"and stem an epidemic of street homicides"
Throwing out their un-constitutional gun-ban might be a start.
They're really doing the citizens of thir city justice with all their childish in-fighting.
Selfish, nasty people.
thir=their
On another note, all this in-fighting shows them for what they REALLY are; POWERHUNGRY.
Political power and status is all they care about, they could care less about their "subjects".
You wrote: Selfish, nasty people.
What do you expect??? They're libs!:-)