Letter Writing Campaigns and The CCFR

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I will send letters to all parties, that way if the liberals consider the OIC route, there may be stronger Parliamentary pressure against the "short cut" and if they go through Parliament the libs need external support so lets make the case to those parties too.
 
Some good information to include in the letters could be stats on how many crimes are committed with semi-auto rifles and shotguns, and how many of those are by people with firearms licenses. The only information I can gather from stats can is that from 2014-2018 each year had between 30-65 homicides committed with rifles or shotguns. It does not say however how many of those homicides were with stolen guns, or committed by PAL holders.

To put things in perspective, in 2018 there were 4,460 people who died from opioids, or from 2014-2018 close toe 14,000 people. In that same time frame, 242 people were killed with rifles or shotguns. Again, it does not say how many of those were with illegally acquired firearms, how many people were PAL holders etc.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510007201
 
Here's one of my letters for ideas or you can use it as well.

Dear Mr. Trudeau

I am writing you today to voice my displeasure and complete opposition over your Liberal governments intention to further punish law abiding firearms owners in a vain attempt to prevent criminals from breaking the law. Your government claims to want to keep Canadians safe, yet in the same breath is willing to allocate somewhere in the neighborhood of $500 million-$1 billion dollars to forcibly confiscate legally acquired and peaceably held firearms from honest Canadians when that money could be put to far better use in other areas.

An example would be that from 2014-2018 roughly 14,000 Canadians have died from opioids, while in that same time frame (according to StatsCan), 242 people have been the victims of homicide using a rifle or shotgun. That is an average of 48.4 people a year, compared to the average of 2,800/year due to opioids. StatsCan does not keep track of (or at least I can't find) how many of those 242 people were killed by law abiding firearms owners, or how many of the firearms used were illegally obtained etc. Of those 242 people, I am willing to bet that under 5% of those murders were committed with legal firearms held by law-abiding PAL holders.

The fact that your government is so willing to demonize and unfairly target 2.2 million Canadians goes to show that this is not about actually making a difference in public safety, rather it is plain and simple virtue signalling. There are far better ways to address the problem of gang/criminal violence in this country. Imagine what we could get accomplished if both sides worked together to arrive at a meaningful solution to the issue at hand.

In closing, I completely oppose any further restrictions that unfairly target Canada's law-abiding firearms community.

Thank-you,
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I just finished mine today.
 

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I used multiple sources and other letters to customize one for me. Feel free to use to make your life simpler. :)

I am writing to you today to express my deep concern with the recent actions The Government of Canada is taking to unfairly target lawful gun owners. The current Minister of Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair has expressed the Liberal intention to ban, what it refers to as “military-style assault rifles”, through an Order in Council. An Order in Council ban on “military-style assault rifles” would fail to take firearms away from criminals and the office of Public Safety Canada’s information notes this is not a legal definition in Canada.
The use of an Order in Council is an egregious overreach of executive authorities, bypassing the democratic process of the House and the elected representatives of the Canadian Parliament. This executive order would strip law-abiding Canadians of their legally purchased property previously approved through the RCMP Canada Firearms Program, The current government is choosing to ignore results from Public Safety Canada’s “Engagement Summary Report – Reducing Violent Crime: A Dialogue on Handguns and Assault-Style Firearms” where “the majority of respondents did not support further limiting access to firearms & assault-style firearms”.
The proposed buyback of legal, licensed firearms could cost the Canadian taxpayer over $250,000,000 which could be better spent on initiatives that have an appreciable positive impact on public safety such as: deter youth from gangs, addiction treatment, mental health, strengthened border security, and increase police anti-gang capacities. I urge your government to reconsider investing this money in programs and measures to combat crime, support at-risk youth initiatives and community programming. It is incumbent on you and your colleagues to make every legitimate effort to fight actual crime and to bring forth your ideas to the Commons where it may be studied and debated by all Members of Parliament.
A ban would unfairly target Canadian firearms owners who are already among the most vetted in Canadian society. Possession and Acquisition License (PAL) and Restricted PAL (RPAL) holders are subject to daily screening and are statistically proven to be less likely to commit crimes than non-PAL & non-RPAL holders.
It is imperative you keep in mind that western Canada fully rejected the policies and platforms of the current government and overall Liberal support was greatly diminished.
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wolverine,

looking for help writing a letter to my conservative mp. I don't think the example outlined would be appropriate for someone advocating for gun rights, or should I just not send one to her?

thanks.
 
