I don’t think your idea will have the outcome you think, at least not quickly. The notion that most shootings are turf battles doesn’t track with my experience, which is plentiful but limited I guess only to cases that result in convictions or trials.

Most of the shootings are drug-adjacent, but not like the movies or tv might have you think. In the 80s and 90s it was common to see one crew just shoot up another rival crew over a spot on some corner but I don’t see that now. What I see is one crew beefing with another crew over some dumb shit, that leads to a fight, and that leads to a back and forth tit for tat.

There’s certainly some reason to think that legalization would limit the draw of gangs, and that would help. But some of these beefs date back decades and are just ingrained in the streets and neighborhoods. I’m not sure you’d get the result you think you would, but I’m also certain you’d end up creating more addicts and most of the murders, robberies, and burglaries I see are committed by addicts.