The ridiculous violence in N.O.

I will second Boutte's comments above.

A problem is the prevalence of guns in our society, but for several reasons, that is not going to change.

I earlier talked about the absence of social capital, whether it be witnesses afraid to come forward or city council members boycotting meetings.

It is totally about the culture and a tribal mentality. And it is about lack of resources. We need a concerted state-federal effort. Violent crime at this time is as big a threat to the future of the community as political corruption. And the DA needs to throw everything at violent crime and career criminals. He may be doing this in large part already, but I would throw everything I have at career criminals, murders, armed robberies and house burglaries.

And somebody has to start talking about the frequency with which juries in Orleans Parish acquit.