In 2024, 88 per cent of the 717 crime guns seized by the Toronto Police Service were traced to the United States.
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FiveMacs ( @Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ) 13•22 days agoSame with drugs… It’s all America leaking it’s trash then trump blaming others for their problems
marathon ( @marathon@thelemmy.club ) English0•21 days agoTo be fair, the open southern border wasn’t helping.
SpaceCowboy ( @SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca ) 5•22 days agoYup and the weapons used by Mexican cartels mostly come from the US as well.
schizo ( @schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business ) English2•22 days agoI’m curious: how are they ending up in Canada?
The article clearly kinda half-speculates that it’s because anyone can walk to a store and buy a gun if they pass the NICS check, which is effectively true, but then… US citizens are smuggling them? Canadian citizens are taking possession as it was a straw purchase? They’re growing wings and migrating north?