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FirebrandRoaring · 2628 days ago · link · · parent · post: Sacramento hopes to curb gun violence through paid incentives (through a program of Advance Peace)
You seem to be right: the stats I was able to look up around the web (LAPD Gang Criminal Activity Summary, June 2009, the latest available online, and National Gang Center statistics per year down the page) say that gang crime is relatively small compared to all violent crime per year (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, US data, 2016). I think the program is more about life improvement for gang members than anything else. I'd rather people didn't kill each other, whatever the circumstance, and if the program helps reduce those hundreds of murders per year, I would support it.the onesy-twosy violence of drive by killings