Violence Polls - SquareOffs

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

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Has gun violence changed the way you see Columbia?

Asked by ABC 17 News

585 Votes

Has gun violence changed the way you see Columbia?

86%

Yes Yes

14%

No No

86%

Yes

4 Comments

Mike Whitaker

It’s become very unsafe; Columbia use to be on the most desirable places to live in the country… based partly on how safe it was; now it’s become unsafe!

Max DeYoung

It scares me to go there. I only go to Columbia, when it can not be avoided. I'm old and can't defend myself like a young man. I served my country for eleven years when I was younger. I would have done 20 but I chose a job that paid 3 times what my E-6 military pay was. Thanks to President Carter

Bill Douglas

Yet you have no problem with allowing taxpayer-funded state employees who are graduates of UM, collecting taxpayer funded pensions so they can “spend their retirement at UM ball games”?! You need to join our movement to start filing complaints against these kinds of people

Max DeYoung

Five people injured in three shootings in Columbia since Friday

Max DeYoung

Carter drove many good soldiers away, I'm glad that I was one of them.

Steve Sargent

It isn't 'gun violence'. I've got a dozen guns that aren't hurting anybody. They're not going to steal my car, drive to Columbia and shoot up the town. Columbia has gone to hell- crimes perpetrated by people already prohibited from possessing guns. No way I'd send a kid to MU.

Bill Douglas

Do you approve of state employees being able to retire, draw a lifetime pension of thousands of dollars each month so they can spend their retirement “going to MU sports” like one local MoDOT engineer in my town has publicly stated? I can give name & title if anyone wants to file a complaint.