The real issue isn't being 'tough on crime' but rather let's be smart on crime. This isn't an matter of being soft; Oppal is right that enforcement is the key. If every time a violent crime occurs the criminals are caught and punished the deterrent effect will be greatly magnified.
If one in ten bank robbers are caught and shot a desperate person may well say 'well, 90% I'll get away with it'. But if 9 in 10 bank robbers are caught, have their stolen booty taken away and sentenced to a year in prison, well, the calculation is very different.
B.C. courts are just as tough, Oppal says JUSTINE HUNTER
Globe and Mail
Update Mon, 9 Feb 2009 13:51 EST
VICTORIA — Following a spate of gang- or drug-related shootings in the last week, Attorney General Wally Oppal released a report Monday intended to show B.C.'s courts aren't to blame for violent crime. What will make a difference, he said, is if witnesses end their silence and start helping police. "The police go to these scenes and they get no help from anybody," Mr. Oppal told reporters. "There are people out there who know what is happening, people out there who are privy to information yet nobody helps the police… Everybody abides by this code of silence."
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