Use intruder's gun against him, face charges

[Nightfall]

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1487818-break-in-suspect-shot-man-in-home-charged

Armed intruders break in, man wrestles away intruder's firearm, then fires at and wounds one. For his audacity to touch, let alone fire, such a dastardly device at these upstanding home invaders, said man. . .

. . . faces charges of attempted murder, intent to discharge a firearm, intent to discharge a firearm when being reckless, careless use of a firearm, improper storage of a firearm, pointing a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm knowing that possession is unauthorized, and possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Yeah, it's Canada. Still, I wonder what the appropriate response is, calmly sit and wait for one's impending murder? I sometimes ponder if such laws against self-defense and the related tools are a purposeful message to condition peons to feel worthless and powerless, rather than just a side-effect of mushy brained political philosophies.

[Ben]

Holy crap. Canada or not, that's ridiculous. I mean, how are they going to prove trafficking? 

Idiots.

I notice there was no "comments" section. I would have been very curious to read the comments of Canadians to those charges.

[Devonai]

This is how you end up with "shoot, shovel, and shut up."

[Angel Eyes]

So . . . not The Onion?

[Firethorn]

Munroe is banned from any contact with two named individuals, must attend court as ordered, keep the peace and be of good behaviour, not leave his residence except for essential activities such as work or medical appointments, remain in Nova Scotia, not consume drugs or alcohol, not possess a cellphone or pager, have no weapons, and answer the door to police when they check at his home.

Really?  Not possessing a pager seems to be a bit old, but if you tried the 'no cellphone' thing with me, I'd have to point out that it's my only means of communication.  I ditched the landline years ago.  Many have.

That said, unless the situation was more 'drug deal went bad' than being a home invasion, the list of charges does indeed seem to be a bunch of baloney trying to get him to plea-bargain for doing the police's job for them.

I mean, "possession for the purpose of trafficking." - Did he not promptly hand the gun to the police when they showed up or something?

Googling shows those words showing up for drug offenses, not firearms offenses. 

[Pb]

A CA member on ar15.com said their was more to the story, ie, they were drug traffickers.  Who knows?  Self defense with a gun is supposedly legal, though you wouldn't know it by the way CA cops and courts behave.