a Atos, Berdushaws Be it rosotved that: Any commercial establishment wishing to sell guna, rifles, Shotguns will apply to the Federal Government for a “License to Sell". . . any commercial establishnent which sella weapons manufactured to kill ~ rifles, guns, shotguns, hunting knives - will provide adequate and constant security in the form of burglar proof lock up systems and alazm systems. All persons storing legally owned guns of any kind wil provide adequate and constant security in tha form stated in Scc. 1B within the establishment or resigsence where the guns are stored. Failure to comply with the chove regulations will result inre- 4) a mininum fine of one thousand dollars ($2,000.00) OR - and @ maximum fine of ten thousand dollers ($10,000.00) OR = pilus . loss of “License to Se11° for a period not less tnan one year. . 44) All guns, rifles, shotguns will ba legally registered. In order to buy a gua, rifle, shotgun one must obtain a certificate giving proof of ability and knowledge of safety and manageuent of guns, Eighteen yeara (28 years) shall be the minimum age required to ba « the owner of a gun of any kind. . Telephone 570-0200/570-0200 Sdn sulas {mayor and Council (continued) 2 17655-57th Ave., Cloverdals, British Columbia April 25, 1975 The Mayor and Council, Corpourtion of the City of Port Coquitlan, 2272 McAl} Pore Coquitien, Gentlemen: In res ieter Sc., B.C. nse to your request at the council meeting April 21st last, we submit the following as what we sce as needed to control the misuse of firearms, ly Require that every firearm ower be licensed and such licence only be obtained after completion of a worthwhile training course and aiff tase. Make it illegal cto buy, sell, trade or own any fircarm unless you are in posession of such a licence, Remove priviledge of omership for any infractions of firearas low ~ minimum of one year for minor offencea i.e. forgetting to renew licence, and fiva years to life for more serious = i.e. postession wile under influzi:ce, dangerous use ete, along with chis, the amount depending on the sever There should be a monetary or jett penalty ty of the offence. Institute an automacic minimum £ive year jail sentence for anyone conviced of a crime where flrenarms are involved, euch for ¢ enalty to be in addition to any other penalty agsesned e crime itself, consecutive not concurrent. Further there be no parole or time of€ for sood behavior allove ouch a law a few until @ don this £ivo yoar sentence. (California instituted years ago and tt proved most successful ic. some legal beagle found a loophole in ic. They are Reprosonting 120 affiliated conservation cluba throughout Beltieh Columbia 1a the B.C, Witdilfe Federalian are Tax Deductible -this would have en affect on the number ond use of guns, somothing worthwhile {a being done wi In the cane of any person found to be illegally in the possesston ofa gun of sny kind there shail be a penalty of not less than five years in gacl. This charge and penalty shall be saparate from any other charge or penalty. In the case of a juvenile, illegal posscesion of a gun of any kind will being a charge under the Juvenile Delinquents * Act. Unfortunately, under tho present Act the charge would be Meaninglass but one hopes with a revised Act the penalty, punish= ment and/or treatment of a juvenile would be a satisfactory deter- rant. ALL ammunition will be sold by a government agency with the 'y ad te safety p ons by the seller and proper Adantification from the buyer. Name, address, phone number, age and smount bought shall be noted by the seller of such ammunition. April 25, 1975 now working to close this loophole). improve the security of retai) and wholesale outlets More importantly, however, demand some egree of competency for those engaged in the sale of firearms, Far too many of the major outlets particulary the chain stuce have sta handling and selling firearms and ammunition without even :. miniaum knowledge of the subject, Most important of all ~ ensure presence laws (and ££ council took the time to look, they will find present Federal and Srovincial legislation in this matter is excellence and affords protection) and any new ones are enforced fully br the courts of the land. Laws are only go many words on pace: - and have no effect unless they are enforced. Present laws with regards to firearms are not being enforeed by our cccs= and unless there is a dramatic change in ateitude, any new laws will also not be enforced and will therefore be totail: ineffective. Wa ave opposed to registration simply because it means a tremendous outlay of money and effort to no useful end, Mr. Jack made the point "which is more important, paperwork or lives?" T£ this were indeed the question, there £8 no soube where our sympathies would lie, we would have no recourse but to su port registration regardless of the cost or trouble, if it would inceec save lives, The facts however, do not show that such would be the case. Qur point is that the same money and effort put into mare and better police effort and putting the strong type of contyols wo have outlined on gun owners will do far and away more to eliminate the irresponsible and criminal gun owners than registration ever will. Several of the aldermen and others at the mecting said something to the effect of "Lets at lense start somewhere and do something, at least have the store cwuner record the number, that's a start", The inference I took was that they fele that How effective this would be con be simply assessed by looking into he U.l.4,, Since 1930 store ownurs have hac to record the serial number and the nane and address of every fun purchassr and since 1963, they have also had to put down the physical =. ¢aci-- Bo2°3, of the purchaser, The present and past situation in tne Sis a clear indication of what this efforts has accomplished with regards to gun control, absolutely nothing. Our feeling ia chat aemething should not be done duse for the sake of dofaz something or to try to dolude the public that on 1£ fact ic is noc. We feel the public has a right to expect action from fovernment, fregardiess of the level} thac fe effective and will bring about tho typo of results they desire, We ask that you not waste your efforts on proposals for firearms control that will aot work and join us in our demands to sentor government for contrels that will work. Sincerely, “a?