Whitehorse's Paul Rogan was larger than life itself. If you ever met the man, you know precisely what I'm talking about. While we corresponded frequently over the years, especially during the three-year Allen Carlos saga that Jane Gaffin and I wrote about regularly, I only had the pleasure of meeting the man once - at Jane Gaffin's funeral in Whitehorse. As I wrote at the … [Read more...]
The Whitehorse Gun Show – What an Event!
There's nothing quite like a gun show to get you over feeling badly about the fact your friend died and that's precisely what awaited me Saturday morning here in Whitehorse! Paul Rogan, publisher of Canada's one and only firearms buy and sell newspaper "Canadian Access to Firearms", puts on the annual spring gun show here in Whitehorse and it's a very well-attended … [Read more...]
Gun Owners Continue to Face Criminal Charges for a Law That Doesn’t Exist
I am flipping tired of the unmitigated hubris that continues to spur Canada’s game-playing cops and court system in their indefatigable zeal to prosecute innocent gun owners with the same pesky, recycled sections of the Canadian Firearms Act. In order to demonize gun owners to the hilt, the Government of Canada saw its way clear, at the behest of the United Nations, to dump … [Read more...]
Police are treated differently than the rest of us when they break the law
To those who say the law is applied equally to citizens and police, I've only got one word: Bullshit. I'll cite the case of Chilliwack RCMP constable Matt Wright this time to make my point. RCMP Constable Wright, according to the Ottawa Citizen article on his case, is a former military man. Generally speaking, military men comprehend honour, integrity and right from … [Read more...]
Lorne Gunter’s Lost Faith in our Police
Lorne Gunter wrote an excellent piece on his lost faith in police, and how it all started with the murder of Robert Dziekanski by 4 RCMP members in 2007. I’m actually surprised that Lorne’s loss of faith in our front-line police started so late. I’m surprised, because Lorne is well-known to be a man who looks into these sorts of things and does his best to get to the bottom … [Read more...]