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Four RCMP officers were shot and killed after conducting a raid on a marijuana grow operation northwest of Edmonton on Thursday.It's the single deadliest incident for Canada's national police force in 120 years. "It is with profound sadness that I confirm that four members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were killed today in service to our country," said RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli at an 8 p.m. ET news conference in Ottawa. "It is an unprecedented and unspeakable loss."At approximately 10 a.m. MT, a shootout broke out between police and a male suspect at a farmhouse in Rochfort Bridge near the community of Mayerthorpe, about 130 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. RCMP spokesman Cpl. Wayne Oakes said the four officers were at a Quonset shed on the farm when they were shot by the suspect, whose body was also found in the shed.The lone gunman then took his own life after shooting the officers.Oakes said emergency responders went into the shed and found the dead officers.

It's really sad.. i remember hearing about it on the news and my heart just broke for the family of those four men..Such stupid reasons too.. Marijuana should be illegal here

It is illegal in Canada, its just more tolerated. This is more of a reason why it should be legal.

wtf are you trying to say?

no they legalized it.It should be fucking banned.. just because you like weed doesnt mean a whole country should accept it. If it was not made legal im sure this wouldnt have happened

If it's legal, why were the RCMP there? Surely they were there because it is illegal? If it were legal they wouldn't have been there.

And no one would have been shot. Banning alcohol in the early 1900's in the U.S. didn't work out too well either.In reply to:CANADA: JUDGES ARE TOO SOFT ON DRUG GROWERS, MINISTER SAYS Justice Minister Irwin Cotler criticized judges for being too lenient in sentencing people charged in Canada's marijuana drug trade, calling the illegal industry "a scourge." The marijuana industry in Canada is estimated to be worth $7 billion, with drugs increasingly being produced in large, sophisticated growing operations run by criminal organizations and smuggled into the United States. Mr. Cotler told CBC radio that the government would move ahead with plans to double prison sentences against marijuana growers, to as many as 14 years from 7, as part of legislation that would also decriminalize the personal possession of small amounts of the drug. (Colin Campbell, NYT, 8 March 2005Was the gun used to shoot the officers legal?

they haven't released info on the wepon yet, however this shithead had trouble in the past relating to an assualt rifle which is a restricted weapon.
I know that my legally registered firearms wouldn't penetrate RCMP body armour at a distance.

No, they didn't legalize it. You can still be arrested for it, if the officer wants to push it. Its more tolerated, but not legal.Calm down. Stop cussing. Sounds like you need some weed. No this wouldn't have happen if their was full legalization. The grower could become a government grower and cash in legally This is what happens when things are illegal... Look at the alcohol ban back in the day... Now its legal and I dont hear about law enforcement being shot because they are trying to put a boot leg operation out of buisness.

the government is pushing for decriminalisation of simple possetion (which I happen to aggree with) that doesn't mean legalisation.
In Canada, the difference between criminal and noncriminal offences equates to the US terms of felony and misdemeanour

decriminalization (SP ) ... Thats the word I was looking for!

In reply to: (SP ) as if I'd ever get on anyone's case for spelling lol

Yeah true.. but other people. You know how they are. Personally I dont really care. I know Im not perfect at spelling. I dont think anyone is.

A very sad story. Such needless deaths. Although I hate it, you cannot blame marijuana on this soley though. The man was crazy and should have been locked up a long time ago.