"I'm from the government and I'm here to help" is an oxymoron of the highest order. When any government claims they're here to help you, check your pockets to make sure your wallet is still there. When this Liberal government says it cares about your mental health - a problem they intentionally manufactured with two straight years of 24x7 COVID fear porn - you know the … [Read more...]
Teneal Richards: Poster-Criminal for Broken Firearm Prohibition Order System
It may be a surprise to you, but it's no surprise to me that our justice system lost track of another violent offender and repeat violator of a Firearm Prohibition Order. This news release from the Ontario Provincial Police reminded me that this is a regular occurrence. The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (R.O.P.E.) Squad is requesting the public's assistance in locating a … [Read more...]
Andrew Jason Hudder: Poster-Criminal for Canada’s Broken Firearm Prohibition Order System
Police found Andrew Jason Hudder asleep behind the wheel of his vehicle on April 17, 2020. At the time he had an illegal loaded pistol strapped to his chest in violation of two previous Firearm Prohibition Orders imposed on him after convictions for attempted murder in 2014 and 2017. After a high-speed chase and his eventual apprehension, police discovered someone removed … [Read more...]
How Stupid Must these Licensed Gun Owners Be?
Kudos to the Edmonton Police Service for busting these idiots. On December 17th, news broke that the Edmonton Police Service arrested several individuals with valid Canadian firearms Possession and Acquisition Licences (PAL) for legally purchased guns to sell to criminals, aka straw purchasing. “People who legally purchase guns and traffic them to criminals are equally … [Read more...]
Ontario Drug Dealer Paul Alexander Brownlee Violates Firearm Prohibition Order
Another day, another Canadian drug dealer is arrested with illegal drugs while in possession of illegal guns and ammunition contrary to his firearm prohibition order - the result of a past criminal offence. On Dec. 31, 2020, Paul Alexander Brownlee crashed his vehicle into a ditch off Highway 41 in Laurentian Valley Township. When the Ontario Provincial Police attended the … [Read more...]
Firearm Smuggler Busted for Violating Firearms Prohibition Order
A 6-week investigation involving 11 different agencies, specialised enforcement units and police detachments resulted in the arrest of three people for weapons trafficking offences, one of whom was already subject to a Firearms Prohibition Order from his past offences. Big surprise. David Jason Masyk, Jason Paul Lafferty,and Jennifer Lynn McCagherty all face charges for … [Read more...]
Alberta Drug Dealer Arrested for Violating Firearms Prohibition Order
“Enforcement of drug trafficking has been identified as a priority by the community of Drayton Valley," said Drayton Valley RCMP Cpl. Ryan Hoetmer. On March 26, 2021, Cst. Hoetmer announced the arrest of Joey Lee Gallie for violating his Firearm Prohibition Order, failing to comply with his conditions of release from previous charges and a series of drug trafficking and … [Read more...]
Oxycodone Bust means Another Drug Dealer Charged for Violating Firearms Prohibition Order
Another day, another drug dealer with a Firearms Prohibition Order is arrested with illegal drugs and illegal guns. It's as if no policing agency in Canada bothers to keep tabs on these criminals. And therein lies the problem. Ontario Provincial Police arrested Gravenhurst drug dealer Jamie Marshall Robitaille for violating his Firearm Prohibition Order as part of their … [Read more...]
Two More Ontario Drug Dealers Busted for Cocaine and Violating Firearms Prohibition Orders
A 24-year-old drug dealer with an existing Firearms Prohibition Order against him was arrested again on February 19, 2021, this time with $14,000 of cocaine and a stolen and loaded .45 calibre handgun. It will come as no surprise to regular readers that this 24-year-old’s Firearm Prohibition Order did nothing to stop this young man from re-offending - a notion Public Safety … [Read more...]
Guns and Ammo Found in Abandoned Storage Unit
Imagine this scenario. You're the owner of a storage unit rental company and, after a customer fails to pay their bill after their lease expired, you open the storage unit to empty it out so you can rent it to a new customer - presumably one who will pay their bill. Instead of a quick clearing out of whatever your deadbeat renters left behind, you discover two rifles, two … [Read more...]
