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To: kiriath_jearim
somehow had access to deadly weapons

It's called burglary.

Happened to me here in Homestead. 19 year old gang banger broke into my house while I was at work and stole a handgun. He was caught committing armed robbery with it and was subsequently charged with armed robbery, drug possession, carrying a concealed weapon and grand theft (handgun cost in excess of $1K) It was his second offense for drugs and guns.

BTW, the judge gave him probation on the drug charges and he walked on all the others. I called the state attorney's office and asked them if they waiting for him to commit a 'real' crime, such as murder, before they sent him away.

Guns ain't the problem. The system is broke.

4 posted on 02/01/2008 8:59:31 AM PST by cowboyway ("No damn man kills me and lives." -- Nathan Bedford Forrest)
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To: cowboyway

There must have been some mitigating factors that impacted his sentencing. Was he from a broken home? Maybe he was bottle-fed as an infant and grew up without the same sense of security that a breast-fed baby has. Perhaps he was teased when he was a youngster. Maybe he ate too much junk food. Maybe the village that raised him failed to instill the proper self esteem. I think you probably share some of the blame for this poor victim’s plight. As a member of his village, did you provide the nurturing that he needed?


5 posted on 02/01/2008 9:06:20 AM PST by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: cowboyway

Here just about 30 miles east outside of Atlanta where gun-owners and hunters quite frequently ride around in their pick-ups with rifles proudly displayed in their back windows, we don’t have too much gun violence. It happens as everywhere, but it’s not like in Atlanta!

We hear about a murder or shooting or 3 daily there on the news. Might get one here about twice a year.


17 posted on 02/02/2008 12:12:10 AM PST by tpanther
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