Columnist Fiorito: The cops came and took my gun

NOTE: For the geographically impaired, we are talking about Canada, and not the 2nd Amendment-guarded United States, but one can see the day where gradual encroachment could cross that territorial line. Let’s hope not.

Joe Fiorito
Toronto Star
February 3, 2010

A pounding at the door the other morning; my windows rattled. I was upstairs at work. I don’t always leave my desk to hear the good news about Jehovah.

[efoods]Officers Firth and Kozar in attendance. “What’s up, boys?” My preference was to talk to them through the plate glass door. They wanted to come inside.

Officer K. said, “Are you aware of Project Safe City?” I hate it when a guy answers a question with a question.

Officer K. reminded me that my firearms licence had expired. He said I could turn the gun over to them for storage, or they could take the gun and destroy it.

My gun? It is a single-barrel .20 gauge shotgun. It is 40 years old. I used to take it into the woods up north to get partridge in the fall.

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