In preparing for my first visit to Venice I was concerned to find many on-line warnings about pick-pockets and groups of thieves targeting tourists in a number of ways. During my nine days in Venice I felt very safe, however, especially compared to the sense of danger experienced at the train station in Padova! As someone living in Canada, across the border from the Detroit in the USA, I can attest to the negative effect on a city’s image that results from a few “too many rotten apples”. This recent problem with gun violence in Venice needs to be jumped on quickly.