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Originally posted by roadgravel
Originally posted by Gargamel
Originally posted by roadgravel
If gangs thought that all stores were unarmed don't you think that robberies would escalate? There would be little danger in robberies while using a firearm. The shop owners would have to comply or die. Same with households.
I would think that most store owners do have a gun for protection and robberies still are quite frequent. I doesn't seem to me that it is much of a deterent.
Believe that, it's your choice. Most would not agree, IMO.
It's going in circles at this point.
Originally posted by Gargamel
No problem. I just think that if having a gun was a deterent for crime there would be alot less crime in a country that has so many guns.
Originally posted by jibeho
15-Year-Old Girl Who Performed At Obama Inauguration Shot Dead...
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A teenage girl–an honor student who had just performed at President Obama’s inaugural–was gunned down Tuesday afternoon in the Kenwood neighborhood, just blocks from the high school she attended.
CBS 2’s Mike Parker reports the victim, 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, was taking shelter from the rain with a group of 10 to 12 teenagers under a canopy in Vivian Gordon Harsh Park on the 4500 block of South Oakenwald Avenue around 2:30 p.m., when someone jumped a fence, ran up to them, and opened fire.
Just days before, Hadiya performed with her high school band at President Obama’s i
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Originally posted by HawkeyeNation
Sad that these poor kids that even do well can't escape the violence.
Originally posted by Jefferton
reply to post by thisguyrighthere
As long as you want to live in a society that self gratifies over guns, it will continue.
But it's your "right" to be murdered... I say good. You deserve it.
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