JoelB wrote:kilgoretrout wrote:Holiday shopping...
In all seriousness, I'm from Madison and the increase in gun violence over the last year alone is alarming. There were a couple shootings the week before this one, some fatal. We've never had a "gang problem" per se out here, with few exceptions. I honestly don't believe that this shooting was between rival "gangs" though, more like rival hothead kids with no positive role models.
While northern WI's drug problem in mostly meth and alcohol, Southern WI is awash in heroin which creates gang violence.
I would put money on these shootings being non-drug, non-gang related. I know the very personal details of a few incidents and they had nothing to do with either, just a lot of emotionally maladjusted younger males who watch too many movies.
Even the "gang" violence in gang-ridden parts of chicago tends to be more the fault of social media posts than any structured gang activities.
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