Maybe you have a point, but why do you think we have laws? At some point, people need some outside motivation. That’s the whole point of having a government. I think the problem is too serious to just ignore and hope that eventually it will fix itself. I don’t think that is a good excuse. Maybe an executive order to declare all out war against gangs would provide some motivation for people to start wanting to take some responsibility. People murdering each other as a way of life is unexeptable, and if government won’t try to deal with this basic responsibility, then why even bother to have a government, because I look at it that this is one of their basic responsiblities.
Oh yeah. I can see the headlines now:
” Bush administration declares war on minority youth.”
Government should deal with it the way it has in the past. Enforce the laws against murder and lock up the violent. BUT the only thing will change things in the long run is a profound change of heart in the black community itself. NOT something the government can do.