Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:35 pm by MacGyver101
There's a lot of anti-gun bias in the media up here... and I'm among the first to complain when I read the typical Canadian media reports about "man arrested with .22-calibre bolt-action military assault rifle and hidden cache of 50 rounds of ammunition!!!!"... but, having looked into this particular story a bit more, it may not be have been the stupid knee-jerk reaction to some kid's drawing that it first seems.
The young kid claimed her Dad had a "real gun" that she, her siblings and their friends had found and played with. The school interviewed the older sibling and several other students, and they all claimed it was a real gun they were playing with. Once the police got involved, they noted that the Dad had a history of violence, a criminal record, and had done time on an assault conviction.
Given all that, I'm actually okay that the police were contacted. I think the police were wrong in actually arresting the guy, instead of simply questioning him... but, given the information the school had, I can't really fault the teachers.