Doing the same thing over and over is the definition of crazy. This applies to the out-of-control gun violence in our city. We need to do something we are not doing. I understand Alderman Brandon Bosley’s call for the National Guard, as living in the Wild, Wild, West of gun violence is cannot be tolerated. While I am a strong advocate of individual liberties, maybe “Stop n’ Frisk” is needed under our current conditions. I have been a strong vocal supporter of President of the Board of Aldermen Lewis Reed’s call for Operation Ceasefire, yet those who could make it happen don’t. Operation Ceasefire has dramatically reduced gun violence in other cities. If a two-year-old can be shot and killed and we don’t change what we are doing, shame on us all.
James Sahaida
St. Louis
