And, we pray that these violent weapons being unleashed on our communities by the United Way will not become instruments of mayhem in the 91 deaths that occur as a result of gun violence in our county every day.
For example, while a majority of humanists recognize that the availability of violent weapons correlates with violent crime and so support significant gun control measures, not everyone agrees on how far to go with such policies.
Conversely tackling the mindset of those prepared to carry a gun, knife or other violent weapon is of greater importance.
Often, young people's first physical violent weapon is something called a "shank"; a sharpened piece of material, usually plastic or wood, made to resemble the sharpened point of a knife.
In ways clear to more and more people, they have also become the most powerful non-violent weapon for a habitable planet.
They look roughly like 50-rupee ($0.80) notes; people are encouraged to hand them to corrupt officials, signalling resistance to sleaze.Vijay Anand, founder of 5th Pillar, an anti-bribery campaign that launched the notes, calls them a "non-violent weapon of non co-operation".
Amid the ongoing violent clashes, weapons continue to flow in from neighbouring countries to meet the demand.
The behavior that prompted it — violent altercations, weapons possession, and so on — was a lot worse than the usual targets of broken-windows policing.
The Hells Angels, Bandidos, Black Pistons, Mongols, Outlaws, Pagans, Vagos and Sons of Silence are listed by the US Department of Justice as motorbike clubs used for criminal activity including violent crime, weapons trafficking, and drug trafficking.
Areas were ranked according to the number of homicides and levels of violent and weapon crime, public disorder and numbers of police officers per 100,000 people.
In the general population, substance abuse is strongly correlated with violent behavior, weapon carrying in school, motor vehicle accidents, unintended pregnancy, and HIV [ 3- 9], which are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in youth.
