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Dear Friends, a quick update about what’s happening with civil disobedience
in
our fight against the gun law in Canada.
Claire

> PUBLICATION: The Ottawa Sun
> DATE: 2003.02.01
> EDITION: Final
> SECTION: News
> PAGE: 12
> BYLINE: ERIN BOUCHER, OTTAWA SUN
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> GUN GROUP TAKES AIM AT CHARGES
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> The government is trying to muzzle the voices of gun registry opponents,
> members of the Canadian Unregistered Firearms Owners Association said
> yesterday.
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> Five members travelled to Ottawa Thursday in support of their president,
Jim
> Turnbull, who was scheduled to appear in court to answer criminal
charges
> stemming from a Jan. 1 protest on the Hill.
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> The group’s most vocal member, Dr. Ed Hudson, intended to violate the
> firearms act once again by arming himself with a firearm receiver –
part of
> a gun — at a press conference yesterday.
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> His plans were botched when he was charged with obstructing a police
officer
> upon his arrival at the airport Thursday.
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> BARRED FROM PROTESTS
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> Both Hudson and Turnbull are prohibited from attending any public rally
or
> protest as part of their bail conditions.
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> In their place, four members of the CUFOA gave out information yesterday
at
> the foot of the War Memorial.
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> “It’s no longer a gun issue,” said Jack Wilson, a CUFOA member from
> Saskatoon. “It’s a question of civil liberties now.”
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> Despite efforts to put an end to the protests, Claire Joly, a member
from
> Montreal, stressed the group will not give up.
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