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Old 06-13-2021, 02:17 PM
 
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Too bad we can't keep the focus on the irresponsible yahoos (and that's putting it as kindly as possible) who are committing these crimes rather than the victims.

Love your posts in this thread Arjay.

 
Old 06-13-2021, 03:00 PM
 
Location: Shadowville
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I doubt it will actually happen as the process is much more complex to secede rather than creating a new city from an unincorporated area. Removing the Buckhead tax base would kill the city overall and have a hugely negative impact on the region.

This said, crime and quality of life issues are serious problems. Just this weekend, a jogger was shot in a random driveby shooting in a neighborhood of multi-million dollars homes. Lots of crime issues around the two major malls in Buckhead, including the killing of a young girl due to random gunfire right before Christmas. Lots of street racing etc.

I think the only way forward is focus on competent city leadership - which has been sorely missing in the past years...
Okay, I see some of the rising crime and violence mentioned here... not good.
 
Old 06-13-2021, 06:57 PM
 
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A security guard was just shot at Lenox mall.
 
Old 06-13-2021, 07:09 PM
 
Location: Columbus, GA and Brookhaven, GA
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A security guard was just shot at Lenox mall.
So sad. Buckhead needs to split and fund its own force. The city of Atlanta won’t do anything. Failed leadership in every direction. Heard the guard is in critical condition.
 
Old 06-13-2021, 07:15 PM
 
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A security guard was just shot at Lenox mall.
Lord have mercy.
 
Old 06-13-2021, 08:25 PM
 
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So sad. Buckhead needs to split and fund its own force. The city of Atlanta won’t do anything. Failed leadership in every direction. Heard the guard is in critical condition.
It's hard to believe we ceded control of a major American city to a bunch of 120-pound, functionally illiterate teenagers and 20-somethings in skinny jeans, all in the name of political correctness.
 
Old 06-14-2021, 07:06 AM
 
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A security guard was just shot at Lenox mall.
Sounds like there was an excellent police response with dozens of officers.

Two 15 year olds are in custody.
 
Old 06-14-2021, 07:37 AM
 
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Sounds like there was an excellent police response with dozens of officers.

Two 15 year olds are in custody.

Teenagers charged in Lenox Square Mall security guard shooting

ATLANTA - Atlanta police have arrested two 15-year-olds in the shooting of a security guard who was held at gunpoint at Lenox Square Mall Sunday night.

The mall had just closed at around 8:30 p.m. Sunday when police say the two teenagers attempted to enter the building near the entrance to the Apple Store..."

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/len...-shot-suspects

SOURCE: Fox 5 Atlanta
 
Old 06-14-2021, 08:49 AM
 
Location: Decatur, GA
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Well what do you want us to do? There are millions of illegal guns in circulation. How do you propose getting those off the streets? Nothing that's being proposed would do anything about that. Even criminalizing getting your gun stolen won't actually stop anything, just cause people not to report the theft!
 
Old 06-14-2021, 09:08 AM
 
Location: East Atlanta
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How many people more qualified than I ever could be have to propose comprehensive gun legislation with all kinds of measures designed at getting and keeping guns away from criminals in it before people stop going “IT’S AN IMPOSSIBLE PROBLEM AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?!”

There are many ways to do it, and no political will. Guess why.
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