How safe do you feel anywhere now?

[Old TexMex]

Yes. FBI website. Check it out. Crime is on the downtrend. Go ahead tex, if you think youre "calling me out" have at it. I dont only hang out in this part of the forum. Sorry if my opinions dont agree with yours, thats no reason to state that I live in my moms basement. I could denigrate you in many ways but I havent thanks for being mature.

I'm pretty familiar with FBI website.

If the shoe fits, wear it. If not, skip it. Your opinion of me is none of my business, but if I just come here to start arguements please let me know.
I have read your stuff in other threads, mostly liberal commentary in 2A and self defense threads.


Armed citizens are the one reason that crime is down. Doesn't mean people are paranoid. It means that being armed and aware works.What I see when I cross the border into Mexico (a disarmed citizenry) proves that to me. The bad actors south of the river are a lot more careful how they act in Texas and Arizona than Tamulipas, Nuevo Leon or Chihuahua.

FBI stats also say a lot of other politically incorrect things, and those are things the media DOESN'T put out (Ethnicity, political and religious background), so you can't blame the media, but you could consider how information is filtered by the sources that feed the media, and how they slant the availability of their information.
Thus, your sources could be just as inaccurate, even if you're convinced of the veracity of government bureaucrats.

I posted a link to de-classified DEA circular (one of several I have provided) that you won't get on the nightly news or Jon Stewart type info sources. It's just not rosy enough.

(Saying people are paranoid or living in fear is a subjective statement.)

I believe it (the circular) because, for one thing,there are cold, dead bodies in morgues that are evidence.

Thanks for posting links to back up your comments, oh, and I really enjoy the pictures of your S&Ws.

 

[sipowicz]

I felt fairly safe until I came back here..

 

[Fishslayer]

(Saying people are paranoid or living in fear is a subjective statement.)

Wife spotted my 9mm setttin' next to the computer one night.

"You really are paranoid." she said...

I told her if I was really paranoid it would be a .45.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I felt fairly safe until I came back here..

Now you know why I stay on my smelly nap blanket during recess.

 

[Old TexMex]

I wonder if the poor newsreporter lady or her interviewee had bothered to look up (while the murderer was waving his glock at them for 20 seconds) they might still be alive today. Just to pay attention to what's going on around them.
Maybe if the office had paid attention to the fax the crazy murderer had sent.....but, they didn't want anyone to say "Oh, you're just being paranoid. You watch too much Fox news!".

 

[Old TexMex]

I've taken the liberty of copying this from a highly reputable source, showing how falling crime rates have played a huge hardship on the average family:

CHICAGO—Explaining that the sense of unease she felt walking to and from her home had declined markedly over the years, Humboldt Park resident Kirsten Healy expressed her disappointment to reporters Thursday that her neighborhood was becoming too safe for her family to afford. "When we first moved in seven years ago, we didn't even feel like we could leave the house after dark, which was great for a family on a limited budget," said Healy, who noted that, given how little she lies awake these days worrying about a potential home invasion or assault, she can tell her family will soon be priced out of their apartment. "The way things are going, we won't even feel unsafe walking the few blocks to the grocery store in a year or two—I just don't think we have the kind of money for that. We'd love to stay here, but with our finances the way they are, the minute we stop needing the second bolt on the back door we'll have no choice but to go out looking for a neighborhood that's more terrifying." At press time, the Healys breathed sighs of relief after hearing about a shooting that occurred just five blocks away.

 

[kaaskop49]

Just logged on to this thread, so I don't know what the disagreements are about, but do I feel safe? Not really. Always a snub in my pocket at home. And out. Seems to me the BGs are the ones who feel safe.

Here in the valley, we had our second gruesome (as opposed to 'regular') home invasion. The BGs broke through the front door, held the husband and child hostage at gunpoint, and sexually assaulted the young mother. This was similar to another even more graphic HI last spring when 5 "juveniles" broke in and gang raped the young female. THEY feel safe to stay long enough in a house to perpetrate these atrocities.

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

P.S. FWIW, the front doors in new-construction homes out here are flimsy, with a lot of play/give. BGs have little trouble forcing entry. Perhaps some type of dead bolt latch (proper term?) would allow the owners enough time to dial 911.

 

[cmort666]

P.S. FWIW, the front doors in new-construction homes out here are flimsy, with a lot of play/give. BGs have little trouble forcing entry. Perhaps some type of dead bolt latch (proper term?) would allow the owners enough time to dial 911.

During the late '60s, there was a rash of home invasions in our neighborhood (69th Street, not far from the Dan Ryan Expressway) on the south side of Chicago.

My father had a steel prop rod installed in our front door. It went into sockets in the door and the floor inside. When in place, it prevented anyone from kicking in the door without actually destroying the door itself.

 

[GatorFarmer]

I posted a link to de-classified DEA circular (one of several I have provided) that you won't get on the nightly news or Jon Stewart type info sources. .

I tried clicking your most recent link, and it did not open. Could be me, I read all this off a Kindle. Would it be possible that you could summarize what the DEA circular said?

 

[joeintexas]

Now you know why I stay on my smelly nap blanket during recess.

That was YOUR blanket?? Oops.

 

[TXSWFAN]

Its called the lounge and America.

So being prepared is lame, but being obtuse, snarky and with your head in the sand is fine. I guess you were right in your earlier post, Americans are stupid.

 

[kaaskop49]

During the late '60s, there was a rash of home invasions in our neighborhood (69th Street, not far from the Dan Ryan Expressway) on the south side of Chicago.

