Lack of wealth wealth just might be intertwined with violence in Columbia Local Columnists

I had an interesting conversation the other day with a fellow Columbian about the continued violence and shootings in the city.

Her position was that the violence we are experiencing is a matter of a lack of respect that people have. She was convinced that parents have failed to teach their children to be respectful, and that the root of the problem lies in a lack of home-training that plagues certain areas of our city.



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