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Re: How many shooters does the mob have?
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I feel like the average person seems to think the mob has a lot more heavy shooters than they actually do.. Not every guy with a button is a killer, honestly I think there's a small number of go to guys who are shooters.. Especially in this day and age.. Being an earner and a thinker is a lot more valuable to a family than a shooter.. But shooters are also necessary to have.. There's guys like frank cali who I've heard has never even held a gun is his life let alone hit anyone.. Then there was crews like tg grazianos who had great earners like porky and then had some shooters who didn't have a dollar to their names.. I think its rare for a guy to be a huge earner and also a capable killer.. Plus these days killers aren't needed as much.. Killing seems like an absolute last resort now so having 100 members who are only good for killing isn't really a great asset to the family. Good post, Junior. And don't be such a f'n stranger. It's good to see you posting again ![smile smile](/threads/images/graemlins/classic/smile.gif) .
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Re: How many shooters does the mob have?
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I really don't see the mob as some gang that engages in turf wars or drive-bys, believe me, I know a fair amount about the mob. All I'm try to gather from this topic is how much the mob changed in terms of use of violence and how that correlated with its power. But as you informatively mentioned, today murder tends to be the very last resort.
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Re: How many shooters does the mob have?
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05/19/14 02:06 AM
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The Camorra, have among their ranks, some shooters, forming various "fire groups" that respond only to the boss and have no other duty ,in the numerous feuds, than that of kill the enemies, while other members are thinking to business and make money. In these days the Mafia prefers the great eraners, and prefer use for muders low key men so if they flip,can't make trouble to the family.
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Re: How many shooters does the mob have?
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05/20/14 10:47 AM
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I feel like the average person seems to think the mob has a lot more heavy shooters than they actually do.. Not every guy with a button is a killer, honestly I think there's a small number of go to guys who are shooters.. Especially in this day and age.. Being an earner and a thinker is a lot more valuable to a family than a shooter.. But shooters are also necessary to have.. There's guys like frank cali who I've heard has never even held a gun is his life let alone hit anyone.. Then there was crews like tg grazianos who had great earners like porky and then had some shooters who didn't have a dollar to their names.. I think its rare for a guy to be a huge earner and also a capable killer.. Plus these days killers aren't needed as much.. Killing seems like an absolute last resort now so having 100 members who are only good for killing isn't really a great asset to the family. Good post, Junior. And don't be such a f'n stranger. It's good to see you posting again ![smile smile](/threads/images/graemlins/classic/smile.gif) . Yeah, as George Freselone said, if a guy is a good earner, the family doesn't care if he's never seen a gun. It's not like the mob needs hundreds of shooters in this day and age anyway. For what they need in terms of carrying out violence, they appear to have enough.
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Re: How many shooters does the mob have?
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05/22/14 10:55 PM
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Re: How many shooters does the mob have?
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"I have no clue about this but some people on here say the same about Barney, even though he's ordered guys clipped no doubt, exactly the same with Gotti."
Didn't Gotti spend time in jail for killing someone for Carlo Gambino? I think it was at a night club on either staten or long island. Gotti wasn't the trigger-man, if that's what you mean. No comment on the other guy.
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