Just days after a shooting death on Jasmine Crescent, the third killing on that street in less than a year, Innes Coun. Jody Mitic was tweeting about buying guns.

Perhaps not the most sensitive of timing.

“I got @ALANNAHGILMORE and I matching @sigsauerinc P320’s. Because 2 is 1 & 1 is none. #NoZombies #pewpew,” Mitic’s tweet read of the guns he bought for himself and his wife.

That’s right, nothing says lovin’ like a P320.

According to the SIG Sauer website, the P320 is a “polymer-framed service pistol designed from the ground up with the input of law enforcement officers.”

Aside from the timing of the tweet, there’s a real danger in tweeting out that you own guns.

It’s just an invitation for trouble.

And that worries Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau.

“There are laws that govern lawful gun ownership. There’s storage laws that exist. I’m not against legitimate collectors, but they’ve got to follow the laws and having firearms in your residence increases the likelihood of your house being targeted. If you’re advertising it, that’s probably not the best thing to do,” Bordeleau said in an interview with the Sun on Monday.

No one likes to talk badly about their colleagues. Bordeleau is no different.

But as a city councillor, Mitic has a leadership role in the community, one he appears reluctant to accept.

There’s no doubt that around the council chamber, Mitic is a bit of a bull in a china shop.

That is often refreshing. He doesn’t play the games others around the council table often consume themselves with.

Thank goodness for that.

Good on him, good for his residents.

But as a councillor, he has become a city leader, whether he likes that or not.

Mitic was clearly none too happy talking to the Sun Tuesday about the chief’s concerns.

He said the guns were a gift for him and his wife — meant to be for Christmas — but he just recently got them in the mail.

“So I posted something about a piece of property. Jasmine is a police matter. I’m a responsible, legal permit-carrying gun owner,” he said. “I didn’t see a link between the two.”

He said the guns are safe, locked without ammunition in his home. He vehemently denies they are posing any danger.

“If my guns were stolen, yeah, well, I mean, I don’t know, I guess that’s one way to look at. I am not putting anyone in danger.

“Look, I have zero respect for criminals.”

Ottawa Police Services Board Chair Eli El-Chantiry hadn’t seen the tweet either.

“But one thing I know for sure, more guns never make anything safer,” said El-Chantiry, also the councillor for West Carleton-March.

“To be honest, I always say there are (some things) you need to make sure you don’t post on social media. Sure you can tell from my attitude what I think. It’s like I always tell people — not to put on social media when you’re going away.

“I don’t want to say anything, not about him as a colleague,” El-Chantiry said.

And then there’s a big, long sigh.

“Even if he bought it, it doesn’t mean he has to announce it — makes him more of a target, so why would he?”

With five homicides already in this year alone, El-Chantiry is fighting far bigger battles that questionable tweets.

But in all honesty, it would help if his colleagues shared the load of the city’s fight.