My bill is designed to assist police with meeting realistic and achievable forfeiture thresholds. It's designed to hit the gangs where it hurts—in their pockets—and let me tell you why. It's because we've chosen the path of asset seizure. Studies have shown that sending gang members to jail is like sending kids to a candy store—it's one of their favourite places to be, because they can recruit more members there. The studies also show that domestic violence within families that come from gang-affiliated homes is often serious violent harm, so the threat of losing one's family doesn't even appear to have that much effect, either. But the moment you talk about taking away their bling, their assets, well then—just like we do with the Labour Party—you hit a nerve. To them, money brings status, it brings power, and it brings envy. 