Archive for the 'guns' Category

Shooting Last Night

Posted by Brendan on June 27th, 2008 filed in Philadelphia, crime, guns, violence

We stayed in last night and watched the charming and hilarious Lars and the Real Girl. Across the street in the park there was a huge basketball contest that had been going on since before I got home from work, tons of kids shooting hoops.
Sometime around 8:30 or 9:00 we heard a familiar POP [...]

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Open Letter to John Street (and to Michael Nutter)

Posted by Brendan on July 17th, 2007 filed in Philadelphia, crime, guns, politics

Dear Mayor Street,
A few months ago I wrote about murder number 113, which happened directly across the street from my house in the Kingsessing neighborhood and was witnessed by my former housemate.
The neighbors were frightened and angry. We live across the street from a popular recreation center that attracts kids and adults from all over [...]

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404: Only 15 More to Go!

Posted by Brendan on December 29th, 2006 filed in Philadelphia, crime, guns, plain pitiful, snark, violence

Continuing on the theme of the Killadelphia Disgrace, we hit 404 last night.
15 more to go and we break 1997’s record! Go Killadelphia!

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403: C’mon Philly, You Can Do It!!

Posted by Brendan on December 28th, 2006 filed in Philadelphia, crime, guns, plain pitiful, snark

Wednesday brought us to 403 homicides. Only 16 more to go, with 4 more days. At this rate, we only need to achieve 4 murders a day. Honestly, is that so hard?
You can do it Philly. This is totally achievable. You can break the 1997 record if you really [...]

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Another Shooting in Philadelphia

Posted by Brendan on October 16th, 2006 filed in Philadelphia, anger, death, guns

My brother Ray raises good points about yesterday’s truly heartbreaking gun-inflicted death here in Philadelphia:
Had the gun either been locked in a firearms case, or had a working gunlock that either immobilized the trigger or prevented the firing pin from coming in contact with the shells in the gun, or for that matter, had the [...]

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