Ian Thomson moved to a rural homestead in Southwestern Ontario to lead a quiet life investing in a little fixer-upper. Then his neighbour’s chickens began showing up on his property. He warned his neighbour, then killed one of the birds.
The incident began six years of trouble for Mr. Thomson that culminated early one Sunday morning last August when the 53-year-old former mobile-crane operator woke up to the sound of three masked men firebombing his Port Colborne, Ont., home.
“I was horrified,” he said. “I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t know what was happening. I had no idea what was going on.”
So Mr. Thomson, a former firearms instructor, grabbed one of his Smith & Wesson revolvers from his safe, loaded it and headed outside dressed in only his underwear.
“He exited his house and fired his revolver two, maybe three times, we’re not sure. Then these firebombing culprits, they ran off,” said his lawyer, Edward Burlew.
His surveillance cameras caught the attackers lobbing at least six Molotov cocktails at his house and bombing his doghouse, singeing one of his Siberian Huskies. But when Mr. Thomson handed the video footage to Niagara Regional Police, he found himself charged with careless use of a firearm.
The local Crown attorney’s office later laid a charge of pointing a firearm, along with two counts of careless storage of a firearm. The Crown has recommended Mr. Thomson go to jail, his lawyer said.
His collection of seven guns, five pistols and two rifles was seized, along with his firearms licence. Mr. Thomson said he lives in fear that his attackers will return and has taken to arming himself with a fire extinguisher.
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I knew someone who decked a 16yo who was assaulting the guys grandfather, the dude was 24 and was charged with assault of a minor.
A large group ranging from 11 to 20 assaulted 3 guys walking home. Since one of the guys tried to fight his way out and defend his mates the police said he would be charged for assault of a minor if he pressed charges against them. That was a simple case of crime statistic fixing in the area. Luckily the local business association said they would step in, pay his legal costs & give it publicity. They dropped the threat.
I'm not even gonna mention those who tried to defend their property with firearms and had criminal charges placed upon them. The list is just to long.
Fuck the Crown.
FUCK THE POLICE
Srsly.
After giving the customers contact details. he tried contacting him and no reply. I eventually showed the pig where I picked the car up from & his flat mate was there. His flat mate explained to this dumbassed pig. "The car was stolen 3mnths ago from the car park up the road but they didn't get far on it because of the lack of gas in the tank." The owner notified the police of it's recovery so it didn't remain in the system. I told them they were incompetent assholes and they should do their fuckin job properly.
A week later I get a ticket for driving a vehicle not displaying a current "WOF" Fuckyou was first thing that came to mind so I challenged it in court & won.
As a mechanic I was setting it up for a WOF but the prosecutor argued the point I should have used a tow truck.
Then my lawyer showed me the cops statement & there was no mention of a stolen vehicle check at all. So I told my lawyer to tell the prosecutor if he didn't do something about it I would mention the police incompetence. They dropped it instantly.
They go out of their way to make the victim feel like crim....That sux bro.
It doesn't work that way in the first world bro.
"Ian Thomson moved to a rural homestead in Southwestern Ontario to lead a quiet life investing in a little fixer-upper. Then his neighbor's chickens began showing up on his property. He warned his neighbor, then killed one of the birds.
The incident began six years of trouble for Mr. Thomson that culminated early one Sunday morning last August when the 53-year-old former mobile-crane operator woke up to the sound of three masked men firebombing his Port Colborne, Ont., home.
“I was horrified,” he said. “I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t know what was happening. I had no idea what was going on.”
So Mr. Thomson, a former firearms instructor, grabbed one of his Smith & Wesson revolvers from his safe, loaded it and headed outside dressed in only his underwear.
“He exited his house and fired his revolver two, maybe three times, we’re not sure. Then these firebombing culprits, they ran off,” said his lawyer, Edward Burlew.
His surveillance cameras caught the attackers lobbing at least six Molotov cocktails at his house and bombing his doghouse, singeing one of his Siberian Huskies. But when Mr. Thomson handed the video footage to Niagara Regional Police, he found himself charged with careless use of a firearm.
The local Crown attorney’s office later laid a charge of pointing a firearm, along with two counts of careless storage of a firearm. The Crown has recommended Mr. Thomson go to jail, his lawyer said.
His collection of seven guns, five pistols and two rifles was seized, along with his firearms license. Mr. Thomson said he lives in fear that his attackers will return and has taken to arming himself with a fire extinguisher.
“I don’t have enemies,” said the soft-spoken man, who now studies environmental geosciences full-time at Brock University after being injured in a workplace accident. “I don’t know that many people. I’m a quiet man. I just want to go back to my life and be able to live out my days in relative peace.”
Mr. Thomson’s is the latest in a series of high-profile cases in which people have been charged after defending their homes and businesses against criminals. Central Alberta farmer Brian Knight became a local hero after shooting a thief who was trying to steal his ATV. He pleaded guilty to criminal negligence earlier this month. In October, Toronto shopkeeper David Chen was acquitted of forcible confinement charges after he tied up a repeat shoplifter and demanded he stop raiding his grocery store.
Their cases are renewing calls for Canada to introduce a version of the “Castle Doctrine” found in many U.S. states, which allows citizens to defend their property with force."
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