VICOSA, BRAZIL - Here's a thought for today: BANG! You've been shot. Shot through the heart. Can you imagine it?

Your body is warm as blood pours from it, but you feel so cold. There are screams. Someone tries to lift you, but all you feel is your last breath leaving like air from a punctured tire. Your eyes roll back. All goes black. And that's it. You're dead.

Such a waste. The bullet wasn't even meant for you. Or maybe it was. It doesn't really matter. Such are the streets of Brazil, a place that gives perspective to gun problems in the Toronto and Hamilton regions.

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