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Guns and Youngstas -- Three Youth Perspectives
San Francisco recently passed a law banning the ownership of handguns; across the Bay in the Berkeley hills, a teen was stabbed at a party attended by more than 100 young people. New America Media contributor Geanise James, 16, remembers a house party she threw with her friends in Oakland that ended in gunfire. Lil E, 16, talks about why he doesn't carry a gun right now, and Lil' Chopper, 17, explains why he does. Geanice and Lil' E are writers for YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia -- Lil' Chopper is a video producer at Conscious Youth Media Crew.
THEY'LL TEAR YO' HOUSE UP -- WHY I'LL NEVER THROW ANOTHER HOUSE PARTY
BY GEANISE JAMES, 16
OAKLAND, Calif.--My godsister B.J., who was 14 at the time, and I threw a house party about four months ago. I hadn't been to a party in a cool minute, so I thought it would be fun to throw one.
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http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=a026fc5783143e1090d8c517500ebf1d
GOT THANGS?
BY LIL' E, 16
OAKLAND, Calif.--Out in the streets, youngsters call guns/straps "thangs" and use them to get money, but mostly to protect themselves. Now in 2006, there's already been, like, 11 murders in Oakland that were caused by guns. If you don't have a gun then you better be cool out in the streets. I know people who sell and hold guns and they don't play about it when it comes to getting down with a gun.
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http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=a026fc5783143e1090d8c517500ebf1d
WHY I NEED A GUN
BY LIL' CHOPPER, 17
SAN FRANCISCO--I feel I need a gun to survive on these streets because it's what protects me from all these haters in Hunter's Point. I know the police ain't gonna protect me, so I gotta protect myself.
LISTEN ONLINE:
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=a026fc5783143e1090d8c517500ebf1d
BY GEANISE JAMES, 16
OAKLAND, Calif.--My godsister B.J., who was 14 at the time, and I threw a house party about four months ago. I hadn't been to a party in a cool minute, so I thought it would be fun to throw one.
LISTEN ONLINE
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=a026fc5783143e1090d8c517500ebf1d
GOT THANGS?
BY LIL' E, 16
OAKLAND, Calif.--Out in the streets, youngsters call guns/straps "thangs" and use them to get money, but mostly to protect themselves. Now in 2006, there's already been, like, 11 murders in Oakland that were caused by guns. If you don't have a gun then you better be cool out in the streets. I know people who sell and hold guns and they don't play about it when it comes to getting down with a gun.
LISTEN ONLINE:
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=a026fc5783143e1090d8c517500ebf1d
WHY I NEED A GUN
BY LIL' CHOPPER, 17
SAN FRANCISCO--I feel I need a gun to survive on these streets because it's what protects me from all these haters in Hunter's Point. I know the police ain't gonna protect me, so I gotta protect myself.
LISTEN ONLINE:
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=a026fc5783143e1090d8c517500ebf1d
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