From complaints submitted to the City of Reno, Nevada, last year.

One night this summer I was walking with my wife and two friends from out of town. We witnessed someone cracking a whip about twenty yards away. It was embarrassing. Now we have a running joke about people cracking whips being a thing in Reno.

I felt safe until I experienced a man walking in my direction cracking a whip.

Whip cracking is not an average city noise.

Whips sound like gunfire.

The whips terrify my son.

The whip crackers have taken over.

They crack whips 24/7, often resulting…