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Last updated: Tuesday 26 Sep 2006
1XTRA NEWS: THE REAL TALK OF THE STREETS
Would you snitch?
Operation Trident ad
Should parents search their kids rooms for guns and knives? That's what Mothers Against Guns are urging.
They're asking parents to report their sons and daughters to the police if they think they're caught up in gang violence.

It follows a series of shootings and stabbings in South London.

The campaign group reckons a daily rummage could save lives. Is this the way to find out what's going on?
Is it right to search a kid's room? How would you feel if parents were in your room? Does it justify invading your child's privacy? What would you do if you found a gun or a knife? Would you report your child to the police?

Gavin
obviously if the kid is involved in gangs it's a parents duty to help them be a smarter, law abiding citizen. but the notion that if some merely has a gun or knife that means they will start spraying bullets or slashing wildly is completely insane and anyone who subscribes to such an idea needs to be evaluated! i have carried a gun and or a knife almost daily for 5 years and i have never once turned into a blood thirsty psycho. make all the laws in the world criminals will break them because they are criminals.

Curtis Jackson
I would snitch if it meant I would not get in trouble with other people. It's good to tell for the good of the neighbourhood.

Ben
i rather have my kid in alive in prison than having him walking around with a gun shooting at people or getting shot at .people that walk around with guns only have three options : jail,wheelchair or deathit aint worth it



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