PARLIAMENT HILL - OTTAWA - TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1998

The RFOC is proud to be a major sponsor of the BIG firearms rally in Ottawa. Firearms groups and individuals are banding together to send a message to the country’s politicians that the firearms issue is far from dead. Canada’s 7 million firearms owners and voters are FED UP at the prospect of the total destruction of this country’s $6 billion/year shooting sports industry and the end to part of this nation’s heritage.

• To protest the government assault on the rights, property and lifestyles of Canadians
• The gross waste of $2.5 billion for no return in saved lives or reduced crime
• Public statements by Mr. Chretien and Mr. Rock to ban the civilian ownership of ALL firearms
• The secret agenda of Canada and Japan to disarm all civilians in the world of small arms
• The serious misrepresentation of RCMP violent crime statistics by the Department of Justice
• To educate the relatively uninformed Canadian population on firearms legislation
• Rural lifestyles are being threatened by well financed, urban special interest groups
• The predicted 40% degree of non-compliance dooms the Gun Registry to certain failure
• To unify 7 million gun owners and other civil rights groups into a massive political voting bloc

CLUBS, BUSINESSES, and INDIVIDUALS are needed to be sponsors of FED UP II. Please donate generously NOW and become listed as a sponsor of FED UP II. Make your cheques and money orders PAYABLE TO "FED UP II Rally" Mail to: CIBC, Attention: Terri Muus, 1518 Merivale Road, Nepean, Ontario, K2G 3J6

Visit the FED UP II Web Site: http//www.fedupcanada.org

The RFOC AGM is scheduled for Thursday September 24th at 7:30pm. The AGM will be held at Shannon Hall, 6050 - 176 street, Surrey.(Cloverdale Fairgrounds) Please mark this on your calendar and plan to attend.

New directors are required for your Coalition. The directors will be required to attend two meetings per month and, most importantly, be willing to work for the firearms community at least four hours per week. Club executive members are particularly encouraged to become involved with the direction of the RFOC. Without the active involvement of committed individuals this and other pro firearms organizations cannot survive.

Come out and hear our guest speaker, Gary Mauser, update us on his experiences at the FED UP II Rally

President’s Report: We have been concerned with the fallout from Bill C-68 for the past four years. While we have had minimal success in defeating the legislation; we have been able to postpone parts of it for two years. Furthermore, it is possible that it may be postponed once again. We must never concede defeat.

While these draconian laws are being implemented at home there are other sinister plots being hatched on the international stage. Groups such as the U.N. Disarmament Commission, Project Ploughshares, World Council of Churches, and Saferworld, just to name a few, are now on the scene and are attempting to influence worldwide opinion toward small arms ownership. (rifles, shotguns, handguns) Observe the news media and you will notice these names appear.

The following eight points are the proposed recommendations from the four U.N. workshops concerning firearms control.

• hunters should be required to store their firearms in sporting clubs only
• that firearms used in hunting be sharply restricted and permitted for use only to "protect" wildlife
• that firearms owners establish a NEED before being allowed to possess firearms
• that collectors be allowed to possess only those firearms which are non-functional
• gun owners over the age of 60 be required to pass an annual physical exam to keep their firearms
• that there be an upper age limit on the possession of firearms, confiscation at age 75* (*still negotiating age)
• that only smooth bore firearms be permitted for the protection of property or life (not allowed in Canada)
• that firearms ownership be discouraged and that legislation be enacted to limit individuals to one firearm only

Do you think this can’t happen? Isn’t that what we thought and said about Bill C-68 becoming law. If you are concerned you’d better get involved. We need people to come out to the A.G.M. in September and become directors. I’ve said it before and I’ll tell you again; three or four people cannot and will not continue to fight this battle unaided. Firearms owners must be prepared to give their time and financial support or we will lose our right to possess firearms. The decision is yours. What are you prepared to do? Don’t just sit there and say it’ll never happen in Canada. Insist that your club become involved, but more importantly YOU have to get involved.

Membership and revenues are down again this year. Since the passage of C-68 many gun owners seem to have lost the desire to fight. The President’s Report shows that C-68 is just the beginning, not the end, of what promises to be a long struggle. It is our opinion that all gun owners may be required to support pro-firearms groups for the foreseeable future; using your money to fight a government using your money to fight you.

"Overhead" of a large membership based organization can be overwhelming. Processing membership renewals, writing newsletters, staying abreast of unfolding events, and miscellaneous office work is a tremendously time consuming operation. Although the directors are unpaid volunteers; we had, until recently, a paid full time office manager. Financial realities have made it mandatory for us to attempt to operate the RFOC office on a volunteer staffed basis. A considerable amount of money can be saved and more pointedly directed to fighting "gun control". Of course, this can only occur if we have the staff to run the office.

Thank You for the donations of the typewriter and file cabinets. Our needs have now been met for this equipment.

Not Politically Correct

 Barnet Rifle Range is Open

Despite the Burnaby City Council, all of the shooting ranges on Burnaby Mountain remain open. They will stay open at least until June 1999. They may be open until next Fall. They may even get a ten year lease! If for any reason the range is not open for the full year of your membership, your money will be refunded on a pro -rated basis.

SUMMER HOURS:

Monday to Friday 11am to 7pm

Sat., Sun. Holidays 9am to 5pm

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