It's not the 'younger generation'.
It's the inner city thugs trying to be 'gangstas'.
It isn't just the inner city gangsta wannabes. When I was at UT many years ago, the local White boys thought riding around in a car with a gun made them hot stuff. I'd been through the army and thought they were idiot children. Of course, there is no denying the rate of violent crime among inner city youth these days.