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Quote from Jesse Lee Peterson,

"We are good citizens, and we cannot protect ourselves because you allow the criminals to run wild. ... I'd like you to come and live in the inner city for a week and see the importance of having a weapon. ... Go after the criminals and not the good people."



By:

Jesse Lee Peterson (more quotes by Jesse Lee Peterson or books by/about Jesse Lee Peterson)


L.A. resident

Source:

at a press conference on L.A.’s city hall, quoted in the Los Angeles Times, May 29, 1997.

Categories:

Crime, Guns, Protection, Security

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