As far as The Toronto Sun is concerned, the rationale behind the city’s annual “Cash for Guns” program is as cut and dried as a piece of bacalhau. “The Cash for Guns project is aiming to take firearms out of the hands of bad guys by putting ‘up to’ $500 into the hands of good guys.” Only the Toronto’s bad guys don’t seem to have any problems getting guns, and removing 53ish weapons (last year’s total) isn’t going to change that fact. In fact, “The timing of the campaign launch comes just weeks after a burglary near Isabella and Church Sts. netted thieves 50 legally owned firearms. It’s believed those weapons, mostly handguns, have already hit the streets.” And how exactly do we know that it’s the “good guys” turning in these weapons, anyway? The “cash for Guns” program is an off-shoot of Crime Stoppers. Would it be churlish of me to suggest that the “good guys” should just call the cops? Let’s drill down a bit further . . .
