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Seattle has a gang problem, not a gun problem

amlevin

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Go back to Roman days. Put all the Gang Members in a Colosseum/Sports Arena, give each one pistol with 6 rounds, and then let them go at it. If the spectators can be protected behind bullet proof glass, sell tickets to the event.

Sure would beat them settling their scores on the Street.
 

sirpuma

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Go back to Roman days. Put all the Gang Members in a Colosseum/Sports Arena, give each one pistol with 6 rounds, and then let them go at it. If the spectators can be protected behind bullet proof glass, sell tickets to the event.

Sure would beat them settling their scores on the Street.

You'll also have to provide other weapons on the ground like clubs with spikes, spears, knives and such because the chances are they would all go through their ammo without actually wounding their intended target.
 

Freedom First

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Go back to Roman days. Put all the Gang Members in a Colosseum/Sports Arena, give each one pistol with 6 rounds, and then let them go at it. If the spectators can be protected behind bullet proof glass, sell tickets to the event.

Sure would beat them settling their scores on the Street.

Only one problem, gangbangers are notoriously bad shots. Only 6 rounds? They'd have to beat each other to death with their empty guns... ;)
 

Metalhead47

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You'll also have to provide other weapons on the ground like clubs with spikes, spears, knives and such because the chances are they would all go through their ammo without actually wounding their intended target.

This.

Only one problem, gangbangers are notoriously bad shots. Only 6 rounds? They'd have to beat each other to death with their empty guns... ;)

And this.

Go back to Roman days. Put all the Gang Members in a Colosseum/Sports Arena, give each one pistol with 6 rounds, and then let them go at it. If the spectators can be protected behind bullet proof glass, sell tickets to the event.

Sure would beat them settling their scores on the Street.

F that. Melee weapons only. No one wants to see a bunch of idiots NOT shoot things. *Real* gunshot wounds (as opposed to hollywood) are typically much less amusing than arterial bleeding.



THEN AGAIN....

We *could* just repeal all the malum prohibitum laws that generate all the money & power for gangs and watch them just shrivel up & die like unwatered plants.....
 
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Beretta92FSLady

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Go back to Roman days. Put all the Gang Members in a Colosseum/Sports Arena, give each one pistol with 6 rounds, and then let them go at it. If the spectators can be protected behind bullet proof glass, sell tickets to the event.

Sure would beat them settling their scores on the Street.

I don't want to be sitting in the stands; thugs are bad shooters!
 

Levi

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THEN AGAIN....

We *could* just repeal all the malum prohibitum laws that generate all the money & power for gangs and watch them just shrivel up & die like unwatered plants.....

I'm in full agreement with this. I would love to see all law boiled down to a single volume that can be easily read and understood by a 5th grader.
 

gogodawgs

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More 'GUN VIOLENCE'!!!!

Clearly this is an example of 'gun violence' that McMuffin talks about....

Police say a man was pistol-whipped during a carjacking in South Seattle early this morning.Officers were dispatched to the 3300 block of York Road South just before 12:30 a.m. on a report of a stolen Chrysler Sebring, according to Seattle Police Department spokesman Jeff Kappel. The victim was apparently parking his car near his home when he noticed two men parked about 200 feet away in a newer-model Volvo. One of the men approached and demanded his keys, police said.One of the suspects struck the man in the face with a gun, and the victim gave up his car keys, police said. The victim told officers that the man who struck him took off in his car; the second man drove away in the Volvo.Police and Seattle Fire Department medics were called, the victim was treated for a large bump on his head. The victim is described as being a man in his 30s.The suspects and the two vehicles have not been found.Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call 911 or Seattle Police.

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2012/06/man-pistol-whipped-in-south-seattle-carjacking/
 
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