re: What will it seriously take to clean up New Orleans and it's senseless crime?

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It's a violent world, always has been, always will be.

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Agreed to a very limited degree. There will always be folks who feel like the laws and societal mores don't apply to them. They are truly mentally disturbed. That accounts for a small fraction of violent crimes in NOLA.

The vast majority of crimes are because it is acceptable culturally to solve disputes or take things that don't belong to you.

Japan has ~ 128 Million people. In 2013 in the WHOLE country there were 939 murders or attempted murders.

Japan Times 2014 Crime Statistics

Accessibility to firearms plays a small role but doesn't nearly get us from our murder rate to theirs.

It's cultural.

Some folks' cultures simply don't play well with others.