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Drug and Gun Smuggling Ring Busted

Published February 27, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Crime, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Gun Smuggling


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

Published February 25, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Crime, Firearm Prohibition Orders


Public Safety Minister Bill Blair: 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

Published February 19, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Firearm Prohibition Orders


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

Published February 17, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Firearm Prohibition Orders


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

Published February 16, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Firearm Prohibition Orders


Windsor Drug Dealer Jason Sulatycki busted for violating his Firearm 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

Published February 15, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Firearm Prohibition Orders


Tyler Busch Busted with Illegal Guns and $116K of Illegal 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

Published January 6, 2021 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Firearm Prohibition Orders


New Zealand's Proposed Firearm Prohibition Order 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

Published December 17, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns


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

Published November 16, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Crime, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns, Violent Criminals


Public Safety Minister 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

Published October 8, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Crime, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Violent Criminals


Matthew Marty Powder: Three Lifetime Firearms Prohibition Orders

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

Published September 29, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns


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

Published September 24, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Crime, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns


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

Published September 19, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns


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

Published September 16, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Crime, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns


Adam Pichette Despite Five Firearm Prohibtion Orders He Still Gets Another Illegal Gun and Shoots at Police

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

Published September 8, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Domestic Violence, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns


Firearm Prohibition Order Imposed on Newfoundland Man 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

Published September 3, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns, Police


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

Published September 1, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Crime, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns, Violent Criminals


Robert Gordon Heltman: Another Firearm Prohibition Order Repeat Offender 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

Published August 20, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Charter of Rights and Freedoms Breaches, Courts, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Police, Rights, Warrantless Searches


RCMP Screwup Sets Another Career Criminal With 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

Published August 16, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Crime, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Gun Smuggling, Guns, Violent Criminals


Nicolas Bain and Monique Boyer Canada's "Catch and Release" Justice System

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?

Published August 12, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Domestic Violence, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns, Restraining Orders


Darian Henderson-Bellman: 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...]

December 22, 2005: The Day Gun Rights Died in Canada

Published August 10, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns, Property Rights


R. v. Wiles [2005] The Day Gun Rights Died in Canada

Quash: to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; to nullify, especially by judicial action On December 22, 2005, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against drug dealer Philip Neil Wiles and, in so doing, quashed the right of Canadians to possess firearms. [P]ossession and use of firearms is not a right or freedom guaranteed under the Charter, but a privilege.  … [Read more...]

Darian Henderson-Bellman: A Cautionary Tale of Domestic Abuse and Murder

Published August 4, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Crime, Domestic Violence, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns, Restraining Orders


Darian Henderson-Bellman - A Diary of Domestic Abuse, Violence and Murder

Yesterday's commentary overflowed with my anger at our current Liberal government for their failure to fix Canada's Firearm Prohibition Order system.  That failure, or more accurately this government's flat-out refusal to fix this broken system cost Darian Hailey Henderson-Bellman her life. In today's commentary I dig deeper into the story of her senseless murder. I do so … [Read more...]

Darian Henderson-Bellman: Murdered Because of Another Firearm Prohibition Order Failure

Published August 3, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Crime, Domestic Violence, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Restraining Orders


Darian Hailey Henderson-Bellman Murdered by Man with Restraining Order and Firearm Prohibition Order

On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, Darian Henderson-Bellman was murdered, shot dead in the ultimate act of domestic violence. Instead of enjoying this August long weekend with family and friends, Darian Hailey Henderson-Bellman, the beautiful 25-year-old shown here, is dead because our government refuses to take seriously the threat of violent repeat offenders already prohibited … [Read more...]

ACT New Zealand Says Firearm Prohibition Order Bill Needs an Overhaul

Published July 27, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Firearm Prohibition Orders, Gun Control, Gun Politics, Guns, Police


ACT New Zealand Says Firearm Prohibition Order Bill Needs an Overhaul

ACT New Zealand promotes free markets, free ideas, personal responsibility and personal accountability – all those principles  progressive, virtue-signalling governments oppose - and while they support the concept philosophically, the current bill needs a lot more work before they can support it further. “We fully support the intention of going after the gangs and illegal … [Read more...]

Repeat Offender: Cameron Robert Vail is Reason #262 to Reform Canada’s Firearm Prohibition Order System

Published July 8, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Crime, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Violent Criminals


Cameron Robert Vail: Reform Canada’s Broken 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?

Published July 7, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Constitutional Violations, Courts, Crime, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns, Privacy Rights, Rights, Unreasonable Search and Seizure


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...]

Cops Screw Up: Drug Dealer Jermaine Barrows-Taylor Escapes Illegal Handgun Conviction

Published July 3, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Police


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...]

Reform Canada’s Broken Firearm Prohibition Order System

Published June 10, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Canada's Firearms Act, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns


Reform Canada's Broken Firearm Prohibition Order System

NOTE: This is an excerpt from my 45-page Special Report "Designed to Fail: Canada’s Broken Firearm Prohibition Order System and How to Fix It."       In the pages ahead I will make the case for a new firearm prohibition order system – one modeled after the United Kingdom’s Management of Sexual and Violent Offenders (MOSOVO) Units. Unlike Canada, … [Read more...]

Jennifer Quesnel’s Murder: Another Firearm Prohibition Order Failure?

Published June 9, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Crime, Domestic Violence, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns


Jennifer Quesnel Murder: Another Firearm Prohibition Order Failure?

June 10, 2020 Update via CBC: B.C. RCMP say they received no reports of domestic violence before Jennifer Quesnel was murdered by her estranged husband on June 1st, contradicting claims from her family.   On Monday, June 1, 2020, every woman’s worst nightmare came true for Jennifer Quesnel. Her estranged husband, John Quesnel, shot and killed her with a gun he … [Read more...]

Saheed Bacchus Ali: Drug Dealer Arrested with Illegal Guns while Prohibited released on Bail

Published June 8, 2020 by Christopher di Armani Filed Under: Courts, Firearm Prohibition Orders, Guns


Saheed Bacchus Ali drug dealer with illegal handguns

When Saheed Bacchus Ali was arrested with large quantities of illegal drugs and two illegally-possessed handguns on September 10, 2019, he violated not one but four Firearm Prohibition Orders. None of these prohibition orders stopped Saheed Ali from illegally obtaining and possessing a loaded Smith and Wesson handgun and an unloaded Glock pistol with its serial number … [Read more...]

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