You've brought up a very interesting point. It's long been suspected that state and local governments, particularly in California, have actually engineered and instigated many conflicts between rival gangs, in the hope that their animosity towards each other will result in many bloody battles, leaving many members of both sides dead. This isn't something "new," either. On February 14, 1929, seven members of the infamous "Bugs" Moran gang were mowed down my machinegun fire in a garage in Chicago's Lincoln Park section, which became known as the "Valentine's Day Massacre." Many historians speculate to this day, that this was an "instigated event" by law enforcement, to cause a gang war among the Chicago bootleggers of that time period, akin to "start the fire and watch it burn." Details on this event are here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine's_Day_massacre It has always been a philosophy of law enforcement, that the preferred course of action (when dealing with criminal gangs), is to get rival gang members to kill each other. It's a very effective way to cut down on the number of guys you have to arrest, charge, try in court, sentence and incarcerate. Instead, you just ship the dead bodies to the morgue and fill out the paperwork. +5