[QUOTE by Tracy] I am writing to you today to express my deep concern with actions your government is taking to unfairly target lawful gun owners. You have stated publicly that you would be using an OIC to ban legally acquired firearms from lawful owners and would be implementing a buy back program. I find these measures to be an egregious overreach of executive authority and a waste of valuable taxpayer resources. I urge your government to reconsider investing this money in programs and measures to combat crime, support at risk youth initiatives and community programming. It is incumbent on you and your colleagues to make every legitimate effort to fight actual crime and to bring forth your ideas to the Commons where it may be studied and debated by all Members of Parliament. It is imperative you keep in mind that western Canada fully rejected the policies and platforms of your government and overall Liberal support was greatly diminished.
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I "hand-wrote" this letter, and mailed it in.
I read somewhere that Emails, the opinion counts as one person,
but a hand-written letter assumes 500 people with the same thoughts.
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I wrote my 3 letters this morning, will mail them tomorrow to get them registered.

A lot of people I'm talking too are only saying "yeah, petition and letters has never changed anything and that won't pass anyway"...

We need to be active!
 
Jimmer90 said:
wolverine,

looking for help writing a letter to my conservative mp. I don't think the example outlined would be appropriate for someone advocating for gun rights, or should I just not send one to her?

thanks.
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Please see my post below: "Sample letter" Any one is welcome to offer their input and examples in order to assist others.
 
I sent three letters off a couple of weeks back, one to Bill Blair, a copy of the same letter with a cover letter to the little potato, and the same to my local idiot MP.
This is the start of the letter, not going to post it all here.

January 6, 2020
Minister Bill Blair
House of Commons
Ottawa ON K1A 0A6

Dear Minister Blair:

I am a 64 year old male, a father of 2, grandfather of 4. I have recently retired after a long career. I have voted in ever election at the municipal, provincial, and federal level since I was able to vote. I believe that it is both my right and my duty.
My sons are 44 and 40, I was married right up until almost 5 years ago when I lost my wife. I have lived in the same home for almost 30 years. I know the mayor of my city, and she knows who I am, and I know almost every member of our city council.
I know my provincial member of parliament, and she knows me on a first name basis, and I know my federal MP as well.
During my employment, I was considered an industry expert in several different fields and I traveled throughout North America providing technical support on a variety of different products.

Minister Blair, I am a typical firearms owner.
My original Firearms Acquisition Certificate was issued November ###X, and my first restricted firearms certificate was issued January ###X. I have been a firearms owner for over 38 years, and have held a hunting license since the early 80’s

I just wanted Billy to know who I am and who he is attacking.

For the petition, I emailed a link to all my friends, acquaintances and business contacts even though many have no interest in firearms. I pointed out that this is not a firearms issue, this is a government trying to seize legally owned items. And once they established that they can do that, they can continue on to seize other items. Maybe their sports car, maybe their SUV, after all, "No one needs a high powered sports car".

And the other thing I do, I am on the local riding association (EDA) for the local Conservative Party. I am a card carrying member, I work the elections, I contribute money to the party. I will be active in the upcoming leadership campaign, and I will vote to elect our new leader.
And we will be prepared for the downfall of the liberal government when the NDP doesn't get what they and pulls their support that props up a corrupt government.
Are you in?
 
Jimmer90 said:
wolverine,

looking for help writing a letter to my conservative mp. I don't think the example outlined would be appropriate for someone advocating for gun rights, or should I just not send one to her?

thanks.
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Yes you are correct, my previous reply was a "little hasty". If you are writing to a Conservative MP I would suggest a few changes along the lines of:

As you are no doubt aware the Liberals are proposing the following: (Cut and paste from our sample letter.) This will do nothing to make Canada safer it will only target the Law abiding gun owners with legally purchased firearms and do nothing to combat the illegal use of firearms used in criminal activities. We are relying on your opposition to this very unjust liberal proposal.

Something along those lines should get the point across. I hope this is of some assistance.
 
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