .22 calibre ammo in a draw made by rock star Ted Nugent at
the SHOT Show in Las Vegas. With ammunition scarce and expensive in
the U.S. due to escalating demand, the Ammo Draw was popular on both
sides of the border. The Right Edition was covering the SHOT Show for
future programming. Check
out Brian Lovig's popular Right Edition at http://rightedition.com


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ALBERTA TRAPPERS SHOW COMING IN JULY: The Alberta Trappers
Association is proud to hold their 41st. Annual Rendezvous and
Outdoorsman Show in Drayton Valley AB on July 18-19, 2014 at the
Drayton Valley Omniplex/McKenzie Conference Centre. Vendors and
participants can get info by emailing rende...@albertatrappers.com
or visiting www.albertatrappers.com.
Go to http://www.draytonvalley.ca/
for more information on the Drayton Valley. For general
information or if you would like to volunteer your time, please
contact Linda Hanson at the ATA at 780-349-6626. For sponsorships or
competitor information on the *Winter Kidner Ultimate Trappers
Competition* please contact Gary Godberson at ga...@westcountry.ca
or call 780-514-0494.


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GUN & MILITARIA SHOW:
This Sunday Jan 26th to be held at "Woodstock Fairgrounds" 875
Nellis St, Woodstock. From HWY # 401 take HWY #2 west and just five
minutes into town and watch for Gun Show & Fairgrounds signs on
the right. 7:30 am to 1:00 pm guests $5.00 ladies & accompanied
children under 16 free. Lots of free parking, and a good snack bar is
available. 180 + tables so plenty to see Buy, Sell & Trade. for
more information please call Monica at 905-679-8812 Other upcoming
shows can be seen at www.ontariogunshows.com
Thank you and have a good day & drive safe.

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PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER WALKS THE WALK:
On Wednesday, Minister of Public Safety Steven Blaney
posted to Facebook a picture of himself attending a Canadian Firearms
Safety Course. Blaney can now apply for a Possession and Acquisition
License (PAL), which will allow him to purchase firearms and
ammunition - presuming the high-ranking Cabinet minister passes
mandatory security checks. Blaney's office indicated that the
Minister completed both the non-restricted and restricted course,
meaning he can apply for a license allowing the purchase of both
long-guns and handguns.

Blaney's director of communications,
Jean-Christophe de Le Rue, said Blaney was "pleased" to
take the course and "looks forward to many years of
participating in this sport that is a part of our Canadian heritage."
De Le Rue would not say whether or not Blaney intends to purchase
firearms once licensed. Qualified instructors of the Ontario
Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) administered the course to
Blaney and a number of his staff.

Greg Farrant, Manager of Government
Affairs and Policy at OFAH, said his organization was happy to
provide the course: "Firearms owners in this country are safe
and trained. It's good to have a firsthand experience. We're very
pleased the minister did that. Given the fact that he's responsible
for firearms safety, [Minister Blaney] felt it important that he
experience the same course as everyone else," explained Farrant.

The Minister's portfolio includes both
the Canadian Firearms Program and the RCMP. According to the RCMP,
there were 1.9 million individuals legally licensed to own firearms
in Canada as of September 2013. De La Rue touted the Conservatives
elimination of the much-maligned long-gun registry, noting that they
will "always stand up for law-abiding hunters from every
region." He also indicated that further reforms might be on the
way, saying they will "continue to take action to reduce
needless red tape" for law-abiding firearms owners. Blaney was
first elected in January 2006 and is the MP for the Quebec riding of
Lévis-Bellechasse, just south of Quebec City. He was named the
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness in July 2013.
(Sun News – January 17, 2014)

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GUN VIOLENCE COMPARED IN CANADA AND
U.S. – BOTH WAY DOWN: An old friend of mine lamented Tuesday
night in a Facebook
post: "What are we going to do about the gun violence?"

Tuesday had been a violent day in TV
Land, with a middle school shooting in New Mexico and a gun homicide
in a movie theater in Florida. It was grim. I wanted to respond to my
friend and did some research. And I quickly found a study by the
respected Pew Center, a not for profit, research organization. What I
read confounds the widespread belief that America is degenerating
into a modern version of the Gunfight at the OK Corral.

Guess what? Gun murders are not up.
They're down. Way down.

"Gun Homicide Rate Down 49 percent
Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware," headlined the Pew study,
released in May 2013. "Gun homicides, violent gun crime and
violent crime overall have fallen since the early 1990s. While there
is little agreement as to the cause of these declines, the aging of
the population, declining crack cocaine usage and rising
incarceration rates may have each contributed," Pew said.

And yet, 56 percent of us believe such
crime has gone up; only 12 percent believe it has gone down."Women,
non-whites and adults ages
30 and older are the most likely to say that gun crime rates have
risen. Women and older adults are among the least likely to be
victimized."

