The Boxing Day Shooting

Another, better take, on Toronto’s Boxing Day Shooting.

(Via The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century :: Joey deVilla’s Weblog.)

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Toronto, Canada, crime, gun

The horror …

During boxing day shopping, a 15 year old girl got killed at the Eaton Centre by some gunmen. At a footlocker, no less. Apparently she had nothing to do with the conflict in question, and just happened to be a bystander. My wife already wants us to move to a smaller town, and stuff like this only make its more likely. Scary.

From the article:

“I think it’s a day that Toronto has finally lost its innocence,” Toronto Police spokesman Det. Sgt. Savas Kyriacou said at a news conference Tuesday.  “It was a tragic loss and a tragic day.”

Pit-bulls and dangerous breeds

The relative danger of dog breeds

This article from the Globe and Mail puts some context around the information that led to Ontario’s current dangerous-breed legislation. After the violent attack in New Brunswick of a young child by three Rottweilers those who would ban violent or dangerous dog breeds have rose to the surface once again. This article is interesting given that it presents a (relatively) balanced series of opinions both in favour of the breeds and in favour of banning certain dogs. Of particular interest is the couple of paragraphs which state that the biggest biters are German Shepherds, Cocker Spaniels, Golden Retrievers and Rottweilers, yet most people want to ban Pitbulls and other ‘working dog’ breeds.

For those interested, you can find the ‘pit-bull’ legislation online here.