Mother turns in her 17 year old son after finding a AK47 in his room

[Irb]

A Toronto mother has turned her own son into police, after finding a deadly weapon in his bedroom.

She allegedly found an AK47 assault rifle, as well as a magazine full of bullets at the home she shares with her son in the Coxwell and Gerard area.

She turned the gun into police and had her 17 year old son arrested.
The woman and teen cannot be identified under the Youth Protection Act.

She hopes her actions will push other parents to keep a closer eye on their own children.

The boy is charged with 13 counts, including possession of a firearm and possession of cocaine.

A bail hearing is scheduled for later today.

http://680news.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20060105_054958_4080

[dakota2001]

Damn straight!
Hopefully this will set an example for the parents who think giving their teens their privacy & how it could turn deadly.

Know your kids, teach your kids, & be the one to teach them right from wrong, even if having to send them to jail.

It may hurt the parents to do it, but having your child killed, will hurt 100 times more.

[corrupt123]

holy ****, thats some serious heat. Kinda scary knowing that **** is floating around in toronto.

[Yukikaze]

Wow how did that kid get his hands on those weapons. AK 47 is a powerful weapon.

[danfromwaterloo]

An AK? I saw this on the news last night, and I thought I was in Liberia or some third-world country. What the hell is this world coming to?

[ronny1980]

Props to the mom.

[steve.m]

good for the mom. She said the kid is smart but has been hanging around bad older group of gangstas. He could have caused so many dead bodies with the AK. dumb fcker does he think he is an insurgent?

[anandwww]

An AK? I saw this on the news last night, and I thought I was in Liberia or some third-world country. What the hell is this world coming to?

for decades guns manufactured in the developed world was sent to the third world (btw what is the first and second world :cheesygri )..now since the market there is less they are being used in the home countries :evil:

but that was a brave show by a good mom :!:

[x86asm]

Since when can a 17 yr old be packin' a AK-47. I mean ya, like others said, thats some serious hardware.

[will1087]

she found it on his bed?

like ****, where was she earlier. I'm thinking this was bad parenting.

[Irb]

I thought only terrorists used AK47s :confused:

[anandwww]

I thought only terrorists used AK47s :confused:

But terrorist dont manufacture it. A related question is does canada manufacture these guns or are they being smuggled in?? Smuggling is a serious problme

[Yukikaze]

Since AK47's are ban in Canada it's either come from the States with those crazy gun clubs or the shipping containers at the docks.

[UrbanPoet]

my god..... THats exactly my area.......
Theres a bunch of shady characters living in this hood (even tho it is a good part of toronto... there still is **** going on... sad.)

Since AK47's are ban in Canada it's either come from the States with those crazy gun clubs or the shipping containers at the docks.

Importing hand guns, rifles, and shot guns from the states is easy. But assault weapons like fully automatic weapons cost $10,000 in the states b/c of a "Assault weapons bann" That drove up the prices of legal assault weapons.

Customs cannot check every corner of every shipping container that comes into Canada. There are Milllions of shipping containers coming into canada everyday. Most likely came from AFrica where ak47's can be bought with a donkey and a carton of american cigarettes.

[steve.m]

I thought only terrorists used AK47s :confused:

3rd world country choice the ak47. So easy to get and it is cheap.Cheap to build, cheap to maintain and very durable.

except they can't aim for ***** with it.
there is a whole thread of bad/silly AK stances. This is a typical way they use it.
I think this is a Liberian rebel and not a pro gov't fighter. Poorly trained to use it.
http://www.ehowa.com/showpics/liberianmarksmanship/liberianmarksmanship2.jpg

[B40]

Could have avoided a potential Columbine...

[UrbanPoet]

ironic.... in my daily prayers last night.. i prayed for god to protect the ones around me. (as usual) And this happened.... (This incident occured in my exact intersection)

Never know what might have happened... Gang land drive by, or school yard mascre.

[MizTEcK]

major props to the mom

[othy]

He should have fired into the air. She would have run off!

/simpsons reference

[itsmypostoffice]

she just saved her son's life and gave him a new start. perhaps the crown will work out a plea bargain so his time is reduce -- if he's really smart he'll get his life back on track. nothing good comes out of owning something like that.

