Canadians Outraged After Flooding Prompts Involuntary Firearm Confiscation

By Aaron Spuler | June 28, 2013 |

Canadians in the High River area of Alberta – many already “irate” at not being able to return to their homes after massive flooding last week – were shocked to learn late Thursday that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have seized a “large quantity of firearms” from their evacuated houses.

RCMP Sergeant Patricia Neely said that “Firearms that were unsafely stored in plain sight were seized for safekeeping,” but Sgt. Brian Topham told the National Post that officers forced their way into many of the homes because of “urgent need.”

“We just want to make sure that all of those things are in a spot that we control, simply because of what they are,” Sgt. Topham said. “People have a significant amount of money invested in firearms … so we put them in a place that we control and that they’re safe.”

They will be returned to residents with proof of ownership after the evacuation order — which is now into its eighth day — is lifted, authorities say.

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1 Comments

  1. Bobby on June 29, 2013 at 11:26 am

    I understand that the residents were outraged and that several of them actually stamped their feet. Many others cancelled the newspaper subscriptions and a couple ground their fists into their palms in anger. RCMP better watch out.