A couple (age 32, female and age 52, male) was shot dead at their condo car park in Cheras. The police suspected robbery or revenge. [Star 12 June 2010, pN23]

A waiter, an Indian nationality, in his 30s was shot dead near a mamak restaurant in Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara. [Star 13 June 2010, pN8]

Gunshot murder in the press for two consecutive days is very depressing. In the old west, men would settle their difference in a draw. Malaysians, who had no such historical roots, seems to be taking after the old west. This “have gun will travel” mentality believes that the gun will solve any problems. It seems to have been an emerging trend here.

Can anyone speculate why we prefer the gun now when we had always used other means in the past?

Perhaps the enforcement of our firearms laws had slackened. What do you guys think?

Kopitiam??? Perhaps you have no idea what is sociology.

Well, the penalty for possession of gun is death. People use to think twice about illegal possession of firearms. The same goes for dadah too. Corruption today is more rampant than those days. People no longer care where drugs were concern and the same goes for guns. You just need to have enough money when your are caught.

Whacker,
I am talking about people being gun down and the reason did not look like robbery. It looks more like I hate your face situation. In the pass we hear the use of asid, parang, of being chop to pieces. Now it seems we have moved into guns.

Guns give quicker death as oppose to the conventional method mentioned. I am just curious about the new choice.

Xuzen, Leongal
So you guys think people are looking for clean and convinent methods these days. They are no longer interested in the old fashion way of waiting in ambush to clobber, chop, or spray acid on you. To a certain extend, you see the trend is moving to a less savage method? Although, I still think vengence is sweeter when spice with savegery (like chopping off your member and feeding it to the dogs).

Xuzen, these guys were shot at point blank range. With the element of surprise on your side, it does not matter if they had a gun.


Cat you lost me here. Killing with guns had for a long time been "THE CHOICE" in more developed nations. Are you saying the developed nations had evolved less than those who were in 3rd world countries.

I am curious about your findings on the correlation between physical features and stage of evolution. Perhaps you could start a thread on that and enlighten us.

Parang, kayu, rantai, acid ... you name it.

Dont you think chopping a person to 18 pieces is a better way to display bravery as oppose to "bang" mati.