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Re: French side shooting...
[Re: bdeeley]
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07/31/2023 09:23 AM
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I can't find the link to it now, but there was also apparently a shooting at Sunset parking lot over the weekend. Apparently someone shot, but no fatalities, thank goodness.
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Re: French side shooting...
[Re: bdeeley]
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07/31/2023 10:34 AM
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Headline in the SXM morning paper today....."ONE DEAD IN FRENCH QUARTER SHOOTING". Another one dead on the French side. Out of concern A local businessman rightly spoke out about the increasing violence in Grand Case and some residences and local business owners pushed back. I wound not go to that area at night NO WAY. So many other places that are much safer to eat out at. To me the problem is real on the French side, always something wrong going on. The Gendarmes have their hands full with ever increasing aggression from mainly and out of control and often violent youth. Look at Sandy Ground. The Police don't seem to have control or almost afraid to stop them, if they can. It's not easy I am sure to fix, hopefully something will be done or thier further as a tourist spot will suffer. Tourism is very fragile business and needs to be protected because SXM has NOTHING else to feed them!
Last edited by foreversxm; 07/31/2023 10:36 AM.
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Re: French side shooting...
[Re: bdeeley]
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08/05/2023 12:22 PM
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Yes, this is very disturbing, but it is happening all over the world. It now seems that some youth, especially if they are involved in gangs, think it is much "cooler", and certainly much easier, to resovle a dispute or a "disrespect", with a gun rather than with their fists or just "talking it out". It's unfortunate, but that is part of our current reality. I do hope that both the Dutch police and French gendarmes are able to keep a lid on it, or eventually tourism may suffer.
And I don't think it has anything to do with whether guns are or aren't allowed. The statistics clearly show that the incidence of gun violence is generally even higher where guns are more readly available. So while the guns are an exacerbating factor, I don't think that is the root cause of the violence.
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