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----- Original Message -----
From: Don.Hart
To: Nancy Herrington
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 2:08 AM
Subject: Fw: Section 91(1) Arrest


Nancy,

Looks like the cops have arrested Bruce.Montague of CUFOA. Bruce was
present at Parliament Hill.

Don.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward
To: "Firearms Digest" .
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 2:53 PM
Subject: Section 91(1) Arrest


> Saturday, 11 September 2004
>
> CUFOA executive officer and Dryden, Ontario, gunsmith Bruce Montague was
> arrested by the OPP this morning at 9 a.m. while attending a gun show in
> Dryden.
>
> Bruce was purchasing a saddle for his 10 year old daughter when an OPP
> constable informed him that he had an warrant for Bruce's arrest. The
> OPP placed Bruce in custody, searched Bruce's vehicle and then took him
> "down town" for lock-up.
>
> Someone at the guns show called Bruce's wife Donna and told her that
> Katie needed to be pick-up. When Donna arrived an the gun show, the OPP
> arrested Donna also.
>
> The OPP questioned Donna for two hours and then released her, but warned
> her NOT to return to her home for two days as the OPP have a two-day
> warrant to search their house and yard.
>
> Bruce is now in a Dryden jail cell. His bail hearing may be as early as
> Monday, but may not occur until Wednesday.
>
> The OPP have charged both Donna and Bruce with "unauthorized possession
> of a firearm," Section 91(1) of the Criminal Code.
>
> Donna has to submit to finger printing on 16 October, and is to appear
> in court on 23 October.
>
> The OPP are playing hardball. These arrests this morning seemed to have
> been planned.
>
> Bruce has been openly practicing his gun smiting trade for the past six
> months without a firearms license. While we can shoot skeet openly in
> Saskatchewan with unregistered firearms and NO firearms licenses, Bruce
> is arrested.
>
> Jack Wilson & I are leaving this afternoon to see what we can do for
> Bruce on Monday morning.
>
> Any of you with news media contacts, please forward this information to
> them.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Eduardo

> Canadian Unregistered Firearms Owners Association
 
Good luck to our friends in Canada. Mr. Montague's arrest, though unlawful, means more publicity for the cause. If it can happen there, it can certainly happen here.

Appropriate quote from the CUFOA website:

"Are you able to accept the blows without retaliating? Are you able to endure the ordeals of jail? (Martin Luther King)"
 
Since it's been quite a while since I've been to Canada, would someone up there please explain what the OPP is. Official Political Police, maybe? :banghead: There, but for the grace of the 2A, go we.

I hope this episode gets some coverage. To our Canadian brethren- Please keep us posted on the situation

Best,

Doug
 
Sounds like he was practicing gunsmithing without a licence? Is that right?

How can that be against the law? What's next? State certification to change the oil in Volkswagens?!?!


But, it's up there...whatchagonnado?
 
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