Gangstas/Gangs

Vorpy

My cousin encountered some over in Michigan. Not directly, but they were shooting up a street. After watching a show about the MS-13 gang, it inspired me to make this thread. Let's discuss Gangs, and why they haven't been disbanded yet.

Ponicalica

They haven't been disbanded because if the law had any power over them they'd all be in jail.

Bob

I'm bothered by the lack of positive gangs. Why can't any gangs devote their time and resources to something productive like trying to improve the quality of life in their neighborhood instead of fucking everything up in their neighborhood? Plus, isn't the fact that they're all so eager to destroy themselves and their surrounding kind of pointless / self-defeating? What's the point? Why even go through so much trouble banding together and forming some huge gang if you're just going to act stupid and ruin everything?

Ponicalica

Gangs mostly sell drugs and protect each other and their «area».

Bob

What about all the gang wars and shootings and all that?

Ponicalica

Those are usually two gangs trying to «take» territory for themselves so they can sell drugs on it exclusively, IIRC

Bob

So gangs are basically all about drugs and land?

vacasama

I used to live in a neighborhood with some gang violence.  A lot of violence was caused gang rivalries.

You must of live in a great neighborhood if you're sheltered like that..

Vorpy

Meh, I know some people who think it would be perfectly fine to fill them with holes from a M-16 just because.