[Evil Techie]

thank god this mother is smart enough to do this

there is still a chance for this 17 years old i hope

[anandwww]

i wonder why US is so hesistant to ban weapons?? Btw just wondering cant these shipments arriving into a particular country be put under some sort of scanner?? i have always wondered why this is not being done...i assume its hopefully not difficult...atleast it was not difficult in bond movies :cheesygri

[steve.m]

I thought the ak47 was bad enough. Aparently not. Crazy people out there.


Grenade launcher thrown from balcony
Toronto police say that someone threw a military-style grenade launcher off a North York balcony during a weapons search yesterday.

Three men face 25 charges after police seized eight firearms and drugs at an apartment building on Chalkfarm Drive, in the Wilson Ave and Highway 400 area.

The drug squad was conducting a search of the apartment when they saw and seized a .308-calibre rifle, two imitation Uzi machineguns, three imitation handguns and two imitation assault rifles.

In addition, several rounds of ammunition were seized and a quantity of cocaine, marijuana and cash was taken.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&pubid=968163964505&cid=1136458907356&col=968705899037&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News

[poki_man]

big deal, he will get a slap on the hand and be on the street again in no time. :mad:



A Toronto mother has turned her own son into police, after finding a deadly weapon in his bedroom.

She allegedly found an AK47 assault rifle, as well as a magazine full of bullets at the home she shares with her son in the Coxwell and Gerard area.

She turned the gun into police and had her 17 year old son arrested.
The woman and teen cannot be identified under the Youth Protection Act.

She hopes her actions will push other parents to keep a closer eye on their own children.

The boy is charged with 13 counts, including possession of a firearm and possession of cocaine.

A bail hearing is scheduled for later today.

http://680news.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20060105_054958_4080

[iso3200]

i wonder why US is so hesistant to ban weapons??

The NRA is a very strong group. And don't forget the second amendment to the US constitution: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. "

[UrbanPoet]

different mentality down there too... Over there they want to Scare the criminals and treat them like **** where as canadians like to pamper them.

Many canadians feel a year sentence for beating their wife is "too harsh". Child molsters do 2-3 years @ max in Canada... in the states you could go to jail for life in some cases :|

Americans dont trust the police to protect them 24/7. Theres the mentality that they must defend themselves since it takes an average of 5-15 minutes to respond to a 911 call... by that time you and all your babies could be dead and raped.

[mrsmagoo2001]

Kudos to the Mom , probably saved her sons life.

[Anessa]

And she probably saved the life of some innocent bystanders and rival gangstas.

[ch1zo]

yeah i heard this on the early morning show as well...its scary to know 17 yr old's can buy ak47's that easily...surprised the kid didnt even hide it in his room, left on the bed to display??

[Jump]

Apparently the son was furious with his mother at first but he called her later on at home and thanking her for preventing something serious from happening.

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20060105/mom_talks_ak47_060105/20060105?hub=TorontoHome

She did the right thing... I mean what kind of a choice do you have? Your kid has a gun. Are you going to try to get it off of him yourself or live in fear that if you piss him off he's going to kill you?

Some of the charges are kind of redundant...

# Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized.
# Unauthorized possession of a firearm
# Careless storage of a firearm

I get that it's good to press as many charges against an offender as you can. But if he had his AK-47 on a gunrack in his bedroom hanging up, he would only get hit with the above two instead?

[steve.m]

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20060105/mom_talks_ak47_060105/20060105?hub=TorontoHome

# Careless storage of a firearm

I get that it's good to press as many charges against an offender as you can. But if he had his AK-47 on a gunrack in his bedroom hanging up, he would only get hit with the above two instead?


I think it needs a lock on the trigger and put in a locked case at the least.

[Ben31]

Scary part is that if this 17 yr old kid has or had a AK-47....how many other kids have one too? how many AK-47s are out there?...what other weapons are out there?

Hopefully the police will do their homework and try to find out where he got it from...also hoping that this kid talks. They have some serious investigation to do. Give big props for the mother turning her son in...but how many other parents know what their kids are up to?...these kids need help they need people to guide them the right way.

