Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Anti-Gun Activist Shocked by Arsenal in Her Home

(Toronto) After her son was shot dead, Julia Farquharson founded United Mothers Against Violence Everywhere (UMOVE) dedicated to keeping guns off the streets. Apparently, Farquharson's intense anti-gun activism distracted her to the extent that she neglected to pay attention to what her other son, 23-year-old Kadfi Farquharson, was doing.

From TheStar.com:
On Saturday, police received a call from a person who'd been in an altercation with Kadfi. The caller alleged that Kadfi had fired a weapon at him. Police were waiting for him at the family's North York townhouse when he returned. He slipped past them, into his room in the basement, then bounded out of the house. The police gave chase and when they caught up to him, found two sawed-off rifles in his pants. Later that evening, police began their search of the house.
During the search of Kadfi's room, police found a handgun, rifle magazine, and a large bag of what appeared to be cocaine.

Julia Farquharson explained that she didn't know how the contraband got into her house and implied that it happened while she was away. Nonetheless, she reserves blame for the situation to public officials who failed to get guns off the street. "If there weren't guns on the street, there wouldn't be guns in my home," she said.

Excuse me for being somewhat insensitive, Ms. Farquharson, but if you can't keep guns out of your house, it's your fault, nobody else's. Don't blame society because you don't control your household.

To correct the problem, Farquharson is going to ask her son some tough questions when he gets out of jail. Tough questions, eh? That'll do it. Hell, let me suggest one. Why is a 23-year-old man living with his mommy?

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