After reading the article, I think your characterization is off. The article is poorly written. I THINK homeowners in many homes had moved their guns from legal storage in basement safes to open storage on upper floors without safes during the flood. The cops seized the guns that had been moved to the upper story because they were not securely stored. I think the “50 guns” seeming cache was not in one house, but is the number across many houses. But it is hard to tell.
It also isn’t clear if the owners got their weapons back after the flood.
Seems clear to me.
Do a search for “High River gun grab” and read the previous threads. It is pretty clear that the Mounties were on a search and destroy mission for private firearms in this town and for whatever reasons just this town and not others that were hit by the disaster.
According to the report all guns were returned to their owners. Some were destroyed at the owner’s request. Only 2 guns were never claimed.
This is a far cry from what we can expect of gun grabbers in the US. Typically, in the US, guns seized are not returned.
***The cops seized the guns that had been moved to the upper story because they were not securely stored.***
Inside a locked house they should be CONSIDERED securely stored or we will end up with a series of silly laws requiring secure guns to be stored in locked cases inside locked vaults inside locked rooms inside locked houses inside locked apartment complexes inside fenced enclosures....