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Gun control's unexpected effect
© St. Petersburg Times, published June 21, 2000 Canada's tough gun-control laws haven't eliminated crime, but at least in one case they've made a difference in how criminals arm themselves. A Canadian woman who spends her winters in this area passed along this brief news item from the Toronto Star: Two masked men sprayed a surprised Halifax storekeeper with Silly String in a stickup bid, but were swiftly outgunned. The owner returned fire with an aerosol spray can of air freshener and the would-be robbers fled empty-handed, police said. We find it hard to imagine Charlton Heston raising high a can of Silly String and declaring, "From my cold dead hands."
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