City of Brother Love?

Welcome to Philadelphia, where just this week we buried a 5-year-old victim of yet another couple of hot-headed idiots with illegal guns having a shoot-out. Cashae was safely buckled in the back-seat of her mom's care, headed home from school when 2 bullets came through the back of the car, ending her young life. No one knows what the argument was about. And NO ONE who saw the gun-toting hoods will speak up because of the "Don't Snitch" campaign.

A recent magazine article defamed Camden, NJ for having had 17 murders last year. Hell - I'd be safer there. Philadelphia, as of this writing is bosting 287 murders this year - yup, read it again, 287! All kinds of neighborhood organizations are staging marches and rallies. The TV news broadcasts teary-eyed relatives begging for the killing to stop. Neighorhood men are calling for the guns to be removed from the streets.

With this seeming community mobilization, what's the problem? THESE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM!!!!! Hellooooooo???? The government already has laws about illegal weapons. The government has already had the "turn in your gun for gift vouchers." Guess what. These are ILLEGAL weapons that anyone can get his/her hands on. It is NOT a government problem. It is a PEOPLE problem. You want guns off the street, then SNITCH!!!! You see someone brandishing a pistol.... SNITCH! How many more Cashae's can we take? How many more tears have to be shed?

So, welcome to Philadelphia, tourists. Required dress: bullet-proof vest.