Canada's Federal Police Force : U.S.-Smuggled Firearms
"Honestly, what this really shows us that a lot of Canada's problem with guns actually originates in the United States.""The lack of regulation in the United States, and the dominant gun culture of the United States, not only limits what we can reasonably do in terms of legislation in Canada -- but also creates this ongoing hazard for Canadians.""The big question now is how did he get that gun?"Andrew Somerset, author "Arms: the Culture and Credo of the Gun""I think it is reasonable to believe that limiting the domestic legal supply of some semi-automatic firearms, combined with reducing the flow of illegal guns from the United States, could in the long term reduce the likelihood of mass shooting events in Canada."Blake Brown, Author, "Arming and Disarming: A History of Gun Control in Canada" professor of history, Saint Mary's University, Halifax
"We have a fairly good idea that, in Canada at least, he didn’t have a firearms acquisition certificate."
"Whether it’s transportation, weapons, the uniforms, the vehicle itself, associates here and elsewhere, these are all the elements in the investigation currently being explored."RCMP Chief Supt. Chris Leather
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| A woman places a pinwheel in front of a mural dedicated to slain RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson, a victim of a shooting rampage carried out by a man with unlicensed weapons, in Cole Harbour, N.S., on April 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tim Krochak |
Three of the four semi-automatic weapons used by mass murderer Gabriel Wortman in Portapique, Nova Scotia last month, according to the RCMP, are believed to have originated in the United States. Without doubt the RCMP has much more information, but is withholding it, since there is an ongoing investigation into the mass killings that left 22 people, some known, others not, to the gunman.
The news release issued by the federal policing agency fails to list the model or calibre of two rifles and two handguns in the gunman's possession when he began his murderous rampage in the small community town west of Truro, Nova Scotia. One semi-automatic weapon had been obtained by the killer in Canada, according to the investigators; again without specifying whether it was a rifle or a handgun.
When Gabriel Wortman embarked on his killing spree all four weapons were in his possession as he shot to death 13 people in Portapique and another nine on his way to Truro, as he escaped the RCMP cordon set up to arrest his flight, by avoiding the one highway that led in and out of the small seaside town, and driving his look-alike police vehicle across a field, instead, while dressed in an RCMP uniform.
The denturist-turned-mass-killer, 51, made use of an accelerant to set fire to buildings, some of them homes where he had just killed the inhabitants, and vehicles, in his frenetic psychotic state. It was noted in the communique that he had a robust supply of gasoline at his own home in Portapique, one of the buildings he had also set fire to. Making it likely that his murderous rampage had been well planned long in advance of the dread occurrence.
The recent announcement of the Liberal government enacting a ban on 1,500 'military-style' assault firearms was a consequential government response to this massacre-by-gunfire. The two semi-automatic rifles that the killer used in the mass shooting now sit on the prohibited firearms list recently published. As to model and calibre of the weapons, the RCMP noted such details must be kept confidential in light of the ongoing investigation.
The policing agency also pointed out that it is engaged with the Canada Border Services Agency in the search to discover who it was that brought the weapons used in the mass atrocity into Canada. But according to Andrew Somerset, little evidence exists that the Liberal gun control measures would be able to prevent another such mass shooting. As far as Canada's Public Safety Minister is concerned outlawing assault-style rifles represents a first step in an overall gun-control plan.
Specialists have been engaged by the RCMP to conduct a post-mortem psychological autopsy of the gunman, with the goal in mind of attaining some insight into the man's motivation to commit the mass murders. Victims of his murderous rage included a female RCMP officer, two nurses, two correctional officers, a family of three, a teacher and some of the killer's Portapique neighbours.
Without a scintilla of doubt, no one will mourn the well-earned death of this monster, fatally shot to death by a Mountie when both had stopped at a gas station in Enfield, Nova Scotia, on April 19.
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Labels: Firearms, Illegal Guns, Mass Murder, Nova Scotia, RCMP, U.S.-Smuggled Rifles
posted by Pieface @ Sunday, May 17, 2020
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