jonasdry

What camera are you using and how do you rig it up?

My belief is that we should be able to own and use anything that we can own and use responsibly. Until the time an individual is shown not to be a responsible owner/user of anything it should not be taken away. Almost anything can be used as a weapon but there is only one object that people focus on, firearms. In terms of casualties, firearms aren't at the top of the list of items. If people really cared about reducing harm to people they would focus on the top of the list items, but they don't. They would also focus on the reason's for such events, but they don't. There are very passionate people on both sides of the debate unfortunately what has been seen can never be unseen. An average handi-person (get it, haha) can build a firearm in their garage with common tools meaning you cannot simply ban firearms. Where there is a will there is a way. The anti-firearm crowd doesn't seem to understand this and doesn't understand it is impossible to get rid of all guns entirely. The pro-gun crowd understands this and believe as long as criminals have access to firearms they should have the right to have ones to defend themselves if need be. I am a firearms guy and I have stated as soon as the government can guarantee 100% without a doubt a criminal will never use a firearm on me, I will give up mine. Until then, I will keep my guns thank you. I use my guns for a lot of hunting, target shooting and competition so they aren't just sitting around while I am being paranoid, they are being used for 100% legit and recreational purposes but I can assure you if someone ever does break into my house I can have them out of a safe in a matter of seconds.

You have data to prove this? or is this just a made up number?

You realize that an AR15 is just a semi-automatic rifle right? No different in function than any other semi-auto other than the fact it's black and mean looking. You also realize that the 30 round magazine is a standard capacity that has been available since it's inception and is not "high capacity". If you can't agree that access to firearms has been made tougher, even in the USA over the last 20 years you are misinformed. In the past, there were no background checks of any type, there were no functional limitations, there were no barrel length limitations, there were no magazine capacity limitations. A person could simply walk into a store and buy an AR15. While they can still do that for the most part there is a lot more awareness by both store employees and the government in the form of transaction checking and other indirect monitoring processes. While yes, the price may have gone down, the actual process of buying one has not stayed as easy and transparent as it used to be.

The thing is, these mass murders have only been happening for the last 20-25 years or so. Firearms laws have become more strict, even in the USA over the last 25 years. You can't blame the firearm for what is happening because if it was the fault of the firearm these things would have been happening more frequently in the past and less frequently more recently because of tighter restrictions. Something else has happened in society over the last 25 years that is causing these events to increase. Let's discuss the changes in society that might be the actual cause of all this.

A single can is a lot different than a bag/box full of empties.

Any open alcohol container is probable grounds. If you weren't drinking it then, you most certainly did at some point. Speaks to character and behaviour in the eyes of an LEO. Obviously someone at some point had open alcohol in that vehicle regardless of how you want to justify it. If an LEO asks to look through my vehicle I simply ask them what was the reason you pulled me over for and what are you looking for in regards to the reason you pulled me over. That ends the search request in a real polite manner. They cannot search you for anything not directly related to why you were stopped and they cannot stop you without probable cause. If you get pulled over for a moving violation and they ask you to look through your vehicle and you consent, anything is fair game at that point. If you get pulled over for a moving violation and they search your vehicle without your consent, anything they find will end up being inadmissible in court. Feel free to not exercise your rights but you should know more than anyone based on your beer can experience, it's not worth the aggravation and possible consequences to voluntarily allow an LEO to search. You have to realise their only purpose of a search is to find a law infraction and charge you. They don't search to see what cool new lure you have or how nicely you vacuumed your vehicle out. Nothing good can possibly come from a search, especially a voluntary search.

Here's the thing... The more people who don't understand the law and their charters rights and voluntarily allow LEO's to perform otherwise illegal searches, the more LEO's are going to feel they have the right to perform illegal searches. I have no issue at all with cooperating with LEO's but the fact that a single small infraction can and will lead to escalations in both attitude and further searches/detainment is why people need to understand their rights as Canadian citizens. The single piece of fish, the empty beer can examples are all examples of people not exercising their rights that have led to escalations. The comparison of a beer can in a boat versus being on a highway in a car has no bearing as the law is in regards to "operation of a motor vehicle". In the eyes of the law, a car, atv, boat, airplane are all the same. Learn and exercise your rights. Be polite and respectful at all times and you will generally have positive experiences with any LEO that you encounter. If the LEO is an arse, you have recourse after any escalation provided you know your rights. If an LEO searches you without probable cause and does find something the likelihood of a conviction is very low.

They are fishing for suckers who don't know their own charter rights. People who think they are required to stop and be checked but don't realise there is no legal requirement for them to do so. Edit: reasonable grounds, if you really don't know is the some sort of evidence that you have violated a law. Does towing a boat seem like evidence that you have broken a law? That would be much akin to saying you may be a rapist because you have a tally-whacker. Doesn't work now does it?

Part 2 of that law which allows a CO to stop someone is in direct reference to part 1 where the CO has reasonable grounds to inspect someone. That is why it is part 2 and not part 1. The CO has to have reasonable grounds to inspect you at which point they can use part 2 to stop you. They can't stop you for an arbitrary reason and then decide to inspect you to "fish" for an offense. Bear in mind, no law can supersede your charter rights. Your charter rights can not be infringed by the government or any law they enact. So once again fishermccann, an LEO does not have a "right" to stop you or inspect you without reasonable grounds to do so for a fish and wildlife violation. If you choose to voluntarily stop and voluntarily be searched, giving up your basic rights, that is your choice but you are not required by law to do so. When I have passed a checkpoint with my boat I have never been chased or stopped. If I am chased and stopped and have to explain my right to not be arbitrarily detained or searched it will be a bad day for that officer.

Post 103 includes section 89: Reasonable grounds... key words right there. They must believe you may be breaking a law in order to inspect you. The simple fact of towing a boat, or having fishing gear or fishing stickers or anything of the type is not "reasonable grounds". If they or someone "saw" you doing something wrong and reported it, that is reasonable grounds. Simply driving with a boat in tow is 100% arbitrary. Checking for a license is 100% permissible because while you are fishing you are required by law to have a fishing license. Never during a license check are you being searched or detained. If the CO notices something illegal while they are doing the license check, now they have reasonable grounds for detainment and search/seizure.

Section 9 of the Canadian Charter of Rights states "Everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned." which means that without suspicion of committing a crime you cannot be held. Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights states "Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure." which means that without suspicion of committing a crime you cannot be searched. Your statement that an LEO has a right to check anything without reasonable grounds to suspect you of committing a crime is spreading misinformation and falsehoods.