Internet pokes fun at rusty gun taken ‘off the streets’ by Toronto police
Posted August 22, 2022 2:24 pm.
Last Updated August 23, 2022 11:07 am.
Toronto police are doing an admirable job getting guns off the streets and they’ve been sharing the results of their work on Twitter, posting pictures of deadly weapons seized on their @TPSGunsSeized account.
It’s obviously no laughing matter.
But a recent post, showing a heavily-rusted gun that looks like it was procured from an archeological dig, has triggered a slew of punchlines online.
As many pointed out, the six-shooter appears more likely to result in a Tetanus shot, than a gun shot.
It’s not yet clear where the gun came from, but it didn’t exactly strike fear in the hearts of Twitter’s arm-chair comedians who identified Moses, Cain, and George Washington as possible suspects.
#offthestreets this week pic.twitter.com/24J8QXi3CW
— Toronto Police Service Guns Seized #offthestreets (@TPSGunsSeized) August 22, 2022
There’s no word on if the gun was used in the commission of any crimes, but one astute Tweeter wondered if it may have been used to exterminate the dinosaurs.
Here’s some more of the cheeky responses to the weathered gat.
Can’t believe George Washington would do this
— Austin Hays Signed Vaseline (@nodoubtdetmers) August 22, 2022
moses really lost his piece in the great flood
— (@nomoremrwifeguy) August 22, 2022
Marked safe from the Tempura revolver.
— AgAstra (@Ag_Astra) August 22, 2022
is this the gun that killed all the dinosaurs
— Moral Twerpitude (@PontiusPyrite) August 22, 2022
Everyone’s making fun of this but it shows a great deal of skill and care on the part of Toronto police. Not many people would be able to set up this photo without the gun crumbling to dust in their hands.
— Albert Stein (@The_Tegoto) August 22, 2022
It’s the gun they used to invent fire
— William Griffis (@nowah) August 22, 2022
That thing is so rusty it would take the holder out with tetanus before harming anyone else with an actual bullet.
— Guy Faux (@Faux_Guy_) August 22, 2022
Thank you for keeping us safe from the ghosts of the Titanic
— David, Socialist Martial Artist (@DavidLeftyMA) August 22, 2022
thank god! it looks like a tadpole might swim out of that thing any second now
— eve 6 professor of medical psychology (@Eve6) August 22, 2022
Aye. The streets of Toronto be safe from the men of Davy Jones.
— Randy Dudek (@kicksave36) August 22, 2022
You found Cain’s gun.
— Nux says drink your gas (@HOL0DOMOR) August 22, 2022
wow, I hope the Brave Officers that retrieved this dangerous weapon from a treasure chest in a pirate ship at the bottom of the ocean get a raise!
— Taconic @ just want bloby back (@TaconicST) August 22, 2022
