I don't think you're gonna see a lot of loonie-pinching on this particular investigation.
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Resources?
You get some people to go his house and you have others that check out the gun.
It really isn't something where you are dealing with strict limits on resources here.
Harper has guards outside his bedroom 24/7 now.
There are finite number of police officers. If you assign some to search for the source of the gun, you will take them off going to visit his associates and his mosque.
The fact of the matter remains that you should seek out a team of investigators both forensic and criminal to find out how it is you can function without a brain.
Ottawa shooting: Cpl. Nathan Cirillo's body going home to Hamilton today
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Grasping? Like you wondering why they can't track a potentially 120 year old rifle?
You should really not speak on subjects of which you know nothing.
Yes, the firearm would have a serial number. A number is engraved on the gun. If you write to Winchester, they can tell you what year it was made. That's it. Other than that, ziltch. The serial number is in no way tied to the owner, not since we zapped the LGR.
Not only is that rifle legal, it is one of the more ubiquitous hunting rifles in Canada. As part of their investigation, police will try to trace the gun using an existing serial number, Friedman noted, but the most likely explanation for Zehaf Bibeau’s possession of the gun is that he purchased it on the black market or stole it from its original owner. If it’s the latter, the legal owner could face charges if he or she knew the gun had been taken and failed to report it to police.
The fact that the weapon was a rifle has quickly drawn attention to Canada’s now-defunct long-gun registry. The registry, created in 1995, was hailed as an essential tracking and investigative tool by police and victims’ groups, and was accessed more than 17,000 times a day in 2011. Canada’s Coalition for Gun Control, which fought hard against the abolition of the registry in 2012, said Thursday that “it’s too early for us to comment on (the Ottawa attack) as no information has been confirmed on how the gun came into (Zehaf Bibeau’s) possession.”
But according to Friedman, for anyone to suggest that the registry could have prevented the brazen shooting is “absurd.” It was, he argued, mainly an investigative tool that helped “pick up some of the pieces afterward.”
Suspect’s past would have prevented gun ownership: expert | Montreal Gazette
The fact that the weapon was a rifle has quickly drawn attention to Canada’s now-defunct long-gun registry. The registry, created in 1995, was hailed as an essential tracking and investigative tool by police and victims’ groups, and was accessed more than 17,000 times a day in 2011. Canada’s Coalition for Gun Control, which fought hard against the abolition of the registry in 2012, said Thursday that “it’s too early for us to comment on (the Ottawa attack) as no information has been confirmed on how the gun came into (Zehaf Bibeau’s) possession.”
But according to Friedman, for anyone to suggest that the registry could have prevented the brazen shooting is “absurd.” It was, he argued, mainly an investigative tool that helped “pick up some of the pieces afterward.”
Suspect’s past would have prevented gun ownership: expert | Montreal Gazette
Well. . .
With the serial number, Winchester's records should show which gun shop they sent it to. Then the gun shop may have records showing whom they sold it to. It's far from a certainty, but that's how the investigation game goes.
It would be understandable if it had been a fully automatic firearm, which might mean an organized occurrence....but a lever action firearm, or a car or an axe is more of a lone wolf {pardon the pun) thing....as long as it's not the main focus of the investigation...
Thanx Locutus. I won't be able to make it to the 401 in time today in Toronto so this gave me a chance to see it. Quite moving actually. And without idiot commentary. Heard the crowd singing Oh Canada uninterupted.
Really? My 1894 was bought from T Eaton company in 1915. Would they still have records?
They probably wouldn't, if one is so obtuse as to think that since his 1894 was bought in 1915, therefore all 1894s must have been bought in 1915.
I am sure T Eaton has maticulous records. They are stored in the basement of Sears main office.
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