Built On Plans From An Internet Web Site

Flesherton, (eCanadaNow) - Responding to a call from a High School teacher Ontario Police discovered a working electric stun gun on Wednesday.  Stun guns are prohibited under the law as illegal devices.

The device was observed by a schoolteacher in the hall of the school, and confiscated.  Upon arrival by police they examined the device and concluded it was in fact a working stun gun, or “taser”, which is illegal to buy or possess in Canada.

Police with the OPP seized the device, and spoke to the two students involved in the incident.

“These two boys are good students who made a poor choice, a mistake,” Anne MacLaughlin said.  Ms. MacLaughlin is the principal of the school in Flesherton that the two boys attend.

At issue also is where the boys were able to find out how to make such a device.  Reportedly they obtained plans and detailed instructions from the Internet.  Such plans are unfortunately easily accessible, and it was from such a set of plans that the device was constructed.

“It is just not possible for police to control what things kids learn or choose to make from the Internet,” said Police spokesman Sergeant Dave Tewkesbury, from the OPP.

 “The Internet itself is a great tool but you have to use it properly,” said Sgt. Tewkesbury.

A quck searn on www.google.ca even show a "how to" page from the University of Guelph.

"We weren't aware of this," said Lori Bona Hunt, a spokesperson for the university. All employees and students are permitted to link their personal home pages to the university's site, she said.

These types of homemade devices are considered prohibited weapons in Ontario and Canada.