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In California, Gun Culture Seen at Root of Violence
26 June 2006
San Bernardino Sun (California)
In the life-is-cheap world of violent street gangs, guns are maybe a little harder to get than dope. But not by much.
Stolen from homes. Taken from a parent. Bartered for drugs. Bought by a friend or relative.
"The problem is they get them — no matter how, they get them," said Wes McBride, a retired Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant and president of the California Gang Investigators Association.
In poor neighborhoods throughout the San Bernardino, the... (GunPolicy.org)
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