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[Toronto] Star reporters buy cheap U.S. gun, no ID required
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Contributor | Monsieur |
Last Edited | Monsieur Apr 14, 2013 01:53pm |
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Category | News |
Author | Jayme Poisson, David Bruser |
News Date | Friday, April 12, 2013 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | On a sunny Saturday in a shopping plaza parking lot in Atlanta, two Toronto Star reporters bought a handgun from a guy named Bob.
They met Bob online the day before, on armslist.com. Sellers use the website to post information about their weapons and asking price and would-be buyers make contact. Like Craigslist or the newspaper classifieds.
Near where Bob parked his Grand Prix, Starbucks customers enjoyed the warm afternoon on the patio.
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Cheap American handguns are flooding Toronto streets.
At least 70 per cent of all guns used in Toronto crimes are smuggled from the U.S., mostly from states with lax gun purchase laws that make it easy to buy a pistol in a pawnshop, at a gun show or in a parking lot. |
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