With every bit of harsh honest, what do you feel is the best defense against gangs on the street?

The way gangs will finally be abolished is that ALL Americans must collectively see it as the dangerous threat that it is. It's just like the dependence on Foreign oil, as long as the majority of Americans continue to accept the current situation and are not willing to sacrifice a little convenience, then NOTHING will work.

See the flaw in your question is that you only mention Los Angeles. The gangs would just move to Phoenix, and nothing would change. But, if the entire Nation was convienced that Gangs are exactly the same as Terrorists and that the President and the Deparment of Defense Secretary appeared before Fox News declaring Street Gangs our number one Enemy and that we must do everything in our power to eliminate the threat living next door, then we would see the end of street gangs. But otherwise Nothing Else will effectively solve the problem.

At this moment L.A.P.D. union is saying that 500 of it's highest trained gang officers are ready to walk out.

That's not even half of L.A.P.D.

They have been fighting gangs for half a century.

Crips, bloods,f troop, just to mention a few.

F Troop is Hispanic and they start training kids at the age of 2, to steal, stab and what sell drugs, take drugs and what ever.

there isn't a day that goes by in L.A. that there isn't gang activity...

I think we should move every one out of L.A. that is decent, and let the gangs have at it, until there is just one left standing and then blow his behind into oblivion,

And I think the judges that release these people from jail or find them innocent should be right there with them.

there's no effortless answer to any of it. aggressive sentencing has no longer deterred every physique from doing it or slowed the upward push of highway gangs. As others have suggested, in case you develop up in a unfavorable area of city the quantity of funds you will possibly be able to make from merchandising drugs or being an element to that gang is alluring. the authentic question isn't any remember if the government needs to pump greater funds into the priority now in hopes of changing it or proceed feeding it into the reformatory equipment to maintain individuals that are convicted at the back of bars. aggressive will develop in the quantity of officers assigned to anti-gang and drug gadgets is a start up. those people oftentimes comprehend rather some the individuals in contact in gang interest. it works so plenty greater effective whilst gang individuals comprehend the law enforcement officials first hand whilst dealing with them quite than seeing the occasional beat-cop appearing in a reactive thank you to a report of a shooting, drug dealing, and so on. Dismantling the gangs from the surprising bypass away it unorganized and much less rewarding. greater publicity to the youngsters in school at a youthful age should be achieved. suitable now they only communicate slightly with reference to the priority as quickly as young infants attain severe college or whilst they are very youthful and don't comprehend the priority. young infants must be uncovered to the reality that waits for them as quickly as they connect a gang. There are already quite a few reformed ex-highway gang individuals accessible that are greater desirable than keen to share their stories with people. those are those that must be speaking, no longer a instructor or community aspects officer. drugs are drugs and that's an entire distinctive can of worms to handle by utilising itself. putting the rigidity on the gangs and coaching the youngsters the reality of gang life and assisting them see that they've something exterior of the line crime/poverty existence type will make the variation. it is going to fee funds, in spite of the shown fact that it rather is a detication the government needs to make.

I agree with Big on this one

Until they stop seeing prison as a retirement plan, nothing is going to change.

Cam, I can guarantee you the scenario you position would only get the wrong people killed. A lot of the "shot callers" have received some training from several of our "establishments" and carry better guns than we do.

I remember the day when it was a bad idea to piss of the "normal" people because they would rise up against you and kill your asss. What has happened to our people we are not apt to stand up against anything anymore. We are surely going to get hurt with that attitiude.

I don't think that legalizing very dangerous drugs like heroine or cocaine is the answer, that would just spawn more problems in my opinion. I say buy an island FAR FAR away from any continent, round them all up and put them ON IT. Let them all fight it out and kill each other like they want to. Let them live by the sword and die by the sword. Or even better, put them on iceland. Then they can be cold while they kill each other.

Legalize dope, that wipes out their profits, which is the only reason they exist.

Prohibition spawns gangsters and during the years of alcohol prohibition the bootlegging gangs were unstoppable.

As soon as alcohol was legalized the gangs disappeared.

All the war on drugs has succeeded in doing is increase criminal profits.

You find any city that will provide 50 people and a large budget and an anything goes policy, and the problem will take care of itself

Like the first answerer said. Round them up and execute them. They are a waste of oxygen and have no contribution to society other than terror. They have no morals and will do anything to anyone who gets in their way. Just like you would put a rapid animal down, do the same to these thugs.

With an unlimited budget you could offer them all expense paid vacations to resorts all around the world split them up and keep them there until they were 30.

By ANY means necessary? Well, if I was in charge, I'd round them all up and shoot them. Then, I'd keep all the money in the budget for myself and my family to buy things with.