1. The government is misleading THE PUBLIC ON FIREARMS
GARY MAUSER,
PROFESSOR EMERITUS, SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
AND
CHAIR, BCWF FIREARMS COMMITTEE

2. Gary Mauser standing up for gun owners Since 1980
President, BCWF Political Action Alliance

3. The government is lying about firearms - you are the scapegoat

5. BCWF relies upon our members
Use the facts to fight back
Use facts sparingly
Cite your sources – few believe wild claims

6. How do you justify your claims?
I saw it on Facebook
Everyone knows
I found it on the web
Why would your MP believe you?

7. If CBC or the RCMP don’t tell the truth, what can you do?
Ask your buddy at the shooting range?
Facebook?
The Globe and Mail?
Where do the facts come from?

8. Who does their own research?
Dennisryoung.ca
Thegunblog.ca
Justiceforgunowners.ca
Most news sources just echo others

9. Dennis Young He files many “Access to Information” requests
Many of these ATI’s cost hundreds of dollars – each
Who pays?
Canada’s National Firearms Association

10. Who’s the enemy? Our common enemy is … the Trudeau government
It’s a big fight, many hands are needed
The NFA is fighting for you

11. Don’t be misled The government wants to talk about “gun violence”
But the problem is “gang violence”
Guns are not the problem,
gangs are

12. PAL holders are not as violent as other Canadians
0.65 per 100,000 vs 1.70 per 100,000 ( )
Just 2 percent of those accused of homicide have a PAL (2016)
And some of those accused are innocent
Gary Mauser, Special Request, Statistics Canada and Homicide in Canada, 2016, Juristat

13. Even Moose Kill More Canadians than PAL Holders (1997-2014)
Moose are 50% of deaths of wildlife impact collisions (236/474) between 1997 and 2014
Sources:
PAL holders are 7% of all firearms homicide accused
PAL holders killed 220 people over this same time period
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. source: special request 2016 CRO Sep-16
Source:

14. Gun violence hasn’t “surged,” gang violence has
In 2016, 54 percent of firearm‑related homicides were gang related
In 1999, just 10% of of firearm‑related homicides were gang related
Homicide in Canada, 2016, Juristat, Statistics Canada
The 2016 homicide stats are the most recently available from StatsCan,

16. This is false Gangsters do not get their guns from PAL holders
Here are the facts:
gun-stats /
Toronto Police Service reply to ATI from Dennis Young

18. No surge in Toronto crime guns
There’s no surge in guns traced back to Canada. There’s an ebb and flow across the years, but no “surge” post In fact, if you look carefully, you’ll see that while the number of guns sourced from Canada bounces up and down a bit, the overall trend is down.

19. Crime guns from US increase, guns from PAL holders decrease
The Toronto Police definition of a “domestically sourced” crime gun is broader than the definition of a crime gun that’s specifically traced back to a lawfully licensed gun owner — the people discussed in the CP article. But the number of guns traced directly back to licensed individuals is also available in the Toronto Police stats.
There is some variation year by year, but the number of Toronto crime guns traced directly back to licensed Canadian owners is much fewer than those traced back to the U.S. — and is also trending down over time. There is no “surge” post-2012.
In fact, each of the last five years would rank in the lowest five years for Toronto police tracing guns back to lawfully licensed Canadians. All of them are below the 2012 figure, which itself was below 2011’s..

20. Few Seized Firearms are traced:
The vast majority of guns are never traced back to any particular origin. Take 2017, for instance. Of the more than 1,700 firearms seized by Toronto police that year, only 330 guns could be linked to either Canada or the United States. It’s been even more stark in other years, as the chart below shows:

21. NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT BILL C-71
The RCMP has no evidence of ATT effectiveness
Zero persons charged for misuse of ATT
The Harper Government's Bill C-42 cut ATT processing costs by 67%
Dennis R. Young - September 14, amendments/

23. Get off your duff!
Don’t be satisfied by writing a letter, or sending an
Personally contact your MP
Do your research – know your arguments before you go

24. Turf the Trudeau Liberals in 2019
Volunteer to work for your local Conservative candidate
Your guns are gone if the Liberals win re-election
After the election, keep on top of your MP.

25. Thank you!
If we don’t stand up for ourselves, who will?