East Point Police: 'Friends, family, loved ones are being killed by friends, family, loved ones'

[tulipsandroses]

Doors cannot stop this.
Without guns, you would probably just have hurt feelings after an argument or black eye after a fist fight.

The East Point Police Chief say 100% of the shooting deaths so far this year are by people who know their victims

EAST POINT, Ga. — East Point’s police chief is urging gun owners to take a look at gun deaths in his city right now, and then realize how volatile arguments with family and friends can be.
So far in 2022, 100% of the gun deaths in East Point have been committed by friends, loved ones, and acquaintances of the victims in arguments and disputes that, the chief said Wednesday, could have been solved without gunfire.
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A nationwide study of the homicides in which investigators were able to identify whether there was a relationship between killer and victim found that in 2020, 79% of the killers knew their victims—and most of the homicides involved guns.
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/east-point-police-gun-deaths/85-e7c4db70-0b97-4459-afc0-3df397f474c6

[Walleye]

1. Guys who have had a fistfight can bump into each other years later and laugh about it

If they’ve had a gun fight there are no years later

[LoisB]

2. Indeed.

[SergeStorms]

3. Guns are the ultimate tool...

to make sure you get the final word in any argument.

Seems a bit heavy-handed though.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. gee , its been like that for years . so much for responsible gun users . had a police scanner

way back when and did a ride along . mostly domestice disturbances .

[tetedur]

5. Reaching for a gun seemed to be the first thing to do when confronted by a problem

among people I used to know who owned multiple firearms. I don't think they ever used a gun to actually overcome their opponent. They didn't seem to think far enough to realize that using it would have made the situation much, much worse.