Unfortunately, we have gangs especially in certain cities that run wild. They have illegal guns, and they don't care if they kill people outside their circle of bad guys. A city near me has very restrictive gun laws, and yet it has no effect on the gangs at all. More people were killed there than in Afghanistan. People need to stop and let that soak in for a minute.
I think its cruel that the government allows these gangs to run these neighborhoods, and yet they have allowed it for as long as I can remember. Other cities do much better on that front, but the government there is so arrogant they won't allow enough changes to happen to save their own people. Of course they are the poor, and many are minorities - which if anyone wants to scream 'racism'? I wouldn't have an issue with it there. Why? It wouldn't happen in the RICH parts of the city. It's hypocritical with all their chanting of inclusiveness, diversity, etc. They are all mouth and no action. They love to chant their "Sanctuary' status, but do they market to those people their chances of getting killed there are high? Nope.
The mayor loves to tell people its guns from surrounding states, but if you read enough news stories? It's a convenient tale that is politically satisfying to him, and not reality. Yet, they leave him alone...because he does all the 'right' things overall - and well connected. If he loses in the next election? Someone with his same 'groupthink' will take over, and nothing will change. It makes me cynical, because you see all these innocents die...and they do nothing.
Their gun laws aren't saving them, because their government ignores problems they decide NOT to deal with. It's heartbreaking, and cruel. It really is.