April 25, 2003

A Bit of Sad Local News

A man was killed in a drive-by shooting this morning, right in front of our condo building. This was in broad daylight in a well-populated area full of pedestrians, joggers, and bikers.

As an American, I'm pretty hardened to crime and violence — particularly since I grew up in Little Rock, a city notorious for its gang violence. Even the fact I myself was once held up at gunpoint and shot at doesn't seem that wonderful to me.

I find this morning's shooting strange and depressing, however. I think it's because I expect better of Canadians. I don't know if that makes me cynical, naive, or just stupid.

Posted by Miss Anthropy at April 25, 2003 12:57 AM
Comments

A drive by shooting in this country is fairly rare I think although thanks to the lovely hand guns working their way north we can probably expect to see more.

Posted by: Mitch at April 25, 2003 09:39 PM

For the most part I don't hear about very many drive by shootings in Canada, at least not to the level that you see in the US. I just hope that they remain few and far between.

Posted by: sandy at April 25, 2003 10:23 PM