‘We are clearly in a war zone’: DC Council member calls on National Guard to fight city violence

Our nation's capitol is a 'war zone.' Think of all the foreign leaders, ambassadors, businessmen and tourists who go to DC and what do they see? Violence and crime.

This guy nails it when he said it starts with parenting, but what can anyone do about that? Seriously, what can anyone do about a culture of bad parenting?

As for the National Guard patrolling the streets of DC, I don't know what kind of message that will send or even if the NG is allowed to make arrests, but it might do some good. What DC might try to do is something that was done back in the day in NYC where they had the Guardian Angels patrol the streets and help out when they could.

 

Here's another city that wants to do something about the violence.

Chicago group wants gangbangers to refrain from firing guns between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.

CHICAGO — A North Side community group is calling for people to refrain from shooting guns in Chicago between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. to reduce the risk to people “not involved in high risk activities.”
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“Under this ordinance, we ask that people stop associating with and glorifying’ shooters,’ stop glorifying ‘switches,’ and stop wearing those ski masks everywhere which perpetuates you as some ‘opp,'” Atkins told CWBChicago recently. “When those who live a certain lifestyle try to hang with ‘regular’ class citizens, they put everyone at risk.”
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“If people know that after a certain hour, the likelihood of them being shot by an unknown and unprovoked assailant are at a higher risk, they will be less likely to be out and about, and they may become more proactive with the supervision of their children,” she continued.

“At the end of the day, five-year-olds are being killed by gun violence, 14-year-olds are being killed by gun violence, 78-year-olds are being killed by gun violence, pregnant women are being killed by gun violence, young boys with bright futures are being killed by gun violence, fathers are being killed by gun violence, and this shouldn’t be happening,” said Atkins.

https://cwbchicago.com/2023/08/chic...from-firing-guns-between-9-a-m-and-9-p-m.html