Saturday, January 14, 2006

Gun Safes not safe

There's a new sport in Canada, and it doesn't involve ice.
Organized groups are breaking into the homes of known gun collectors and robbing their gun safes.
If this were a matter of them getting away with some museum quality muskets and WWII Lugers, it would be bad enough. but these gangs are getting ahold of some serious modern weaponry.
Just as an example, two of the weapons netted in a recent robbery were Steyr AUG assault rifles - modern military weapons.
These guns are turning up in the hands of Toronto gangs, and have been pushing the Toronto homicide levels up.

These were not easy targets. The rifles mentioned above were taken from a 770 lb safe. These people are capable of breaking into any storage facility.
Is this a problem for the States? Depends. Smuggling goes both ways, and the price of a Steyr might be beyond that of a local gang.
More importantly, it goes to show how far the modern criminal element is willing to go to get their hands on some firepower. Remember we are talking about Canadians here - even their hoods still say please and thank you.

It is time to rethink the gun issue. It does no good to have a gun in the house if somebody just steals it. If you're going to keep a gun, you need to have a gun attitude.
As in keeping it with you, and knowing - really knowing - how to use it. If you're not willing to make the 24/7 committment, you need a new hobby.

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