The piece I saw stated the .300 had been stolen 4 months before.........which makes more sense to me, as it was illegally possessed by Henessey, as he was not the person it was registered to........
Unless Henessey had a firearms license, which I doubt.
And it was not used in the murders.........
Once again, the registry was useless. The .300 had no bearing on the murder of the Mounties.....it would have happened anyway, as Rozsko used the unregistered H&K rifle, NOT the .300....as for Henessey and Cheeseman, their convictions rested on the fact they aided Roszko in his return to the farm, knowing he was armed and outraged at the RCMP.
The registry had no bearing, before or after.
And the first article misidentifies a Beretta 9mm as a "Luger".
The weapon was registered as per the evidence - They gave it to Roszko - wiped down for prints etc - They then talked about reporting the weapon given to Roszco which was their grandfaters as stolen - So it had to be registered - It led to the 2 of them and the sting that followed.
Mr. Hennessey wiped down the rifle, and then handed the Winchester .300 Magnum rifle and a box of .300 Magnum ammunition over to Roszko;
Mr. Cheeseman provided Roszko with a pillow case, and some gloves from the basement of his residence, and placed the rifle in the pillow case. These articles were later seized as evidence at the scene of the four murders, along with a bed sheet, Bear Spray and a bottle of water;
Shawn Hennessey and his mother Sandy Hennessey discussed the fact that the Winchester.300 Magnum rifle was registered to Shawn’s grandfather, John Hennessey. The senior Hennessey was quite sure that it was his own suggestion that they all “story” to the police the notion that the rifle had been stolen from the back of John Hennessey’s welding truck;
Hennessey, meanwhile, was driving home from a business meeting in Edmonton when he heard the news on the radio: four Mounties down.
His thoughts went to the Winchester. He talked to his mother and grandfather, John Hennessey. He knew police could trace the gun and that soon they would be coming after him. At John's suggestion, they concocted a plan to say the gun had been stolen earlier from John's welding truck.
A few other should be in jail along side these 2 murderers.