Just what the RCMP needs - another RCMP constable charged with assaulting a minor, this time in Flin Flon, Manitoba. On October 31, 2019, a 15-year-old girl was arrested by RCMP Constable David Mitchel Eardley of the Flin Flon RCMP Detachment. The girl sustained unidentified injuries serious enough she was taken to hospital for treatment before being detained. On April … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2020
Christopher Husbands: 2012 Toronto Eaton’s Centre Shooting
This is part of my ongoing series on Canadian Mass Murders. On June 2, 2012, with a grudge in his heart and a gun in his hand, Christopher Husbands walked into the Toronto Eaton Centre’s North Food Court and opened fire on Nixon Nirmalendran and Ahmed Hassan. Christopher Husbands didn’t care who else he hurt, so long as his intended victims were among the … [Read more...]
Bill Blair – Master of Misinformation and Misdirection
Bill Blair may only be a second-term Liberal MP but make no mistake – Bill Blair is a career politician. The Minister of Misinformation's defence of his ban on so-called “military-style assault weapons” is just the latest ideological step in Blair’s long political career. He became Chief of the Toronto Police Service on April 26, 2005. During his tenure as Toronto’s top … [Read more...]
Marquis Watkins: Gun Smuggler Nets 3 Years in Prison
On October 16, 2018, Marquis Watkins, a “former football phenom”, attempted to smuggle 20 handguns into Canada via the beautiful Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls, Ontario. Watkins told border agents he was coming to Canada to take his girlfriend out for dinner. For reasons we’ll probably never know, the fine folks at the Canadian Border Services Agency didn’t buy it. Even … [Read more...]
Marcus Nugent: One Dead, One Injured in Toronto Shooting
Justin Trudeau and Bill Blair said their gun ban by Order in Council would prevent this from happening. Is it possible they “misled” the Canadian people? On Sunday, May 17th, one man shot two others in a Toronto housing complex near Victoria Park Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East. One of the shooting victims, 24-year-old Shawn Williams, died after being taken to hospital. … [Read more...]
Negligent Discharge: RCMP Refuses to File Charges
On Wednesday, May 13, 2020, some moron apparently fired a dozen or more shots into the air. Those bullets landed on six homes in the Forest Heights area of Edmonton, Alberta. Negligent discharge of a firearm doesn’t even begin to describe this stupidity. “My daughter woke up and she is playing in her room and she is sitting on the floor, and looked up and there is a hole … [Read more...]
Brittany Smith Case Update: Woman Who Killed Her Rapist Still Fighting for her Freedom
I first wrote about Brittany Smith’s Alabama self-defence nightmare on April 16, 2020, in my column “Brittany Smith’s Nightmare is Alabama’s Epic Fail on Stand Your Ground Ruling.” I encourage you to read the full story of her case, referenced above but, in a nutshell, Brittany Smith shot and killed the man who raped her twice and was in the process of strangling her brother … [Read more...]
Alan Ruel: Man Paralysed by Stroke in Jail Cell While RCMP Ignored Him
If the RCMP is outstanding at anything, it’s their ability to deny all wrongdoing in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The RCMP Hall of Shame is filled with examples of bad cops being protected by RCMP supervisors, usually until video evidence arrives and forces them to abandon their coverups. Robert Dziekanski and Buddy Tavares are two high-profile examples … [Read more...]
Gun Bans in Canada’s Two-Tiered Justice System
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” – George Orwell, Animal Farm “The Governor in Council is not of the opinion that any thing prescribed to be a prohibited firearm or a prohibited device, in the Annexed Regulations, is reasonable for use in Canada for hunting or sporting purposes...” – SOR/2020-96: The Liberal government's Order in … [Read more...]
Liberal Gun Bans, Opinion Polls and The Truth
On May 1st, 2020, the Liberal Government banned over 1,500 makes and models of guns they labelled “military-style assault rifles.” The same day, Angus Reid Institute trotted out a poll to support the ban, saying “an overwhelming majority” of poll respondents – 78% – “support or strongly support” the ban on assault-style weapons.[i] Interestingly, the Angus Reid poll also … [Read more...]
Canadian Gun Laws: A Primer for People Who Don’t Know Much About Gun Laws
This primer on Canadian firearm law is intended for anyone who Doesn’t know much about guns; Doesn’t know much about Canada’s firearm owner licensing system; Doesn’t know much about Canada’s legislative framework for controlling access to firearms; Wants to learn a little bit about how Canada deals with firearms and access to them. If any of the above applies … [Read more...]
Youth Criminal Justice: German Tourist’s Life Destroyed, Young Offender Sentenced to 14 Months
Four drunk and stoned under-age Indigenous people on a 24-hour bender. With illegal guns. What could possibly go wrong? For German tourist Horst Stewin and his family, visiting Alberta on August 2, 2018, everything. That day a 24-hour drug- and alcohol- fueled bender, thoughts of revenge, illegal possession of firearms and a case of mistaken identity disastrously … [Read more...]
