yea it is a shame, but what are you going to do? life in certain areas requires protection for you and yours. l.a., detroit, d.c. ...... folks get killed. but it aint because there are guns around, its just dog eat dog, take away the 9's and the kids will go back to making zipguns, it is a question of social engineering. the usa is set up for "undesirables" to kill eachother off. as long as kids in brentwood arent shooting eachother over sneakers, nobody gives a shit.