SARM Resolution on protection of property?

[chuckChuck]

Do you suppose SARM's resolution to lobby Ottawa to relax laws in favor of farmers protecting their property would allow farmers to shoot at landowners who do illegal drainage and flood their neighbors or kill their neighbors crops with spray drift on windy days? Hey if you can threaten or shoot someone for alleged theft why not other forms of property damage?

[blackpowder]

Oh brother......

[farmaholic]

cC....we know you're smarter than that! Unless it was an attempt at sarcastic humor? Like my first sentence in this reply.

Just kidding....

The real reason for the resolution might spark some debate here.

[binthere]

obviously cc has not read the information to obtain warrant relevant to gerald stanley. it puts all kinds of holes in his apple to oranges comparsion regarding self defense and civil law issues.

[Guest]

Do you suppose SARM's resolution to lobby Ottawa to relax laws in favor of farmers protecting their property would allow farmers to shoot at landowners who do illegal drainage and flood their neighbors or kill their neighbors crops with spray drift on windy days? Hey if you can threaten or shoot someone for alleged theft why not other forms of property damage?

are you for real ???????

[Redone]

Comparing peoples lives to spray drift and flooding is kind of despicable

[Guest]

obviously cc has not read the information to obtain warrant relevant to gerald stanley. it puts all kinds of holes in his apple to oranges comparsion regarding self defense and civil law issues.

nor will he read any of it , or will anyone else at CBC

[oldjim]

Here's CBC's report of the warrant application: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/rcmp-search-warrant-early-colten-boushie-1.3820632

[RTK]

SARM - simply decided to lobby the government for changes to allow property owners the right to protect themselves and their property.

Why you ask? - It is simple rural people are isolated and are concerned for their own property; personal safety and personal welfare.

I think this is pretty simple - if I enter into a someone's yard or their home without being invited and am asked to leave the expectation is that I leave immediately without question or discussion. Failure on my part to respectfully comply immediately then I think an individual is well within their right to take action and to use force to remove me from their property.

What means and force they are going to take will vary on how threatened the property owner feels. This should be expected as I am now a threat as I did not comply with a request to leave and the party that feels threatened has no idea of what my intent may be... it maybe a genuine need for help but how do they know for sure?

Why do we think as a society it is fine to allow people to destroy, steal, and create a sense of uncertainty or unease for rural residents and expect them to not instinctively protect themselves and their property?

[chuckChuck]

Just to avoid any confusion my post was written as satire.

Does anybody really think that SARM should be wasting its time passing this kind of bullshit resolution that accomplishes **** all, except makes Saskatchewan farmers look like gun toting redneck vigilantes. This is really embarrassing.

The Saskatchewan Justice Minister thankfully told them to f... off. Surely SARM can find more constructive and effective ways to deal with rural crime.