The path of a gun

[Spazito]

Tracing the clandestine journey that turned a legally purchased Smith & Wesson into a crime gun.

A Smith & Wesson 9-mm semi-automatic pistol, serial number HNJ6785, flashes briefly at the end of an eight-second cellphone video featuring several guns in open boxes spread across the white covering of a bed.

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The RCMP extracted the video from the cellphone of Tony N’Zoigba after his arrest for smuggling nine pistols into Canada from the U.S. on June 10, 2020.

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An undercover Canada Border Services Agency officer watched N’Zoigba hop out of the boat carrying a duffel bag. An SUV with three men from Ottawa arrived moments later to pick him up.

The duffel bag held nine guns individually wrapped in plastic bags with accompanying magazines. The Smith & Wesson pistol, serial number HNJ6785, came with two 17 round mags — the gun restricted in Canada, the magazine prohibited.

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The U.S. is the largest source of illegal handguns in Canada, according to the Department of Justice Canada.

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https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/the-path-of-a-gun

[barbtries]

1. i'd be surprised

if the US isn't the largest source of illegal handguns anywhere in the world.

we are not a well nation.