So, the people least likely to be victimized are the ones most likely to
believe gun crime is up!
The study says gun homicide "was the fifth leading cause of violent
death in 2010. The vast majority (84 percent) of gun homicide victims
are male, with seven out of 10 are ages 18 to 40. Younger adults
account for a disproportionate share of gun homicide victims relative
to their share of the population."However, while blacks are 13 percent of
the population, they are 55 percent of the victims of gun homicide.
Hispanics are 17 percent of the victims and 16 percent of the
population. Whites are 65 percent of the population but just 25
percent of the victims.

Here are more "bet you didn't know" facts: "Gun suicides were the fourth
leading cause of violent death in 2010 after motor vehicle accidents,
unintentional poisoning (including drug overdose) and falls. As gun
homicides have fallen, gun suicides now account for six-in-10 gun deaths,
compared with about half in the mid-90s."

Read the study,
"Gun Violence in America," at pewsocialtrends.org.
You'll find that not only is gun homicide down, all violent crime is
way down. The study is easy to read and there are lots of charts and
graphs. You will learn, for instance, that "In 2010, there were
3.6 gun homicides per 100,000 people, compared with 7 in 1993 ... In
2010, the Centers
for Disease Control counted 11,078 gun homicide deaths, compared
with 18,253 in 1993."

Gun crime is still too high in the U.S., population 314 million. By
contrast, Canada has just half of a homicide death per 100,000 people.

In Canada, population 35 million, "just
158 homicides were committed with a firearm (in 2011,) 13 fewer than
the year before and the lowest number of gun-related homicides in
almost 50 years," said a 2012 United
Press International report.

While guns accounted for 27 percent of
Canada's 598 homicides in 2011, more victims - 35 percent - were
stabbed to death.

Any homicide is one too many, but let's recognize success when it slaps us
in the face. We are getting safer as a society, and that's a good thing.
Now, if we legalize recreational marijuana use, perhaps we can put the
tax-gorging criminal jus tice industrial complex out of business, or at
least cut
it down to a fifth its size. (By
Chuck Sweeny –
rrstar.com – 815-987-1366 -- csw...@rrstar.com;
@chucksweeny)

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CANADIAN GUN REGISTRY TECH FIRM
FIRED BY U.S. GOV'T:
Proving once again that if you want something done wrong, and preferably at
massive cost overruns, then just leave it to the government, moments
ago news broke that the main IT contractor behind the embarrassment
that is healthcare.gov - CGI Federal - has been fired.


Who could possibly foresee this? Well, anyone who had actually done some
diligence on the clusterf**k that is CGI Federal, and which as WaPo
profiled some time ago, "is
filled with executives from a company that mishandled at least 20
other government IT projects, including
a flawed effort to automate retirement benefits for millions of
federal workers, documents and interviews show." Make that 21.

"A year before CGI Group acquired AMS in 2004, AMS settled a lawsuit
brought by the head of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment
Board, which had hired the company to upgrade the agency’s computer
system. AMS had gone
$60 million over budget and virtually all of the computer code it
wrote turned out to be useless, according to a report by a U.S.
Senate committee."
Sounds like the perfect people to hire in order to make a complete
disaster out of the Obamacare portal - almost as if by design.


But the best news? Obama's little tryst with CGI Federal cost US
taxpayers only $292 million. As Vanity
Fair revealed recently, "According to congressional
testimony, CGI stands to be paid $292 million for its work on
healthcare.gov."
And since the CGI replacement will eventually redo everything from
scratch, this is $292 million that Obama may have as well burned.We jest,
but the
incest between the Obama administration and CGI will one day be
probed. According to recent revelations the ties run deep:

That lack of expertise explains why in building healthcare.gov, the
government turned to industry contractors; in particular, to CGI
Federal, a subsidiary of CGI Group, a Canadian company. To those
uninitiated in the dark art of government contracting, it seems
scandalous that CGI, a company most Americans had never heard of, a
company that is not located in Silicon Valley (where President Obama
has plenty of Internet superstar friends who could have formed a
dazzling brain trust to implement his signature legislation) but
rather in Montreal, could be chosen as the lead contractor for the
administration’s most important initiative. While
right-wing news outlets have focused on the possible relationship
between Toni Townes-Whitley, senior vice president for
civilian-agency programs at CGI Federal, and Michelle Obama, both of
whom were 1985 Princeton graduates, CGI’s selection is probably
more an example of a dysfunctional system than it is a scandal...

See the rest at
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-10/292-million-down-drain-white-house-fires-main-obamacare-it-contractor
(By Tyler Durden – zerohedge.com – January 10, 2014)
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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
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