AnnaFloridaLover
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- Feb 3, 2015
So, from reading around, it seems like Toronto has a gang and gun problem. (It's ok, we won't hold it against them. Lots of cities and other places do, too; few are immune. Gangs of various origins have apparently been part of the landscape there for over a century, as they have been in many places, including where I live.)
Police there added 200 extra police officers on the night shift this summer (7pm-3am) as that seemed to be when most violence was happening. They're looking at ways to decrease their crime, and that includes getting young people who have the potential to join gangs involved in community programs to help steer them away from that life.
I don't see that that's so different than many other very large cities in North America (with Toronto reportedly being the fourth largest).
People there are calling for gun control, as well. It brings up the age old question of whether the problem is the guns, or the people who use the guns.
I'm getting the sense that there are other things that people (not just Kim) don't want to talk about. I think we (general we) need to talk about them, though, if we're going to solve these problems (forum rules notwithstanding).
That is all just general info, though, and not specific to last night's shooting. I was just surprised to read that tweet last night (that said that gun violence there had gotten "crazy") so I wanted to figure out why. That's all I've got.
Canada doesn't have a gun control problem like the US. It's very hard to obtain a licence for a hand gun. There is a huge problem with guns being illegally smuggled across the border and those are the ones almost exclusively used in crimes with gangs and possibly the gun used last night for the mass shooting although the latter has yet to be determined.