Shootings up 18% in Toronto = Confiscate farmers guns now?

It seems that the billion dollar long gun registry, ban on shooting ranges, and the 'pixel dust' for pistols program is working 'fairy tale' wonders for reducing gun criminal numbers in Toronto.
"just a little bit of pixel dust" ... "think of the happiest things" ...

How many shootings by criminals this year in Toronto so far, 5 ... 6 ...? I have lost track already.

Gun crime a top police priority in 2009
Attacking the problem of gun violence in Toronto will continue to be a police priority for 2009, says the city's police chief.

"I am concerned about the number of shooting crimes, because that is the one type of criminal activity that we have seen go up," Bill Blair told CTV Toronto in a year-end interview.

"Although there's been fewer murders in the city, what we've seen is there's been more shooting occurrences."

Toronto police maintain a web page that shows year-to-date shootings. As of Dec. 15, there have been 236 shooting incidents in the city, an increase of 18 per cent over 2007. The number of victims is up to 336, about a 42 per cent increase over 2007. (...)

I have killed 3 or was it 4 porcupines this winter that have been chewing on our trees, and tractor. The police just haven't caught on to my porcupine murdering spree ... oh well perhaps they are busy with real criminals.