The city is buzzing this morning with the new anti-gun measures that Mayor Miller discussed yesterday. These recommendations, in a staff report"City-Based Measures to Address Gun Violence", include a zoning bylaw to restrict the use of firing ranges to the police, military and provincial and federal governments and "prohibit establishments that manufacture, assemble,
warehouse and/or distribute guns."
I think this is a great start.
John Spears and Robert Benzie from the Toronto Star are also reporting that Ontario's Attorney General Chris Bentley and Community Safety and Correctional Services Minister Rick Bartolucci wrote to their federal counterparts seeking cooperation on addressing the issue of gun violence. This time last year, I wrote to both the provincial and federal governments imploring them to take immediate action on gun violence in the City (Link). Given our experience with the federal government I am not optimistic that the action that the TPSB or the provincial government has requested will ever happen.
The Toronto Police Services Board has long supported a handgun ban. We will continue to work with the Service, our partners in the community and our allies in the government to make this important action a reality.
Here are today’s stories:
Toronto Star
warehouse and/or distribute guns."
I think this is a great start.
John Spears and Robert Benzie from the Toronto Star are also reporting that Ontario's Attorney General Chris Bentley and Community Safety and Correctional Services Minister Rick Bartolucci wrote to their federal counterparts seeking cooperation on addressing the issue of gun violence. This time last year, I wrote to both the provincial and federal governments imploring them to take immediate action on gun violence in the City (Link). Given our experience with the federal government I am not optimistic that the action that the TPSB or the provincial government has requested will ever happen.
The Toronto Police Services Board has long supported a handgun ban. We will continue to work with the Service, our partners in the community and our allies in the government to make this important action a reality.
Here are today’s stories:
Toronto Star
