Sooo, fight club then? Great idea! I was thinking maybe coloring books, but his idea might even be better. Good luck Baltimore!



The new mayor of Baltimore — one of America's most dangerous cities — wants rival factions to put down their guns and put up their dukes.

During a Sunday speech at an anti-gun violence rally, Mayor Bernard "Jack" Young — who took office after Catherine Pugh resigned in May amid scandal — advocated organized fights as a means to solve disputes without using weapons.

"There's mediation. If they wanna really settle them, we can have them down at the Civic Center, put a boxing ring up, and let them go and box it out," Young told WBAL.

He said that if boxing were the option, "the best man win, and the beef should be over."

"Those are some kind of things that I'm thinking about, and hoping that we can get these people to put these guns down," Young said.

The mayor's comments came only hours after a 17-year-old boy was fatally shot in Baltimore on Sunday. Five other people were also injured in four separate shootings during the day, police said.

The city of Baltimore is one of the most dangerous in America, according to the FBI, totaling more than 300 homicides for four years running.

Baltimore has been in the throes of a steep rise in violent crime since 2015, when the homicide rate spiked amid the city’s worst rioting in decades following the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who died in police custody.

In 2017, the FBI placed the city on its "Crime in the U.S." list. Baltimore was listed well above that of any other large American metropolis, with the 342 homicides notched that year yielding a stunning homicide rate of 56 per 100,000 people.



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Sure. Have a boxing match. The winner gets to shoot the loser.

My solution makes as much sense as theirs.

Guns are not the problem. I believe they know the actual problem but are incapable of admitting to it.

I actually think it's a fairly bold initiative. If you can convert the gun fighters to boxing, then it's just a short move to convert the boxers to rock/paper/scissors. Violence problem solved!

have the city sell tickets at 10 bucks a pop, winner for the fights split the takings 50% to the winners, 50 to the city.

Dancing, like the Jets and the Sharks. Society is to blame ya know.

I wonder how many people will get shot at these boxing events? Maybe not such a bad idea...armor up the interior walls of the arena and let em go. Invite the rappers too while you’re at it!

Because really all these local Scamps just want a little tussle to get out the pent up energy and get some bragging rights.

It’s not like these folks are violent animals with no regard for life or respect for their fellow man.

I mean hell why don’t we just nip that whole Arab vs Jews bruhaha in the bud with a new MMA league. It’ll be great fun for all, bring in funds for the region and bring everybody together bring peace and a realization that we are not all that different after all to the region. AMIRIGHT.

FFS these “leaders” make my brain hurt.

I got a better idea for these folks. Paintball matches......with real guns. In a nice ballistically controlled arena.

Hey, I know! Why not have midnight basketball?

Thunderdome.

Two men enter, one man leaves.

What an incredibly stupid thing for the mayor to say.

One of Baltimore's biggest problems is that thugs rule the streets.

I do believe the Mayor has not watched the Wire. I would suggest that as a start. Maybe he should call Nancy Pelosi for some advice on how to deal with the boyz in the Hood.

Yeah, elderly people and womenfolk can take boxing lessons and go mano-a-mano with burglars and home invaders to keep from being robbed or killed.

Good plan, Mr Mayor man.

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Originally posted by Patrick-SP2022:
Thunderdome.

Two men enter, one man leaves.

Its Baltimore for God's sake.
They can't count that high.

well, remember it is Baltimore

you're not dealing with a pool of the best and brightest

most of them moved out

Like West Side Story? Awesome!

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Originally posted by sdy:
What an incredibly stupid thing for the mayor to say.

One of Baltimore's biggest problems is that thugs rule the streets.

It's an unserious solution proposed by an unserious mayor. To say that this is a sophomoric endeavor would do a disservice to sophomoric endeavors. Truly pathetic.

They need to build a new roman colosseum in Baltimore. Add a roof and some air-conditioning. Sell tickets.

Have yo mama contests instead. Need new material, stuff out there now is getting stale.

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Originally posted by Sigmanic:
I actually think it's a fairly bold initiative. If you can convert the gun fighters to boxing, then it's just a short move to convert the boxers to rock/paper/scissors. Violence problem solved!

Nah, I have a bold initiative for ya. Invite all the gang bangers who wanna rumble to the civic center.

Well then it's settled. Pay per view, Thunderdome style. May as well make some money for the city.

"Two men enter one man leaves"
"Two men enter one man leaves"
"Two men enter one man leaves"