Young Suggests Boxing Ring To Solve City Violence Problems

At an anti-gun violence rally on Sunday, Mayor Bernard "Jack" C. Young suggested a boxing ring as a new approach to preventing gun violence in the city.

Young believes that young people should put the guns down and boxing gloves up to settle their disputes.

“Gun violence is unnecessary. We can find other means to settle our disputes.” @mayorbcyoung says people should put their guns down and their gloves up in a boxing ring to settle disputes. @wbaltv11 #wbal pic.twitter.com/yq3rux53vi — Karen Campbell (@KarenCampbellTV) June 3, 2019

"If they really want to settle them, we can have them down at the Civic Center [Royal Farms Arena], put a boxing ring up, let them go and box it out, those kind of things," Young said. "[May] the best man win, and the beef should be over. Those are some kinds of things I'm thinking about and hoping that we can get these people to put these guns down."

Young, State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby and City Councilman Robert Stokes Sr. attended a "Bmore United" anti-gun rally alongside members from Walk By Faith Ministries at Parkside Shopping Center on Sunday.

This rally comes after 11 people were injured and one killed in eight separate shootings throughout the city over the weekend.

This event acts a precursor to National Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 7 and multiple events sponsored by the state's attorney's office to take place every Friday this summer.

According to the state's attorney's office, the first event will take place on Friday, June 6 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Shake & Bake Family Fun Center on Pennsylvania Avenue for the purpose of youth engagement.

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