r/canadaguns • u/BSDTerra • Feb 27 '14

Swiss arms reclassified as prohib

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u/joe_canadian Seven Rifles and a Shotgun Feb 27 '14

You're forgetting the part where he's still charged with unsafe storage anyways.

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u/The_Crover Feb 27 '14 edited Feb 27 '14

Probably, but a man can be delirious and hope a safe is considered an appropriate storage device dream.

It's not like the Ontario Attorney General and the Toronto Metro Police has dragged out a case for over 12 years where they argued a safe that took two days to break open with sledgehammers and blowtorches is not an adequate way to store firearms...

Oh wait...

EDIT: RCMP not responsible... in this case

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u/joe_canadian Seven Rifles and a Shotgun Feb 27 '14

Oh I know. I've used the Mike Hargreaves case as an egregious law and it's poor application. Even the biggest gun haters I came across in University thought that was ridiculous.

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u/The_Crover Feb 27 '14

When I saw the story a couple of days ago in /r/canadaguns I had a mini stroke.

I couldn't believe they had the BALLS to call a fucking concrete safe and UNSECURED storage device.

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u/joe_canadian Seven Rifles and a Shotgun Feb 27 '14

I've known about the case since 2011 (I believe). I cited this National Post article in a paper I wrote on the LGR. Even my prof, a Brit from Manchester agreed it was a ridiculous charge. And he's from a country that arrests people for turning in firearms to the police .

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u/The_Crover Feb 27 '14

Yeah, that's the article included in the post from a few days ago.

I was dumbstruck when I read all the bullshit.

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u/joe_canadian Seven Rifles and a Shotgun Feb 27 '14

Yup. When the election rolls around, it's the first question I'm going to be asking my local reps what their plan is.