Re: Re: Re; Trinity's Child 8/?

["Jon Penner" <thewombat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And the bankers. In the docklands at least....
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----- Original Message -----
From: <stephenbooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Re; Trinity's Child 8/?


> On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:12:07 -0000, you wrote:
>
> >Whee's the problem ? If it's well concealed no-one's going to know about
> >it; if it's not, you just say you're with a historical recreation society
on
> >the way to/from a meeting; or that you're a dealer's runner, taking stuff
to
> >his antique market stall
>
> OK. I'll explain.
>
> First off British police are very, very wary of anyone but
> themselves being armed. It is highly unlikely that they would
> let a forgien national walk the streets of the capital armed
> without some sort of escort/guard if they let them be armed at
> all. That could possibly be explained away by saying that being
> part of Trinity Xander is special case, I'd still expect them to
> assign a few officers to track his movements tho'.
>
> Secondly, and possibly more importantly. Xander is walking
> through the East End of London, Docklands, in particular the
> warehouse district. The only people who routinely go armed in
> those areas are drug dealers (mainly Cocaine importers). A big
> part of these peoples day to day lives is watching out for others
> trying to take over their patch so they keep an eye on newcomers
> and are very praciticed at spotting people carrying concealed
> weapons. Now if these guys see that you're carrying a weapon,
> suspect that you're carrying a weapon or simply are feeling very
> bored they don't walk up to you and see if you're carrying a
> weapon and give you a chance to say it's only a replica. They
> call up a few of their mates and hide in doorways and on
> rooftops. If you're unlucky you'll feel a searing pain as the
> first round enters your chest before you collapse and die from
> hydrostatic shock stopping your heart. If you're lucky you'll
> never hear the first shot and feel the hollow nosed round
> entering your skull and spreading your brain accross the
> pavement. Most of the serious drug dealers are better armed than
> quite a few countries. No matter how good you are, no matter how
> well trained, the crossfire from 4-5 full auto weapons (Uzi,
> Kalshnikov and ZZs are the favourites) will kill you stone dead
> before you can turn.
>
> It doesn't happen often, but it does happen. Most of the serious
> gangs have well defined terratories and stick to them, a turf war
> benefits nobody. You do get the odd punk who thinks that he can
> carve out his own niche.
>
> Stephen
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