Many guns seized at Coutts border blockade are used for hunting: defence

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Many guns seized at Coutts border blockade are used for hunting: defence
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A defence lawyer for one of two men accused of conspiracy to commit murder at the border blockade at Coutts has suggested many of the guns seized are rifles used for hunting.

Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.A defence lawyer for one of two men accused of conspiracy to commit murder at the border blockade at Coutts , Alta., has suggested many of the guns seized by police are rifles used for hunting small game.A defence lawyer for one of two men accused of conspiracy to commit murder at the border blockade at Coutts , Alta.

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.The trial has heard that among the seized weapons was a prohibited semi-automatic AR-15 rifle and several restricted .45-calibre semi-automatic handguns. Olienick and Carbert are also charged with mischief and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and Olienick faces a further charge of being in possession of a pipe bomb.

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