Anyone going down to support that poor kid who shot the thief by okotoks?

Wolfeman · #1 03-07-2018, 11:50 PM

http://calgarysun.com/opinion/column...ime=1520424967

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JeanCretien · #2 03-08-2018, 05:50 AM

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http://calgarysun.com/opinion/column...ime=1520424967

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Live too far to get there but I sent them some cash. I'm sure a counter support group will be well funded if this grows any legs.

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Big pete · #3 03-08-2018, 08:43 PM

Unfortunately I’m unable to attend....I know Cory personally and he is a stand up guy good on him for his support

Warrior · #4 03-08-2018, 08:49 PM

Work is in the way.... Sorry.... Wish I could be there.

Little red riding hood · #5 03-08-2018, 10:19 PM

I'd gladly go, but I'm in fort Nelson! It's a bit of a drive for me.

whiteout · #6 03-09-2018, 09:05 AM

How was the turnout?

There is apparently a fund set up at TD Bank to help pay the legal bills, does anyone have details on this?

Norwest Alta · #7 03-09-2018, 09:58 AM

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How was the turnout?

There is apparently a fund set up at TD Bank to help pay the legal bills, does anyone have details on this?

I got a screen shot I can send you. Pm me your text number.

rottie · #8 03-09-2018, 10:24 AM

Hope this link comes through, its another fund raising site
https://fundrazr.com/b1KjM0?ref=ab_8...l5P7bRs29gHl5P

heybert · #9 03-09-2018, 01:02 PM

Good turnout. Couldn't stay too long with the kids in tow. They blocked off the street in front of the courthouse.

Digger1 · #10 03-09-2018, 04:32 PM

Heard on Am770 there were 150 people out there. Better than I expected!

Wolftrapper · #11 03-09-2018, 04:36 PM

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Heard on Am770 there were 150 people out there. Better than I expected!

Actually I expected a lot more. That's not very many. To bad.

Newview01 · #12 03-09-2018, 06:48 PM

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Actually I expected a lot more. That's not very many. To bad.

The people who would support him generally have jobs they need to be at.

buckbrush · #13 03-09-2018, 06:53 PM

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The people who would support him generally have jobs they need to be at.

I was just thinking that the other day.

I could not attend due to work.

Wolftrapper · #14 03-09-2018, 07:06 PM

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The people who would support him generally have jobs they need to be at.

I realize that. It wasn't a slight in anyway.

Norwest Alta · #15 03-09-2018, 07:08 PM

150. That's very good. Goes to show what kind of a stand up guy Ed is. Well liked I'm gonna figure.

Newellknik · #16 03-09-2018, 07:11 PM

I didn't do a head count , but that was the collective opinion...
Quite a bit of press and tv ...McLeans magazine was there .
Very orderly ....Ed s lawyer ,she laid it out pretty clearly .
Bogus charges .....gave the legal fund the push .
Carried over till April 10 ....ish .
Beautiful day for a mob .....just kidding

Mavrick · #17 03-09-2018, 09:37 PM

I could not be there but gave fund's to help. Hope the best for this family, and want justice for those that took their peaceful lives away.

Knot Rite · #18 03-09-2018, 10:52 PM

I am on the fence about this. I am from the states and have a kabin in the kootenai national forest in Montana. I am at risk by an introutor stealing from me but I do not know if I could auctually shoot to kill someone for a few thousand dollars and bare to live with that for the rest of my life.
What he did is not rite but if you kill someone you got to live with it.
Just sayin.

Bobby

Hillbilly 12 · #19 03-09-2018, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Knot Rite

I am on the fence about this. I am from the states and have a kabin in the kootenai national forest in Montana. I am at risk by an introutor stealing from me but I do not know if I could auctually shoot to kill someone for a few thousand dollars and bare to live with that for the rest of my life.
What he did is not rite but if you kill someone you got to live with it.
Just sayin.

Bobby

No, what the thieves were doing was not right.

