Gun play LOCAL POLICE report that they are seizing more fake guns than ever before. nee guns are virtually indistinguishable from the real thing. They are made of plastic or metzl and shoot pellets. Police who come across such guns during investiga- tions respond as if the scenario is life-threatening. The situation is therefore dangerous for those who carry such fake gurs. Recently 2 North Vancouver RCMP officer stopped s speeding veliicle at 3 a.m. Two male teens were in the car. As one went to reach for the vehicle registration papers the officer saw a pistol in the gteve box. The pistol turned out to be an exact plastic replica of a 9 mm Smith & Wesson handgua. Said North Vancouver RCMP Const. Marty Blais, “The level of aggression in response goes from a simple traffic stop to a life-threatening situation. “The driver said he was carryinz it just for fan. Just for fun it could have cost him his fife,’’ Blais added. In one incident iast year, the police were called to a North Vancouver alley after a resident reported seeing a person wandering around with a sabmachine-gun. The gun terned ont to be an exact replica of 2 Beretta ' Madel 12-S submachine-gun. The situation: kids playing with fake guns. Suck replica guns are available at some hobby stores. The police ere asking stores not to stock them. The guns are legal to buy, but are seized by the police if they are found during the investigation of an offence. ‘Premature’ to consider returning to Liberal fold From page & “T think this will hang fike a dark cloud over the Liberal caucus. When I stepped aside, it was not because of any personal problems the leader has subse- quently found kimself in. “The general public might be under the false impression that Mr. Wilson's fall from grace is because of his personal problems and his involvement with Ms. Tyabji,’’ said Mitchell. 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The. van licence Not all buses From page 3 of the street. “Some of them will, some of them won't.” Not every bus on a given route is lift-equipped. If access is blocked, the tUnwarted commuter may have to wait up to an hour for another to come along, she said. Horton is a member of the, Committee to Promote Accessible Conventiona! Transit (COM- PACT). plate was observed to be B.C. plate number TIR-947. The van travelled to Lloyd Avenue from the rear of the bank, headed north to 17th Street and then turned east, travelling behind the North Shore Credit Union and other businesses in the area. Police believe the van stopped just before reaching McKay Avenue. One of the suspects may have left the van at that point. Police found a pair of coveralls beside a hair salon. The van continued east to McKay Avenue, travelled north on McKay and then west on Keith Road to the 1100-block Keith, where the van was abandoned. The police believe the suspects then transferred to another vehicle and escaped. The suspects are generally described as being in their mid- 20s to early 30s, of average height and average build. Anyone who saw the vehicle and its occupants can contact Cpl. Doug Chisholm at 983-7417. lift-equipped The group was instrumental in bringing wheelchair and scooter accessibility to public transit buses. She also sits on the wheelchair-accessible bus commit- tee for BC Transit. 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