Petition to end CFO's in Canada

[Baljit]

Hello guy's
Today i got this email from CSSA (Canadian Shooting Sports Association) to signed the petition to end the CFO (chief firearms offices) across the country.



Gun owners ask feds to put Chief Firearms Offices out to pasture
March 11, 2013
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Ridiculous gun show rules prompt nationwide petition to shut down CFO for good

(Toronto ON – March 11, 2013) The Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA) is spearheading a parliamentary petition that seeks to eliminate chief firearms offices across the country.

This week, the Alberta CFO has ruled that all firearms on display at the Calgary Gun Show must be equipped with trigger locks, in lieu of the inexpensive plastic tie straps that have been affixed to triggers for over a decade. The CSSA says these and other unnecessary rules created by unelected CFOs usurp Parliament and outrage responsible firearms owners.

Cheryl Gallant, M.P. for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke has agreed to table a petition in the House of Commons. Last month, CSSA spokesman Tony Bernardo filed a court action against the Ontario Chief Firearms Office (CFO) for imposing unnecessary new Authorization to Transport regulations. Those rules made transporting firearms to a shooting range excessively onerous. The case has been remanded to April 9th.

“These games the CFOs are playing are nothing more than a temper tantrum in reply to scrapping the gun registry,” explains Bernardo. “Their silly rules have nothing to do with public safety. But, they have poked the lion too often. All sport shooters want them gone because they serve no real public safety purpose. ”

“It's beyond belief that participants in the Calgary Gun Show should have to put expensive trigger locks on their unloaded display samples,” he adds. “With hundred of tables displaying thousands of guns, there probably aren't enough locks in the country to comply and the CFO knows it. They're hoping one of two things will happen. Either firearms manufacturers and retailers will fold up their tents and go home, or their “failure to comply” will allow CFOs to finally execute their not-so-hidden agenda – confiscation. This is more than dirty pool – it's cheating an entire industry with rules that ruin their livelihood. It's time the CFOs were sent out to pasture where they belong.”

The petition asks the federal government to eliminate the provincial and territorial chief firearms office and establish a single civilian agency that is administrative and service oriented.

“The firearms community will provide thousands of names to Ms. Gallant for her to table in the House of Commons,” says Bernardo. “She has been a good friend to sport shooters over the years. We hope the federal government will use this opportunity to cut red tape for our community. It has absolutely no effect on public safety.”

“Sport shooting is a culture of safety,” Bernardo adds. “Getting rid of the Chief Firearms Offices could put money back into the system for legitimate initiatives that actually would keep Canadians safer. The CFOs are struggling for relevance and we are tired of them making up new rules that require additional enforcement. These selfish make-work projects must end.”

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For further information contact:

Tony Bernardo
Canadian Shooting Sports Association / Canadian Institute for Legislative Action

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I like to call all the IFG member in Canada to SIGNED this petition and, Please return all petitions to the office of
Cheryl Gallant, MP,
RM 604 Justice Bldg., House of Commons, Ottawa. K1A 0A6

Thank you very much

Baljit

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Similar issues took place in the US. For years, Police Chief's all over the country denied users the permits to carry weapons.In the 80's and 90's many state's firearms owners got tired on this and petitioned their state legislatures to remove these onerous and arbitrary regulations. Un-elected bureaucrats making up laws as they go along are not just a Canadian phenomenon (as all of us in this forum know).

In my state, the laws were carefully written to take away those powers from appointed Police Chiefs and give them to elected Sheriffs. It also made the Sheriffs have to give an actual reason in writing if they denied a permit. The permit holder could then take the sheriff to court and fight his case. The reasons for denial of a permit were laid out in the law and any deviation from the law would make the Sheriffs liable. If the petitioner wins his case, the Sheriff will have to pay his court costs. This demand that law enforcement be held accountable works very well.
When I applied for a permit, I applied with all the requisite paperwork on a Monday (during my lunch break) and on Thursday evening, I had the permit in my mailbox. I'm told that permits now show up in two days (which includes one day in the mail).

In most states, the law as written also took away the ability of individual cities and local jurisdictions to make up their own firearms laws that would trump state laws. Still, some city council's have tried to pass their own gun laws and put some legal areas out of bounds for carry but they usually have their hands slapped. Carry was demanded by people of all states. This has spread to 49 states with Illinois being the lone hold out. However a Federal Appeals court has directed the Illinois legislature to come up with a carry law by May 2013. Some states actually have monetary penalties against units of local government (like city councils and county boards) making their own laws (stricter than the state) and using them to arrest people. One state says that if those monetary damages were not paid within a certain time, the person (with the assistance of the Sheriff) could seize assets owned by the civil entity (like vehicles, etc).

Here's hoping Canada can get rid of their worthless power hungry bureaucrats just like they got rid of their useless money-pit of a long gun registry

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I spoke to a guy at our CFO Office today ........... mad as hell and talking out of their ...

That's MP Cheryl Gallant (MP) talking regarding gun issues !!!!!

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