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With a deadly gun war between rival gangs creating carnage on our streets this summer, we don’t need a war of words between the Toronto Police Association and Mayor John Tory.

Having officials on either side yelling at each other accomplishes nothing and sends the wrong message to the thugs, who are the real bad guys.

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Tory wants an end to the violence as much as TPA President Mike McCormack does, so let’s start on the issues where they agree.

They agree our laws are too lax and that repeat, violent, gun-toting offenders are being granted bail after being charged with new crimes, almost as fast as the police can arrest them.

The solution to that lies at Queen’s Park — where Premier Doug Ford shares these concerns — and, ultimately, on Parliament Hill.

A united front of police, city and provincial officials and politicians needs to speak with one voice to convince Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to get tougher on gang-related gun crime.