Gangs are a big problem:
Gang violence shatters lives. Every day you see stories on TV news and read in newspapers about how gang violence disrupts lives and leaves a trail of blood. Here are a few articles.
Manchester, CT.:
For the first time in the history of this small town, police are having to deal with gang activity. Members of a gang have been beating up non-gang teenagers. Gang members kick, punch, or hit their victims with bats or clubs.
Los Angeles, CA.:
A drive-by shooting has left tho teens dead and eight wounded. One teen has been blinded and another paralyzed from the neck down. A three-month-old baby girl, in a house a block away, was killed by a stray bullet.
Houston, TX.
Shorty joined his neighborhood gang when he was 9 years old. The gang rewarded him with a gun when he turned 13. After that he thought nothing of shooting members of other gangs. Shorty, age 15, was found dead in an alley yesterday, apparently killed by a rival gang member.
Source: http://www.hopefs.org/Behavior/TeensandGangs.html