[LuuC]

I think she made the right choice. If I had a son or daughter who was keeping an AK-47, I would most likely do the same.

[Truth]

An AK? I saw this on the news last night, and I thought I was in Liberia or some third-world country. What the hell is this world coming to?


Some gangs in Los Angeles have assault rifles. Particularly certain Asian street gangs tend to be fond of stuff like sub machine guns, mac 10's, etc... So no, its not only the 3rd worlds. Some major American cities have already had these weapons used. Uzi's too.

[Div]

But terrorist dont manufacture it. A related question is does canada manufacture these guns or are they being smuggled in?? Smuggling is a serious problme
They aren't manufactured in Canada. There was a case a few years ago about a whole bunch of AKs smuggled into the US from China(?). Anyways, this is absolutely crazy.

[devious9191]

Since AK47's are ban in Canada it's either come from the States with those crazy gun clubs or the shipping containers at the docks.

They're banned in the US as well, at least any of them made after the 60s.. earlier models are able to be traded between licensed collectors.

[Anessa]

Tony Soprano has one :lol:

[AL3X]

I know a person who went to Kenya and said you could easily buy an AK for just 5 bucks CDN.

And yea the NRA is pretty hard to beat with the constituion and right to bear arms.

[Codegen]

holy ****, thats some serious heat. Kinda scary knowing that **** is floating around in toronto.
You're just figuring that out, now?

[Anessa]

It wouldn't surprise me next to find RPGs in the news.

[PSiBeR]

Damn... finding out your son got an AK-47 in his room.. wow... not the kinda weapon you'd expect to find you know.

But a good move made on the mothers part to turn him in.

[aquariaguy]

Soon they are going to find a tank or APC in someone's garage.

[hyperion]

Wow. Props to the mother, it must have been a very hard decision to make, but the right one.

[bfg_16]

good stuff mom!.......this is just ridiculous that a "kid" can get access to these kids of weapons....

[dekko]

for decades guns manufactured in the developed world was sent to the third world (btw what is the first and second world :cheesygri )..now since the market there is less they are being used in the home countries :evil:

but that was a brave show by a good mom :!:

well, according to the western countires, the first world is themselves, suppose to be us, United States, Canada, Britian etc... while second world suppose to be countries that is under communism

[Emancipated]

Damn skippy, someone wants to use the shopping mall to practice the head shots he learned in Counter-Strike.

AK-47. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every mofo in the room, accept no substitutes.

[Yaowsers]

How many of you would turn in your son? Most of Toronto would not. I would not either.

http://640toronto.com/station/corus_qod_poll.cfm

[vladislav]

How many of you would turn in your son? Most of Toronto would not. I would not either.

http://640toronto.com/station/corus_qod_poll.cfm

reading problems?

Would you turn your child in to police if you found a gun in their possession?
79.22% - yes
20.77% - no

any person with a brain would.

[Yaowsers]

reading problems?

Would you turn your child in to police if you found a gun in their possession?
79.22% - yes
20.77% - no

any person with a brain would. All morning on the radio they've been saying 80% will NOT. Wierd.

[akito925]

one less idiot off the streets who might cause some cross fires.
one day parents might blame counter-strike.. then the next time might happen no more counterstrike.

[computer01]

Damn skippy, someone wants to use the shopping mall to practice the head shots he learned in Counter-Strike.

AK-47. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every mofo in the room, accept no substitutes.

Looks like the kid is not a Fark.com photoshopper. From a thread last year:

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7369/17306981fb.jpg

While an AK-47 is easy and cheap to maintain, it is a horribly inaccurate rifle. Yes, I'd be a little intimidated looking down the barrel, and this kid should obviously not have had one, but it's hardly anything new.

The armed robbery of a store in the White Oaks mall in London, ON a few months ago resulted in an SUV, (the getaway vehicle), speeding through London city streets at crazy speeds with an armed assailant standing up through the sunroof firing an AK-xx at other vehicles.*

Yowzas...

*Last I heard, it was described as a Kalashnikov type weapon and was being fired at police and civilians while the SUV was at a high rate of speed. The day ended with 2 of the robbers dead and 2 captured after they rolled their SUV on Hwy 402.