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It's Monday December the 5 around 6:48AM and

24 Hours Totally Obssessed with Guns

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24 Hours is on "Guns On The Cover" 6 in a row this morning. This time, and I'm sure there is plenty of people who will be talking about this, it's all about the new armed with guns TransLink Police force.
"Starting this week, 70 fully sworn transit police officers will be armed with guns. Effectively, they'll have the powers of a regular police officer, being able to enforce laws and conduct arrests - the first transit police force in Canada to be able to do so."

Many people in Vancouver aren't as ready as 24 Hours is to stop worrying about the guns and learn to love them, but the here's the reality: transit cops have guns, 4 people were shot this weekend alone, and we hope all this means that at some point we have a transit cop go bad, and then use the skytrain to steal money scenario just like in 1995's Money Train.

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