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Bliss M. Dake '94 was walking in the street in San Francisco one day this summer with Lavista, one of the youths he was worked with, and encountered a number of local gangs...
...them [the youths] had been in gangs," Dake says. "Lavista was the leader of an all-women's gang [which] raped men, robbed, killed, sold and did drugs...
Dake, who eventually helped Lavista apply to a local college, says working for the organization was an eye-opening experience...
...suburban Atlanta rent automatic weapons like UZI submachine guns and blast away with live ammo ($10.75 to $12.75 per box of 50 shells) on twelve carefully supervised shooting lanes. The targets: old bowling pins and combat-training silhouettes. "We get a lot of Rambo types," says Owner Paul LaVista, 38. "But mostly attorneys, airline pilots and doctors. They're big-time spenders." LaVista, who is working on franchising his smashing idea, claims that the diversion becomes almost irresistible. "It's like eating potato chips," he says. "And if you have a date, it's better than oysters...
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