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http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/01/14/gun_registry030114
EDMONTON - It looks like Oscar Lacombe can't even get arrested in Edmonton, at least not under the new firearms registry laws.
The bodyguard for former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed walked up to the provincial legislature with an unregistered rifle on New Year's Day, after the new legislation came into effect.
On Monday, Lacombe went to police headquarters in Edmonton hoping to be the first person charged with owning an unregistered firearm. Lacombe wants to challenge the gun registry in court.
Police had said they would charge him, but when they asked him to come into the station, they only questioned him.
Police spokesperson Wes Bellmore said investigators are struggling to understand the new legislation.
"It is confusing, and police agencies across the country will find out that laying these charges is difficult," said Bellmore.
Lacombe's supporters, including members of the Law-abiding Unregistered Firearms Association, gathered in the police station lobby, but left disappointed that he hadn't been arrested.
The group says they've raised about $100,000 to support court challenges to the gun registry all the way to the Supreme Court.
Crown prosecutors will have to decide if Lacombe will become a test case for the law.
EDMONTON - It looks like Oscar Lacombe can't even get arrested in Edmonton, at least not under the new firearms registry laws.
The bodyguard for former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed walked up to the provincial legislature with an unregistered rifle on New Year's Day, after the new legislation came into effect.
On Monday, Lacombe went to police headquarters in Edmonton hoping to be the first person charged with owning an unregistered firearm. Lacombe wants to challenge the gun registry in court.
Police had said they would charge him, but when they asked him to come into the station, they only questioned him.
Police spokesperson Wes Bellmore said investigators are struggling to understand the new legislation.
"It is confusing, and police agencies across the country will find out that laying these charges is difficult," said Bellmore.
Lacombe's supporters, including members of the Law-abiding Unregistered Firearms Association, gathered in the police station lobby, but left disappointed that he hadn't been arrested.
The group says they've raised about $100,000 to support court challenges to the gun registry all the way to the Supreme Court.
Crown prosecutors will have to decide if Lacombe will become a test case for the law.