Bad decisions led to terrible consequences in train tragedy

Chicago S-T ^ | Mary Mitchell

[rellimpank]

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"Police say Brown found the gun in an alley where a person who was taking out the trash had dropped it. The legal owner of that gun had it in a fanny pack, along with a firearm owner’s identification card, magazines and ammunition.

First of all, it is a sad commentary that this is what it has come to in our city —that someone taking out the trash has to arm themselves with a handgun.

Instead of Brown returning the weapon to its owner or turning it over to the police, he did what too many other people might have done.

In fact, whenever my husband and his brothers get together, they end up talking about what it was like for them growing up in Woodlawn during the 1960s when there was a lot of gang warfare.

My husband always tells the story about how they once found a gun on the street and took turns shooting at a streetlight. They didn’t even think about where those bullets landed. It was only by the grace of God that a stray bullet didn’t kill someone."--

[moovova]

Great comment. Thanks.

[Pontiac]

I can agree with that.

The movie, the story is a tale of a group of friends that have an adventure along a set of railroad tracks

All tales of boyhood adventure are “romanticized”.

[gundog]

Certainly. And the story is told by one of them, grown up to be a writer. The danger they experienced in the journey may even be a bit exaggerated...but that’s what makes the story. There’s also a gun in the story...used defensively by the boys. This being Stephen King, it’s amazing it didn’t go Cujo on everyone.

[Pontiac]

There’s also a gun in the story...used defensively by the boys. This being Stephen King, it’s amazing it didn’t go Cujo on everyone.

Given that this is King, a whacked out Leftist, I would the think that the gun would go Christine on everybody.

😉

[Pontiac]

Thank you.

[dsc]

“Scares the heck out of the office staff.”

And should. In a healthy society, people like that are hospitalized for the safety of all.

I might be tempted to give employees a half day of training on dealing with people like that, if it was a consistent problem.

[kearnyirish2]

Leases wouldn’t normally be renewed once a government wrecks a neighborhood like that; it really is the kiss of death.

Someone (Tucker Carlson or Ann Coulter) was complaining about how our elites turn our neighborhoods into sh!tholes while preserving their own like 1950s America. I believe it related to immigration, but it is just as damaging if you import our welfare underclass into a neighborhood. Who commits to a 30 year mortgage if this is even a possibility? In year 2 you may wish the house burned down, and insurance companies know it: You no longer get a check, but instead a re-built home on the same plot of land.