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[u/I-LOVE-HENRY-RIFLES]

https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/07/24/this-woman-was-targeted-suspect-arrested-after-woman-fatally-shot-in-etobicoke/

If only there was something Gary could do about this. Like stop wasting billions on us and go after the gun runners on the border. Imagine how many drones the CBSA could buy and fly with all the OIC money they spent.

[u/Lumindan → u/I-LOVE-HENRY-RIFLES]

Actually addressing the border at this point would be a monumental task. One that I don't think public safety actually has the gusto for.

It's easier to ply the public with getting "assault style guns off the streets".

They get paid all the same.

[u/Beneficial-Ride-4475 → u/Lumindan]

Actually addressing the border at this point would be a monumental task.

I have said this once, and I'll keep saying it, even though people seem to hate it when I do. Downvote me all you feel like, but my theory is that tackling the border is considered tricky amongst the powers that be. It's considered politically impossible, or at least nearly impossible, for all parties, regardless of who is in power.

To put maximum effort forth, the government would have to contend with three major issues.

First, to actually secure the border not only would you have to increase security at border crossings. You would also have to have internal check points, a tactical arm of border services, and a wilderness patrol unit. Fact is, the general public would be uncomfortable with a militarized border service, and it would certainly enrage the US. Squabbling over trade is one thing, heavily armed and tactically/surveillance equipped individuals on the border is another. To the increasingly paranoid US, that would be seen as provocation.

Secondly, securing the border, would involve putting more scrutiny on Canadian and American citizens at crossings. Again, not a good situation when your neighbour is paranoid.

Third, it's going to enrage law enforcement. What copper wants to be trudging around in the bush, or dealing with a family of five with snot nosed kids everyday? What individual, is going to be willing to be eaten alive by various insects and other parasites standing by some lake, waiting/watching for a potential threat that may never come? That's army stuff, cops don't sign up for that.

Speaking of the army, you could get them to do it, but you run into the same issues.

Really the border issue is one that is nearly insurmountable, not just monumental. I don't think the powers that be are prepared to make those moves.

So, cracking down on x or y guns seems more plausible, at least as far as the government is concerned. Of course, Provost is there as well, so there is certainly deliberate intent there.

[u/Office_Responsible → u/Beneficial-Ride-4475]

Honestly about the point of what cop would want to trudge around in the bush, I’m in the army and I’d love that job if I left the army. I honestly have felt like I’ve accomplished anything meaningful in my army career despite being deployed (Latvia and the UK). The most impact I felt I had was IRU for fires and floods. Helping secure our border would make me feel like I was actually doing something for Canada