Centerton Police Officer Blake Almond and Someone’s Negligent Discharge
Safe storage laws have their place - especially when children are in the home. On January 20, 2020, in Centerton City, Arkansas, an unidentified person fired Officer Blake Almond’s service pistol, sending a bullet out of his home and through three walls of his neighbour’s home. The neighbour immediately called police to report the crime. Neighbour: “a bullet just shot … [Read more...]
OPP Sergeant Mike Dolderman Charged With 5 Counts of Sexual Assault
Only the police and military should have guns, they say, because some alleged sex offenders need badges and guns too, right? Ontario Provincial Police Sergeant Mike Dolderman, a 21-year veteran of the Wellington County detachment, was arrested on April 23, 2020 and charged with five counts of sexual assault. He will also face five counts of breach of trust. He was … [Read more...]
Officer Down: Calgary Police Service Constable Darren Beatty
In an age where politicians and gun control advocates, no matter how well intentioned, insist only the police and military should have guns, we must acknowledge the fact these brave men and women are still mere mortals – just like the rest of us. They are not endowed with any magical properties, nor are they somehow “better” than anyone else. Yet no matter how experienced or … [Read more...]
Brian Sauvé, Head of Police Union, Opposes Public Inquiry into Nova Scotia Murders
Brian Sauvé, president of the union representing front-line RCMP constables, publicly opposes an inquiry into the RCMP's handling of the Nova Scotia murders on April 18th and 19th, 2020. This stance is moronic… yet it’s also wholly predictable. I am appalled to read Brian Sauvé’s claim that an inquiry can only hurt front-line RCMP members. “Members on the street wear … [Read more...]
Democracy Doesn’t Need Blunt Instruments by Rob Sciuk
Canada’s constitutional democracy was carefully fashioned by balancing the jurisdiction of the Provinces and the Federal government, and it works best when a critical eye is cast upon the ruling class. There is a disturbing tendency to try and accrue additional powers and, in recent years, to concentrate those powers in the very small circle known as the Prime Minister’s … [Read more...]
Analysis of CPC Leadership Candidate’s Firearm Policy Statements
Before We Begin This is a lengthy and detailed evaluation of the firearm policy statements made by each candidate in the Conservative Party's leadership race. To cast your ballot for leader you must be a member in good standing and the deadline for purchasing your CPC membership is May 15th, 2020 - just four days away as of today, Monday, May 11, … [Read more...]
RCMP and CBSA Contradict Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, RCMP Relents
Late Friday night the RCMP declared all 12-gauge and 10-gauge shotguns are legal "because we say so." Please read my assessment of Minister Blair's similarly worded legal advice on Facebook and Twitter at the end of this article. My thoughts there apply to the RCMP's latest as well. Friday was not a good day for Public Safety Minister Bill Blair. The Canadian … [Read more...]
Two RCMP Members Shoot at Innocent Person, Flee Scene Immediately
Nova Scotia's Serious Incident Response Team is investigating after two RCMP members fired an unknown number of bullets at someone outside the Onslow Belmont Fire Brigade Hall on the morning of April 19, 2020. CBC reports the two unidentified RCMP constables thought they were shooting at the Nova Scotia killer who, by that time, was known to be wearing an RCMP uniform and … [Read more...]
If You Own Guns Sign These FIVE Petitions (plus one for UNIFOR members)
UPDATE: May 19 | Added MP Cheryl Gallant's petition to fire Public Safety Minister Bill Blair. UPDATE: May 9 | Added petition for UNIFOR Members against the union using their member dues to promote gun bans from honest people. If you read The Bill C-71 Book, you already know what I think about petitions, so the obvious question becomes ... “Christopher, why … [Read more...]
Derek Anthony Wood and the Sydney River McDonald’s Murders
This is part of my ongoing series on Canadian Mass Murders. Human depravity and greed are a dangerous combination. When combined with drug abuse, a knife and a .22 calibre pistol they are lethal, as this case proves. On May 7, 1992, three young men robbed a Sydney River, Nova Scotia, McDonald's restaurant in the belief they would make off with $80,000. Instead they … [Read more...]
Did Trudeau’s Virtue-Signalling Just Ban Your 12-Gauge Shotgun?
If a legal opinion on the Liberal government’s 20mm maximum bore diameter is interpreted the same way as the RCMP’s Canadian Firearms Lab has ruled in every other case involving removable chokes, the answer is unequivocally yes. Yet on May 1, 2020, Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair promised Canada’s hunting community he would not take away our guns. “I want to assure … [Read more...]
How did We Come to This? by Rob Sciuk (Courtesy Canadian Access to Firearms)
The following column by Rob Sciuk is republished here with permission of Canadian Access to Firearms, Canada's premier firearm classified ads newspaper. How did We Come to This? by Rob Sciuk We are our own worst enemy The Canadian Firearms Act of 1995 (C68) introduced a number of draconian, expensive, unconstitutional and ultimately useless measures … [Read more...]
Is Dr. Theresa Tam Incompetent or In Over Her Head?
Failure. Incompetent. In over her head. This is the prevailing view of Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, who continues to draw fire for advice that changes almost as often as the weather. Yes, it’s easy to play Monday-morning quarterback when yours isn’t the head on the chopping bloc, but Dr. Tam made it too easy when she failed to heed her own … [Read more...]