Axzaviyon Clark-Bolden at an anti-violence demonstration at City Hall in May. - Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS
In case city leaders have yet to realize that gun violence has reached epidemic proportions, consider the following: A 7-year-old boy was sitting in his bedroom playing video games Saturday night when he was shot in the thigh by a stray bullet from outside his home. The shooting of a boy innocently playing in his bedroom should shake city leaders to their core and spark a full-throated call to action. So should the latest tally of weekend gun violence in Philadelphia: 21 people were shot between Saturday and Sunday. At one point, the shootings were occurring minutes apart. An unidentified male...
