[CliffFletcher]

It's the random attacks that freak people out, and there have been several of those in the last few years, including a random stabbing at a bus stop a few days ago. From an entirely selfish POV, it doesn't make me feel less safe if a bunch of gang members are shooting and stabbing one another over drugs. Or tough guys are getting in fights outside bars.

But the mom and her kid stabbed at a playground by a random passerby? The guy stabbed to death by random guy at a C-Train station? The woman stabbed at the bus stop earlier this week? Multiple people randomly stabbed at Chinook Mall (if this does turn out to be random)? Sorry, that affects my sense of safety way more. I know to avoid dangerous environments. But if playgrounds, malls, and C-train stations in the middle of the day become dangerous environments, there's not a lot I can do to avoid that.