[graphic from a Mark Steyn article by the same name]
Posted on 08/21/2026 9:26:53 AM PDT by Decombobulator
A Whitby father who got a two-year house arrest and three years of probation for firing at armed home intruders who shot his son won’t face a longer sentence after it was upheld.
Last week, the Court of Appeal for Ontario dismissed the Crown’s appeal of the length of the man’s sentence, which they argued as “demonstrably unfit.”
A panel of three Ontario Court of Appeal judges, however, stated they saw “no error” in the sentence.
“Nor do we find that the sentence was manifestly unfit,” the appeal judges added.
The appeal decision, published online earlier this week, detailed the incident that occurred in Jason Munroe’s home in Whitby as well as what happened in the trial.
After entering the home, the intruders forced Munroe and his family into the basement. Shortly after, there was an altercation that resulted in Munroe’s son being shot.
Munroe then wrestled a handgun from one intruder and shot one of them.
The intruders fled the home, but Munroe chased after them. He stood on his porch and shot at them three times while they were fleeing in their car.
No one was hit.
During his trial in 2025, Justice Nathan N. Baker found Munroe not guilty of the charges related to what occurred in the house, as he was satisfied Munroe was acting in self-defence.
Baker did find Munroe guilty of reckless discharge of a restricted or prohibited firearm for shooting at the intruders from his porch. The Whitby father was also convicted of obstruction of a peace officer for lying in his initial police statement.
The judge handed Munroe a conditional sentence of 729 days followed by three years of probation. Baker argued the five-year mandatory minimum sentence for the reckless discharge of a firearm was unconstitutional if applied to Munroe’s case.
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It appears that self-defense is NOT an option in Canada legally.
Wow...”reckless discharge of a restricted or prohibited firearm” — the gun that the intruders brought to the house! The homeowner wrested it away from the criminals and used it to shoot one of them. It was not even his own gun!
Anyone know what happened to the intruders?
Since 2020 and Justin Castro’s CCP reign, I can believe the stories about Canadians wanting to emigrate to the USA. Mark Carney is all in for the WEF and anti-Christ.
They need to clear out the free citizens to make room for the military aged Islamic invaders and their CCP overlords to take their place.
The Sheriff arrived with his bathrobe on,
The situation was a tense one;
The Sheriff said, "Bubba, boy, you was always a dense one."
"Reckless discharge of a gun",
That's what the officer is claimin';
Bubba shouted out, "Reckless, hell! I hit just where I was aimin'."
Bubba Shot The Jukebox - Mark Chestnutt
> He stood on his porch and shot at them three times while they were fleeing in their car. <
I get that the father’s adrenaline was pumping. But that was a bit much.
So I’m actually (and pleasantly) surprised that Canada did not throw him in prison for 10 years.
The homeowner wrested it away from the criminals and used it to shoot one of them.
= = =
Hey, I was just giving back the bullets.
Move to Texas, fire away…….
They only get away with what we allow.
Ontario man who shot at intruders won’t face longer sentence
I am not familiar with Canadian law.
Prosecutors need to be required to prove that (gun-trained?) defendant had a safe, lawful, property-protecting way out of a possibly injurious or deadly situation before defendant can be found guilty of "unlawful" use of firearm.
There are YouTube videos about people who were killed in their homes while asking 911 for help.
Effective jury nullification seems to be absent in Canadian courts imo.
I propose, life in prison …… FOR THE JUDGES!!!
Mostly leftist idiots in Canada too...
Canada (excluding a couple of the western provinces) is an Indian (the country) dystopian communist-controlled pesthole...
Even in the USA you can’t shoot at people who are fleeing.
“It appears that self-defense is NOT an option in Canada legally.”
Nor is it in many US leftist states.
“Mostly leftist idiots in Canada too...”
They are most certainly not idiots. You dismiss them at your peril. They know exactly what they’re doing.
Just guessing but probably still on government assistance free as birds.
[graphic from a Mark Steyn article by the same name]
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