Once again, our right to self-defense is under attack by the Province of Ontario

In March of this year, Ontario’s crown prosecutors persecuted Ian Thompson of Welland for the crime of defending himself against multiple armed attackers who assaulted his house in the wee hours of the morning. Mr. Thompson’s sin was that he used a gun to defend himself and his property (which was being firebombed). I wrote about it here and here. The result was a legal nightmare for Ian Thompson, that I had thought he had won, thanks to public pressure that gun rights activists had brought to bear on this case.

But I now hear from Mr. Thompson’s lawyer, Ed Burlew, that the persecution still lingers to this day. According to Mr. Burlew, “The charges of weapons dangerous and careless use were dropped. However, the crown is still prosecuting Mr. Thompson on the charges of careless storage of the firearms and a two-day trial is scheduled for January 30 and 31.”

If you know anything about Canadian gun law in, you will know that careless storage is the catchall charge that the cops use to go after gun owners if they want to get them when they haven’t done anything wrong. Any reasonable prosecutor would have dropped the matter completely when the careless use charges were dropped. Of course, any reasonable prosecutor would not have pursued this outrageous matter in the first place. What is happening is that an obstinate persecutor is going after Mr. Thompson out of spite.

His lawyer, Ed Burlew, is appealing for donations again, as Mr. Thompson is (or was) unemployed and is therefore not wealthy. I have mailed in my cheque. To see how you can help Mr. Thompson (and help protect our right to defend ourselves), please call Ed Burlew’s office at 905-882-2422.

 

Comments

[Alain]

People are really getting fed up with this upside down justice; charge the victim instead of the offenders. I feel so sorry for the poor man having to go through all this, to say nothing of the expense for him both financial and otherwise.

[Andrew E]

I have posted this on Canadiangunnutz.com, a lot of people there are following and helping support Mr. thompson.

[Cincinnatus]

Thanks Andrew!

[AMS]

Well, I may be a liberal but I'm glad the government so far has not gotten a conviction.

Hopefully the storage charge will amount to nothing as well.

I went and found the story on the National Post and it suggested that court is there to allow people to explain their actions... which is not right either.

The court is there to prosecute criminals -- not to ensure that people are too scared of repercussions to wield a weapon in defense of life and property.

[Roy Elsworth]

if I had the money I would help why can't this guy write to his MP or to the conservative mp closest to his riding or even to the pm maybe they can do something. if they wanna accuse our conservatives of being dictators then give the courts a dictator.

[Dennis]

RP'ed on the GOR blog as well. Let's see if we can get the cash moving his way! BTW: anyone know if there's a PayPal acct we can send to?

[William in Ajax]

Mr Thompson should refuse to comply, announce he doesn't recognize the judges authority to regulate his storing of his personal property in regards to his personal protection.

Refuse to pay any fines, let go his lawyer and demand his trial be held in (plain-english) so he can defend himself, say fine me and I will not pay any fine, become a occupier, refuse, refuse, refuse to co-operate, whats needed is national exposure of the states denying Mr. Thompson his GOD-GIVEN right to self defense, regardless of what the anti-gun fascists say..!

Tell them to F**k Off in court, then lets see the MsM ignore this travesty.
We have to copy the tactics of the left when our rights are threatened by the state.
It's the only method of protest recognized by Liberals.