Uh, oh, he had a gas mask. Knives too. Mind you, I didn't know these were illegal.
Looks like NWEST is working on increasing their budget for next year. This is their typical grandstanding anytime firearms are involved. 6 months down the road, when they find the guns are in fact deactivated, we'll never hear about it.
And while I agree that impaired driving is a crime in this country, how does one get a weapons ban out of that? Judges seem to quick to throw that in these days.
I take all the Winnipeg busts with a big grain of salt. The police tend to present very ambigueous presentations in these kind of events (with terms designed to strike terror into the general public) and the sun seems to extract the best out of it.
T.G., a well known collector in Winnipeg, had his collection of 300+ guns taken a few years ago, and still has not had his day in court. In that one, they have charged him on 12 counts of unregistered prohibited for a dozen dewat bren guns that were in the collection. After the RCMP forensics lab in Ottawa said they weren't guns, they sent them to Regina lab where they got the same result. Yet the charges remain. Of course, they have all the money in the world (yours) to play him like a fish while he has to finance his own battle.
Funny how with all these machine guns floating around winnipeg, we don't have any major squirmishes up and down the ruins of main street, or gangs shooting these 50 cal cannons at each other over the red river..
For a more balanced view of this story , check out the Winnipeg Free Press.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sub...-3725674c.html
Much more realistic.
Edited to add:
Just checked with a friend, and I know the guy who's collection was taken. In fact, I sold him the Mosin Nagant "russian bolt action" rifle which they found. It was welded up. And I know the guy who just sold him the Bren a month back. Also deactivated. Pretty sure the sten and FN were as well. This guy regularily buys and sells at the Winnipeg gun and militaria shows, and seems like a pretty decent fellow.
Now why would the police want to spread fear amongst the general population? Could budget time be just around the corner??