This article also points out something that I have been saying for sometime that a large portion of crime are drug gang related. I would point out again that just as gangs can get the drugs to sell they can get the guns that they need to protect those drugs from other gangs.
Thanks to Peter K for sending me this link.
Gang violence boosts death tally
A spike in the number of deadly gangland quarrels pushed last year's homicide count to 60
by Lou Michel
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: January 03, 2010,
. . . "Buy a gun," a member of a recently busted inner-city gang told The Buffalo News last week when asked what could be done to curtail homicides. "Hey, I'm just being honest. You asked."
Tall and good looking, the young man half smiled, shrugged and seemed to disappear into his oversized winter coat.
Twice the victim of gunfire — a fact a street cop confirmed — the young man said he views self-protection as the best means of avoiding death on the streets.
The gangs that fight over territory and drugs, he said, are often not well organized. . . .
Thanks to Peter K for sending me this link.
Gang member's advice on how to cut down on murder: "Buy a gun"
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