@Sammiejo : In the last two years I've either witnessed personally or heard of the following within two miles of my house.
1) Perp 1 and Perp 2 driving down Will Clayton road raging on each other. One loses control of vehicle and Perp 2 squeezes off a few poorly aimed shots while I evacuate the LifeTime Pool area with my 3 small children less than fifty feet from the incident.
2) "I'm from Atascocita and I'm a real gangsta, what's poppin?"
3) Perp 1 and Perp 2 leave a house party in the Dirty South to go rob an old lady's house when Perp 1 backs out and gets shot in the drainage ditch by Perp 2.
4) The "atascocita gangsta, what's poppin" and other person playing with a gun in a garage and other person gets "accidentally" shot
5) Auburn University recruit home for spring break attends a pickup football game with Perp 1 and neighborhood scholars, **** talking ensues, and Perp 1 jogs down the field with his running weapon and fatally shoots Auburn recruit.
People who are unwilling to see the trend in our neighborhood are willfully ignorant. Carol's not too far off.