Concealed Carry.
Sounds like Philly needs concealed carry....if it is fully backed and not harrassed by the city government and police. Concealed carry and castle doctrine.
Sure looks like the police have frittered away their "brand" as a legitimate force for justice and order. Remember when the Philly police dropped a bomb on the MOVE folks and burned down the whole block? I'm not sure I would call them either.
Problems like this in Philadelphia, Boston, LA, NY, Detroit, Chicago have been a long time making. The citizens, the city government, the police, the feds, the school systems and the local religious leaders all have responsibility. Going to be hard/impossible to get cooperation to turn it all around. Radical moves like ENDING the drug war or permitting concealed carry would start to crack it, but I think probably we are going to go the other way.
I hope they give those volunteers nice T-shirts and Berets for their troubles.