Subject: Skeet Shooting Competition
>Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:44:42 -0600
>
>Skeet Shooting Competition
>
>Yesterday, Wednesday, 25 August 2004, marked the inaugural event of the
>Gordon Hitchen Memorial Skeet Shooting Competition, a competition
>specifically for unlicensed shooter using unregistered firearms. This
>first shoot, recorded on film by the Biggar Independent Press, was a
>spectacular success.
>
>After an almost unheard three days of rain in Saskatchewan, the skies
>cleared, and the sandy soil dried, allowing a dozen shooters to come
>together at 5 p.m. on some unbelievably beautiful provincial wildlife
>habitat land southwest of Biggar, Saskatchewan.
>
>No one had a firearms license, and the Russian made single barrel 12
>gauge shotgun we shot was unregistered.
>
>We had notified The Honourable Anne McLellan, minister responsible for
>the Firearms Act of our shooting plans, and Wednesday noon Murray Wood
>of CJME 980 News Talk Radio in Regina carried a live announcement of the
>shoot. We notified the local RCMP detachment, both by letter and
>specifically by cellular telephone call that afternoon that we would be
>shooting an unregistered firearm.
>
>We shot a considerable number of shells, but broke less than a
>considerable number of clay targets. Some of the experienced trap and
>skeet shooters found the Russian shotgun a bit “crude” in their grip,
>and some of us had a bit of trouble concentrating on the target as we
>kept expecting the police to arrive.
>
>Fortunately, we had two retriever dogs present to chase down the many
>unbroken “pigeons.”
>
>One of the shooters had heard the call to the RCMP over his police
>scanner, so after shooting we continued to wait for the police while we
>enjoyed some excellent venison smokies grilled over an open fire.
>
>The police never bother to answer the call, so after dinner we drove
>into Biggar and posted our “Skeet Shooting Competition” sign on their
>front lawn and deposited some of our empty shell casing in their outside
>trash can. Finally a young RCMP constable came out and talked with us,
>stating, “Please do not hold us accountable for that law.” The constable
>made no inquiries about the firearm stored in our vehicle. We shook
>hands and drove into “downtown” Biggar for coffee.
>
>So my question to the Honourable Minister, the chiefs of police, and any
>police officer who for whatever reason supports the Firearms Act, “What
>good is law that is not enforced ??”
>
>Edward B. Hudson DVM, MS
>Secretary
>
>Canadian Unregistered Firearms Owners Association
>402 Skeena Crt Saskatoon
>Saskatchewan S7K 4H2
>1-306-242-2379 1-306-249-2359 fax
>[email protected]
>www.cufoa.ca
>