• @[email protected]
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    267 months ago

    I’m not the biggest fan of scooters but with that said,

    “There is a direct relation to people riding around on illegal scooters and committing crimes.”

    is quite a stretch here. People on scooters often ignore traffic laws. They don’t often do drive-by shootings.

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      157 months ago

      is quite a stretch here.

      You’re moving the goalpost though. Let’s keep the focus on these illegal scooters and do something about it. Shifting of goalposts wastes time, I’m guessing you’ll soon talk about gun control, which is pointless as those guns are legal and the scooters weren’t. Focus should be on the scooters.

      Likely needed: /s

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      47 months ago

      Im honestly surprised, I feel like I couldn’t even fire a 9mm pistol from a scooter accurately enough to hit my target without falling down from more than maybe 10ft out. Maybe im just thinking too much about not trying to hit other things though, Id imagine just spraying could work but thats beyond irresponsable and way more likely to leave the target your aiming at alive.

      • @[email protected]
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        37 months ago

        It doesn’t seem like these guys were firing accurately - I doubt that “1 dead, 3 injured” was their specific intent.

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          27 months ago

          Thats what gets me though, If you’re convinced you need to shoot someone and you do so sloppily, they have a higher chance of living and you have a higher chance of getting caught. If your target lives you likely become a target yourself, or at best now theres a firsthand witness and you can be put away much longer. Its similarly bad for you if you hit bystanders. It’s like popping a zit with a hammer.

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            37 months ago

            I presume this is gang warfare and the intent is to attack the enemy gang rather than to kill someone in particular. Shooting bystanders does seem to get a lot more police attention than shooting other gang members, but maybe this was a group of enemy gang members.