2beararms
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Witnesses said they heard two shots around 1pm yesterday in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant and police found the body of a man sitting behind the wheel of his Taurus with the window shattered. Drug deal gone bad? Robbery? Random act of violence? Don’t know yet. Commonplace? … Just another day in paradise! Didn’t even make “today’s news” in the paper.
The location was just ¼ mile from my front door and I live in a well heeled community not some urban ghetto. It takes a bit to realize that I live in one of the most prized and beautiful areas on earth blessed with some of the wealthiest and famous residents and yet we’ve consistently made the top 10 list of America’s most dangerous places.
I keep my Police scanner nearby because at night, I like to be able to flip it on to try to figure out why the helicopter is circling overhead with spotlights shinning, sometimes sweeping across the backyard. That can often be entertainment several nights a week. So many would think about big locks and big dogs, but we actually sleep with the back doors open protected only by a screen many nights because “in the odds”, we see ourselves as not really in the truly high risk. Why? Because our gated community is fenced the entire way around so it is not conducive for the bad guys to come here when there are much more open areas around us. When you are running from a helicopter, fence bad … open area good.
Of course my 9mm is within reach.
When we go out, I put my .380 in my pocket because carrying a big gun IWB is a pain in shorts and shirt and I try to avoid the places where bad stuff is most likely to happen. But you just don’t know… an 82 year old woman was attacked in the parking lot of Olive Garden, two people on bikes were shot riding down the street, plus the guy in the Taurus … and that was all YESTERDAY … all within five miles. Of course, now it is just routine. We go about our business and avoid the “shooting gallery” and as a rule it avoids us because truthfully most of it is gang or drug wars going bad, but as the economy continues to slide so does the “where” it is likely to happen. So how real is MY threat? You see my location is South Florida.
I see a lot of locations here from cities to the wide open spaces. If you live in a town of 500 where you know everyone you see on the street, I figure you have to be less worried that they may draw on you and demand money at any moment … but that may not be the case. How many shooting have occurred in your scope of existence recently? How safe do you feel where you live? How real is YOUR threat?
I’d be interested to hear.
The location was just ¼ mile from my front door and I live in a well heeled community not some urban ghetto. It takes a bit to realize that I live in one of the most prized and beautiful areas on earth blessed with some of the wealthiest and famous residents and yet we’ve consistently made the top 10 list of America’s most dangerous places.
I keep my Police scanner nearby because at night, I like to be able to flip it on to try to figure out why the helicopter is circling overhead with spotlights shinning, sometimes sweeping across the backyard. That can often be entertainment several nights a week. So many would think about big locks and big dogs, but we actually sleep with the back doors open protected only by a screen many nights because “in the odds”, we see ourselves as not really in the truly high risk. Why? Because our gated community is fenced the entire way around so it is not conducive for the bad guys to come here when there are much more open areas around us. When you are running from a helicopter, fence bad … open area good.
Of course my 9mm is within reach.
When we go out, I put my .380 in my pocket because carrying a big gun IWB is a pain in shorts and shirt and I try to avoid the places where bad stuff is most likely to happen. But you just don’t know… an 82 year old woman was attacked in the parking lot of Olive Garden, two people on bikes were shot riding down the street, plus the guy in the Taurus … and that was all YESTERDAY … all within five miles. Of course, now it is just routine. We go about our business and avoid the “shooting gallery” and as a rule it avoids us because truthfully most of it is gang or drug wars going bad, but as the economy continues to slide so does the “where” it is likely to happen. So how real is MY threat? You see my location is South Florida.
I see a lot of locations here from cities to the wide open spaces. If you live in a town of 500 where you know everyone you see on the street, I figure you have to be less worried that they may draw on you and demand money at any moment … but that may not be the case. How many shooting have occurred in your scope of existence recently? How safe do you feel where you live? How real is YOUR threat?
I’d be interested to hear.