Each year the percentage of violence, destruction caused, innocents injured, and people killed or injured has been increasing over the years. According to the L.A. Times it has increased twenty seven point eight percent since the two thousands. There is no reason for any type of violence because it hurts the aggressor, the civilians, and objects around them. Out of every type of violence, gang violence has to be the worst because it is between two groups of people, who are either fighting for territory or just because they don't like the others race or what they believe in or what they do. And this is all for nothing, this fighting between two groups is almost meaningless because they gain nothing out of all this fighting. If anything all they gain is more territory to terrorize on and getting more souls to ruin. The only thing that comes out of this violence is destruction, lost lives, chaos, and ruining lives. Ex gang members that do finally understand this try to turn their lives around and usually turn to helping other gang members understand that violence doesn't solve anything, try settling down and having normal families, or turning to art and poems and writing for