Wow, I just got the news and couldn't believe it. While his risk management skills may have been worthy of a review, he was the nicest guy ever, 'shirt off his back' type, passionate about his hobbies; his passion was contagious and swayed many into trying out his hobbies. I was looking forward to both rides and range days with him. I also wanted to clear up a couple of rumours about him...
1) The bikini girl was a very young-looking 23 year-old, not 17 (even though she looks that age)
2) To the best of my knowledge he didn't import a bunch of illegal guns. Some accessories that can be easily and cheaply obtained in the US must be neutered with a drill/rivet gun to meet Canadian regulations and our distributors charge a HUGE markup. So he was importing US-legal ones, modifying them to meet Canadian law (but, before they got modified, they would technically be prohibited devices in his possession) and then selling them at a lower markup. If you know him, you know that his motive has always been public service contribution to the hobby. When the police reached out to him (on a tip from BATF), he rubbed them the wrong way (surprise surprise lol) and they didn't throw the book at him.. They threw the entire library.. They even broke into his gun cabinets and then charged him with unsafe storage because the cabinets were broken. He couldn't afford proper legal representation (if you're not a career criminal and report an actual income, you're in the hole for tens of thousands), so he took a bad plea deal, landing him free tuition to con college. Eventually he got out and kept his nose clean.