On December 15, 2016, the Czech Republic began the process to enshrine the right to bear arms in its constitution. Google Translate’s rendition of the original Czech constitutional amendment: In light of the current security situation in the world, it is proposed in the Constitutional Act on the Security of the Czech Republic to enshrine the right of citizens to use weapons … [Read more...]
Repeat Offender: Cameron Robert Vail is Reason #262 to Reform Canada’s Firearm Prohibition Order System
Canada's Firearm Prohibition Order system is broken. The latest evidence to make my case? Repeat offender Cameron Robert Vail. In February 2018, Cameron Robert Vail was convicted of assault and sentenced to probation. One of his sentencing conditions was a 5-year Firearm Prohibition Order. On January 25, 2020, Cameron Robert Vail was arrested and charged with assault … [Read more...]
Why do Criminals Go Free When Police Screw Up?
In response to my Friday column Cops Screw Up: Drug Dealer Jermaine Barrows-Taylor Escapes Illegal Handgun Conviction, one reader shared his frustration with this case specifically, as well as these types of cases in general. I do not understand why police screwups result in criminals going free. If police illegally search a vehicle and find a body, does the driver get a … [Read more...]
14-year-old with Firearms Prohibition Order Kills One Woman, Injures Three Others
On Canada Day 2020 a 14-year-old Winnipeg boy with a Firearms Prohibition Order against him murdered 27-year-old Danielle Dawn Cote in cold blood. “I think it’s going to be terrifying and concerning for a lot of Winnipeg [residents] the fact that we would have so much violence committed by such a young individual,” said Winnipeg Police Service Constable Jay Murray. Not … [Read more...]
Cops Screw Up: Drug Dealer Jermaine Barrows-Taylor Escapes Illegal Handgun Conviction
On February 20, 2020, Justice Timothy Lipson acquitted Jermaine Barrows-Taylor of all firearm-related charges, but accepted his guilty plea for drug trafficking. At the time of his arrest for a violation of the Highway Traffic Act on August 26, 2018, Jermaine Barrows-Taylor was under a Firearms Prohibition Order and his driver’s licence was revoked. When Toronto Police … [Read more...]
Michael Korenberg: Loss of Backbone Forces Immediate Resignation
I honestly don't know which I find more repulsive – Michael Korenberg’s apology and resignation for daring to hold a personal opinion (which he renounced in a heartbeat), or the Cancel Culture warriors’ belief they and they alone are the arbiters of "approved" opinions. On June 20, 2020, Michael Korenberg resigned from his position as Chair of the UBC Board of … [Read more...]
Guatemala’s Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
The right to own weapons for personal use, not prohibited by the law, in the place of habitation, is recognized. There will not be an obligation to hand them over, except in cases ordered by a competent judge. The right to bear arms is recognized, [and is] regulated by the law. Guatemala Constitution, Article 38: Possessing and Bearing of Arms (PDF) Guatemala is one … [Read more...]
Mexico’s Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
Mexico is one of three countries in the world whose constitution guarantees citizens the right to bear arms: United States, Mexico and Guatemala. This constitutional right is rendered all but meaningless by a host of government restrictions on it – the warm wet dreams of anti-2nd Amendment advocates. Like all limitations on civilian firearm ownership, Mexico's restrictions … [Read more...]
Police use guns designed “to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time”
On May 1, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lectured Canadians on the evils of the AR-15 firearm. "These weapons were designed for one purpose and one purpose only to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time. There is no use and no place for such weapons in Canada." Public Safety Minister Bill Blair echoed the Prime Minister's virtue-signalling … [Read more...]
Violent Repeat Offender Thomas Kruger-Allen Pleads Guilty to Assault
On April 29th I asked the question "Will the coronavirus pandemic alter the Supreme Court’s interpretation of its landmark 'justice delayed is justice denied' ruling in R. v. Jordan?" I then said a series of upcoming assault and murder trials placed in limbo by COVID-19 meant we would likely find out, since the core of the Jordan decision is our Charter section 11(b) right to … [Read more...]