As of Oct. 1, there were 841 shootings in Philadelphia this year alone, and 86% of fatal gun-related incidents involved men. More than half of the victims were under 30, and 80% of them were Black, according to the city controller.
But there’s a growing group of young people who say they believe harm reduction through proper firearm training can help reduce the amount of gun violence in the city.
In the aftermath, as he and his mother grieved Ronald, Stanton himself decided he needed to be armed, so he applied for a gun license and now has a firearm. After taking classes, Stanton said he heads to the shooting range at least once a month.
Stanton purchased a gun “just for my safety. Not only for me, but also for my family — you know, going about it in the right way, getting a license,” he said. “And also actually exercising my Second Amendment right.”
In August, he attended a workshop hosted by That Gun Talk, an organization started by Karise Crew and her husband, Jerel Crew.
The couple said their goal is not to end gun violence, but to equip members of their community who are affected by these tragedies with responsible gun ownership and de-escalation tools in hopes of reducing the amount of violence.
Karise Crew said the violence doesn’t just stem from firearms.
“We can say it’s gun violence, but we’re missing the point and we’re not having conversations and we’re not loving them and we’re not being there for them the way we should be as a humanity, as people,” Karise Crew said.
— Maya Eaglin in Young Adults in Philly Advocate for Gun Ownership Education, Even After Experiencing Tragedy
The real tragedy is how groups that figure out the basics like this one have everything slanted towards being marginalized. Will add them to the contact list for followup as Philly is a rather large hole in that region.
“de-escalation tool”
The time the bad guy has to re-think their position before the defender pulls the trigger.
I see you are familiar with conflict resolution in Philly
86% of fatal gun-related incidents involved men. More than half of the victims were under 30, and 80% of them were Black
I assume the shooters were the “enemy within” that the Puppet had his DOJ focused on. You know, white nationalists, traditional Catholics, pro-lifers, and parents that attend school board meetings…
I forgot to add Christian nationalist and Christofascist. Threat to democracy! Enemy within!
You forgot to divide by Jan 6th and carry the proudboy.
Nothing stops crime like making the perp morgue slab temperature with the added bonus of Tax $$$$ Saved.
Perhaps two of the largest hurdles to understanding the violent crime problem in urban Hellscapes are “normalcy bias” and “projection”.
The Psychology term “projection” refers to someone assuming that everyone else thinks, acts, and responds the same way that they do.
The Psychology term “normalcy bias” refers to someone assuming that everything will always be “normal”.
The public in general applies projection and normalcy bias–to their peril–to their analysis of how best to manage violent crime. They make the monumental mistakes of concluding that violent crime isn’t really much of a thing and, on the “rare occasion” that violent crime does happen, that they can handle it constructively as though they were dealing with decent people.
Needless to say, violent crime is much more common than people will admit, especially in urban Hellscapes. And behavioral measures which would likely work with decent people are utterly ineffective with bad actors.
Even worse, many/most policy makers are well aware of the above and capitalize on it to manipulate and deceive their electorate.