Editor, The Times:
May I weigh in with BCWF president Rod Wiebe on his posting to your paper (May 30 issue, “BCWF looks forward to end of Long-Gun Registry)?
He wanted Prime Minister Harper to honor his pledge to abolish the gun registry.
No licensing was required until C-68 was introduced to parliament in February, 1995, by falsifying RCMP statistics on the criminal use of guns (see RCMP A/Comm JPR Murray’s protest).
The law stayed and innocent people died. Bob and Bonnie Dagenais of Ottawa, and Ragnar (Ray) Michaelson of Vancouver were both home invaded and murdered. Neither had the means to defend themselves in their moment of extreme peril.
Clearly no lives have been saved but many have died.
The trail of wreckage continued, as today’s police will seize your property, sometimes charging you with ‘unsafe storage,’ as in the case of Ian Thomson, Port Colbourn, Ontario, who used his gun to drive off arsonists who were torching his house, apparently intending to kill him.
It seems that Dennis Galloway, Port Alberni, shot up an armed robber in progress (maiming him for life). However, the local Crown attorney refused to proceed on a RCMP charge of careless use.
I suggest that BCWF president Rob Wiebe’s plea to PM Harper be paid attention to.
Len Miller
RCAF veteran
Retired detective
Vancouver Police Department
Vancouver, B.C.
