American Guns, Canadian Violence. Charlie Gillis.
by Gillis, Charlie; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 79Institutions. Publisher: Maclean's, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Canada -- Politics and government | Canada and the U.S | Gun control | Illegal arms transfers | Pistols | United States -- Foreign relations -- Canada | Violence -- CanadaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In the past two weeks [August 2005], five people have been killed and 11 injured in 14 separate shootings in Toronto, including one that sent a four-year-old boy to the hospital with four bullet wounds, and another that scattered late-night revellers from a downtown square. The unrelenting stream of gunplay drew alarmed reaction from politicians, including Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, and it didn't take long for someone to point a finger south. Mayor David Miller, among others, singled out the U.S. as a prime source of gangland weapons on Canadian streets, saying the guns that come over the border are 'very easily accessible to these kinds of thugs.'" (MACLEAN'S) This article addresses the weapons smuggling issue between the United States and Canada, noting that as "weapons are crossing the border by the thousands,...the number of people wounded and killed" in Canada is mounting.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: American Guns, Canadian Violence, Aug. 15, 2005; pp. 18+.
"In the past two weeks [August 2005], five people have been killed and 11 injured in 14 separate shootings in Toronto, including one that sent a four-year-old boy to the hospital with four bullet wounds, and another that scattered late-night revellers from a downtown square. The unrelenting stream of gunplay drew alarmed reaction from politicians, including Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, and it didn't take long for someone to point a finger south. Mayor David Miller, among others, singled out the U.S. as a prime source of gangland weapons on Canadian streets, saying the guns that come over the border are 'very easily accessible to these kinds of thugs.'" (MACLEAN'S) This article addresses the weapons smuggling issue between the United States and Canada, noting that as "weapons are crossing the border by the thousands,...the number of people wounded and killed" in Canada is mounting.
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