HunterDave · #20 03-09-2018, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Knot Rite

I am on the fence about this. I am from the states and have a kabin in the kootenai national forest in Montana. I am at risk by an introutor stealing from me but I do not know if I could auctually shoot to kill someone for a few thousand dollars and bare to live with that for the rest of my life.
What he did is not rite but if you kill someone you got to live with it.
Just sayin.

Bobby

I think that you are confusing this case with the one in a Saskatchewan where a farmer was acquitted of second degree murder for shooting and killing a thief. This fella never killed anyone but one of the thieves had a minor gunshot wound on his arm.

Rural landowners dealing with constant thefts should stand in solidarity for this fella IMO.

TylerThomson · #21 03-09-2018, 11:56 PM

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I bet if the law changed to landowners being able to protect what is theirs however they see fit, theft would plummet. Point being, you don't want to get hurt or shot, stay off private property and stop stealing, the simple fact you don't understand and will never get, wake up. Don't put yourself in harms way by stealing things that don't belong to you, in other words...troll harder, we know you will.

Get the law changed then. Until then what's worth more to you. Your freedom or your stuff? You'll never see that law changed though because no resonable person would value a thing over a life.

crazy_davey · #22 03-09-2018, 11:57 PM

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Do you understand the difference between self defence and defence of property? How am I trolling? Because I don't agree you should be shooting guns at people? I also don't think people should be stealing.

So you don’t think people should be stealing? That’s great.

What is your answer to stopping the massive rural crime problem happening right now?

TylerThomson · #23 03-10-2018, 12:00 AM

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So you don’t think people should be stealing? That’s great.

What is your answer to stopping the massive rural crime problem happening right now?

I don't have one. What's yours?

Hillbilly 12 · #24 03-10-2018, 12:00 AM

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Get the law changed then. Until then what's worth more to you. Your freedom or your stuff? You'll never see that law changed though because no responsible person would value a thing over a life.

I'm saying if theives go looking to steal and someone snaps and hurts or kills a person, the law should not come down on the property owner for protecting what he worked for. Actually everything I own is worth more than a theives life, you do know what a thief is right?

crazy_davey · #25 03-10-2018, 12:02 AM

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Get the law changed then. Until then what's worth more to you. Your freedom or your stuff? You'll never see that law changed though because no responsible person would value a thing over a life.

My freedom and everything I have accumulated over a lifetime of hard work is what is important to me.

I don’t give two ***** about some POS that is trying to take that away from me. Sorry but that won’t change.

crazy_davey · #26 03-10-2018, 12:04 AM

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I don't have one. What's yours?

I know where I stand if you come on my property and try and take what is mine. Don’t need to say more.

TylerThomson · #27 03-10-2018, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Hillbilly 12

I'm saying if theives go looking to steal and someone snaps and hurts or kills a person, the law should not come down on the property owner for protecting what he worked for. Actually everything I own is worth more than a theives life, you do know what a thief is right?

I know what you're saying. I don't agree. Neither do most reasonable people. The moment you say its ok to kill someone with no other evidence other than your word they were stealing something you open up a whole other can of worms. If you can't see the problem with a law like this and the potential for abuse then I can't help you. But then again we've been through all this before.

crazy_davey · #28 03-10-2018, 12:05 AM

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Actually everything I own is worth more than a theives life

Exactly!

TylerThomson · #29 03-10-2018, 12:06 AM

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My freedom and everything I have accumulated over a lifetime of hard work is what is important to me.

I don’t give two ***** about some POS that is trying to take that away from me. Sorry but that won’t change.

That's your choice. Just know that with that choice comes 3 hots and a cot.

Hillbilly 12 · #30 03-10-2018, 12:09 AM

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I know what you're saying. I don't agree. Neither do most reasonable people. The moment you say its ok to kill someone with no other evidence other than your word they were stealing something you open up a whole other can of worms. If you can't see the problem with a law like this and the potential for abuse then I can't help you. But then again we've been through all this before.

And that's why theft is so high, because the criminals know the laws are behind them because people like you have soft spots for them, I have no idea why anyone would care about a criminal.

I know the laws come down on people for protecting their stuff, but I sure don't condem them for whatever action they take