11-year-old killed in crossfire of gang shooting
Updated Sun. Jul. 22 2007 9:16 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
A man was gunned down in broad daylight in Halifax, there was a nightclub shooting in Winnipeg, and in Toronto four people died in gun violence over the weekend -- most tragically, an 11-year-old boy was caught in the crossfire of a gang shootout.
Other incidents in Toronto over the weekend included an execution-type slaying of a man who was shot four times in the head, and a man was killed and another injured in a nightclub incident in the entertainment district.
The people speak out.........
nolan moore wrote on July 22, 2007 at 9:03:08 PM
Mayor Miller's anti-American stance is getting old. More gun laws will not prevent idiots from getting guns. Tighter borders will help, emphasis on a different attitude and society is another, as well as stiff penalties for those. Hand guns are already outlawed.
Mark Goddard wrote on July 22, 2007 at 9:25:57 PM
Banning handguns is not the answer despite what Mayor David Miller believes. Banning illegal drugs has not stopped their use and has created a lucrative underground black market in illegal drugs. Banning handguns would only hurt good law-abiding people who enjoy using handguns for sport and training. It would also create a similar illegal and lucrative underground black market in handguns and then we would have no control at all over them....
Michael wrote on July 22, 2007 at 9:27:55 PM
Welcome to the 53rd US state: Ontario.
Jeb Mocher wrote on July 22, 2007 at 9:28:52 PM
Sad, just sad.
But, banning guns will not help the situation. Simply put, if they are willing to kill someone, they obviously don't care about the fact that they broke a gun law.
Tighter border controls to prevent / cut down on smuggling (most of the guns use used in these crimes originate as "black market" from the US.
In addition to much stiffer penalties for violent crimes, there should be mandated minimum sentences, no plea bargains and get rid of the young offenders act for violent crimes.
Also develop social programs to get the affected citizens out the poverty and other social issues that they are stuck in. Only by doing that will you decrease young people turning to gangs.
Joe White wrote on July 22, 2007 at 9:30:33 PM
This article noted that one of the victims involved in the Birthday Party shooting has refused to coperate with the police. Perhaps the "so called victim" should be charged with obstruction of justice. In fact any people at that party who are found to be hiding information from the police should be charged as "accessories after the fact...
M. Cameron wrote on July 22, 2007 at 9:31:45 PM
There is no reason to bring up the topic of anti-Americanism here. Focus on the problem and find a solution. There problem does begin at the Canada-US border.
Vanessa C wrote on July 22, 2007 at 9:33:41 PM
Making handguns illegal will solve squat. What they need to do instead of wasting money on more inept gun laws is to invest more in policing. Increase the number investigating ILLEGAL firearms. You could ban any and all guns in Canada, it will NOT solve the problem. Guns will be available. It's been proven how much how often so far? It is not the laws - it is the guns OUTSIDE the law.
David C. Fitz-Gibbon wrote on July 22, 2007 at 9:38:55 PM
The tragic death of a child in this fashion is not acceptable in Canadian society.
The Toronto mayor's comment is misguided and unconstructive. We have all the law we need to cover the situation. What is required now is some rigid enforcement of the EXISTING LEGISLATION.
Ed B wrote on July 22, 2007 at 9:39:17 PM
Cultures which look-up to thugs and gangs as being "cool" is the major problem. Don't argue poverty either...
All my sympathies and prayers for the victims families.
Raymond M wrote on July 23, 2007 at 10:42:38 PM
I would like to send my condolences to the family that lost their child. But, this problem will never get solved until the Government of Ontario stops playing games with the public, at the expense of our vote. I believe that that the heart of this issues lays, with what vision we as a people plan to set for our youths. I know that no youths were invovled. But, at the core of this violence is winning the hearts and minds of youth. Privatazation of jails and youth jails like the one in Ottawa are not the answer. How could we as a people allow this to happen. Have we gotten so muddled with our own lives that we have no thought for our future and our kids?
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