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Originally Posted by steve B
And all they do is make a decent profit off people who likely snorted/smoked/drank/gambled their paycheck, thus keeping them temporarily away from needing to commit crimes to eat or feed their habit.
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This isn't really accurate.
My brother is a police detective. In general, the police hate pawn shops. Why? Because they are an easy outlet for stolen goods. By the time the shop discovers it is stolen merchandise, the seller is long gone and likely snorted or smoked up the cash they got out of the deal.
Many law enforcement people feel the unintended effect of pawn shops is they increase burglary.