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on February 13, 2015 in World News

RCMP unlawfully seized guns during Alberta floods

RCMP unlawfully seized guns during Alberta floods: Report Failed to comply with legal requirements concerning the seizure of firearms Conclusions by a police watchdog that Mounties broke the law in seizing several firearms in flood-ravaged High River, Atla., are pointless unless those responsible are charged, one impacted gun owner said Thursday. The RCMP Citizen Review Complaints Commission found the force was justified in seizing most of the 609 guns they grabbed from homes during the June, 2013, flood, but concluded officers went beyond the law in several cases. “While RCMP members, acting on their own initiative and with little guidance,… View Article

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