In response to my recent email regarding the Richmond program that involves paying felons to reduce gun violence, my neo-conservative daughter sent this response. I wonder where might the rest of you come out on this debate.
Peace,
Everett "Skip" Jenkins
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http://www.npr.org/2016/03/28/472138377/to-reduce-gun-violence-potential-offenders-offered-support-and-cash
As mentioned in the article, the program was a success here in Richmond, but there has been a recent uptick in the violence here and two of the prime movers around the suppression of violence, the police chief and the director of the office of neighborhood safety, have recently left. So we shall soon see whether the program continues to be successful here ... as well as seeing if the program can be successful elsewhere. My prayers are that both programs be as successful as they can be.
Successful program or not the premise of rewarding those who are known to be predisposed to criminal activity, in particular violent criminal activity, just seems to yet again be a slap in the face to the law abiding citizens who work hard to get what they have and try to live in a peace; avoiding violence.
It seems as this program just sets up a government sponsored mob system where instead of the business owners paying mobsters/crime bosses for protection or to be left alone, now the city is doing it.
And people comment about why society is the way it is with no value system.
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Chris,
Thanks for alerting me to the Washington Post article. I found it at
Also, interesting enough there is a segment on NPR's All Things Considered today about Richmond's program. See
http://www.npr.org/2016/03/28/472138377/to-reduce-gun-violence-potential-offenders-offered-support-and-cash
As mentioned in the article, the program was a success here in Richmond, but there has been a recent uptick in the violence here and two of the prime movers around the suppression of violence, the police chief and the director of the office of neighborhood safety, have recently left. So we shall soon see whether the program continues to be successful here ... as well as seeing if the program can be successful elsewhere. My prayers are that both programs be as successful as they can be.
Peace,
Everett "Skip" Jenkins
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