[SPOILEROne particular detail stood out in the accounts of the shooting of Thusha Kamaleswaran, the five-year old girl left paralysed after being caught in the crossfire during a shoot-out between two drugs gangs in south London. It seems that the gunman, Nathaniel Grant, was using a “rented” gun. It makes the process sound as casual and routine as hiring a van. In some ways this is the most chilling aspect of this dreadful case. It is not supposed to be like this. Following the Dunblane and Hungerford massacres, Parliament enacted some of the toughest firearms legislation on the planet. The ban on handguns is so rigorous that the British shooting team has to train overseas for this summer’s Olympics. Yet a low-life like Grant is able to get hold of a rented gun with apparent ease. And this was not the first such incident. In 2008 Grant had been accused of shooting dead an 18-year-old student at a newsagent in similar circumstances but was acquitted because of a lack of evidence. He shot Thusha three months after his release from prison. The shocking CCTV images of the shooting leave one with the impression that armed gangs act with impunity in deprived parts of our cities. Yet official figures indicate that gun crime is falling. Last year’s figures show a hefty 19 per cent fall in gun crime offences in 2011, down from 7,749 offences in 2010 to 6,285 offences last year. That rather disguises the fact that there has been a sharp increase in gang-related violence, particularly in London. Earlier this year the Met announced it was re-vamping Operation Trident, which was set up to tackle gun crime in black communities, to take on the increasing number of street gangs in the capital. Too late for Thusha and her family.][/SPOILER]
Definitely looks safe
I shouldn't enjoy it as much as I do@ London gangsta. Oxymoron like a mothafukker
