Let's Not Forget Gun Violence in Cities Like Detroit and Chicago

street corners of Chicago." But solving the ills that ultimately leave kids dead in Chicago and Detroit is going to demand even more than what he has unveiled so far.

Addressing issues of mental instability in the dialogue around mass gun violence only makes sense. But if we really want to get at the problems of everyday violence in Detroit, Chicago and other cities, then we need to concern ourselves at least as much with instability of another kind -- economic.