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Experts say the trend in the city that's home to the popular French Quarter exists for several reasons -- drugs, too few police, inexperienced prosecutors, and residents staying quiet because they fear retaliation.




I would suggest different reasons: The War on Drugs, too many anti-gun laws, tainted legal system that insists on prosecuting victimless crime thereby causing more violent crime, etc . . . .



Oh come on, none of that stuff is specific to New Orleans and other cities have citizens who manage to respond when 700 shots are fired into the air.