Man, 33, sentenced for accidentally shooting rifle outside Burnaby apartment elevator

[Castanet News]

A 33-year-old man who accidentally blew a hole into the floor of his Burnaby apartment building's elevator lobby with a rifle he was hiding from police has...

[Lumby Glen]

Well I hope they at least pulled his PAL as well. Boneheads like this shouldn't possess firearms.

[moeyou]

Only a Canadian judge would buy into this excuse.

[Glassman3]

Meanwhile, crack addicts are robbing people with no consequences.

[GordonH]

Doesn’t a rifle need to be in a case while transporting within city limits, if so how does one accidentally fire it.

[dmschmidt]

Here's a thought- lifetime firearms ban, and when you catch him later with a gun- and we all know you will- automatic 5 year prison sentence.
Unlike our gun crazy neighbors to the south, to my knowledge Canada doesn't grant its citizens a God-given right to carry firearms, and given the fact that this guy lives in residential Burnaby, I doubt that moose hunting is high on his list of must do daily activities.