Replacing Guns With Gardening Sounds Great, But It Won’t Work

By Tom Knighton

In inner cities all over the country, various groups are looking for things they can do to combat the violence that plagues their communities. They aren’t legislative bodies, so while they might want gun control, they can’t actually pass gun control. The smart ones start looking for other things they can do to try and minimize the violence.

These efforts can range from midnight basketball to backyard fight clubs.

However, it seems that one group has an idea that they can replace “guns” with “gardening” and reduce violence. In an article titled, “South Columbus neighborhood aims to replace guns with gardening“:

A new community garden in the Driving Park neighborhood celebrated its first harvest on Saturday with a “garden party” on Berkeley Road.

“The OG Garden,” which stands for Our Garden, was founded on April 10 this year, when local yoga instructor Marjorie Nesbitt dedicated her empty lot at 897 Berkeley Road for a neighborhood gardening project.

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The garden is in the middle of one of Columbus’ most violent neighborhoods, relative to gun violence. Multiple fatal shootings happened mere blocks away on Berkeley Road, just this past summer.

I wish them well, but I’d also advise them not to get …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms