I guess they realized that if there was guns and drugs outside the city too, why weren't we shooting the towns up like the Wild West?
This article puts the blame where it belongs and that is too uncomfortable for them to admit. Better to find an outside scapegoat.
If you read my novel “ A Sense of Duty” ( available at Barnesandnoble.com and Amazon.com), you will see that I address - in a fictitious way - many of the problems that hamper law enforcement in Philadelphia.
Although fiction, the scenes are derived from my experiences as a police officer in Philadelphia.
So, while I hope it is entertaining, I also hope to enlighten people about police work in Philly ( and elsewhere). Bestselling author WEB Griffin - who wrote a series of novels set in Philadelphia and about the Philly PD - said “A Sense of Duty” provides an insight about law enforcement.
I think if you read it, you would have a better understanding of the criminal justice system in Philadelphia and why the politicians who blame guns for the carnage are just engaging in political theater.
(Thanks for permitting me to plug my novel.)