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Letter: Trapped in the Granby Triangle

Julie Carter
Thursday 25 April 1996 23:02 BST
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Sir: Your article ("Gunfire across the Mersey", 23 April) claiming violence comes only from a minority did little to console those of us trapped within the Granby Triangle. It only takes one bullet to kill, and that "minority" is large, and growing.

The juveniles, youths and young adults not only will inherit this mantle but cannot wait to do so. Recently we aborted several attacks on pensioners by 10-year-olds wielding baseball bats. They are only a couple of years away from shooting a gun. And as for "future" acceptance of violence, the apathy here could kill as surely as a bullet. I'm told "it is no different anywhere". If I thought this were true I wouldn't wait for the gunmen; I'd do it myself.

Julie Carter

Liverpool

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