[CSSA-CILA E-News] TEAM CSSA SPECIAL REPORT - March 13, 2013

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:59:10 -0400

CANADIAN SHOOTING SPORTS ASSOCIATION / CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE
ACTION TEAM CSSA SPECIAL REPORT - March 13, 2013

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Chief Firearms Office finds fault with identical trigger guards that police
use in court Farcical ruling flies in the face of police and courtroom best
practices



(TORONTO
– March 13, 2013) The Alberta Chief Firearms Office (CFO) requires
Calgary Gun Show retailers to use commercial trigger locks on their
display guns, yet the traditional plastic tie straps they replace
have been the choice of police and judges for decades.



Although the Alberta CFO assured the Canadian Shooting Sports Association
(CSSA) in writing that gun show rules would remain unchanged from
last year, gun vendors were suddenly informed that the plastic tie
straps that disable a gun's trigger action are insufficient. The CSSA
says the ruling is obviously a tactic to create frustration,
inconvenience and added expense for firearms vendors in Calgary.



Ed Burlew, one of Canada's eminent firearms lawyers, agrees.

“The plastic ties are the accepted standard for disabling firearms in
courtrooms because they are perfectly suitable,” says Burlew. “If the CFO is
pointing the finger at Calgary Gun Show vendors, it must also believe that
Canada's police services and legal system are wrong, too. I know a lot of
lawyers and judges who would be less than pleased to be accused by a CFO of
endangering the public by using plastic trigger ties.



“Handguns are typically disabled by taking the magazine out, opening the
breach and running the plastic tie through both,” explains Burlew. “With
a revolver, the tie runs through the cylinder to prevent loading. And the
disabling procedure for rifles and shotguns is similar. This has been the
normal practice in all courts, including the Superior Court of Ontario, for
the 35 years I have practiced. The Alberta CFO's edict that plastic ties are
not adequate is harassment and unfair to the firearms community.”



CSSA is calling for the abolition of Chief Firearms Offices across the
country because they have positioned themselves as law enforcement
authorities who conjure up their own laws to enforce.



“It's beyond comprehension that the CFO expects every firearm vendor at the
Calgary Gun Show to snap to attention and go buy hundreds of trigger
locks when the plastic ties do the same thing,” says CSSA spokesman
Tony Bernardo. “If the plastic ties are good enough for Canadian
court rooms and media conferences with tables full of guns displayed
in public, it works for a gun show.



“It's not that the CFOs have outlived their purpose, it's that they never
had a purpose,” adds Bernardo. “We advocate using a single CFO
that serves all Canadian gun owners, with the emphasis on serving.

They should be helping gun owners get the required documentation
without choking them with red tape. It's Parliament's mandate to
create law that the police enforce. It's a waste of time and money
when a nanny office hassles sport shooters under the guise of public
safety.
The CFOs are pretending to fix problems that don't exist, so
it long past due that the provincial CFOs cease to exist.”


For further information
contact:

Tony
Bernardo
Canadian Shooting Sports Association / Canadian
Institute for Legislative Action
905-571-2150
aberna...@rogers.com

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