Tired of Shots Fired: everyone has an opinion, but who has a real solution?

The gun violence we've been experiencing as a community happens under a variety of circumstances...and makes us all feel helpless.

The Fitzgerald Tire Company Co. building in Downtown Belmont was the site of a January shooting that left one man dead. Photo: Melissa Garth Suttle

On February 20, Charlottesville Police Chief Michael Kochis spoke with CBS19 about gun violence in the City. Since September last year, there's been a steady stream of reported shootings, some, like the shooting of three UVA football players in November, got national attention, and others, like the shooting of Eldridge “Skeeta” Smith, a beloved father, friend, and someone actually dedicated to stopping gun violence, hit closer to home. As the Daily Progress has reported, 21 people have been injured and 11 killed by gun violence in Charlottesville and Albemarle County since September.

Kochis said he planned to zero in on "hot spots" where shootings occur and "build, from the ground up, a crisis response team." Kochis was careful to say he would not be reactivating the SWAT team, which has been on “operational stand down” since former Police C…