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Traffic Act on August 26, 2018, Jermaine Barrows-Taylor was under a Firearms Prohibition Order and his driver’s licence was revoked.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...]
Saheed Bacchus Ali: Drug Dealer Arrested with Illegal Guns while Prohibited released on Bail
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...]
We won’t track violent career criminals like Joseph Endelle Chan, but we’ll harass law-abiding Canadian gun owners?
The law is an ass is the famous statement, although I can't remember who by at the moment. This truly is the case when it comes to Canada's laws on firearms and the stupid 2-billion dollar "gun control" scheme that can't keep guns out of the hands of the likes of Joseph Endelle Chan. Joseph Chan has a very long criminal record that includes 25 previous criminal … [Read more...]
RCMP Sergeant Douglas Smith appeals conditional discharge for illegal handgun
Welcome to the world of the double-standard when sentencing police for committing crimes that would send the rest of us mere citizens to prison. RCMP Sergeant Douglas Smith kept a handgun that was turned over to him for destruction by a citizen in 2004. By all accounts it was not registered to Sgt. Smith, and nobody knew he even had the unregistered handgun. Why he kept … [Read more...]
Canada’s Firearms Act is as effective as ever… which means not at all.
Canada' Firearms Act keeps Canadians safe from gun violence. That's what the head of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) will have you believe, anyway. It's a load of Public Relations garbage, but they keep saying it. Let's take an example from news headlines to illustrate how useless the Firearms Act truly is. Off to Winnipeg, where flooding has the city … [Read more...]