I am from Calgary and this story has been beat to death, i now feel sorry for the cop as social media is killing him. I don't understand his need to write a letter expressing why he felt bad he could not carry a firearm in a foreign country?
Calgary is a very safe place to live, and i am surprised in a large public park he felt threatened. They must have had indications of being tourists for the two boys/kids/men to ask them that question, and by not answering or responding to the first query, they as again in a "more threatning manner" maybe beacause they thought the old guy was hard of hearing. When he responded, they looked bewildered; because they weren't exepcting an unfriendly respond from some guy when asked a simple question.
Total overreaction that has been totally overblown.
And yes we have lots of guns here, but most of them are for fetching dinner
Bob James