A house on his street has been peppered with bullets more than once and it crosses his mind as he goes on his daily walk.

He's lived on the street for more than five decades and he is sick and tired of the shootings. And he is sick and tired of politicians talking about shootings.

"I don't think the politicians have really come to grips with it. I don't think they've got a clue about it," Mr Hinds said.

"They don't know how to handle it and both sides use it for their own political purposes."

A "crisis meeting" was called by state opposition leader John Robertson on Friday in Greystanes.

A statement he released said the meeting would allow members of the community to "come together and work out ways to stop the violence".

But more than half of those who attended had Labor Party membership, local police were not invited and media was not allowed to sit in on the meeting, leading to accusations of a political stunt rather than a serious community forum.

The list of attendants included businessman Elie Kaltoom, Pemulwuy Community Group member Ken Morrisey, policing lecturer Hugh McDermott and Melkite Catholic Church community member George Barcha — all members of the Australian Labor Party.

Greystanes resident Greg Prince, who attended the meeting, said he thought it unlikely that any action would come from it.

"I think it was political. But it was organised by John Robertson so there was always going to be a political side to the thing," he said.

Former Holroyd mayor, independent John Brodie, said a bipartisan approach to tackling gun crime was needed.

"It really gets my goat when people want to come out and grandstand and make some kind of unhelpful statement," Dr Brodie, who was a councillor for 20 years, said.

"This is too serious a matter to politicise it and what the government and opposition should be doing is drawing a line in the sand.

"This is too important for the community for there to be political point-scoring."

Toongabbie MP and opposition police spokesman Nathan Rees said the shootings weren't being used to score political points.

"There's a reality here and the reality is that bullets are pinging around in western and south western Sydney," Mr Rees said.

"People are are genuinely concerned about this issue."