Quote Originally Posted by RICHARD View Post
You need a gun to open some bags of snacks.

I bought some Pop Tarts the other day and had to fight with the package to open it.

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One thing I find amusing about the "whizzing bullets" and some such?

There is always the over dramatic representation of bullets and drive-bys.

"It's a war zone", "a battlefield", "bodies everywhere!" Those comments make me laugh and make me mad.

Most of the people who make those statements have never been to war, never seen what a bullet would looks like or have ever been around a shooting.


THey don't know and always s-t-r-e-t-c-h a word or saying to make the situation a little more intense than it really is.

Lost Angeles is a good example-the murder NUMBERS have gone down- You'd hear about someone getting snuffed at least once a week in the valley. Now it's not as often.


I do have a problem with the percentages tho.
When the murder totals for one year are 8, then drop to 4 the next year, the PD crows about reducing murder by 50%.

Just like the early season batting stats in baseball, they are a little skewed.
But, they really look good in front of the city council when it's time for the yearly budget.
The closest thing I ever got to a "warzone" was in my old place up in Reno. Some 13 yr old kid (everyone in the neighborhood knew him) got miffed at a drug deal gone south, left our apartment complex and came back with a gun. He hit the building itself with about 5 9mm rounds and hit a person in the leg. There was blood everywhere, it was pretty scary. What was scarier is the kid fired into an apartment (where his intended target was supposedly) that had a mother and her 3 todlers inside. In this spray of gunfire only one person was hit, but that guy ended up being ok after a couple days in the hospital and some physical therapy.
The law says you cant get a handgun in Nevada until you turn 21. Why/How did a 13 yr old gang member get a handgun? The person who got shot didn't have a gun. The family whos apartment got shot up didn't have a gun. My friend who took the victim to the hospital didn't have a gun. I don't think more guns are the answer here but it sure does show a huge problem.
Just sharing my personal experence. No bodies weren't everywhere but it sure was a scary experence for me, and Ive had live fire combat training! I can't immagine how scared those poor little kids were. Maybe if someone somewhere focused a bit more on personal responsibility instead of burocracy, this might not of happened. I think RESPONSIBLE people have every right in the world to own firearms, providing that they've been properly trained on how to use them and that they are mentally stable enough not to go killing people just because they get into an arguement.

Oh and Richard, be careful with Pop Tarts, they have guns now too