Cutie.C: First can i pass on my condolence at the the recent loss of a friend, people dying needlessly at such a young age is a scandal...

That said I must take issue with you labelling this a Black on black crime, just because it is convienetly called this in the media, does not make this an accurate way to view these occurances. In my view this is a gun crime, committed by criminals that claimed yet another black life, we should stop segregating this type of crime or ring fencing it so that it appears only idiot black men let off gun..

We only have to look at the paper today to see a clear example of the contradiction i speak of, two white boys shooting a shop keeper in the act of commiting a crime, was this white on white or just simply a robbery via the use of a gun..My point here is that criminal don't specifically target their victims on the basis of colour, they target anyone or anything they percieve as a threat to them..

What can we do attack gun crime, for me top of the list banned the sale of replica guns, ban them tommorrow. Target those criminals who convert these guns for lethal use, give these arseholes life meaning life for simply being involved in the distribution of illegal guns, ie attack the supply of weapons and bullets..

If you're going to employ stop and search via the means of intelligent policing, why oh why aren't the police working with music venues to trap and jail arsehole like the one last night who jumped on stage of the Brixton Academy with a gun.. What is the point of Random search if you don't use it in places like this.. BTW i'm not even a fan of this tactic..but it seems to be that idiots like this target events for their madness, why isn't the police acting on this?