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Thursday, May 05, 2005

Guns, Guns, Guns


College & Lansdowne last July, even though the Tigers were playing that night and you should never miss a game.

I slept through last night's gunfight. The police woke me up this morning and asked if I'd "heard anything" and I asked, "Like what?" and the cop said, "You'd know if you'd heard it." Later, I heard that the shooting started on our corner and continued all the way up the street to the House of Lancaster (you'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy) where one person was killed.

I can't stand the guns and I don't think that all levels of government have done enough to dissuade criminals from choosing firearms, especially in urban settings. The big problem with guns is the innocent bystander factor ... innocent bystanders are less likely to be harmed when criminals use knives or machetes or brooms. Perhaps the justice system needs to offer a reward system, granting points to people who choose murder methods that spare bystanders. That would recognize both the consideration they've shown and the greater level of skill required to commit the crime. Burglars are often considerate, such as the person who broke into the Volvo and chose the smallest window to smash to minimize the damage, surely muderers are capable of the same level of consideration.

One thing that might help is declaring the whole city a gun-free zone, like some towns in the Old West. There is absolutely no practical reason to have a gun in this city.

When I took Zack out for his walk this morning, we bumped into a neighbour who is relatively new to the neighbourhood and he remarked, "The neighbourhood is going downhill." I pointed out that, in fact, the neighbourhood has improved considerably since I moved here six years ago. The junk dealers are gone, the rundown houses are being renovated and the intersection at Lansdowne is a bit less seedy than in the past and the crack dealers from Bloor don't trickle down here as much as they used to. Other than the prositutes and johns leaving the mess in our alley, we're doin' swell!
 

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