TEENS & GUNS

Today we here at the INNER CITY would like to take the time to point out some funny things. Like the fact over the last ten years we have experienced school violence to the point where it brings this county to a stand still. On Monday this violence happen again. A teen in Wisconsin walks into a high school and takes 23 students and 1 teacher hostage. This teen let off five shots before going down to a self inflected wound. Now here is the funny part,all these acts of random violence happen in towns where they are no medal detectors,where its supposed to be much safer then what you would consider an inner city school. Now don't get me wrong I know that the inner cities have been ran over with violence at one time. But this the day age its rare that you hear about a teen going on a killing spree at a inner city school. Now there is still troubles all over the inner cities and that will always be as long as the inner city is where the poverty line stands. But we think that these other so call clean and whole some schools need to be put in check. Until someone talk with these kids (mostly white kids) get to them and find out what makes them tick,and not just say “oh he was so quiet” or “he was never any trouble” then its going to be a lot more of them trying to take over a school or camp. Now I say lets do to these school and students that we do to the inner city schools and students. Lets talk to them, lets put medal detectors in there schools, Lets give them something more then the video games they play. So in closing we must not just play attention to the inner city kids and what they are doing, we must pay attention to all. And lets stop putting the blame on music, or video games. It starts at home first and we must do a better job. We must remember it takes a village to rise a child.

BY

PHIL STRICK