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| We Are Not Safe To Walk Our Streets |
| The amount of innocent people being attacked by drunken teenagers in the UK in the past year has increased dramatically. People have been stabbed, kicked to death and harassed in unprovoked attacks by teenagers wandering around. Many of these attacks are fuelled by alcohol and drugs. People cannot even walk a few yards to the shops without being taunted and attacked by rowdy teenagers. Just a few days ago, a young couple were attacked, resulting in one being kicked to death by a gang of teenagers simply because they were dressed as goths. This needs to stop. |
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Yes. Everyone has the basic right not to be killed attacked maimed murdered or mugged, just because
they wish to get some exercise to walk. |
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So true. Its not safe to walk on our streets anymore... If its not gangs and knife crime.. Its
rapists and paedophiles..I'm not saying its like this all over the UK but its most areas most people
would not feel safe bout walking the streets.. For example if you asked me a few months ago if i was
happy to walk on the streets round my area.. I would of probably said i was but i was proven wrong
recently when.. Not far from where i live a young innocent girl was doing her morning paper round in
broad daylight when she was approached by a man.. Who attacked and raped her... What is that
about?!... Without sounding paranoid you actually don't know who is around and what people are like
anymore.. When i was very little ..everyone knew everyone and know when i go out i see people who
I've never even seen in this area before...Also.. It annoys me when you walk into a shop.. And
there's about 10 youths hanging outside the local tesco they probably don't mean to but they make
people feel intimidated and id much rather not go in the shop to be honest...because it just risks
getting a mouthful of abuse and evil stares.... I wouldn't feel safe walking around my area at night
on my own.. Even though the area i live in is a very nice place... You just don't know who's around. |
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I totally agree, now days it's very dangerous to walk the streets at all but especially alone
because you really don't know what's out there. |
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This is true, at least in some parts of the country. It's a good illustration of why the laws on the
carrying of weapons need to be reformed. It's obvious that the police are unable to protect the
citizenry. Therefore citizens should be allowed to protect themselves. Everyone, except perhaps
those previously convicted of criminal offences, should be allowed to own a gun and should be
encouraged to do so.
Take any of the scenarios you have mentioned. Put a gun in the hands of the victim instead and ask
how it plays out : Only the guilty parties get hurt. In fact, if gun ownership was widespread, the
incidents probably wouldn't have occurred in the first place. Since everyone would know that there
was a good chance that any random person on the street would have a gun, there would be much more
civility in general. People would be wary of antagonising others, much less getting into a fight
with them. |
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Yes it is not safe people get ran over to much these days |
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I feel that we can no longer feel safe on our streets and I am disgusted at the amount of violence
taking place in the UK. Gun crime has risen, claiming the lives of innocent children who were simply
in the wrong place at the wrong time.
People are kicked to death trying to stop drunken teenagers from vandalising their cars and there is
the example that I gave in my debate of the young couple who were attacked simply because they chose
to dress as goths. What kind of world do we live in? This couple did absolutely nothing to provoke
this attack, apart from the fact that they chose to dress differently. I find this appalling and
believe that people should have the right to dress as they wish without being viciously attacked
like this. This attack claimed the life of a young girl, who was simply trying to protect her
boyfriend from being kicked to death by a gang of vicious teenagers.
Everytime I pick up the paper, I read about some poor family who has lost a member of their family
as result of a drunken, vicious attack. People have been shot, stabbed and beaten to death. People
are harassed in their own homes by gangs of teenagers. It needs to stop, and fast. |
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Well, I walk to work everyday and I am still typing, so they cannot be that dangerous. |
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 For and Against Recent Activity
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13 Mar 2008 22:25
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