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Of course there was no gunfire in the videos I posted. It doesn't mean it didn't happen. The story that took place in Paris, TX, over 80 rounds of gunfire on the scene. We're talking about a town of 24,000 people. My point is that this is going on in the small towns too.
I'm not suggesting it didn't happen. My point is what we hear in Oakland sounds like a war zone. There was nothing in the two clips posted in which to compare
Of course there was no gunfire in the videos I posted. It doesn't mean it didn't happen. The story that took place in Paris, TX, over 80 rounds of gunfire on the scene. We're talking about a town of 24,000 people. My point is that this is going on in the small towns too.
Not nearly as often as you seem to be making it. I live in a town of 28k, the last shooting we had here was a murder/suicide in 2018. The one prior to that, was 2007, a husband murdered his wife.
50 miles south, in Detroit, there is a shooting (s) nightly, granted, the population is 20 times that of my town.
It's really difficult to get guns in these high crime areas.
In my state, one has to attain a purchase permit from the local, which generally takes a few days to get. Once the individual has that, they go to the FFL, at the point of transfer, one fills out a 4473 and an RI-060, and there is another background check done, then, if all goes well, a copy of the RI-060 goes to the local PD where that firearm is then registered with the MSP. If one already has a CPL, they can skip the purchase permit.
So, any other laws you think we should have that will prevent criminals from getting these firearms ?
The gunfire we hear in the Oakland video is so heavy it sounds like an actual war zone. I can't imagine how many rounds were fired that night.
There were no video/audio of the gunplay in the two videos you posted.
In my experience with Chicago the core feature is that it doesn't impact anyone with money, influence or in-play votes.
To smooth ruffled feathers in the most impacted areas the politicians use:
1) blame guns, blame outside forces
2) payoffs via jobs, contributions etc. to key figures that will deflect anger directed at the politicians from those groups. (Saw Mayor Daley do that first hand with Sharpton, this is how you used to buy off communities after police shootings and other events.) Less effective now, I think due to social media.
In my experience with smaller towns it can be rival groups or in some cases just personal beefs possibly involving women as well, it tends to get more complicated.
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