2 families mourn daughters lost to gun violence in Newark, NJ

[jpak]

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/29c69c9d89bb47c8b3df1a7eaf231d79/NJ--Women-Gunned-Down/

NEWARK, N.J. — Their lives never intersected, but they were both daughters of Newark: two successful young women nearly the same age, both with good jobs and dedicated to improving their communities. Now, both are scheduled to be buried this week.

One grew up in the city's vibrant Portuguese immigrant enclave, fulfilling a dream to work in law enforcement. The other, an award-winning young musician, was raised in and around Newark before following her family South to become a grade-school teacher in Charlottesville, Va.

Both women were killed in separate shootings over the weekend, victims of the gun violence that has plagued New Jersey's most populous city this summer, cutting short many promising lives.

"She was the perfect child, she was a child that anyone would love to have," James Reddick said of his daughter, as he made her funeral arrangements Monday.

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[RSillsbee]

1. How does this annecdotal , current events piece fit the mission statement of this forum?

Discussion of gun-related public policy issues or the use of firearms for self-defense belong in the Guns Forum.

[jpak]

2. If you cannot understand - you never will

yup

[RSillsbee]

3. I think you should lead by example

and turn in all your guns for destruction

Yup

[gejohnston]

4. It sounds like this one

Agnes Sina-Inakoju, who hoped to go to Oxford University, was blasted in the neck as she went to buy pizza at a takeaway shop. She became the unwitting victim of "gang warfare" when she was gunned down by Leon Dunkley in east London in April last year. Dunkley, a senior member of the London Fields gang, fired a submachine gun through the window in a "callous and cold-blooded" attack. He and fellow gang member Mohammed Smoured, both wearing hoodies, cycled up to the Hoxton Chicken and Pizza Shop before Dunkley, without looking who he was aiming at, pulled out his gun and fired.

Paid for by bong owners and meth heads. Here and the UK.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/gun-murder-gang-pair-get-32-years-2266671.html edited to add link.