Dozens of high-powered weapons that have flooded Toronto streets were stolen from a well-known gun collector and firearms instructor who kept his dangerous stash in a subsidized housing apartment in Scarborough.One of the guns taken from the apartment was used last September in one of the worst bloodbaths in the history of Toronto - a triple murder near the end of the Summer of the Gun, in a year marked by the worst gun violence the city has seen. Today, the collector, Mike Hargreaves, is a fugitive from Canadian justice, living in a modest, two-storey stucco home a few kilometres from Disney World. Many of the 32 to 35 guns stolen from his Toronto apartment (machine guns, Glock handguns and assault rifles) are still on the streets.That's just the opening paragraph, and already there's a problem with it. Mr. Hargreaves has been charged with improper storage. But get this:
Working for two days, thieves used sledgehammers and blowtorches to blast open the 1,700-pound, concrete-and-steel Brinks safe. They made off with about 35 guns, including military assault rifles, machine guns, and semi-automatic pistols, a bullet pressing machine and dozens of rounds of ammunition.Two days? It took them two friggin' days to break the safe, and Hargreaves gets charged with improper storage? I wouldn't come back for that steamroller derby either. Chance of justice, zero. Chance of jail, 100%. Gotta have a fall guy, y'know.
But whatever, here's my absolute favorite quote from the article.
Hargreaves says housing officials were unaware that he was storing firearms near families with children.Yeah, in a safe that took two days for yobs with cutting torches and sledge hammers to break into. What a bastard! What a danger to the community! Those poor chilllldren.
The Phantom
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