Armed and Hoserous

Remember, folks.  Only in gun-crazy America do kids have AK-47s in their room.  Up in Canada, their draconian gun control laws are designed to make sure that that never happens.

The wall of silence that Toronto police usually run into when investigating weapons offences crumbled in an unexpected way Tuesday, when a mother turned in her son after finding a loaded assault rifle in his bedroom.

The woman turned the AK-47 over to police immediately after finding it. Her son, who was known to police, was not home at the time. The police searched the home for other weapons.

The 17-year old suspect was then arrested Tuesday evening when he returned home with a friend. Both were taken into custody without incident.

The suspect, who was known to police, was charged with 13 offences, including weapons charges and possession of cocaine. He was also charged with failure to comply with the Youth Criminal Justice Act, after being placed on a one-year probation in 2005 on another weapons charge, according to police sources.

Okay, so obviously the kid has a fascination with guns.  (Perhaps his father was American.) Doesn’t this just show the futility of gun control as a means of preventing gun crime?  I mean, if a kid who wants an AK-47 can get ahold of one, why would anyone think that a professional criminal, whose livelihood depends on being armed, would be any different?  Note the following, found at the end of the article.

Meanwhile, in Toronto Wednesday, police raided an apartment and seized a number of weapons, including a grenade launcher.

Nigel Jack of Toronto, Troy Bennett of Brampton, and Matthew Allen of Toronto face two dozen charges, including unauthorized possession of a firearm.  Authorities found eight firearms, including two imitation Uzi submachine-guns.

They also seized a quantity of cocaine, marijuana and cash as proceeds of crime.

Several rounds of ammunition were also found in the search.

A grenade launcher?  In Canada?  But, Michael Moore told me that Canada was a pastoral place where everyone loved each other, and people walk around with rainbows shooting out of their assholes singing Celine Dion songs.  Why would anyone want a grenade launcher, or an Uzi?  Could it be that, despite the rhetoric, there is a criminal underclass in Canada that requires firearms and other weapons as an essential element in conducting its business?  Could it also be that criminals, by their very definition, do not obey the law, and thus additional gun control laws won’t have any effect on them whatsoever?

Note that the police also seized cocaine and marijuana.  Funny, isn’t it, that Canada’s drug control laws didn’t prevent the drugs from entering their country, yet they seem to think that disarming law-abiding citizens is going to prevent criminals from obtaining weapons.