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To: Cogito who wrote (212731)	12/27/2012 9:29:34 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541743

It is undeniable that there can be a random element to it but seldom are murders are completely random. The relationship may be one of simple victimhood as you say - just being in the wrong place and being targeted. There are also those that involve turf wars and people attending venues where there is a lot of violence and get caught in the cross-fire. So while they are randomly hit in that group, the fact that they are there is not random. One can anticipate what kind of interactions one gets when alcohol and bikers get together at a watering hole. There are places in my own town that I just don't go - day or night - not that I live in a bad area. But when there is trouble, it occurs near these skeezy locales. One can change their odds hugely by avoiding such places. It is like you are not even in the dice rolls. People that go there are hoping not to roll snake eyes.