Advocates protest plan to open gun shop on reviving Spring Garden Street neighborhood

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Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

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For years, Philadelphia's antiviolence groups made weekly pilgrimages to Colosimo's gun shop on Spring Garden Street to protest its lax sales practices. The tiny store was notorious for providing more weapons to street criminals than any other shop in Philadelphia. More than 425 crimes were committed with a firearm bought at Colosimo's, including 10 homicides, during a seven-year stretch in the 2000s, according to Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

So when the U.S. Attorney's Office finally shut down the store in 2009 for selling guns to straw buyers, those groups hailed the event as a watershed in the struggle to make the city a safer place.

The same people, however, were back on the street again Sunday afternoon with their microphones and their signs and their testimony from survivors of gun violence. This time, they were protesting a proposal to open a new gun shop inside a shooting range that was once part of Colosimo's operation.

As the thwack-thwack-thwack of bullets could be heard from inside the shooting range, one speaker after another expressed disbelief that the nuisance they thought they had eradicated six years ago might be brought back to life.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150810_Advocates_protest_plan_to_open_gun_shop_on_reviving_Spring_Garden_Street_neighborhood.html

[freshwest]

1. Thanks for the post. This is an example of good citizens working for their community. n/t

[GGJohn]

2. As long as they obey all Federal, State and local laws,

then what's the problem?
Apparently there's already an indoor shooting range there, so it would be a natural thing to open a firearms store there also.

[NV Whino]

4. The problem is

The neighborhood doesn't want it.

[GGJohn]

5. So, you're saying that the whole neighborhood is against it?

Or is it just a few residents?

Again, if they're obeying all Federal, State and local statutes, then why shouldn't they be allowed to open gun store?

[NV Whino]

7. First, define neighborhood

Second, did you read the article?

[GGJohn]

8. You're the one who said the neighborhood didn't want it,

so you define neighborhood.
Yes, I did read the article, it didn't say how many were protesting it and from the pic, it didn't seem to be a whole lot of people protesting, although there could have been more that weren't in the pic.

On edit, it did say appox. 40 people attended the rally, but my point stands, if they obey all Federal, State and local laws, then they should be allowed to open for business.

Edit 2. How many people were actually from that neighborhood?
I ask because of this sentence:

The rally, organized by Heeding God's Call and CeaseFirePA, attracted more than 40 people, many of whom had lost loved ones to gun violence.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150810_Advocates_protest_plan_to_open_gun_shop_on_reviving_Spring_Garden_Street_neighborhood.html#9sz6X58GjmTbUeqX.99

[Fred Sanders]

3. Melting the Guns will make black lives matter more, since Guns kill black folk more than any other race.

#MeltTheGuns

Literally, melt them, as Australia logically and successfully did and put an end to the terrorism of the Gun.

[GGJohn]

6. Melt all the guns?

Yeah, good luck with that.

BTW, Australia didn't melt all the guns, there are still plenty of firearms in Australia.

[stone space]

9. You think this is funny?

You yourself pointed out that many of the folks protesting have lost their loved ones to gun violence.

Shame on you!

[GGJohn]

10. Yeah, I think Fred wanting to melt all the guns is funny,

but you knew that.

I see you're back to misrepresenting what I've said, I was wondering how long it would take you.
You didn't disappoint.

[stone space]

11. People are dying and you're laughing about it.

That's disgusting!

[GGJohn]

12. And there you go agian lying about what I said.

That's disgusting!