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...unidentified males approached the pair at about 1:20 a.m., according to the police. One of the suspects drew a handgun and demanded the victims' money. Both victims obliged and neither was injured. The victims could not provide detailed descriptions of the alleged perpetrators, the police department's message said...
...because the police are in control but because pistols are so hard to come by in New Zealand. "It's a blessing," says sociologist Gilbert. "These kids are going into battle armed with knives and anything they can pick up off the street. If they could pick up a handgun it would be different...
...which in olden times meant adaptations of high-toned popular fiction. No one ever got to say what was on their minds in those films, which often featured feverish and high-strung emoting by such live-wire nut jobs as Bette Davis or Joan Crawford who would haul a handgun out of her handbag and plug whoever was thwarting her hormonal needs. Here everyone suffers in hushed silence...
...most heavy-handed policies is the 2 p.m. curfew that kicked in this spring for visitors under 18 at Mayfair Mall in suburban Milwaukee. Access was restricted for unsupervised teens on Fridays and Saturdays after several high-profile scuffles, including one in which an 18-year-old's handgun flew over the second-floor railing. The youth-oriented Campaign Against Violence protested that minors weren't responsible for most of the violence and argued that the new rule would take away one of the few safe places where teens can hang out, but the group ran into opposition when...
...involved in the scuffle, a 27-year old East Boston resident, told police that he recognized the shooter as a man who had pulled a gun on him during a past incident. After the suspect allegedly brandished a black .9mm handgun, an attempt was made to wrestle the gun away from him by the man who approached...