{"id":78825,"date":"2017-09-06T13:48:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T17:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=78825"},"modified":"2026-06-03T02:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:16:30","slug":"sacramento-adopts-plan-reduce-gun-violence-without-restricting-2a-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/sacramento-adopts-plan-reduce-gun-violence-without-restricting-2a-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento to Pay Thugs $1K Per Month Not to Commit Gun-Related Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last December we <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/new-programs-focus-identification-intervention-reduce-firearm-related-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"sacramento-adopts-plan-reduce-gun-violence-without-restricting-2a-rights\" title=\"Sacramento to Pay Thugs $1K Per Month Not to Commit Gun-Related Crimes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that a groundbreaking new program had reduced firearm-related homicides in Richmond, Ca., by 76 percent since 2007, all without restricting Second Amendment rights. Other cities have noticed the program\u2019s effectiveness, and this month the Sacramento City Council <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sacramentocityexpress.com\/2017\/08\/28\/sacramento-city-council-to-consider-a-new-gun-violence-reduction-strategy-at-tuesday-nights-council-meeting\/#0\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"sacramento-adopts-plan-reduce-gun-violence-without-restricting-2a-rights\" title=\"Sacramento to Pay Thugs $1K Per Month Not to Commit Gun-Related Crimes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">approved<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a $1.5 million investment in the same strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The program will be directed by an organization known as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancepeace.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"sacramento-adopts-plan-reduce-gun-violence-without-restricting-2a-rights\" title=\"Sacramento to Pay Thugs $1K Per Month Not to Commit Gun-Related Crimes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advance Peace<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, whose founder, DeVone Boggan, spearheaded the model that saw so much success in Richmond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The program targets the small percentage of city residents that commit the majority of gun-related crimes and offers them the chance to turn their lives around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019re trying to get them to dream, to hope, to go from a place of \u2018I don\u2019t give a fuck\u2019 to a place where \u2018Maybe I do,\u2019\u201d DeVone Boggan told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/3056836\/how-a-city-is-slashing-gun-crime-with-a-paid-fellowship-for-would-be-shooters\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"sacramento-adopts-plan-reduce-gun-violence-without-restricting-2a-rights\" title=\"Sacramento to Pay Thugs $1K Per Month Not to Commit Gun-Related Crimes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FastCoexist.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> last year. \u201cBecause the moment you start to give a damn, you start to make decisions that are healthier about how you handle the conflicts you\u2019re negotiating every day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/new-programs-focus-identification-intervention-reduce-firearm-related-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"sacramento-adopts-plan-reduce-gun-violence-without-restricting-2a-rights\" title=\"Sacramento to Pay Thugs $1K Per Month Not to Commit Gun-Related Crimes\">A Real Solution to Gun-Related Violence? Programs Targeting \u2018Key Offenders\u2019 Show Promise<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Sacramento, only about 50 young men commit the majority of shootings, according to Khaalid Muttaqi, director of the city\u2019s Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advance Peace will reach out to these individuals and offer them help with education, career development, anger management, parenting, medical health, and spirituality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There\u2019s also a monetary incentive: if participants stay in the system and complete the required tasks, they will receive $1,000 per month for 9 months of the 18-month program. This strategy is sometimes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/news\/local\/sacramento-approves-15-million-to-tackle-gun-violence\/469170944\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"sacramento-adopts-plan-reduce-gun-violence-without-restricting-2a-rights\" title=\"Sacramento to Pay Thugs $1K Per Month Not to Commit Gun-Related Crimes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">described<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as \u201cpaying people not to commit crimes,\u201d and Sacramento residents have wondered why 1.5 million taxpayer dollars will be handed out to these individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But the program has proven to be effective, and according to Muttaqi, the estimated government cost of every homicide is more than $1 million, which includes the cost of investigation, prosecution and years of incarceration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sacramento has also seen a rise in <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/8-facts-about-mass-killings-gun-related-violence-that-democrats-must-acknowledge-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"sacramento-adopts-plan-reduce-gun-violence-without-restricting-2a-rights\" title=\"Sacramento to Pay Thugs $1K Per Month Not to Commit Gun-Related Crimes\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6358\">gun-related violence<\/a> over the last several years, and its leadership is looking for a solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe need is there, the program has shown results and our community can\u2019t wait. \u00a0The time is now for action to address <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/indy-mayor-has-obvious-solution-for-gun-violence-but-nobody-wants-to-go-there\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"sacramento-adopts-plan-reduce-gun-violence-without-restricting-2a-rights\" title=\"Sacramento to Pay Thugs $1K Per Month Not to Commit Gun-Related Crimes\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6357\">gun violence,\u201d said Vice Mayor<\/a> Rick Jennings who also chairs the task force.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The problem is \u201cbigger than we would like it to be and it&#8217;s going in the wrong direction,\u201d added Muttaqi. \u201cWe&#8217;ve had an uptick of about 38 percent in the last couple of years in gun-related violence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other cities including Washington, D.C., San Jose, Oakland, and Toledo, Ohio, have adopted Advance Peace\u2019s model. Baltimore and Gary, Indiana, have plans to do the same.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The program targets the small percentage of city residents that commit the majority of gun-related crimes and offers them the chance to turn their lives around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":78826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"manual","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,593],"tags":[132,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-78825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-jordan-michaels","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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