Drug and Gun Smuggling Ring Busted
Congratulations to Cornwall Police Service for their part in shutting down a sophisticated smuggling operation that used Akwesasne territory on Cornwall Island to smuggle drugs south and illegal guns north. On Jan. 28, three locations in Cornwall, Cornwall Island, and Hogansburg, N.Y. were simultaneously searched under warrant. Officers seized a total of 555 kilograms of … [Read more...]
Winnipeg Police Arrest Drug Dealer Violating Firearms Prohibition Order
Drug dealers love their illegal guns. That's the theme I see repeated every week as I track how many criminals are re-arrested for violating the Firearm Prohibition Orders against them because of a previous run-in with the law. Today's commentary continues this series about Canada's failed and broken Firearm Prohibition Order system and the criminals who flagrantly violate … [Read more...]
Bill Blair: Edmonton Drug Dealer Busted for Violating Firearms Prohibition Order
On February 8, 2021, Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) seized over $700,000 of drugs and cash during a raid on the west Edmonton home of drug dealer Garret Nybakken. Garret Nybakken was charged with violating his existing Firearms Prohibition Order, possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, and possessing the proceeds of crime. Nybakken's firearm … [Read more...]
Matthew Kwasi Asare-Boah Arrested Again for Violating Firearm Prohibition Order
When police arrested drug dealer Matthew Kwasi Asare-Boah on January 28, 2021, they charged him a series of drug and firearms offences, including two counts of Possession of a Firearm Contrary to Prohibition Order. Less than two weeks later, the Ontario Provincial Police arrested Matthew Kwasi Asare-Boah again and charged him with three new drug offences and two counts of … [Read more...]
Windsor Drug Dealer Busted for Violating Firearms Prohibition Order
Jason Sulatycki, a 42-year-old drug dealer from Windsor, Ontario, was busted on February 10, 2021, in possession of an illegal firearm in contravention of his existing Firearm Prohibition Order. Windsor's Drugs and Guns Unit (DIGS) raided his home and seized quantities of blue fentanyl, purple fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine at the scene as well. Jason Sulatycki … [Read more...]
Another Drug Dealer with Firearm Prohibition Order Busted with Illegal Guns and Drugs
Tyler Busch is a prime example of why Canada’s Firearm Prohibition Order system is broken and must be fixed. In the early morning hours of February 6, 2021, North Bay police executed a search warrant at the home of 39-year-old Tyler Busch. Busch was arrested and charged with breaching a firearms prohibition order and the street was shut down due to a possible bomb … [Read more...]
New Zealand’s Proposed Firearm Prohibition Order System Gets It Right
“Action is needed now to tackle this growing gang and gun violence in Auckland and Firearm Prohibition Orders are part of the solution,” says Simeon Brown, New Zealand National Party’s Police Spokesperson. “Firearms Prohibition Orders (FPOs) would give police greater powers to take firearms of violent criminals. This is a sensible piece of legislation that would go some way … [Read more...]
Josh Benoit-Wilson: 48 Counts of Violating Firearm Prohibition Order
Josh Benoit-Wilson is one of those delightfully violent young men who Bill Blair, our Minister of Public Safety, loves to ignore while he focuses on confiscating guns from licensed firearm owners. The 26-year-old's latest (and lengthy) list of charges include 48 counts of violating his Firearm Prohibition Order. As I note almost daily when I update the list of people … [Read more...]
Bill Blair: The blood of this 12-year-old boy is on your hands
On November 6, 2020, gang thugs in one vehicle fired over 30 bullets from their illegally-possessed guns into another vehicle on Jane Street near Strong Court. While some of those bullets hit their intended targets – the occupants of the second vehicle – at least one found its way into Dante Andreatta Marroquin, an innocent 12-year-old boy walking down the street with his … [Read more...]
Matthew Marty Powder: Firearms Prohibition Order Violator Killed by Police
On July 26, 2019, the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) issued a warning to the public that Matthew Marty Powder, a high-risk violent offender, was released from custody. On September 18, 2020, following a confrontation with police, Matthew Marty Powder was shot and killed by members of the Edmonton Police Service when he challenged them while holding a loaded firearm. Powder … [Read more...]
