That's a gun store located in the back of an auto-body shop not too far from Jane and Finch.
When Mayor Tory pontificates on the topic of a handgun ban, putting Thuggy and his ilk out of business is what he's talking about.
Yup, Thuggy is just one of many gun purveyors selling handguns to teenage gangstas, no questions asked.
It's high time the City/Province/Ottawa put the thuggish and ethically challenged handgun retailers out of business....
Bring on the handgun ban!
The only problem in this scenario is that Thuggy's Guns is 100% fictional. There are no gun stores anywhere in the country selling any kind of guns, let alone handguns, with no questions asked. Not to middle aged businessmen, and certainly not to teen ganstas.
But promising a handgun ban is a vote-getter.
If you're looking for a hard dose of reality to squelch the squawking for more gun control, don't hold your breath.
Showing posts with label Toronto gun violence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toronto gun violence. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
How to smuggle guns into Toronto
I caught a bit of the CBC radio show "The Current" this morning. The host had Toronto Police Association Boss Mike McCormack and a couple of other guests on discussing one of the perennial favorite topics of the Toronto cognoscenti - the never-ending gun-violence crisis in the city.
Apparently gun incidents and gun deaths have been on a steady up-tick for the last five years...
Hmm... since around 2013, then?
Oddly enough, that was the year the Toronto Star published their boffo how-to series The Gun Pipeline, a veritable primer on the ins and outs of smuggling guns into Canada from the US!
The think tank here at Falling Downs thought that the height of irresponsibility; why advertise to all the wannabe gansta's how easy the gun-smuggling gig is?
Looks like we were right again!
Apparently gun incidents and gun deaths have been on a steady up-tick for the last five years...
Hmm... since around 2013, then?
Oddly enough, that was the year the Toronto Star published their boffo how-to series The Gun Pipeline, a veritable primer on the ins and outs of smuggling guns into Canada from the US!
The think tank here at Falling Downs thought that the height of irresponsibility; why advertise to all the wannabe gansta's how easy the gun-smuggling gig is?
Looks like we were right again!
Thursday, July 19, 2012
A helpful hint you're not about to get from Toronto media
Two gangsta wannabees whip out their Glocks and empty their 15 round magazines.
Result? Two dead and 23 injured. But the shooters never actually managed to shoot one another.
That was the scene in a Toronto burb last week.
All the usual purveyors of wisdom have chimed in on this one. Ban guns. Ban bullets. Ban ban ban blah blah blah...
Fuck that.
How about we give these gangsta wannabees some target training?
Like what the fuck is going on when two guys are gunning for one another and they hit 25 bystanders but they themselves are unscathed?
This is a disgrace to gang culture and a disgrace to anyone who ever held a gun in their hand.
Result? Two dead and 23 injured. But the shooters never actually managed to shoot one another.
That was the scene in a Toronto burb last week.
All the usual purveyors of wisdom have chimed in on this one. Ban guns. Ban bullets. Ban ban ban blah blah blah...
Fuck that.
How about we give these gangsta wannabees some target training?
Like what the fuck is going on when two guys are gunning for one another and they hit 25 bystanders but they themselves are unscathed?
This is a disgrace to gang culture and a disgrace to anyone who ever held a gun in their hand.
Toronto shootings fan anti-gun hysteria
Last week a couple of young black gangstas duked it out at a Toronto street party.
As is the norm these days, they didn't duke it out with their fists, but rather with their 9mm Glocks.
The result? Two dead and 23 injured.
But more than that, the event unleashed the predictable deluge of anti-gun hysteria in the Canadian media.
The stories are telling. Should we ban handguns? Should we ban the sale of bullets? Should we ban all guns?
Let's take a couple of steps back and a couple of deep breaths.
Ban handguns? For all practical purposes handguns are already banned in Canada. To get a legal handgun involves so many hoops to jump through and so many legal hurdles to clear that you can bet your bottom dollar that no gangsta type in the last 30 years has gotten his handgun through legal channels.
A ban on handgun sales will do absolutely nothing to close off the channels of black market handgun distribution.
I think the powers that be banned something called marijuana about 85 years ago. How is that working out?
Ban bullets? The people who write this shit seem to be under the impression that anyone in Toronto can walk into Walmart and walk out with a box or two of 9mm rounds.
Wrong! You don't buy ammo anywhere in Canada without producing a FAQ. That means you've jumped through the hoops and been certified as a reasonably sane and politically reliable citizen. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY on the gangsta scene is buying their ammo at Walmart or Canadian Tire.
So banning ammo sales in the city of Toronto means absolutely nothing to the gangs and the gang culture that foster this violence.
So what is the answer?
There's a reason gangsta culture is such a draw to young black kids growing up in Toronto. You're just a nigger in the big city and nobody gives you the time of day, let alone a job. Poverty is rampant.
Suddenly you're on the fringe of the local Crips affiliate and holy shit, you're a somebody! You're getting respect!
That's the essence of gang appeal right there.
You're never going to break that with a ban on bullets or guns or by building more prisons.
These guys need opportunities for real jobs and a real life.
They need hope.
As is the norm these days, they didn't duke it out with their fists, but rather with their 9mm Glocks.
The result? Two dead and 23 injured.
But more than that, the event unleashed the predictable deluge of anti-gun hysteria in the Canadian media.
The stories are telling. Should we ban handguns? Should we ban the sale of bullets? Should we ban all guns?
Let's take a couple of steps back and a couple of deep breaths.
Ban handguns? For all practical purposes handguns are already banned in Canada. To get a legal handgun involves so many hoops to jump through and so many legal hurdles to clear that you can bet your bottom dollar that no gangsta type in the last 30 years has gotten his handgun through legal channels.
A ban on handgun sales will do absolutely nothing to close off the channels of black market handgun distribution.
I think the powers that be banned something called marijuana about 85 years ago. How is that working out?
Ban bullets? The people who write this shit seem to be under the impression that anyone in Toronto can walk into Walmart and walk out with a box or two of 9mm rounds.
Wrong! You don't buy ammo anywhere in Canada without producing a FAQ. That means you've jumped through the hoops and been certified as a reasonably sane and politically reliable citizen. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY on the gangsta scene is buying their ammo at Walmart or Canadian Tire.
So banning ammo sales in the city of Toronto means absolutely nothing to the gangs and the gang culture that foster this violence.
So what is the answer?
There's a reason gangsta culture is such a draw to young black kids growing up in Toronto. You're just a nigger in the big city and nobody gives you the time of day, let alone a job. Poverty is rampant.
Suddenly you're on the fringe of the local Crips affiliate and holy shit, you're a somebody! You're getting respect!
That's the essence of gang appeal right there.
You're never going to break that with a ban on bullets or guns or by building more prisons.
These guys need opportunities for real jobs and a real life.
They need hope.
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