(Not sure which is worse: thinking something up like this or thinking it
will be taken seriously by gangs.)

From: https://tinyurl.com/mry6jhv6 (oann.com)

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       Gangs In Chicago Asked Not To Commit Shootings During The Daytime

   OAN's Roy Francis
   11:57 AM - Wednesday, August 16, 2023

   A community group in Chicago has asked gangs in the city to not fire guns
   or commit any shootings between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M.
   according to CWB Chicago.

   The proposal, also known as "The People's Ordinance," came from the Rogers
   Park-based Native Sons. Chicago city Alderman, Maria Hadden, also recently
   promoted the proposal in an email newsletter.

     "We have to start somewhere," Tatiana Atkins, co-founder of Native Sons,
     said. "Our goal is to approach our city's gun violence problem
     strategically and not all at once. Things didn't become this way
     overnight, and change won't happen overnight."

   Shootings in Rogers Park, where the Native Sons originate from, have been
   on the rise recently. A gang war is believed to have broken out in the
   area between the Gangster Disciples and the Black P Stones.

   After three men were shot in late July, police have warned the residents
   in the area of a "strong possibility of retaliatory shootings."

   Atkins went on to explain that her organization wrote the ordinance with
   purpose of having people stop "glorifying `shooters.'"

     "Under this ordinance, we are demanding that people stop associating
     with and glorifying `shooters,' stop glorifying `switches,' and stop
     wearing ski masks everywhere, calling them `enemies.'" Atkins said.

   "Switches" are aftermarket devices that are installed on semi-automatic
   handguns which allow them to fire automatically.

   The co-founder went on to say that they will not wait for actual
   legislation "to enforce" the ordinance, instead she said that a social
   movement must take power.

     "We're not waiting for a bill or legislation to enforce what we think
     needs to be done - this is a movement driven by social media and the
     media," she said. "Not everyone is ready to give up their beef. If you
     are mentally and emotionally unable to resolve disputes in a healthy
     way, if you cannot help but harm one another, then do so in a way that
     involves fewer children, the elderly, and people not involved in
     high-risk activities are likely to be affected."

   The Native Sons published the ordinance in the hopes of at the very least
   it would limit collateral damage and violence against innocent children in
   the area.
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