Much of this type of violence is culturally based.
Gangbanger culture....which is glorified by violent, sexist, anti-authoritarian, drug using, rap music producing ex-con heroes. It is so deeply ingrained within the psyche of inner-city black and hispanic youth that it may be beyond the ability of the larger, law-abiding society of the nation to cope with or effectively counter.
The efforts of decent blacks, hispanics, and whites to address the growth of gangs have had distressingly little effect. Yet, there is little doubt that the problem is much more prevalent in poor minority communities than in suburban enclaves of any given racial makeup.
Decades of defending young violent thugs against "the Man's" justice has suddenly blown up in the faces of minority bigots and race-card demagogues.
Now they're screaming for the government to do something....but don't hurt the little darlings.
It appears that, in at least some communities within our nation, the federal and state governments have failed, miserably, to live up to the third goal stated in the Preamble of the Constitution....Ensure Domestic Tranquility.
Even if the government could drag a giant magnet through the streets of this neighborhood and gather up all the illegal guns, the punks and the violence would remain.
The Haitian lady and her son mentioned in the post above could not afford Brink's Home Security, or to live in a gated and guarded community. The police could not be counted on to come to their aid, don't like to patrol this type of community, and cannot be held legally responsible for a failure to protect an individual.
Clearly, they could not depend on their "neighbors" to intervene.
Just as clearly, the lesson to be learned here is that we are ultimately left to our own devises when it comes to protecting home and family, for society cannot or will not do it.
