no worse than the liberals who seem to know everything...

Clearly this is the case. Often in Canada the word gun and rifle are interchanged. I would expect it to be a hunting rifle.
The R.C.M.P. are well integrated in the communities and did know the person involved. No special gear (vest etc.) is needed. Most likely the officers did not even unclip their guns just the power of the officers voice and the uniform.
The pain he has caused his community and his responsibilities he will understand in time. He will always be a member of the community.

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/aboriginal-justice/

Thanks MightyMoe, yea I hear ya!

This is very-very different!!
* This crime is Dene ! A aboriginal community!
* The Canadian law will be heavily influenced with "First Nation Law", which takes precedence in this case.

** As to foreign gun laws? I am at a loss to understand the relationship to this? They are worlds apart! It is common to stop a person with a gun, only to make sure the chamber is empty. Often (kids) don't because they are watching for a fast kill, rabbit and so forth. Also in extreme cold they load sloppily (sticky).(The above relates to small communities only)!!!

DO NOT !! Expect this in a city! haha!

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Crime rate has to do with the social fabric or social net being insufficient. Health care is just a higher level of this. First nation countries are very lucky to have this social base to lower crime.

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Years ago I tried to lock the house doors and found them to be rusted. WD 40 fixed the problem! Will they still lock, I have no idea?? Why would I ever need to lock a door. If I'm not home, there is insurance. Do people lock car doors as well??
** So you can understand when I hear some peoples "gun talk". I just relate to them hunting squirrels or they have squirrels in the attic

** Squirrel
Food historians confirm squirrel, along with other small scampery rodentia-type game, played an integral role as human food from prehistory to present. Readily available, easily caught, economically feasible, tasty & versatile. Tastes like chicken.

Native dwellers, European settlers, foraging pioneers, and established frontiersmen often relied on the daily "shoot" to provide meat for meals. This might explain why squirrel recipes were not typically featured in period cookbooks. We also find references to squirrel as a substitute for preferred cuts in certain recipes, including stew. In the USA two celebrated examples of squirrel-based food are Brunswick Stew & Kentucky Burgoo. Big socio-political feeds featuring local game make perfect sense in this particular context.