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[glorybebe]

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Police responded to a 911 call just after 12:30 a.m.
When they arrived, the suspects were gone and 22-year-old Ibrahim Abukar was found dead. He was alleged to have broken into the home along with the two other men.

http://www.cbc.ca/ne...a-shooting.html

I wonder if the owner(s) will be charged with anything?

[Wickian]

Well the guy has a wife, 2 kids, a tenant and was invaded by 3 burglars.  I think shooting one down is a reasonable deterrent to scare the others off.

One less criminal is the world to rob someone others in the future.

[and then]

What are the gun ownership laws in Canada?  If they had legal firearms I can't imagine not being able to defend one's life in a home invasion.

[Hasina]

Intruder shot dead during home invasion? There are news stories out there with no bad endings~ Hope the home owner doesn't get in trouble though.

[Babe Ruth]

It's always good to read a story like this.

[Lilly]

Let's recap this: Armed criminals break into a man's home and the home owner is able to shoot one sending the others fleeing.

Sounds like a very good outcome IMO. We could be reading about an entire family being slaughtered. Criminals choose their behaviour, people defending themselves are forced to act.

[Rafterman]

He shouldn't, but you never know with the Canadian legal system.

[DieChecker]

Sounds like the exact description of what is supposed to happen due to homeowner gun ownership.

[JGirl]

glorybebe, on 09 December 2012 - 03:26 AM, said:

http://www.cbc.ca/ne...a-shooting.html

I wonder if the owner(s) will be charged with anything?

it doesn't say who shot the guy. if the two intruders were the armed men it would follow that they shot him in the scuffle. if the homeowner was armed, and the bullet came from his gun they would have to figure out if indeed there was a scuffle or if the homeowner just shot the guy and the other two took off or what.

[JGirl]

and then, on 09 December 2012 - 04:35 AM, said:

What are the gun ownership laws in Canada?  If they had legal firearms I can't imagine not being able to defend one's life in a home invasion.

i'm, not up on the actual laws pertaining to this but i do know that it's not a simple matter here if you shoot an intruder as it might be in places in the usa.
your guns have to be locked up at all times when not in use so it's  not like we all have a gun in the bedside table on the ready. it would be more likely a baseball bat or a tire iron under the bed

[Bavarian Raven]

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your guns have to be locked up at all times when not in use so it's  not like we all have a gun in the bedside [color=#009900 !important][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif !important][background=transparent !important]table[/background][/font][/color] on the ready

technically all you need is a trigger lock on your gun (if its non-restricted - ie, most rifles and shotguns). and trigger locks take about three seconds to remove, depending on how close the key is to your hand and then it would simply depend on how quick the man can load it... so...

Edited by Bavarian Raven, 09 December 2012 - 09:55 PM.

[CRIPTIC CHAMELEON]

I don't condone killing people but if an armed assailant breaks into my home I wouldn't think twice abut saving my family and friends.  

[JGirl]

Bavarian Raven, on 09 December 2012 - 09:54 PM, said:

technically all you need is a trigger lock on your gun (if its non-restricted - ie, most rifles and shotguns). and trigger locks take about three seconds to remove, depending on how close the key is to your hand and then it would simply depend on how quick the man can load it... so...

i remember there being more restrictions on it that just a trigger lock. they couldn't be stored in an unlocked area. my ex had many firearms and those that weren't in a safe had to be in an inaccessible room (meaning locked)
edit to say, it  could be the handguns specifically i'm referring to - sorry didn't register that you were talking about rifles/shotguns
also, if i remember correctly the ammunition cannot be stored in the same place as the firearm

Edited by JGirl, 09 December 2012 - 10:44 PM.

[Bavarian Raven]

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i remember there being more restrictions on it that just a trigger lock. they couldn't be stored in an unlocked area. my ex had many firearms and those that weren't in a safe had to be in an inaccessible room (meaning locked)
edit to say, it  could be the handguns specifically i'm referring to - sorry didn't register that you were talking about rifles/shotguns
also, if i remember correctly the ammunition cannot be stored in the same place as the firearm

When it comes to restricted firearms (in canada), its a whole different ball park. but unrestricted like most rifles and shotguns, all you need is a trigger lock (or something akin to it), and its all good.   (well, unless you were the thieves in this story, then its not all good ). Guns laws for rifles and shotguns are not that strict in Canada (not that I am complaining ).

[JGirl]

Bavarian Raven, on 09 December 2012 - 11:16 PM, said:

When it comes to restricted firearms (in canada), its a whole different ball park. but unrestricted like most rifles and shotguns, all you need is a trigger lock (or something akin to it), and its all good.   (well, unless you were the thieves in this story, then its not all good ). Guns laws for rifles and shotguns are not that strict in Canada (not that I am complaining ).

most of my ex's collection were handguns which is probably why i wasn't aware of the different laws on rifles etc. thanks