Gang killings in the los angeles county are the result of drug wars. Most gang homicides are not random, nor are they only disputes over drugs or some other crime. The vast majority of violent incidents involving gang members continue to result from fights over turf, status, and revenge.Ever since there have been street gangs there have been drive by shootings. Guns don’t kill people; people kill peopleShootings by gang members have increased as guns on the streets have proliferated. Drive-by killings are a direct result of the availability of firearms. People injure people; guns kill people.

They are responsible for numerous murders, drug-selling, and other violent and illegal acts that plague the Metropolitan area. These gangs or crews seem to operate with no sense of remorse and no respect for the lives of the residents they hurt or the lives they take. Residents themselves have little hope of ending the violence when even the police cannot stop it.