Bringing Down The Hammer!

 So this...er...street entrepreneur...

...was just sentenced to 13 years for attempted murder of trying kill another...street entrepreneur.  

Except this was at a Scarborough playground.

However, although he shot at the guy ten times, he missed (can anybody be a street entrepreneur?) but did hit a five year old girl in the stomach and her nine year old sister in the leg.

The Crown wanted 15 years, but the judge said there were mitigating circumstances. T'Quan expressed remorse.  So he gave him 12 years.

But then the hammer came down. An aggravating factor (in addition to the fact of shooting wildly with 11 kids on the playground - mitigating factor; he only hit two) was that he was under a 10-year firearms ban at the time of the shooting and had eluded police for two years.

So the judge looked right at him and said, "Ha ha, mister, now it's a lifetime ban!  Yeah! You want more?  You want more?"

So maybe he didn't say that, but he did give him the lifetime ban. I'm sure his jaw dropped when he heard that.  "You've outfoxed me this time, judgeman!"

And what was the first judge thinking, with the ten year ban? That ten years is long enough to be without a gun?  Especially for a gangbanger - I mean street entrepreneur? Or he'd forget how to use it? 

Anyway, sentenced to 12 years, but with our parole eligibility, he'll be out in four.  Remember, he expressed remorse.

The message here? Don't mess with the Canadian judicial system!  Because after you try and kill somebody, you'll be looking at four years before you can try and kill him again.  With no gun this time! Unless you steal one, of course. But we've got that covered, too - you're not allowed to, mister!   Yeah!