Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 24, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free june a11 gun registry value questioned report Sparks debate on new Law by Jim Morris Canadian press Ottawa a report says hand which Are already severely restricted in account for Over half the country firearms prompting some groups to question How the new firearms registry will reduce violent we already have had registration of handguns since Andy von president of the Alberta fish and game association said if that Hast had an Impact How the Heck will registering Long firearms and shotguns have an Impact the from statistics also says homicides involving firearms represent Only a Small proportion of firearms and the Overall rate of violent crime has decreased by eight per cent since this proves existing gun Laws have helped reduce and stricter regulations will Only reduce it said Wendy president of the coalition for gun you can use the same statistics to prove that gun control has had an Impact on unrelated crime and Vio she strict gun controls will drive those rates Down the Alberta government says theres nothing basically evil about most guns or their owners so the Federal government has no authority to License la abiding canadians or Register their Legal the spelled out in Docu ments filed with the Alberta court of is part of Albertas strategy to contest the Validity of a proposed National registry for All Canada has Long had rules that demand All handguns be Bill passed in the commons in placed restrictions on shotguns and including making it illegal to own fully automatic firearms and sawed off Only two per cent of violent crimes involved and the use of hand guns is most common in Large says the based on 1995 there were approximately guns caused 143slaylngs Ottawa Canadian Centre Tor Justice Statis tics report on weapons and violent based on 1995 numbers total there were firearms deaths in 1995 143 891 66 firearms murder flite Canadas murder rate involving firearms stood at per pared with per in the unfed states and per in handguns account for Over half by in Large deaths caused by firearms in of which 13 per cent were suicides accounted for 81 per cent of All firearms while accidents and undetermined firearms deaths comprised the remaining six per Jack the Reform party Justice said the figures Are proof the mandatory firearms registry included in Bill c68 is a waste of were going to spend millions of Dol Lars in an area where there is a Small percentage of deaths caused through the misuse of said a former ramp its not going to enhance the safety of our the report says Canadas rate of firearms murders was per population in Cukier said this compares to a rate of in the United states but higher than Britain a lot of canadians Are complacent because our rates Are so much better than the but in an International its very Clear we have a Long Way to she yes our gun control has made a big difference in keeping Canada safer than the United we want to set our sights both sides in Unity debate pay respects to Pelletier by Sarah Binder Canadian press Montreal Gerard Pel the polemicist turned politician who helped shape French Power in was remembered yesterday As an upright Man with a Strong social Pelletier died sunday of cancer a few Days after he turned Quebe cers on opposite sides of the Unity debate paid their respects to the Man who was a key player in the provinces emergence from Domina Tion by the Church and the Iron isted government of Maurice Hes a Man who was part of que becs social Premier Lucien Bouchard said yesterday Dur ing a tour of his Jonqui�re he was one of the people who helped develop modern Day Quebec and certainly someone who was Intel reliever Lect ally prime minister Jean Chretien said his former colleague in Cabinet and parliament made a significant contribution to Quebec and Ive lost a Hes a Man who served his fellow citizens very Chretien Pelletier was one of three prominent Quebec dubbed the three Wise who went into Feder Al politics in 1965 As separatism was mounting in the Pierre Trudeau and the late Jean Marchand went to Ottawa As liberals with an Agenda for change that sought to persuade Quebe cers Canada could adapt to accommodate i wish we could find three big hit ters like that said Warren All the former Liberal my who was also first elected in u f p Kyj i n Ontario frowns on topless poll finds Canadian press the Sun tempts it and the Law allows a recent poll suggests most ontarian disapprove of women going topless in sixty five per cent of 928 adults surveyed the Telephone poll by Angus Reid group Sev Enteen per cent said they somewhat disapprove and 48 per cent said they strongly but fort five per cent of male respondents said the topless option is compared with 21 per cent of the poll was taken june Playtex Vogue Braw bestsellers Sale ends july 6th 960 l 14 58 in save 40 Kumoi pm i White 01 Blush 12 16 a a 12 36 b out my in to save 40 full hb6 Knees Ite 14 16 b 14 18 save 40 h40io petites i win 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