> frank theriault wrote:
>
> > Toronto is still a pretty safe place. There were 78 murders in 2005.
> > For a city of some 2.5 million people, that's low by any standard.
> > That number is a bit higher than average, but not shockingly
> > so; indeed, it's not the record.
> >
> > The problem is that 52 of them were with firearms. That is
> > by far the highest number ever killed with guns. It's not
> > just the numbers, but the way it's happened. Many of the
> > murders and shootings seem gang-related, and are happening in
> > crowded places during the day.
> > Drive-by shootings at shopping malls, and kids getting into
> > gunfights at high schools, those sorts of things.
> >
> > Even sadder, is that Jane Creba was not the only innocent
> > death this year as a result of gunplay in public places. Her
> > death enraged the city because it was so senseless.
>
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4068318&size=lg
I knew you took this picture Frank, as you mentiuoned this at the Christmas
TPDDML.
Very haunting shot Frank.
I'm a registered owner, Jane won't find comfort in that.
Thanks Alan Rock.
Dave
