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On 2026-02-12 4:00 p.m., danny burstein wrote:
> In <10mleip$1m2m0$2@dont-email.me> Rhino
writes:
>
>>> Time to set up a Kalshi prediction: The US?
>>>
>> That's the standard answer if you ask Canadian police and politicians:
>> smugglers are bringing them in from the US where guns are widely owned.
>> (They used to claim that the guns are being stolen from legitimate
>> gun-owners on this side of the border but I don't hear that claim any
>> more.)
>
> That's because they'd probably discover a hefty number of
> them are "stolen" from cops and other entitled folk, who
> might or might not have reported the thefts.
>
> (If they looked closely at the bank accounts of these
> supposed victims...)
>
I don't know if it's made the news in your country yet but the GTA
(Greater Toronto Area) and specifically the Toronto Police Service are
under very close scrutiny by the provincial government as of the last
few days in the wake of a massive scandal involving corrupt police
officers and organized crime working hand-in-glove. Seven serving
officers and one police retiree have already been charged and there is a
strong likelihood that this is just the tip of the iceberg. Everyone
expects those 8 officers to rat out others as they try to make deals to
mitigate their own exposure.
Officers have been accused of giving information to organized crime to
both enrich themselves and to help organized crime, such as the crooked
tow truck industry. They're even accused of helping criminals murder
their enemies. It's so bad that Doug Ford has created (or energized) a
province-wide investigator whose team is going to look at ALL of the
police services in the province to - supposedly - root out corruption. I
haven't heard a timeline yet but I have to expect that such a mission
will take *years* to conduct.
--
Rhino
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