Ghetto Defense

Robin Shellow’s "ghetto defense" is unjustified and fails under scrutiny. With faulty analogies, comparing kids to war veterans, and flawed conclusions , "society did nothing to stop these daily depredations," the argument fails. After all, "This was a child," not a battered wife or war veteran with PTSD. It is amazing how ghetto children can overlook these benefits, and explore the negative outcomes. Battered wives can legally kill a sleeping husband. War veterans with Post …showed first 75 words of 277 total…

…showed last 75 words of 277 total…recent study by the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry found that … supportive communities [are] key to protecting youth from violence," says Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. If this is true, and if the community HAS created supportive programs, then society is not to blame. Flagherty’s argument , although initially sincere, is flawed, and her analogies are faulty. Society is not responsible for these crimes when it does much to prevent them.