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Originally Posted by steeljack

Dont suppose its any excuse but I think when its my time to go I go out quick and a bullet seems preferable to being kicked to death by a mob of feral/drunken teens which seems to be the preferred method of population control in the UK at the present time .

A bullet does not necessary mean a quick and easy death. It can also mean painful injury and ending up being maimed for life.

Earlier reports said 17 victims had been transported to Kishwaukee Community Hospital, several with serious head wounds.

Even if they recover how many victims with head wounds could end up brain damaged?

Just because yobs here have taken to kicking people to death I don't think that justifies the use of guns. Kickings tend to be centred on one individual, guns can be directed on numerous people at once. I would rather be in the vicinity of someone being kicked than someone being shot at. There is more chance of stopping a kicking than there is of stopping a shooting.