Letter: Why wasn't he in jail? (Canada)

Letter: Why wasn't he in jail?
Date: Jul 19, 2006 11:32 AM
PUBLICATION: The Whitehorse Star
DATE: 2006.07.18
SECTION: Opinion
PAGE: 7
COLUMN: Letters to the editor
WORD COUNT: 157

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Why wasn't he in jail?

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Let's see, now: Curtis Alfred Dagenais was convicted in 1999 of
threatening to kill a highway traffic officer. A 10-year firearms
prohibition would still be in effect today.

In 2000, he was convicted again, this time of threating to cause "bodily
harm" of another highway traffic officer.

In 2004, he was convicted again, this time for assaulting one of the
same highway traffic officers, and for obstruction of justice.

Even a five-year firearms prohibition would still be in effect, but one
would think after this litany of violent behaviour, he'd have a lifetime
ban placed on him by the courts.

Even without a prohibition on conviction, the mere act of threatening
someone would be sufficient grounds for its own "public safety"
prohibition hearing - assuming that Dagenais was a licensed gun owner.

So, the question is not only how did he get his hands on a gun with
which he is accused of shooting the two RCMP constables, it should also
be why the heck hadn't he already been put in jail for a long, long
time?

Bruce N. Mills
Dundas, Ont.




The Second Amendment IS Homeland Security !