Editorial

On January 1, 2003, Bruce Montague was one of 10 individuals standing on Ottawa's Parliament Hill demanding he be arrested for violating the Firearms Act.

Since that time Montague and others have publicly and consistently demonstrated against the Firearms Act. The government has steadfastly ignored their demands to be charged for publicly violating that Act.

The absurdity of an "investigation" and "search" of his home is beyond description. Bruce Montague would have welcomed the "inspectors" into his home and gunsmithing business at any time. He would have happily showed them where each unregistered and unlicensed firearm lay.

This prosecution (persecution, if you prefer) proves only one thing. The government does NOT like looking bad. Or being made to look bad. So they have to prove a point. They toss Bruce in jail, arrest and threaten his wife, then spend 36 hours searching the Montague family home.

Bruce Montague is hardly a "flight risk", yet he sits in a jail cell awaiting a bail hearing despite the fact his only "crime" is one Ottawa manufactured.

No, Bruce Montague sits in jail because of his political beliefs. The government is doing its utmost to "silence dissent" on its fatally flawed Firearms Act. We good citizens of this nation cannot allow this to continue.

Amazingly, the Canadian government publicly and vehemently decries it when other nations treating their citizens in this manner.

Apparently, the Canadian Government's hypocrisy knows no bounds.

Christopher di Armani is based in Lytton, BC. He can be contacted at

christopher@diArmani.com

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