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RCMP “loses” another handgun

Published November 2, 2019 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: RCMP Misconduct


Toronto, Ontario. Wednesday, October 30th, 2019. Sherway Gardens shopping mall. 7:30pm.

An unidentified RCMP member places his or her black satchel containing their RCMP-issue handgun and 3 spare magazines of ammunition on a chair somewhere inside the shopping mall.

He or she then leaves it on that chair, unattended, for over 2 hours.

At 9:45 they returned to discover someone stole the satchel.

Toronto Police Services is investigating the theft. They have little chance of finding the thief or the stolen handgun unless there was video surveillance of the chair in question during that 2-hour window.

Obvious questions arise.

  1. Will the RCMP member be charged with a criminal offence?
  2. Will the RCMP member face an internal disciplinary hearing?
  3. Will we ever learn the identity of this as-yet unnamed RCMP member?

My answers, based on decades of writing about similar cases, are No, Maybe and No.

Now, if a mere citizen left a loaded handgun with 3 spare magazines of ammunition lying on a chair in a shopping mall, and they held a valid Possession and Acquisition License (PAL) the answer to questions 1 and 3 would be “Yes. Without question.”

This double-standard, applied liberally to RCMP and other police forces with stunning regularity, are what infuriate federally-licensed, RCMP-vetted firearm owners.

There is one law for us and another for them.

  • Here’s how this would go down if you or I behaved this irresponsibly with our firearms.
  • We would be arrested immediately.
  • We would be charged with multiple criminal offences.
  • Our name would be released to the public in a perfectly-crafted press release.
  • We would spend the next 1-3 years defending ourselves in court and, if by some miracle we were acquitted, spend the rest of our lives paying off the legal bill. Most likely we would be Guests of the State for the next 5 years or so.

But not for this RCMP member. Odds are we will never even learn their name.

As with American Express, RCMP membership has its privileges.

Tags: rcmp, Sherway Gardens, Smith & Wesson Model 5946, stolen handgun

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Christopher di Armani is a professional writer and filmmaker who resides in Lytton, BC, Canada, with his wife Lynda, their dog, Tig, and their three cats, Midnight Madness and twins Munchkin and Lucky.

He strives to awaken the passion for liberty that exists inside every person with his words. It is this passion that motivates him in every aspect of his life. He is a strong believer in the most basic of individual human rights, the right of free speech and the right of self defense, which includes the corollary right to acquire, possess and use the tools necessary to exercise those rights.

Comments

  1. Ian Thomson says

    November 2, 2019 at 3:20 pm

    Agents Of The Crown are exempt from the Criminal Code Of Canada Firearms Section. Whomever it is will NOT face Charges. In my opinion the Cops should face much stiffer charges, they are supposed to set a higher example. Maybe then we mere peons wouldn’t face charges, a huge legal bill and be financially ruined

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  2. Matthew says

    November 2, 2019 at 11:23 pm

    Not just any pistol, but the service pistol in question in question is a “Prohibited Class” firearm due to its barrel length. Very few people outside of the police and military may possess one.

    Not only any magazines, but “Prohibited Magazines”; which, while are considered “standard capacity” by the manufacturer, are greater than 10 rounds. Nobody outside the police or military are permitted to own these.

    Canada’s most vetted citizens aren’t allowed to own these things, but apparently they’re up for grabs in the hands of police, the people we trust to know better.

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  3. James Bennett says

    November 4, 2019 at 11:24 am

    I dont think this is correct. The criminal code applies to everyone in canada except vips with status from a foreign country. I.e. diplomats.
    All others are obliged to obey the law and live by the rules including the clown who was criminally negligent for the loss of crown property.
    Fire the bastard.
    You just know this was not his/her first screw up.

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