I’m glad politicians are looking beyond the tool that’s used to kill and actually want to deal with the issue of gang violence.

Saunders said, however, gang dynamics are complex and there’s no simple way to pinpoint the cause of the violence.

Some shootings, he said, are the result of gang-on-gang warfare, or someone acting on a personal grudge. And then there are deaths of innocent bystanders that get caught in the crossfire.

Taverner estimated of Toronto’s 363 shootings this year, almost 40 per cent occur in north Etobicoke. He said the area has a history of gang activity, turf wars and retaliation, and guns and drugs.
Source: CBC

I’m seeing a lot of good talk, about the city investing in after school programs for at risk youth, the governments of all levels talk about the needs to deter kids from joining gangs to begin with which is great. This will actually help with the issue of gun violence, more needs to be done of course and I’d suggest looking at our drug laws as the next step.  A ban on law abiding owners is simply window dressing that does not address the root causes of these problems.