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Back in the day, I relocated from Beantown to Hotlanta. Rolling into The City Too Busy To Hate was something of a culture shock. Especially when a gas station attendant strolled up to my RX-7 wearing a big ass Smith & Wesson revolver on his hip. Has anything changed? God I hope not. To wit: “The owner of Gerry’s Shell Food Mart on Willow Street [in New Haven, Connecticut] says he’s been targeted over 100 times in 30 years,” wtnh.com reports. “‘I tell the employee when they come in, just give them the money,” said Gerry Katz, the station’s owner. Katz says he’s had employees tied up and shot. There’s even a bullet hole from one of the incidents. ‘Every single employee has had at one point, a gun to the head,’ Katz said.” Wow. When are we crackers going to get a clue, take a cue from our friends south of the Mason Dixon line and tool-up? Seriously. When? [h/t to my eldest for the tune]