Less Than Half of the Residents in High River, Alberta, Trust the RCMP

By Justin Stakes

Montreal, QC -(AmmoLand.com)- A poll sponsored by Canada’s National Firearms Association shows that residents of High River, Alberta, still do not trust the RCMP to protect them and their property in the event of an emergency evacuation.

This is the fourth poll sponsored by Canada’s NFA that shows the public trust has been eroded by the actions of the RCMP when in 2013 they illegally seized firearms from residents’ homes that had been evacuated due to flooding.

The question, which was put to a sample of residents on September 6, asked “Knowing what you do now, if there were another emergency evacuation order in High River, as there was during the 2013 floods, would you trust the RCMP to protect your home and property?”

Thirty-nine percent (39%) said they would not trust the RCMP, seventeen percent (17%) said they were doubtful, and only forty-four (44%) said they would trust the RCMP.

“More than one-third (38%) of the sample have clearly lost their faith in the RCMP. That’s impressive!” says Gary Mauser, Professor Emeritus at the Beedie School of Business and the Institute for Urban Canadian Research Studies at Simon Fraser …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand