Hargreaves admits to being "devastated by the news" that the gun had been involved in a homicide and almost as devastated by the fact there is now a warrant out for his arrest for unsafe storage of those weapons -- despite the fact they were stored in a 771-kilo concrete-and-steel safe and that it took the industrious thieves two days using blowtorches and sledge hammers to gain access to it...Another example of "gun control" giving criminals the advantage.
On July 23 of that year, one month after the on-duty murder of 25-year-old Const. Todd Baylis, Ontario became the toughest place in North America to buy ammunition as Bill 181 went into effect, requiring all ammunition retailers to keep records of all transactions -- the name and age of the purchaser, his or her address, the date and time, the type of identification used, plus any serial number and the type and quantity of ammunition purchased...
"They can be photocopied by a clerk running with a bad crowd. They can be sold for a price. Those books, quite often, are simply left on the counter," he says.
This is one hell of an article. It should be read far and wide. Kudos to Mark Bonokoski.
Tags: gun control, Canada
Living in Baltimore last year, I purchased ammo at a national chain. I don't want to name names so I will call it Richard's. I was told that to purchase ammo I needed to complete the log book. I refused and left sans ammo. I spoke to the manager a few days later and was told this was something put into place by "loss management" at the request of the Baltimore City Police who would periodically pick up the book.
ReplyDeleteThis article was exactly (one of) the issues I mentioned to him. I have yet to return to this store. Thanks for showing this to me. Perhaps I will follow-up.