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Veteran defies Canadian gun law. (Insider Report).(Oscar Lacombe)
On January 1st, 74-year-old Oscar Lacombe, a 27-year veteran of the Canadian military and lifetime honorary sergeant-at-arms for the Alberta legislature, "strode onto the Alberta Legislature grounds carrying a rifle," recounted the January 20th issue of The Report. The bolt had been removed from the old Mark VII rifle, and the gun had been carefully wrapped in plastic.
Wearing a fringed buckskin jacket adorned with a chest full of war medals, Lacombe explained to the assembled press and public that he refused to comply with Canada's new gun registration law, which dictates fines of $2,000 or six months in jail for noncompliance. "I'm the guy the government spent a billion dollars to catch," declared the well-loved and much-honored public servant. "If the government believes in its ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Veteran defies Canadian gun law. (Insider Report).(Oscar Lacombe)