Shooting In Boerum Hill
A reader emailed us last night after arriving home at around 8 o’clock to find that her block of Warren Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues had been shut down following a shooting. There were a couple of dozen cops on hand, and they said that someone from the nearby Gowanus Houses had been shot;…
A reader emailed us last night after arriving home at around 8 o’clock to find that her block of Warren Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues had been shut down following a shooting. There were a couple of dozen cops on hand, and they said that someone from the nearby Gowanus Houses had been shot; she inferred from there comments that it was a teenager. She also inferred that the shooter was still on the loose. Anyone else nearby pick up any other details?
No, Rob, illegal guns need to be removed. People need to have permits. What makes you think this person had a permit? Wanna make a bet?
Yes, next to Wyckoff Houses.
so because a bunch of stupid kids act like idiots with guns means all guns should be banned? um no. if i want a gun i should be allowed to own one. if i wanna be a hillbilly and shoot a bunch of tin cans on the top of my trailer, i should be allowed. if i want a gun in my home for protection i should be allowed. should i be allowed to shoot the gun willy nilly in the air as an extension of my penis and manhood? NO.
people also stab people with knives, should knives be banned too? heavens where would everyone get their sushi?
*rob*
tybur — don’t you think you ought to shoot their parents too?
quite a few blocks from Gowanus houses…maybe nearby Wyckoff houses?
“Crime is down.”
***Bid half off peak comps***
Rob — All shootings with injuries that require a trip to the hospital are most definitely reported. It’s a requirement of the hospital. There is NO incentive for a medical professional *not* to report a shooting. Of course, they may be reporting it as “John Doe treated at Bronx General Hospital” because that’s all the information they have — i.e., the man with the hole in him refuses to give his name.
That being said – I think that kids found with guns should be taken out back and shot. They have no problem with the idea of shooting someone else — they shouldn’t have a problem with getting shot themselves. And I’m not really exaggerating here. Start shooting kids in the thigh as standard procedure and I guarantee gun carrying rates will go down!
It’s Gowanus, not Boerum Hill. Sheesh, damn realtors.
How about stricter gun control instead of harsher penalties? Rob, do you really think more people need to be in jail? We have the highest rate of incarceration in the world for a democratic state. The penalties don’t cut it. The guns need to be removed. But the lobbyists and right-wing gun nuts won’t allow it. So we’ll keep having young people like the high school girl, Vada Vasquez, in the Bronx being shot by ‘stray bullets’.
Or we can do what my cousin’s wife suggests and give everyone a gun. She thinks this will make the world a safer place. [Can you say WHACK NUT?]
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all shootings with injuries are reported.
wow. you have no IDEA how ignorant you sound with that statement :-/
*rob*