RCMP seize all unsecured guns in Alberta town

[Barrister]

RCMP have said it was only for security, and that guns will be returned to their proper owners

So what is the objection?

The extent of the devastation is extreme.  This isnt merely a flood.  There are a lot of things the RCMP could be doing right now that doesnt entail all the work necessary to collect, store and return these guns.   I think it boils down to an efficient use of resources during this time of emergency.

They weren't entering the homes for the purpose of finding guns.  They were going into homes to search for people in need of help - and if they found unsecured guns they took them.

[Jacob]

They weren't entering the homes for the purpose of finding guns.  They were going into homes to search for people in need of help - and if they found unsecured guns they took them.

If that is how it happened, that seems innocuous enough to me assuming the guns are returned in a reasonable timeframe.

[crazy canuck]

They weren't entering the homes for the purpose of finding guns.  They were going into homes to search for people in need of help - and if they found unsecured guns they took them.

I wasnt suggesting they were.  But it takes time to gather, catalogue, store and then return those guns.

I think it really somes down to whether there is a risk that looters will take those guns.  If there is no such risk then what is the "security" issue?

[The Brain]

Owners of unsecured guns have broken the law and must be sent to gaol. Read your Machiavelli.

[Viking]

RCMP have said it was only for security, and that guns will be returned to their proper owners

So what is the objection?

That police went into private homes and seized private property.

And if they had found improperly stored explosives, radioactive materials, medicines, volatile organic compounds, strong acids or highly reactive chemicals?

[dps]

RCMP have said it was only for security, and that guns will be returned to their proper owners

So what is the objection?

That police went into private homes and seized private property.

And if they had found improperly stored explosives, radioactive materials, medicines, volatile organic compounds, strong acids or highly reactive chemicals?

I'll bet that some people, in hurriedly evacuating their homes, left at least plenty of medicines behind.  Volatile organic compounds, strong acids, and highly reactive chemicals are a reasonable possibility.  Improperly stored explosives seem less likely, and radioactive materials highly unlikely.

[Cecil]

Best thing to come out of the Alberta flooding is this.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2013/06/21/alberta-flood-cat-momo-swim-photos.html

I´m sure CdM agrees with me. 

[CountDeMoney]

lol, Momo looks like she had had enough of that shit.

[Cecil]

I like that last image when shes trying to turn the rescue worker into swiss cheese.

[The Brain]

RCMP have said it was only for security, and that guns will be returned to their proper owners

So what is the objection?

That police went into private homes and seized private property.

And if they had found improperly stored explosives, radioactive materials, medicines, volatile organic compounds, strong acids or highly reactive chemicals?

I'll bet that some people, in hurriedly evacuating their homes, left at least plenty of medicines behind.  Volatile organic compounds, strong acids, and highly reactive chemicals are a reasonable possibility.  Improperly stored explosives seem less likely, and radioactive materials highly unlikely.

Indeed. Any radioactive material was likely carried within the body of the person.

[Eddie Teach]

"She will crawl in the tub with [Kevan] or crawl in the shower with him, so that was probably a good thing that she's been around water a little bit," she said.

Dude, boundaries.

[Viking]

RCMP have said it was only for security, and that guns will be returned to their proper owners

So what is the objection?

That police went into private homes and seized private property.

And if they had found improperly stored explosives, radioactive materials, medicines, volatile organic compounds, strong acids or highly reactive chemicals?

I'll bet that some people, in hurriedly evacuating their homes, left at least plenty of medicines behind.  Volatile organic compounds, strong acids, and highly reactive chemicals are a reasonable possibility.  Improperly stored explosives seem less likely, and radioactive materials highly unlikely.

I was just listing materials which require specific kinds of storage, like apparently guns in alberta do. The radioactives and explosives are much more likely at a workplace, obviously. Still the point remains. Are guns a specific case or is it general or all materials requiring specific storage procedures.

[Admiral Yi]

It seems pretty innocuous to me.

Course if they run any checks and prosecute/confiscate, it becomes more nocuous.