A truck convoy of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators block a highway at the busy border crossing in Coutts, Alta., in a file photo from Feb. 2, 2022. On Friday, the final report of the Public Order Emergency Commission was tabled in the House of Commons.
Defence suggests some of the guns seized from Coutts border blockade used for hunting | CBC News LoadedA defence lawyer for one of two men accused of conspiracy to commit murder at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., has suggested some of the guns seized by police were rifles used for hunting small game.
Beyak said some of the weapons were small calibre rifles that fire the same ammunition. She produced a chart listing bullets and said the rifles would normally be used for hunting small game. "I'm going to suggest to you that different calibres of cartridge are used for carrying out different purposes," said Beyak."For example what this chart would seem to suggest is that .22- and .223-calibre ammunition is generally for either small game or varmints," she said.Hui testified that among the seized weapons was a prohibited semi-automatic AR-15 rifle and several restricted .45-calibre semi-automatic handguns.
"Generally speaking ... it's a relatively larger type of calibre in comparison to what I normally see in hunting rifles," Hui said. "With the larger calibre, you typically have the ability to fire at a larger range."The blockade tied up traffic for two weeks at the busy Canada-U.S. border crossing in a protest of COVID-19 measures and vaccine mandates.
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