The American Firearm Prohibition Order System is Broken Too
While I devote thousands of words every month to the colossal failure that is Canada's firearm prohibition order system, keeping guns out of the hands of violent criminals and domestic abusers isn't a purely Canadian problem. Case in point: 28-year-old Davante Doss from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Davante Doss is banned from possessing firearms until 2026 because of: a … [Read more...]
Marc Anthony Lerat: Another Firearm Prohibition Order System Failure
Marc Anthony Lerat is a violent, repeat offender with a lifetime firearms prohibition order against him. This prohibition did not stop Marc Lerat from illegally obtaining a .22 calibre rifle and ammunition for it, nor did it stop him from carrying the loaded rifle with him as he made his way around Regina. On September 7th or 8th (news reports are unclear) Regina Provincial … [Read more...]
BC Judge Rescinds Lifetime Firearms Prohibition Order
On December 2, 2019, The Honourable Mr. Justice Marchand vacated Terence Scott Fehr's lifetime firearm prohibition order. (The ruling was only published on CANLII.org last week, hence my not writing about it earlier.) The revocation of his lifetime firearms prohibition order was the last hurdle in Terence Fehr's dream of becoming an RCMP constable. You may initially be … [Read more...]
Adam Pichette: 5 Firearm Prohibition Orders Can’t Stop Him from Getting a Gun
Adam Pichette is the latest in a long line of exhibits proving Canada's Firearm Prohibition Order system is broken. To quote Paul Cherry of the Montreal Gazette, "The man arrested following the police shooting in the Old Port during the weekend does not appear to concern himself with firearm legislation. At the time of his arrest, he was subject to five different … [Read more...]
Firearm Prohibition Order Imposed After Nasty Breakup
On August 21, 2020, Newfoundland Provincial Court Judge Wayne Gorman issued a 4-year firearms prohibition order against a man identified only as Mr. AP (R. v A.P, 2020 58652) even though the Crown only sought a 2-year prohibition. “I have concluded that this is an appropriate case for the issuing of a section 111 Criminal Code prohibition. I have reached this conclusion … [Read more...]
Alberta Man Charged with Trafficking 3D Printed Firearm Parts
On August 18, 2020, 53-year-old Dan Forsyth was arrested and his home was searched. He now faces 11 criminal charges including two for firearms trafficking. On September 3rd, 2020, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) issued a press release about Forsyth's arrest in Picture Butte, Alberta, a small town 30 kms north of Lethbridge. “Make no mistake, printing 3D … [Read more...]
Robert Gordon Heltman: Another FPO Reoffender Running Free
Robert Gordon Heltman is currently the subject of a nationwide manhunt after he breached the conditions of his latest statutory release, and for violating his lifetime Firearm Prohibition Order. On August 19, 2020, North Okanagan RCMP suspected Heltman was in Vernon, British Columbia, and evacuated nearby residents of a home on Brooks Lane. “Given the high-risk situation … [Read more...]
Brodie Curtis Young: RCMP Screwup Sets Another Career Criminal With a Firearms Prohibition Order Free
Colour me shocked that our broken firearms prohibition order system failed to stop career criminal Brodie Curtis Young from illegally obtaining a gun and ammunition for it. That's bad, but after RCMP constables violated Young's Charter rights, the entire case against him was tossed out so as not to bring the administration of justice into disrepute. The July 23, 2020, … [Read more...]
Violent N.B. Drug Dealer Nicholas Bain Finally Arrested
It took them three months, but New Brunswick RCMP finally got their man. On August 11, 2020, a search warrant was executed at a home on Main Street in Sackville as part of the investigation. Nicholas Bain was located and arrested without incident. Bain was finally arrested after evading the RCMP for 84 days. The arrest warrant for Nick Bain, a violent career criminal with … [Read more...]
At What Point Do We Deny Bail to Repeat Offenders?
NOTE: See my previous commentaries on Darian Henderson-Bellman's tragic death here and here. On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, Darian Henderson-Bellman was murdered, shot dead in the ultimate act of domestic violence. Her alleged murderer, Darnell Reid, was out on bail despite violating a restraining order barring him from contacting Ms. Henderson-Bellman. He … [Read more...]