Two gang crime experts give their views

Two experts who have studied the local gangs give their views on what’s causing the recent shootings around town. Criminology professor Marc Alain echoes what Patrick Lagacé wrote this week about the uselessness of bringing the SQ in on an urban matter about which the SPVM already has more expertise – and also on our chronic problem of American weaponry so easily getting across the border into the hands of people who want it.

TVA talks to another expert who thinks the key is to keep an eye on the lesser crimes being committed in certain neighbourhoods, but he too speaks about the problem of easy access to illegal firearms from across the border.