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UK Street Crime Rise Blamed on iPods

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the disarmed-populace-has-nothing-to-do-with-it dept.

CNET reports that the British Government today attributed the country's 22% rise in street crime to iPod robberies. This has hit CNET close to home. Guy Cocker, a CNET (Gamespot) journalist based in London, was mugged last week. The muggers held 'a semi-automatic weapon to the back of Cocker's head and told him, "we're taking all your stuff"'. CNET's solution to the problem is suggestions on how to conceal your iPod from attackers. These include 'The gaffer tape method,' 'The Coke can method,' and 'The Christopher Walken method.'

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  1. How About the "Stick a Gun in Their Face" Method? by aquatone282 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh, this is the UK, where only criminals have firearms.

    My bad.

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  2. The Other Christopher Walken method by Mayhem178 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Just take your Weapon of Choice along with you when you're walking around flashing your iPod to everyone acting like a pompous jackass.

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  3. Re:Lack of guns? by hahiss · · Score: 0, Troll


    Of course, in Texas you need to defend yourself given the fact that it regularly ranks in the top 10-15 crime plagued states; for example, in 2004 it was 12th:

    http://www.census.gov/statab/ranks/rank21.html

    This is precisely why I'm getting the F*CK out of Texas; too many "self-defense" happy Texans who have utterly no clue about the reality of how to handle crime.

    Good luck to you and your pistol.

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