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Public Caught In The Crossfire - Danzig Shooting

Gang members will often not target the general public. But innocent people get caught in the crossfire. Gang violence is a community issue.

Violence in Canadian cities receives International attention because the risk to public and personal safety is unacceptable. There shouldn't be feelings of insecurity and fear, living in your own community - that a shooting could happen anywhere, any time and to anyone.

Toronto has had a number of high profile gang-related shootings. These shootings have put public and personal safety at risk.

Read here about the Danzig Shooting: 2 dead and 23 wounded at community BBQ in Scarborough, ON last summer. 

Drake - Danzig Shooting, Scarborough Ontario

See what Canadian performer, Drake, had to say after the gang-related Danzig Shooting took place in Scarborough, Ontario. Drake is from Toronto, Ontario.

Check out Drake's verse in "Snoop Lion's" No Guns Allowed track, about the Danzig Shooting. [Verse starts at 2:02.]

Which of Drake's lines do you like most?

Where are the guns coming from?

But where are the guns coming from? 70% of crime handguns were trafficked & traced back to the US.

The close proximity to the US, combined with their "lax" gun laws may have an influence on Canadian communities....

Guns - Protection, Intimidation & Status

Those who get involved in drug selling are at a high risk of being involved in gun-related violence. A gun is not only a powerful weapon. The image of a firearm represents protection, intimidation and status, within gang culture. Gang members typically possess these firearms for self-protection from other gang members, as well as for use in carrying out criminal activities such as robberies, intimidation and extortion.

This is not to say that these weapons are not used. Where there are guns, more deaths usually follow.

Hand guns are especially dangerous because they can be more easily concealed.