See A Tagger? Police Say Don't Confront Them

cbs ^ | Aug 14, 2007 10:02 pm US/Pacific

[massgopguy]

Punks, they’ve been hanging around Maplewood Square and jumping senior citizens as they leave the convenience store. An adult at our Italian Feast last weekend recognized one and clocked him.

[dfwgator]

Yet another argument for sending all gang members to Gitmo.

[dashing doofus]

Hope you like ‘em. I tried the sand grips, but they felt kind of gritty to me. I like the rubber much better.

On the tac light: For me, I like the rail-mounted tac light better on the full sized models. I have an M-3 on my Glock 22.

[shekkian]

I propose a few common sense measures to confront this problem...

Licensing and registration of all spray paint purchases

A five day waiting period and one can a month limit

No cans larger than 12 mL or 20 psi of pressure

Remember, this is for the children.

[Gay State Conservative]

A 'tagger' is a member of our richly diverse culture that specializes in custom painting walls, concrete bridges and railroad boxcars.

Not long ago I was walking trough a part of Brookline,MA (proud home of Mike Dukakis...very liberal and very,*very* rich) with my sister and noticed some graffitti on the mailbox of a very expensive house.I commented to my sister that the homeowners of that area will be thrilled to see the arrival of that "richly diverse culture".

[gridlock]

The city should just run spray trucks through every neighborhood every day. If there is graffitti, spray it, no matter where it is. Paint the town gray.

If Graffitti lasts for less than a day, nobody bothers to put it up.

[macmedic892]

"A gang in my city has moved on from spray painting to carving their logo MW (Maplewood) into cars throughout the city."

Idiots! "MW"? Don't they realize that Maplewood is one word, and should be abbreviated simply as "M"? What a needless doubling of effort!

< /sarc >

[gridlock]

Here's what I use for "tagging"...

Here's what they use...

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

My grnadfather owned an apartment complex and it got tagged weekly. This is why he finally sold it and this was in the early 80’s in central california.

[Hacklehead]

So now grandmas get shot for flashing their lights at someone? That’s not what I would call a “confrontation”.

[macmedic892]

"B-b-b-but I thought tagging was just a multicultural self-expression of art and free speech!.........taggers don’t kill people! Guns kill people!........"

Last week, we had an incident here around N'Awlins where a "warm and creative" young man (per family) was accidently struck by a police vehicle while fleeing the site where he was spray-painting a floodwall.

Said his aunt: "He loved to paint. He'd been doing that since he was the age of 8. He was very, very good. He's talented."

If he was so talented, maybe he could have painted a surface he owned!

[CodeToad]

TAgger: Gang member marking territory. Like planting a flag.

[rbosque]

So we’re allowed to use high-powered rifles? It can be a new sport. If one of them is on a freeway overpass sign, that’s extra points if he falls on the freeway.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

We need some kinda laser device that you could aim at the spraycan, and make it explode! Thereby “taggin’” the tagger.

[untrained skeptic]

I don't shoot IDPA, and I haven't actually shot IPSC in over a year, but I prefer TruGrip pre-cut grip tape for my G34.

http://www.ericwesselman.com/store/FAQS.html

I'm also a fan of a henie rear sight mated with a Dawson Precision 019-002 fibre optic front sight. You get a good bit of light on both sides of the front sight which helps acquire a good sight picture quickly even when you are shooting indoors or in the shade and the fibre optic doesn't work as well.

Of course everyone has their own preferences, so you should get what you like.

[dashing doofus]

I get some of the best info, on a variety of topics, on FR.

Thank you! I will check that out.

[Snardius]

Here in Spokane we have a local politician who wants to pass an ordinance that bans the sale of cans of spray paint to minors...People don’t tag...Spray paint tags...

[Right Wing Assault]

Dear Taggers: Go back to Mexico.

Hey, man. We don't got nuf spray paint down there an' where ah leeved, we doan got no buildings to spray eet on anyhow. I got tired of sprain mah art on thee groun'. Duh mules ees always walkin' on eet, joo know? Ah like eet mucho bettero up here, man. Ah can steal all de paint ah need an' you gots lots uh beeldings and breedges to spray eet on.

[sheana]

Where I live in California all the subdivisions have huge concrete walls around them. They are a prime target for taggers so they plant huge bushes (usually Oleander) in front of the walls to keep taggers away.
Our city/county has a graffiti removal program. You call them with the location and they go out and paint over the tags. They are very busy.

[tracer]

It’s a jungle animal related to a loin....