Williamsport, you have not been looking too good in the public as of late. First, it was regarding the homelessness situation. Now we have yet another shooting.

Last night police dispatch was called for the notorious 5th Ave bar. From what is being said so far, one victim was shot in the head and another just grazed by a bullet. At the time of this incident, there were about 60 people at the bar that night.

One thing about the 5th ave, it is an area in our town that is good for these situations. Most people are quick to pull the trigger on blaming the drug dealers, which is only part of the problem. This has been an ongoing issue in our town with shootings and drugs and it seems like its being more swept under the rug than anything as of late.

What I would like to know is where the police in all of this was. When I always passed in this area, there was always a cop hanging out on this block to keep the peace. Now before the pitchforks become raised. It’s not only just this avenue. We have a few more areas that are like this.

The Facebook Commenters that have been posting on the news sites keep blaming Philly. Which is hilarious it is a classic example of blame someone else. Funny part is we have more people coming up here than Philadelphia. Did you notice Williamsport is the hub connector to get to the other cities? Majority of the dealers are just stopping through just to offload and on to their next thing.

How about we put the blame on ourselves for once? We all know the police force is not going to be there every second. When us as a whole is living in fear. We will not speak up. It is the classic case of snitches getting stitches. On the other hand, possible being murdered yourself, which that would make for quite a suck day.

Another issue is because of the heroin epidemic that is going on a global scale with people. It has is fogging up their judgment hard core. It is not about the cocaine anymore. People have found something that is more potent. Sadly most of the people that are hooked on it because they were introduced to painkillers at first. I have seen some very good friends of mine go down this hellish road. Some did get out of it. Some did not make it though.

This also when you are hopped up on your drugs. It just makes you quick to snap. For all we know it could have been something very stupid why the victims were shot. Majority of the time it is over stupid shit.

A topic that has been hit as of late is controlling the guns. There is a problem with that too. It is not hard to get a weapon for about $300 on the streets. Even if we regulated who can have one and conceal. It is still not hard to get one that is not tagged what so ever. That defeats that purpose.

One thing we need to do as a whole, is start speaking up. If we do not speak up, things are not going to change. Instead of talking about how Williamsport is complete utter crap. How about we turn this town around ourselves? It’s just one of the many issues we have here. People do not like to speak up about it.

Please use the comment board on this site as well to stir discussion. This post has been made to stir debate. If we do not debate the issues, how are we going to resolve them?

EDIT1 : Now three people who were involved from what the news is saying. Also the victim that was shot in the head did not make it.

EDIT2: Grammar