High River- Police seizure of firearms

[Marc Montgomery]

Thanks for the link Rob.. It is truly frightening that people like Ms Cukier ( a paid lobbyist) will put their own personal agenda ahead of the foundations of our society in terms of our basic civil rights.

As to the RCMP...even if (and that is an enormous if) one accepts their thin excuse of breaking in to secure loose firearms, how can they explain the uneccessary damage iof destroying doors and frames worth anywhere from several hundred to several thousand dollars each, instead of simply breaking a small window beside when that option was avialable?

People there have said that in addition to tracking mud all over houses, and rooting through drawers, closets, etc they say mounties smashed doors on houses not part of the flood area, smashed a door on a house (not in a flood area) and which was getting extensive interior reno even though told by a friend as they arrived at the house , there was no one, and nothing inside..
Aslo they apparently did not break into houses owned by mounties. (at least two)

meanwhile, the latest this week.
http://o.canada.com/news/national/re...erta-flooding/

[Marc Montgomery]

Rob, can you possibly believe that claim? Victims of the flood? The town had been fully evacuated. If anyone had been left behind (virtually impossible) wouldnt they be at the door or window yelling for help? Maybe use a cell phone to call for help? Sorry, that claim is patently unbelievable. totally, i dont believe that for a nanosecond

Meanwhile, the swiss thing came about becuase of a dispute between two former partners..now both operating competing stores and as a very stupid tactic by one to get the other in trouble by claiming he was selling illegal firearms.. and look at the result...

I am not aware of the prescribed antiques issue.. could you clarify?

[cletrac (RIP)]

I guess when you start doing the goose step it's easy to overstep the bounds of your authority. It seems to go to your head!!
How are you protecting property by kicking down locked doors and leaving them swinging in the wind? If there was anyone inside a simple knock on the door would have gotten a reply.
This was a forced evacuation and the mounties and military were the only ones left in town. Maybe the military should have had authorization to protect the property from the RCMP.
Protecting property was a ruse and they didn't find a soul in the "protected" homes so what was the real reason for it? Personally I'll go with the firearms seizures.

[cletrac (RIP)]

Rob, I think you'll find that the phrase "doing the goose step" is a colloquialism referring to anybody that's overstepping their authority. Sure the Germans gave it notoriety but Iraq and North Korea do their part to keep it going.

[rob love]

Sorry to ruin the continuity of this thread, but I have removed my posts. Some of this thread is a little too over the top for my liking, so I think I'll just step back.

[motto (RIP)]

I've been away for a couple of days and so missed some of what is referred to here.
Freedom, particularly when applied to private firearms ownership is a very emotive issue and discussion therefore always apt to boil over.
The fact that some of the thread went 'a little too over the top' is all the more reason for you to stay in there Rob. Your posts were well balanced and reasoned and added some worthy input to the debate.
I for one miss your contribution and am sorry that you left the field.

David

[Marc Montgomery]

Sorry you decided to withdraw, and that you removed your posts with the relevant info. I hope you will change your mind.

I agree with Jon, Im surprised that mainstream media seems to have avoided this story and I really cant understand why