My father had a steel prop rod installed in our front door. It went into sockets in the door and the floor inside. When in place, it prevented anyone from kicking in the door without actually destroying the door itself.

I remember these, very popular in NYC in the 70s and 80s. They fell out of favor when Giuliani became mayor and actually did something about crime, causing burglaries to drop.

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

 

[cmort666]

I remember these, very popular in NYC in the 70s and 80s. They fell out of favor when Giuliani became mayor and actually did something about crime, causing burglaries to drop.

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

I vaguely recall something about Chicago BANNING such things later, allegedly to prevent drug dealers from hardening their facilities.

Don't you just love it? "We don't have to protect you, and we won't LET you protect yourself... not even with bars on the windows!"

 

[Hellraiser]

Most all of my adult life... I have rubbed elbows with the dregs of society... mainly cause (and I hate to admit it) I fit in. Carried protection for most all of that time... always aware that somebody... anybody I come in contact with... could turn wrong on me. Mean drunks, angry gamblers, trouble-seekers, tough guys. None of 'em. Never bothered me... and not now. Second nature for me to anticipate trouble and avoid it, if possible.

This whole topic reminds me of a story told by Clint Smith, the director of Thunder Ranch...

The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a lady commented on his wearing his sidearm.... "Sheriff, I see you have your pistol. Are you expecting trouble?" - 'No ma'am. If I were expecting trouble, I would have brought my rifle.'

But I found out a long time ago... if somebody gets the drop on ya... you can't do a dam thing 'bout it.

 

[finesse_r]

How safe can an old guy ever feel. Most of my friends and contemporaries are long since dead and gone (mostly from natural causes), and the world I grew up in has devolved into a serious mess. Still I spent the morning walking my own land with my German Shepherd Dog (off leash and enjoying the freedom also), a Marlin in my hand and a eight shot Ruger SP-101 in .22 caliber on my hip, not hunting, but just out for a walk.

So other than degenerative arthritis, clogged up arteries, an ever failing memory, and a spinal column with enough titanium in it to build a small car, I feel pretty good.

Now, next month when I visit a friend down in Houston, I will have to be a little more aware of predators, but I can't say I have any foreboding about my safety. Down there I will lose the Marlin and switch to a S&W 3913, with a Taurus TCP .380 in my pocket just for back up. In fact I am actually looking forward to a short journey in amongst the new version of Texans that inhabit most of Houston these days.

Like the Comanche of the past age that once inhabited this land, my time and the time of my kind is coming to an end. Civilization marches on, and stops for no one, as most of you well know.

 

[Usmc5811]

Well lets see I work for a university in a city in the bad part of town. State university means no firearms, except for the lowlifes. I have worked for them for over 20 years. In that time span I have been shot at, windows where I work have been shot out. A deputy was shot in the parking lot, and an escaped inmate in cuffs ran through the workplace and was subdued by a coworker and I. After this a university cop came down and asked us what would make us feel safer. I told her an 870 loaded with buckshot under my work desk would be great, she didn't think it was as good an answer as I did. So my work place is the place I feel most vulnerable. Definitely when I have to go on a call on the campus and am unarmed except for my pocket knife and my 2' pipe wrench. Anywhere else I am carrying but not to work. Can't leave it in the car either have to park on the street, too many cars have been stolen or broken into. I had to turn off university emergency texts on my phone, if I didn't I would never get any sleep when I am off work. Those of you that get to carry at work don't know how good you have it. Also we learned to call the city police instead of the university police. City police are 10 minutes or less, university police will take atleast 15 minutes. Pretty sad considering I am on university property.

 

[sigp220.45]

I carry a gun for work. I take it off when I get home. I'm not walking around my own house carrying a gun. If I needed to do that, I'd move my family some where else. I realize other folks are in different circumstances, but I worked hard to get a nice place in a nice boring town and part of the payoff is not needing to wear a shoulder holster in my jammies.

Yes, I know a doctor in Connecticut got home invaded. I'm sure since then someone somewhere has been killed by a falling frozen poo bomb from a passing airliner or electrocuted by a toaster. I'm still going go outside without my poo bomb helmet and I'll still enjoy yummy toasted bagels.

I feel safe by choosing to feel safe. I take precautions and I don't care what other grown ups do.

 

[The Big D]

Feeling good.

Like sigp220.45 and others I feel rather good.

Played golf today and managed to survive 18 holes (and a million shots) on a course quite near Washington, DC.

CANNOT swing a club with a gun on my hip so left it at my hotel. I lived, gun was still there upon my return, and life goes on.

Your individual methods obviously vary, but I will never live in such fear that I must have a gun on my hip 24/7/365.

Be safe.

 

[Old TexMex]

I tried clicking your most recent link, and it did not open. Could be me, I read all this off a Kindle. Would it be possible that you could summarize what the DEA circular said?

http://www.dea.gov/docs/dir06515.pdf

Gives an overview of acknowledged activities across the US, and which bad actors are operating in everyones home town.
Who would've thought Cape GIrardeau or Chatannooga was a midwestern distribution hub?(if they hadn't been following illegal labor transporters and Mexican truckers). Point is, these operations have large cash holdings, and are willing to kill to keep doing their thing. That includes the accidental stumbling upon by traffic cop or anyone else.

 

[ladder13]

I remember these, very popular in NYC in the 70s and 80s. They fell out of favor when Giuliani became mayor and actually did something about crime, causing burglaries to drop.

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

Even before the 70's.
I think they were called "Charley Bars"(or maybe not, lol), we had them growing up in the Bronx tenements.