November / December 2013 Canadian w w w. n f a . c a Firearms Journal Lest We Forget: Our Firearms Heritage & The Great War Arming And ds i Arming A History Of Gun Control In Canada the volkspistole: Germany’s Last-Ditch Solution for Winning WW II? Fully Committed On all Fronts Canada’s national Firearms assoCiation November / December 2013 Canadian November / December 2013 Firearms Journalw w w. n f a . c a Canadian Lest We Forget: Our Firearms Heritage & The Great War Firearms Journal Arming disArmingAnd A History Of Gun Control In Canada the volkspistole: Germany’s Last-Ditch Solution for Winning WW II? 22 Fully Committed On all Fronts Canada’s national Firearms assoCiation Arming and Disarming 4 A History Of Gun Control In Canada On the Cover R. Blake Brown, Reviewed by Gary Mauser Inside This Issue November/December 2013 Lest We Forget 5 From the Editor’s Desk 28 Changes Are Afoot Sean G. Penney Classic Firearms 6 Late-War German Volkspistole Letters to the Editor Michael Heidler 8 President’s Message 36 A Summer of Discontent / Un été de M Soapbox écontentement The Prejudice Against Gun Owners Sheldon Clare Chris McGarry 10 38 Vice-President’s Message Guns ‘N’ Gear The Policies of Smart Meters and the LaRue Tactical SPR/M4 1.93-inch Firearms Act mount QD LT135 Blair Hagen Sean G. Penney 12 40 Team NFA The International Front Team NFA Members on Their Way to Gold Feminism and Misandry Grayson Penney Gary Mauser 16 42 Preserving Our Firearms The Western Heritage Lawmen The Great War - Lest We Forget John Joshua Webb and the Dodge Gary K. Kangas City Gang - Part One Jesse Wolf Hardin 20 Politics and Guns 46 Banning Guns And The Order-in-Council NFA Bookshelf Conundrum The Brown Bess Sean G. Penney Wm. Rantz Mission stateMent Canada’s National Firearms Association exists to promote, support and protect all safe firearms activi- ties, including the right of self defense, firearms education for all Canadians, freedom and justice for Canada’s firearms community and to advocate for legislative change to ensure the right of all Canadians to own and use firearms is protected. The contents of the Canadian Firearms Journal are copyrighted and may be reproduced only when written permission is obtained from the publisher. November/December 2013 w w w. n f a . c a 3 Canadian Firearms Journal The Official Magazine of CANADA’S NATIONAL On The FIREARMS ASSOCIATION Cover Photo by RyersonClark/instock Editor [email protected] Sean G. 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Through force of arms and uncompromising bravery and valour, Canadian Canadian National Firearms Association soldiers, sailors and airmen earned the universal respect Box 4909 Tel: 780-439-1394 of both allies and enemies alike. Through two world wars, Edmonton, Alberta Toll free: 1-877-818-0393 Korea, Desert Storm, Afghanistan and a multitude of Canada, T6E 6H4 Fax: 780-439-4091 smaller actions all around the world as peacekeepers, or [email protected] www.nfa.ca engaged in humanitarian relief, the men and women of our uniformed services have done us all proud and con- tinue to do so to this very day. On this Nov. 11, please be sure to take a moment to recognize and reflect on the enormity of the debt we owe them. Lest We Forget! 4 w w w. n f a . c a November/December 2013 NFA From the Editor’s Desk Sean G. Penney Changes Are Afoot As you will have already discovered, there are many design changes sufficiently agreeable, hundreds of and tweaks to be found within the pages of your latest issue of Canadian otherwise law-abiding High River Firearms Journal. gun owners could very well have Production and design of the CFJ will now be entrusted to Outdoor found themselves facing large Group Media. You may already be familiar with Outdoor Group Media and fines, criminal prosecution and for- their work with Canada’s Outdoor Sportsman, which you receive as part of feiture of their firearms. Imagine your membership in Canada’s National Firearms Association. how things would’ve played out We’re now entering what should prove an extremely crucial period in the with the NDP or Liberals holding NFA’s continued evolution. We’re enjoying greater political access to the the reins of power. halls of power and pushing back on multiple fronts, both politically and le- The only way to rectify such po- gally, while demanding that the federal government rein in rogue gun con- tential miscarriages of justice and trol bureaucrats and put an end to the deliberate targeting of law-abiding perhaps put an end, however tem- gun owners by the Government of Alberta and Canadian law-enforcement, porary, to the illogical ranting of as we saw in High River. Cukier and others of her ilk is to Our enemies remain legion and Wendy Cukier, president for the Coali- finally deal with the outstanding is- tion of Gun Control, isn’t going away, as demonstrated by her recent out- sue of S. 91 and S.92 of the Criminal rageous demands for Ottawa to prosecute High River gun owners to the Code of Canada. The federal gov- full extent of the law for improper storage of their firearms in the emer- ernment needs to act decisively and gency flooding situation. Obviously, the forces of civil disarmament in finally remove legal firearms owner- Canada pay only lip service to the idea of enhanced public safety as such ship from the purview of criminal demands clearly demonstrate only the true vindictive nature of their law. Repeal the Firearms Act now, movement. They seem more interested in punishing responsible firearms Mr. Prime Minister. owners for not only having the audacity to own legal firearms, but also for compounding their crimes by attempting to save their guns from the rising waters of the swollen rivers. That moving their firearms to higher ground in their own, secured homes was wholly understandable and rea- sonable under such extreme circumstances matters not at all to Cukier. Obviously, such demands are ludicrous, but given a federal government They seem more interested in punishing responsible firearms owners for not only having the audacity to own legal firearms, but also for compounding their crimes by attempting to save their guns from the rising waters of the swollen rivers. November/December 2013 w w w. n f a . c a 5 Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, Dear Editor, It’s really refreshing to see some- I writing you today for a couple of reasons. First, I’d like to con- one stand up and admit that they gratulate and thank all involved in the NFA organization for all their made a mistake as you did about hard work. I felt the need to express thanks and let you guys know I the photo of a blue jay from a pre- renewed my membership to the NFA because I truly believe in what vious issue. Too often in Canada you are doing. we immediately deny fault as soon To all directly involved in the creation of our members’ magazine, as questioned about a subject. The thanks for the hard work and dedication too; it is reflected in the content RCMP in High River could stand and quality of the Canadian Firearms Journal. I enjoy reading CFJ very to review your editorial and hang much, and, more often than not, feel the same way about the many is- their heads, as the problem is not sues at hand and that are discussed within its pages. so much that they made a mistake Secondly, I was looking closer at the RCMP actions in High River, but they continue to deny, deny, Alta., and made it a point to read any articles and watch all newscasts deny, to the point where no one that covered the event.