JSO knocking on 18,000 doors in NW Jax

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

Where are you getting the info that police are asking people to hand over guns?

Secondhand, from parents in the area.

Far from verbatim, but the gist that many are taking away from it is if they have any weapons that they would like turned over, they can hand them over, no questions asked.

I can only assume this is in hopes that the parents/guardians who know their child/teenager/young adult has a weapon, but doesn't know how to go about getting it out of their hands have the opportunity to do so.

[AKIRA]

Sounds like a surprising agreeible way to get rid of a gun that was probably stolen or traded for something naughty.

[Crystalball2787]

Is this the beginning of a police state? I bet they are just testing it out on the poor, crime ridden neighborhoods first before they slowly start violating the constitutional rights of the middle and upper class.

[ben says]

Is this the beginning of a police state? I bet they are just testing it out on the poor, crime ridden neighborhoods first before they slowly start violating the constitutional rights of the middle and upper class.

"Beginning" of a police state? Think we've been there for awhile.

[mtraininjax]

Something has to be done about the slaughter taking place in NW Jax

This is going to do it? Sending brave JSO officers who are already working with guns, dope and Mayor Brown who wants to decrease the value of their retirement package and make them work for less and increase the level of stress? 

Shouldn't more of the slaughter in NW Jax take place at the home? More education, more holding parents and individuals accountable? Using the JSO should be the last resort. If the JSO becomes the baby-sitters of the NW area, maybe it should become a police state. Perhaps Kim Scott should turn her efforts to these troubled neighborhoods and tear down the houses that have become shelters to the problems. Let's throw all the resources of the city at the problem, not just the JSO.

[IrvAdams]

By the time a problem has made it to the police enforcement or intervention level, it is too late to fix the root of the problem. As stated, intervention and prevention occurs earlier in the lives and paths of the individuals involved. Good, clean recreational facilities, social interaction, infrastructure, a strong sense of pride in place and neighborhood.

There are many simple, positive ways our city can become involved in all these efforts, before this type of problem develops in certain areas of town. The enforcement piece is the final piece and the most dramatic, but not the answer.