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Note the areas and cities that are cited in this press release; "Miami, New Orleans, Phoenix and Los Angeles and in towns along the U.S. and Mexico border. Last year, it became such a problem in Puerto Rico ...."

As such, to be effective this release should be in freaking SPANISH.

"Which one of these things is not like the others, which one of these things is not the same...?"

Compared to the other cities on that list, New Orleans does not have a significant hispanic population. This behavior is not exclusive to hispanics by any means.

I'd be interested to know which locales listed as "problem areas" have enacted bans on fireworks. New Orleans passed such an ordinance, and when fireworks became tough to buy, that's when the celebratory gunfire began.

The city council will never admit it made a mistake and vote to overturn the fireworks ban, but at least now the cops now mostly ignore people who have fireworks.

As a result of that bit of discretion on the part of law enforcement, the holiday gunfire has lessened quite a bit. Of course, it's just a matter of time until a smoldering bottle rocket burns down someone's house and the mayor will scream at the cops to take a hard line on fireworks. When they do, the gunfire will then flare up again.

The New Orleans was the only city that I wondered about, but the press release should have included Chicago. On New Years Eve its practically a 'free fire zone' in the 90% of the city that's now "Hispanic".

And it didn't use to be that way, that is a fact. In the neighborhood I grew up in, Brighton Park-McKinley Park area, gun shots were never heard (and we had plenty of guns in our homes). Now that those areas are 98% "Hispanic" ...... fugetaboutit. The animals think and act like they're still in frigging Juarez or Chihuahua.