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I'm replying to this dead comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39780800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39780800 > That was a faketext meme. > D

by tivert 3y ago

I'm replying to this dead comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39780800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39780800 > That was a faketext meme. > Don't believe everything you see on the Internet. I found a video of Toronto Police officer giving that advice in a town hall: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/03/14/leave-car-keys-at-front-door-to-avoid-violent-confrontations-with-car-thieves-toronto-police/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/03/14/leave-car-keys-at-fro...: > At an Etobicoke safety meeting last month, Cst. Marco Ricciardi advised residents to leave their key fobs in a faraday pouch in a convenient place for thieves as a way to lessen the risk of violent confrontations. > “To prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home, leave your fobs at the front door because they are breaking into your home to steal your car; they don’t want anything else. > “A lot of them that they’re arresting have guns on them and they are not toy guns,” he ominously added. “They are real guns. They’re loaded.”

philwelch 3y ago
> “A lot of them that they’re arresting have guns on them and they are not toy guns,” he ominously added. “They are real guns. They’re loaded.” Assuming this is true, and circling back to the original Flipper Zero controversy, if the Canadian government can’t keep “real loaded guns” out of the hands of home-invading criminals, I’m not sure what they expect to accomplish with regard to the Flipper Zero.
- __turbobrew__ 3y ago
  You have discovered why our government is so clueless. Instead of funding agencies to prevent gun smuggling primarily through native reservations the government bans law abiding citizens from owning guns. Similarly with flipper zero, instead of funding law enforcement to inspect outgoing cargo for stolen cars and cracking down on organized crime rings they ban the flipper which does basically nothing to fix the issue of cars being stolen and shipped to the Middle East or Africa.

by tivert 3y ago

philwelch 3y ago

> “A lot of them that they’re arresting have guns on them and they are not toy guns,” he ominously added. “They are real guns. They’re loaded.” Assuming this is true, and circling back to the original Flipper Zero controversy, if the Canadian government can’t keep “real loaded guns” out of the hands of home-invading criminals, I’m not sure what they expect to accomplish with regard to the Flipper Zero.

__turbobrew__ 3y ago
You have discovered why our government is so clueless. Instead of funding agencies to prevent gun smuggling primarily through native reservations the government bans law abiding citizens from owning guns. Similarly with flipper zero, instead of funding law enforcement to inspect outgoing cargo for stolen cars and cracking down on organized crime rings they ban the flipper which does basically nothing to fix the issue of cars being stolen and shipped to the Middle East or Africa.