Nearly every morning, we wake to the news of yet another drive-by shooting in Sydney. In fact there have been 49 shootings in nine months and police seem helpless to stop it. So far, no one has been killed or injured but bullets fired into houses and apartments have narrowly missed women and children by inches. There were 2 drive by-shootings on Monday night and a gun battle on Mimosa Road, Greenfield Park at 2 am. Bullet casings were littered across both sides of the street.
Police have failed to lay a single charge and people living in the targeted suburbs are getting edgy. There were around 25 people in two homes targeted on Monday night and up to 35 bullets fired.
Police are frustrated by the lack of information coming from the victims and witnesses and want tough new powers to force them to co-operate with police.
Opposition police spokesman Nathan Rees said it was clear there was a "gangland war" going on and failure to introduce anti-bikie laws was to blame. The government had failed to act since the High Court last July knocked out NSW's anti-bikie laws, which aimed to ban gangs.
Mr Rees suggested that if this was happening on the North Shore in Barry O'Farrell's electorate, all resources would be deployed. "The Attorney-General must give the Police Minister the necessary powers to crack down on bikies and on organised crime."
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