The mayor's intentions are rooted in compassion for victims of gun crime and reflect his belief that the problem lies with illegal pipelines that send guns into Toronto.
Miller's opponents don't give him much credit on the notion of a ban; Scarborough Councillor Michael Thompson dismissed the mayor's call on Wednesday as "political junk food".
Indeed, Miller's oft-repeated mantra following gun violence is probably unrealistic. It's clear that a market exists for illegal guns and the people who sell them will always find a hole in the fence to get them across the border.
But there can be no more rhetoric from those on either side of the gun ban issue as it relates to shootings in Toronto schools.
Politicians at all levels must finally do something to force change. That means the federal government must hike criminal sanctions especially when it comes to the smuggling of these weapons. It means the city must take any measure it can within its purview to create security in our schools. It means the province must be a partner with the city and take its efforts beyond the installation of surveillance cameras at some schools.
If Toronto citizens have truly had enough of this violence - two school shootings in the last 18 months, one of which was fatal - they must be prepared to accept more extreme measures.
Some steps have already been taken, the most recent of which was a move to install on-duty police officers in some schools.
In Tuesday's shooting at Bendale Business and Technical School, the young victim now faces armed robbery charges, but that provides no comfort, nor does it change the fact that action must be taken.
Because when it comes to students working toward post-secondary studies so they can build lives for themselves, there are few measures too extreme given this recent, violent trend in Toronto.
To emphasize the point: the city can go as far as calling in the army if that's what it takes to provide the level of safety students need while they are in our public schools.
Enough of the talk and counter-talk. Enough of the hand-wringing and heavy sighs.
Toronto has seen too many images of anxious parents gathering outside school grounds as their children are locked down in classrooms. Toronto has experienced enough of these violent incidents that now appear to be escalating.
It's time for governments to act, to pull all of the levers at their disposal and declare war on illegal handguns and those who use them.