New to Blade forum so Hi
Like the rest I collect knives. Two best, 1977 Schrade limited edition white
handled SCM II and a 1964 Buck Model 110.
On another note, Dave you are nuts. "I was sick with bi-polar". Interesting way of putting it. Your language is totally out of order and really not needed.
I have never ever had a problem with the RCMP. The whole theory "Damn the man" is crazy. Gun restriction laws are one thing but if the RC's are taking your knives, there must be underlining issues.
Anyway, take care and cheers
Dude, speaking of "Your language is totally out of order and really not needed.", well, "nuts" is uncalled for and in the same category. I have been sick (had bipolar episode) only 3 times in over a dozen years since I was diagnosed. With bipolar you are as sane as anyone else except when having an "episode". Winston Churchill was bipolar:
http://www.bipolar-lives.com/winston-churchill-and-manic-depression.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/mental-health/bipolar.html
and I think we all know where we would be today without him.
Here's a list of famous bipolar folks if anyone is interested and this list just scratches the surface:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_affected_by_bipolar_disorder
This obscure thread was dead for eight months before brent111 bumped it with his personal attack. I cannot fathom how he even discovered it and why he chose to target me in only his second posting at BladeForums. I had hoped to let this drop and frankly I regretted sharing that I had bipolar disorder but now to set the record straight I will share more details.
What I was doing to spark this whole problem was listening to loud music in my apartment and singing along with it. A neighbor complained and cops showed up. I had my whole collection packed into one box instead of on display so that they were not available to me while I was sick. I know how to manage my illness.
I have no history of violence and no criminal record.
The RCMP get very little training around dealing with the mentally ill (a couple hours of in-class training while in "Basic" in Edmonton) unlike Metro Toronto and Vancouver police who have a special highly trained unit. "Car 87" program it's called.
Cops looked around and found my collection because I let them. I was completely co-operating with them and trusting them to do the right thing for everyone involved. I voluntarily gave the cops the box to ease their minds and to make them even more inaccessible because I agreed with them that removing them temporarily would be even safer than packing them all away.
The cops left me with all my cooking knives which are just as dangerous as hunting knives in the wrong hands.
The cops did screw me over because I have since found out from RCMP complaints analyst in Ottawa that the are required to provide receipts for seized property and Kelowna detachment just told me in a cocky manner that they don't do that. Period.
They gave me back 4 out of about 14 knives when I was stabilized and healthy again but the bulk of my collection disappeared and all the cops lied and said their were only four to begin with.
What they did was lie, break the laws of Canada regarding seizure and they kept whatever knives they chose because it was their word against mine that there were 14 knives to begin with.
The language I used was against forum rules and I apologized for it but I didn't know that when I posted the expletives. I do now and it won't and hasn't happened again.
I sincerely hope other members here do not agree that it was ok to steal from me because I was sick. They had no legal basis on which to keep my collection. There are no court orders etc prohibiting me from owning knives and the public is in no danger because I do.
As I said before they left me with all of my kitchen knives (10" chef's knife etc) showing no concern about me keeping them and only took my Schrade collection. They were required to give me a receipt (the most important regulation they broke) and if they had this would not be happening. I trusted the RCMP at the time and it never even dawned on me this could happen which is why I never even thought to ask for a receipt at the time. I felt secure that if my collection was in RCMP hands it was safe.
Never in a million years would I have thought they would lie about what they took from me. One of the RCMP involved now likely has my collection on display at their house and is laughing to themselves about how they took them from a "crazy" and feeling above the law because it's my word against theirs. They were required to return all my collection but all the cops involved are sticking to the story I only owned four Schrades and not a box-full. That's a bold-faced lie and the constables who seized my stuff know it. They only handed in and documented four of my knives for their "lock-up" but I have bills for all of them.
They chose to keep my knives for themselves and it's no less dirty than if they took a bag of heroin home with them instead of turning it in. Whether or not people agree as to whether or not I should be a knife collector is kinda moot. Point here is that at least two Kelowna RCMP have no problem with being dirty and if they did this to me who knows what other even worse things they do. It is not ok for cops to lie, steal and decide for themselves whether or not I should collect knives. They should lead by example but in this case the cops are the criminals and I am the victim. Period.
brent111, I'm a good man, 43 years old, have had a knife in my pocket or on my belt my whole life with no trouble. Knives to me are tools. You know nothing about who I am. You know nothing about my history. Insulting me only shows how little you know about mental illness and how quick you are to judge others. Your assumption that RCMP must have had their reasons is correct but skewed. Their only reasons I can see are because they knew that in the circumstances they could get away with it and someone involved liked my collection.
Comments "from the cheap seats" based on assumptions and not facts just show the ignorance of the writer. The fact that brent111's first post was removed as "spam" impresses me just as little as his uneducated opinion on my affairs.
