74novaman wrote: You make some good points, but in the end I view things like this as the beginning of a slippery slope. If we can be conditioned to "inform" on our neighbors for one thing, how long before we're expected to inform on each other for everything else the mayor or anyone else "in charge" decides shouldn't be going on?
Don't think I would consider calling the police on criminal behavior to be "informing" on my neighbors. Neighborhoods go downhill usually because residents allow it to happen by tolerating bad behavior. I don't like my neighborhood association because I think they are a bunch of nosey busy bodies who like to write notes about my unmowed grass, but I willingly pay the annual fee because if they were not doing their job the neighborhood would go down the tube.
The only issue I have with this program is the focus on guns. In our society, we have completly removed the impact of free will on how people behave and focus entirely on objects. It was as if we believe hard core gang bangers would play jump rope and jax if they didn't have guns to shoot each other with.
We played jump rope and jax when I was a kid and we had access to significant firepower. The fact we did not have shootouts in the street had nothing to do with the availability of guns. The difference is in what people teach their children about proper behaviour and respect for life and what families/neighbors tolerate in their communities.
All that said, I'd call the police in a heartbeat if there were punk kids packing guns in front of my house. That's easily distinguishable from the neighbors loading up their car for a trip to the range.