We would love to announce Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has done something right on the firearms file but, alas, all the evidence we find proves otherwise.
Despite our calls for it spanning many years, there is still no police agency in Canada tasked with making sure these violent criminals are obeying their court orders.
For example, since August 1, 2022, 40 violent repeat offenders, all arrested for committing other crimes, were also charged with 111 counts of breaching their Firearm Prohibition Orders.[i]
Marco Mendicino hasn’t lifted a finger to deal with our broken Firearm Prohibition Order System and these 40 criminals were only charged for breaching those court orders after they were arrested for committing a variety of other crimes.
Another 48 news reports since August 1, listed below, detail cases where one or more criminals are either wanted or were already arrested and charged for committing one or more criminal offences.
These criminals and their crimes are all but ignored by Marco Mendicino because he prefers to drop the full weight of his office on the heads of Canada’s most vetted citizens: Firearm Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL) holders.
Not one PAL holder is found on the list of Firearm Prohibition Order repeat offenders mentioned above, nor are they found in the list of criminals below.
For reasons we cannot fathom, Minister Mendicino insists that preventing RCMP-vetted PAL holders from legally purchasing handguns will magically and miraculously stop drug dealers and career criminals from plying their evil trade.
It’s nonsense.
It’s stupid.
It’s an insane misuse of taxpayer dollars to ignore real, repeat violent offenders while pretending a “crackdown” on PAL holders will stop anyone from smuggling more illegal guns into our country or shooting up our cities and our citizens.
And what will Marco Mendicino do when he can no longer ignore those facts?
The same thing every moronic Liberal politician does when their firearm policy inevitably fails.
He will blame licensed gun owners again and slap even more restrictions on them.
He will continue to ignore the drug dealers, gang members and violent repeat offenders who shoot up our streets and harm innocent Canadians.
Mendicino was a federal Crown prosecutor for ten years. He knows full well this nonsense will not stop criminals.
He simply doesn’t care.
It’s Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government policy and nothing, not even the truth, can derail that train of fools.
August 1, 2022
- Two people injured, one critically, after shooting in Mississauga, Ont.
- Six people shot during early morning drive-by shooting in Ajax, Ont.
August 2, 2022
- Man seriously injured after shooting in Toronto’s east end
- 22-year-old victim identified in shooting death in Newmarket
- Man taken to hospital with serious injuries after being shot at vigil in Scarborough
- Mississauga man charged with impaired driving, possession of loaded firearm
- Two arrests made after firearms and ammunition found at home in Lindsay
Aug. 3, 2022
- Fatal gunshot wound kills 22-year-old Toronto woman
- Winnipeg police arrest suspect in West Broadway homicide
- Prince Albert RCMP seek public assistance locating wanted males
- 3 Youths Arrested and Charged After Weapons Complaint on Arvo Street
- Shooting in Oakville under investigation, pair of suspects arrested
- Halbrite man faces firearm charges after search of residence
August 4, 2022
- Montreal police kill man suspected in three homicides during operation at city motel
- Halton police investigating after one person shot in Burlington
- Police probe shooting in Jane and Finch neighbourhood in Toronto
- High risk traffic stop leads to drug and gun seizure
Aug 5, 2022
- No injuries in latest Halifax shootings
- Saskatoon police search for suspect in early morning shooting
- Drugs And Firearms Seized After Dispute In Lindsay
August 6, 2022
August 7, 2022
- Police investigating Saturday night shooting in downtown Bowmanville
- ‘I want to move out’: Police investigate River East shooting
- Two men injured in separate overnight shootings in Etobicoke, Scarborough
- Firearm used to kill three people in Montreal was illegally acquired police say
August 8, 2022
- One dead, one in critical condition after RCMP shooting in northern Alberta
- ‘Targeted’ shooting over weekend leaves Waterloo man with gunshot wounds: police
- Firearms seized during traffic stop in Mississauga, Peel police say
Aug 09, 2022
- Man shot at Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods Park, police say
- Man dead, another injured in west-end Toronto shooting, police say
- Busy Monday for Winnipeg police leads to three unrelated weapons arrests
August 10, 2022
August 11, 2022
- 15-year-old threatens teen on social media: police
- 7 suspects arrested after ‘targeted’ shooting at Thornhill hotel: police
- Drugs, money and weapons seized in search
Aug. 12, 2022
- One person dead after shooting at funeral for Toronto homicide victim
- Police searching for man, 31, wanted in connection with incident in St. John’s
- Man seriously injured after shooting in Toronto’s east end
- Brampton teen arrested in connection with murder of Toronto rapper Houdini in May 2020
- Man charged with weapon and drug offences following a checkstop
- Teen facing break and enter, weapon charges
- Four busted for drug trafficking after stolen vehicle pulled over
- Police seize firearms in pair of arrests
Aug 14, 2022
- Man dead after shooting in Vaughan, police appeal for witnesses
- Handgun seized during traffic stop in Brampton
- Airdrie RCMP Lay Charges In Suspicious Vehicle Complaint
- London, Hamilton police searching for wanted fugitive
Aug 15, 2022
Sources:
[i] https://christopherdiarmani.com/firearm-prohibition-order-violators/
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