Editorial

There is no other way to adequately describe his circumstances. Bruce has been protesting the onerous and draconian Firearms Act for years. He spent two months last year crossing the country challenging the police in each Province to charge him under the Firearms Act. He has been extremely vocal and critical of their refusal to do so in each such instance. But somehow, despite all of these occasions where he could have been charged, the Powers That Be have seen fit to conduct a lengthy, multi-jurisdictional "investigation", issued arrest warrants, made a high profile public takedown, conducted a two day search of his residence, and held him over for a bail hearing for a week. Any drug dealer or real criminal would have been released on a Promise to Appear. Why the special treatment?

The only explanation is that at some level of governmental bureaucracy, Bruce Montague is being used to make a political statement. It's not like Bruce has committed any real crime - he hasn't harmed anyone. He hasn't used his guns to hold someone up, or murder someone. This is a politically incorrect "paper crime" only. This is the perfect illustration of the growing trend of using police as "law enforcement" government agents, rather than "peace officers" dedicated to keeping the public peace. Real crimes against people and property affect the public peace, whereas paper crimes are simply a reflection of the politcially correct social re-engineering process. Those who commit such "crimes" are simply refusing to toe the line that the Government tries to get away with imposing upon us - stripping us of our rights in the process.

Bruce Montague should be released immediately and all these non-crime charges against him should be dropped.

Yours in Liberty,

Bruce, Hamilton Ontario

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