September 29, 2005

From: Barry Glasgow barryglasgow AT yahoo.com

To: Ottawa Sun [oped@ott.sunpub.com], mbryant.mpp@liberal.ola.org, james.mckeachie@jus.gov.on.ca, president@ocaa.ca, Cotler.I@parl.gc.ca
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Not long after the Ottawa Sun's series on Canada's monumentally failed Firearms Act, I had the displeasure of reading about the plight of one unfortunate citizen who has run afoul of this law.

In an attempt to remedy he and his wife's situation and to expose the egregious infringements this law puts on the rights of good Canadians, Bruce Montague of Dryden Ontario launched a constitutional challenge to this law.

As a result, the Crown countered by using "proceeds of crime" measures intended for organized crime to initiate a seizure of the Montague home - - clearly bent on thwarting the Montague's ability to finance their court challenge.

Not only has the Firearms Act wasted billions of dollars with no impact on the criminal use of firearms, the government is now wasting its endless resources to harass and destroy the lives of its law-abiding citizens.

These police state tactics belong in the former Soviet Union.

Instead of taking the easy approach by harassing upstanding members of society, why don't Attorney General Michael Bryant and Crown Attorney James McKeachie put a little effort in dealing with the low-lifes who are shooting up the streets of Toronto?

Barry Glasgow
Woodlawn, Ontario