2aguy
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- Jul 19, 2014
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The account of a British teen caught in the cross fire of gangs and drugs....and guns....
‘I saw someone get his face carved’: knife and gun crime up close
Violent disputes involving knives and guns blow up over the lucrative cannabis and cocaine trade as well as “beef” spread through music and video clips on Instagram and YouTube.
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“Someone can know where you live and where your mum stays and then you have to take action on that. Pre-emptive strike. You’re not just going to sit around till they come so when they bust a shot through your window, you can shoot back.”
And now guns – shotguns, handguns, submachine guns – were becoming more prevalent in gangs, purchased with healthy profits from the drugs trade, he said. Police records of crimes using firearms in England and Wales show an upward trend since 2013, after years of reductions.
“Instead of one gun between five people, it’s one MAC [submachine gun] between two people.”
‘I saw someone get his face carved’: knife and gun crime up close
Violent disputes involving knives and guns blow up over the lucrative cannabis and cocaine trade as well as “beef” spread through music and video clips on Instagram and YouTube.
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“Someone can know where you live and where your mum stays and then you have to take action on that. Pre-emptive strike. You’re not just going to sit around till they come so when they bust a shot through your window, you can shoot back.”
And now guns – shotguns, handguns, submachine guns – were becoming more prevalent in gangs, purchased with healthy profits from the drugs trade, he said. Police records of crimes using firearms in England and Wales show an upward trend since 2013, after years of reductions.
“Instead of one gun between five people, it’s one MAC [submachine gun] between two people.”