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As a mother who has raised hunters, a main gun safety rule has always been ‘never, ever point a gun at a person.’
Yesterday the RCMP pointed four high powered weapons at one of my sons who had left our home to go hunting with his gun and gear slung on his back.
As a mother who has raised hunters, a main gun safety rule has always been ‘never, ever point a gun at a person.’
Yesterday the RCMP pointed four high powered weapons at one of my sons who had left our home to go hunting with his gun and gear slung on his back.
The Nunavut Agreement recognizes that Inuit are traditional and current users of wildlife and the legal rights of Inuit to harvest wildlife flow from our traditional and current use.
This means that people are going to move through the community with guns on their backs
This means that people are going to move through the community with guns on their backs
People carrying guns are extremely common in the areas of the beaches, causeway and breakwater as they access the ocean, our highway to wildlife.
Someone had just left my neighbour’s with a gun.
Responsible gun owners remove the bolts when transporting, which my son did.
Someone had just left my neighbour’s with a gun.
Responsible gun owners remove the bolts when transporting, which my son did.
First the RCMP claimed that there were reports of my son pointing his rifle at people in this “exact area”
It was only after several q’s from me that it whittled down to “he matches the description. The person was wearing camo pants, which everyone here does”
BTW It was at DJ’s
It was only after several q’s from me that it whittled down to “he matches the description. The person was wearing camo pants, which everyone here does”
BTW It was at DJ’s
My beautiful son just happened to have the misfortune of walking out of our home at the wrong time.
He was calm and compliant, and was allowed to leave in time to catch his boat before the tide went out.
He was calm and compliant, and was allowed to leave in time to catch his boat before the tide went out.
I can’t even begin to describe how terrifying it was to see these people point their guns at my child.
There has to be a better way than this. Not everyone can remain calm in this situation, and this is why people die.
Pointing guns at people shouldn’t be the go to.
There has to be a better way than this. Not everyone can remain calm in this situation, and this is why people die.
Pointing guns at people shouldn’t be the go to.
At 16, I watched my grandfather talk to a man with a gun for over an hour while my grandmother freaked out.
Ataatak went w/o a weapon, waived the RCMP off, &just sat and talked until the man handed his rifle over.
Ten or 15 minutes later, it was over.
Not a single gun pointed.
Ataatak went w/o a weapon, waived the RCMP off, &just sat and talked until the man handed his rifle over.
Ten or 15 minutes later, it was over.
Not a single gun pointed.
The officer that I interacted with suggested to me that it might not have gone down the way it did if my son had been using a rifle case.
I don’t know if there’s any truth to that, but I recommend that to all my hunter friends & mutuals going forward.
I don’t know if there’s any truth to that, but I recommend that to all my hunter friends & mutuals going forward.
Ashevak said that he walked out the door and within about 15 seconds the RCMP drew their high powered weapons in him.
