City May Ask NRA to Help Reduce Homicides
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City officials may ask the National Rifle Assn. to help fund a campaign to get guns off Oakland’s streets.
The city saw 25 straight years of killings numbering in the triple digits from 1973 to 1998.
Although this year’s final count--now at 59--probably will fall below 100, City Manager Robert Bobb said the homicide rate remains so frustrating that he hopes the NRA could donate some of the $300,000 needed to publicize the city’s Project: Exile program, which allows federal prosecution for those involved in gun-related crimes.
Calls to the NRA’s Northern California representatives were not immediately returned.
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