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Should Columbia explore imposing curfews to curb youth violence?

Asked by ABC 17 News

310 Votes

Should Columbia explore imposing curfews to curb youth violence?

81%

Yes Yes

19%

No No

81%

Yes

5 Comments

Ronald Long

I think they need to implement a 10pm curfew for minors and a 1:00am curfew for adults the only way you’re on Columbia streets is if you are at work or traveling to or from work. And the parents of minors caught out after the curfew should have steep penalties up to even jail.

Fat Guy Outdoors

If you need to poll this question, then you're clueless.

Joey West

I am a former resident of Columbia. I now live near Tulsa. Tulsa has set a curfew downtown for minors. It's sad that government has to assume the responsibilities of absent or clueless parents!

Toasty

They should explore curfews, but I can guess that Columbia will hire outside consultants for $200,000, create a committee to design signage (lbtgq++ approved, of course). Then figure out without real consequences, curfews just scatter the cockroaches to somewhere else in Columbia.

19%

No

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

Has gun violence changed the way you see Las Cruces?

Asked by KVIA ABC-7 News

146 Votes

Has gun violence changed the way you see Las Cruces?

67%

Yes Yes

33%

No No

67%

Yes

4 Comments

Chris

Because now everyone is so scared that no one will stand up for themselves and there property. Instead we watch them through cameras steal and damage our property. The main reason for the massive crime is that no one will do anything and the criminals know it.

Glen Blasdel

Because violence of every stripe has increased in Las Cruces over the last 16 years. It is a gun, it's a knife, it's a carjacking, stolen vehicle and the list goes on. Las Cruces, in my opinion, is becoming a very unsafe community. However, my gratitude still goes out to the LCPD and Chief Story.

Mike Munoz

New Mexico in general is a very dangerous state. Either the laws are too lax, or the police aren’t up to snuff. Or perhaps both.

Susan Hixon

I lived there in the 60s and 70s when Las Cruces still had a genuine small-town vibe. I still get little hints of that when I go to my old neighborhood, but for the most part 'Cruces has turned into a sprawling, sweltering suburb of El Paso.

33%

No

2 Comments

Arthur Colburn

You do nothing to entice jobs growth thus keeping the population under employed. You tie the hands of the police department, and either don't or under prosecute criminals. You keep the schools at the lowest ratings in the nation. Point away to guns to cover your failings!

Joe Rocker

Poverty is the number one cause of violence.

Are schools still safe places for children?

Asked by ABC 17 News

230 Votes

Are schools still safe places for children?

37%

Yes Yes

63%

No No

37%

Yes

2 Comments

Max DeYoung

2023: 63 people were injured or killed in 38 school shootings. 2024: As of September 4, 2024, 49 people have been injured or killed in 23 school shootings. Although these numbers are horrible, they are miniscle numbers compared to the crime and drugs created by our unsecured border.

Max DeYoung

Or as Chicagoans like to say: "That's just Tuesday in Chicago."

Max DeYoung

63%

No

2 Comments

Belinda Kitchen

Because you take the RSO's out of the schools not safe . And to many schools are not doing enough to prevent these things from happening.

Guns SquareOffs

Should Columbia explore imposing curfews to curb youth violence?

81% Yes Yes

19% No No

81% Yes

19% No

Has gun violence changed the way you see Las Cruces?

67% Yes Yes

33% No No

67% Yes

33% No

Are schools still safe places for children?

37% Yes Yes

63% No No

37% Yes

63% No

About Guns

81%

Yes Yes

19%

No No

81%

Yes

19%

No

67%

Yes Yes

33%

No No

67%

Yes

33%

No

37%

Yes Yes

63%

No No

37%

Yes

63%

No