Who knows, the gun could be valuable, and even if not you would get some compensation.

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Father Peter John, from the Church of St Patrick in Karachi, urged the government to "see also that the people who are affected, their properties are burnt... get some sort of compensation".

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They said that in some cases victims chose to meet the criminals to get direct apologies and compensation instead of going through the courts.

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Preti would presumably have to pay NH business profits tax on some of its revenue, but the Maine partners would get a credit for that and the deemed compensation deduction would minimize it.

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