VIOLENCE ON THE TTC (Again...)

A little over an hour ago another young man was shot while riding on a TTC Bus a couple of blocks away from where I am sitting...

I know this post is a little off topic, but I felt the need to express my disgust at the amount of gun violence that has been plaguing the GTA over the last few months... What is happening to our city????

I grew up in downtown Toronto and my greatest fear was getting beat up - not shot!

I call for a ban on firearms in the city of Toronto and surrounding area - punishment - life imprisonment for possession of a firearm, life with no parole if using a firearm during a crime, life in solitary confinement if a life is lost because of the crime.

If these young people are using firearms in broad daylight, in front of hundreds of witnesses - they obviously don't fear the police or the legal system.

Wake up, people! The newscaster just informed local residents to lock their doors and stay inside because police have not yet located the shooting suspect. I guess no one on the bus was brave enough to knock this young punk to the pavement - or are we becoming accustomed to being afraid and not wanting to get involved in policing our own neighborhoods????

The recent rash of TTC shootings, school shootings, robberies and the like should cause us to protest - but no one is doing it. The last protest I saw on the street was in support of Canadian intervention in Sri Lanka - please, people, let's clean up our own city before we start sending aid and troops around the world.

Think about it.