RUN! Run for your Lives!

In an “exclusive” piece that ran on that weekend, the Toronto Star reports that, according to information available through the federal gun registries, people in the Greater Toronto Area own guns. Lots of guns. Everyone, please — remain calm. The numbers are admittedly interesting. In the Toronto area, there are 263,000 privately-held non-restricted guns (shotguns and rifles), 62,818 restricted guns (most handguns and some rifles) and 26,315 prohibited guns (snub-nosed pistols and military-grade weapons). That’s at least 352,000 icky firearms, right in the Toronto Star‘s backyard. For a paper still trying to wrap their minds around a Harper majority and a Rob Ford mayoralty, it’s gotta be a tough pill to swallow.

Lord have Mercy!