More than likely these young murderers killed tose dead cats in the streets. They merely had to keep increaseing the thrill, the risk, the danger.
I came to my conclusions shortly after the rash of school shootings and gang banger slaughter.(used to be they used less lethal tools)
Got any stats to support that conclusion?
You mean like these "less lethal tools"?
Jenny was strangled with the belt of Sean O'Brien, with two murderers pulling, one on each side, until the belt broke. Part of the belt was left at the murder scene, the rest was found in O'Brien's home. After the belt broke, the killers used her own shoelaces to finish their job.
ANY tool can be lethal if you choose to make it so.
Sure it can, but let's leave that and look at time.
Gangs have always been a part of urban culture.
I have not stats, nor do I need any to show that although gang violence has been a staple of the theme, it's not always been as lethal. The objectives have changed over time. It was once enough for most to inflict serious injury, not execution.
Anecdotally you can find instances to the contrary, but you cannot ignore the change in the gang culture. Or some of the other changes that I have mentioned that are post depression.
Yes, murder rates are down recently, but that reflects better economic circumstances and some other successes.
It's my belief that government often causes unintended results when it tries to control social ills.
I think we can make a case that this has indeed happened. It is certainly well worth posing this argument.
Unfortunately for me, I may be a bit ahead of the curve on this. But I take that risk responsibly.