LVSteve
Member
Another case of no media reporting. Last night there was a big police chase involving a helicopter and reports of shots fired. Checked out all the local news outlets to find nothing. Zilch, sweet FA.
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Many news operations seem to have either only a few people, or no one at all, working on weekend nights. Perhaps you'll see it reported in your local news on Monday?
Your post does raise an important point: "News" is whatever the various media outlets decide it is. If they choose not to report on it, you won't know it happened.
Doug M.
Member
There is a huge difference between LE showing up to something and taking a report and the media reporting on that something. A lot of reports are taken, not because they are going to lead anywhere with regard to that incident, but because the data points can lead to a more productive investigation.
smoothshooter
Member
Violent crime tends to rise to the highest level that a community is comfortable with.
Different areas off the country have different levels of tolerance for crime.
For example, residents in places like NYC and Chicago like to complain about how bad things are, but continue to elect public officials that have no intention of making things better.
Their tolerance is high.
The more the residents are willing to take their chances with being shot, raped, assaulted, robbed, kidnapped, etc., the less likely they are to elect politicians that will deal effectively with the problem.
Has your friend considered getting the heck outta there? Next time he or a family member may not be so lucky.
We all have Free Will.
I choose not to live in those kind of places, and never will.
Different areas off the country have different levels of tolerance for crime.
For example, residents in places like NYC and Chicago like to complain about how bad things are, but continue to elect public officials that have no intention of making things better.
Their tolerance is high.
The more the residents are willing to take their chances with being shot, raped, assaulted, robbed, kidnapped, etc., the less likely they are to elect politicians that will deal effectively with the problem.
Has your friend considered getting the heck outta there? Next time he or a family member may not be so lucky.
We all have Free Will.
I choose not to live in those kind of places, and never will.
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smoothshooter
Member
Whatever you say buddy. It's nice that you're so compassionate towards someone you never met.Someone that thought it would never happen to them. Someone that doesn't deserve it.
Must be nice to be perfect huh?
One does not have to be perfect to avoid being a victim.
Just pick a better place to live and work.
mistermills357
US Veteran
I have learned the hard way, that it is best to have a gun handy.
It is just that way. And all of the spinning of tales, about how safe a town is, are fanciful vanities.
Crooks aren't the only liars out there, the mayors and cops of the cities and towns, are too. I see to my own safety, and I have a good S&W that is pretty rugged and weather proof.
And I need to get a carry permit.
PS: there aren't any good or safe places left, IMO.
It is just that way. And all of the spinning of tales, about how safe a town is, are fanciful vanities.
Crooks aren't the only liars out there, the mayors and cops of the cities and towns, are too. I see to my own safety, and I have a good S&W that is pretty rugged and weather proof.
And I need to get a carry permit.
PS: there aren't any good or safe places left, IMO.
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My younger brother is a now-retired Maryland State Trooper, who never goes anywhere without a gun. He got married almost 30 years ago, at a beautiful little church in a very rural area...and had his Model 60 in an ankle holster when he took his vows. When I remarked about that, his answer was that it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it...
That is why the handgun is like a parachute!
And for about 70 yrs the Md State Police would not allow honest citizens to carry a handgun to protect themselves(at least unless you were well connected). Beemerguy53..with the new rules in Md are you going to get a carry license for Md? The way Maryland is you should get one while you can. How onerous is the process?? Surprisingly one of the only times I even had to show a firearm was leaving the Morris Mechanic Theater in Baltimore. Guy pulled a knife on a whole group of mostly older folks leaving the theater. He wanted money liquor cigarettes watches wallets They all thought I was a cop I think. I got out of town quick
To be fair...it wasn't the Maryland State Police who were keeping folks from getting carry permits; it was our Governors and the members of our General Assembly who refused to drop the "good and substantial reason" language from the permit process.
The recent SCOTUS decision has resulted in a deluge of applications for carry permits here. There is a training requirement, which includes both classroom and range time, as well as fingerprinting and a background check, and the total cost can be as much as $400 or more.
I live about 45 minutes northeast of Baltimore, in a small town where violent crime is extremely rare. I go into Baltimore occasionally, only to visit a couple of favorite delis. I do that only during the day, and I plan my route carefully. I don't feel any urgency to get a carry permit, but yes, I plan to do so.
You were very fortunate in your encounter at the Morris Mechanic Theatre (after being inactive for 10 years, it was torn down in 2014, btw) and you were wise to vamoose: carrying a gun illegally will get you arrested for sure. I'm glad things worked out for you.
Pretty much sums up my philosophy of carrying - and of life in general...
pittpa
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My sister-in-law knows I have a carry permit. She said to me one night on The way into a restaurant, you wouldn't carry to dinner at a restaurant would you? I told her no I just carry when I think I might need it. She accepted that without blinking. I was carrying at the time and she certainly didn't need to know that.
Her husband has a carry permit too and he only carries when he thinks he might need it such as going to some part of town he deems less than good.
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Must be nice to possess that level of clairvoyance. How's he do at picking stocks?
400 bucks!! Gonna keep the poor folks from obtaining a carry license. That is a serious cost to exercise a constitutional right..As far as the state police or politicians not wanting us to carry... I have somewhere a letter from the Supt MSP to the Speaker of the Md house to the effect that the State police didn't issue permits except in extreme cases. But there were many connected people that had permits.
Have they set up renewal periods and costs to renew?? Get the permit though. Don't trust the state of Md
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