Poll: Most dangerous place you can be?

[Nightmare45]

Real simple if you expect the police to protect you, you are already dead. Every person in this country smart enough to actually make living should be armed 100% of the time. Peace, Love, Colt 45.

 

[Rayb]

I don't believe there is any one place worse than others. The way society is going it could be anywhere any time.

 

[donnieh]

The mall parking lot with arms full of Christmas gifts. After battling the other panic stricken shoppers, you enter the danger zone.

 

[SR40c]

Actually, any parking lot. Three of the four times I have been at the wrong end were in parking lots. Bar, hotel, and next to a shop I had at that time.

 

[tcox4freedom]

thank you. ive had several altercations in convenience store/ gas stations. had one with a guy who was waiting for me to exit the store. i was not armed .
but the store securuty took care of him. thats when i decided to get a gun and a permit. ps. never been to detroit and never will. memphis tn. was bad enough

The "village" in Memphis TN (My old "hood"), is actually one of the top "FIVE" most dangerous neighborhoods in America. My mom still lives there; and I wouldn't ever get to see her if I had to go unarmed.

 

[BillPPQ]

I have to agree with you. I instruct in an urban area, which is known for it's gang violence, drugs, and prostitution.

 

[Sheldon]

In the local news armed robberies are on the rise, gang violence is at the head of this trend....

AKA gang shootings that no one seems to know who shot whom... they were in their car, on the street, some parking lot someplace just hanging out, at the C store, in the park...

Street Violence is in the local rag daily, heaps of "armed robbery on the street" but most stories indicate the victim was out and about around the 03:00 time of the evening...

A few more were during daylight hours, a large increase of drive by robberies too, where a car drives up, driver shows a gun and demands money...

 

[eagleeyes]

true that sheldon crime is up in my area too which is why i recently decided it would behoove me to dust off my ol gun and learn how to defend myself with it not just at home but carry it with me where i go so i'm learning well and fast that by time i get my permit i will be comfortable carrying it as a defense tool carried on my person where ever i go that law and place will allow

 

[tucsonjw]

Convenience store is my choice and also my neighbor's (a LEO) who's always preaching
"citizen safety." He says when pulling up to a convenience store, sit in your car
(motor running) and take a minute to observe what's happening inside. Scan the aisles,
is the clerk behind the counter? Listen to your "inner self" and haul ass if something
doesn't feel right.

 

[BC1]

Depends on geographic location; Inner city, suburbs or country.

 

[Shoobee]

Convenience store is my choice and also my neighbor's (a LEO) who's always preaching
"citizen safety." He says when pulling up to a convenience store, sit in your car
(motor running) and take a minute to observe what's happening inside. Scan the aisles,
is the clerk behind the counter? Listen to your "inner self" and haul ass if something
doesn't feel right.

That's what I do too. But I seldom go to convenience stores. Maybe once in a blue moon when I run out of milk.

I guess most others here simply do not go to bars. I take most of my dinners at bars, where I can watch the news and flirt with the lady bartenders while I eat.

That's the single life.

Although some of my married friends also stop by the bar to get sauced up before they have to go home and face their wife.

 

[nofrets1]

The only trouble I've ever encountered is fist fights (and one stabbing)... all in bars; all in my younger years. The second most dangerous place I can think of is simply walking to and from my office to the bus station in downtown Denver. There are just way too many predators searching for their next victim (read: payday). Denver is pretty darn safe but I could walk around in White like so many do, and I seldom encounter Orange. Like nearly all of you, I am always in code Yellow... ever vigilant!

 

[ragsflh]

in public anywhere.

 

[eagleeyes]

white
orange
yellow
? levels of how your gun is loaded and readied?
or levels of awareness of surroundings?

 

[firnatine29]

thank you. ive had several altercations in convenience store/ gas stations. had one with a guy who was waiting for me to exit the store. i was not armed .
but the store securuty took care of him. thats when i decided to get a gun and a permit. ps. never been to detroit and never will. memphis tn. was bad enough

whoa whoa whoa, I'm from Memphis lol...No I totally agree, we're about 45mins north of memphis and I carry EVERYWHERE! We get alot of carjackings and muggings out here. Never been to detroit though.

 

[eagleeyes]

the most dangerous place to be
is a war zone
or palestine
or prison
or in a canoe up shyt creek with no paddles
ok peeps after the vid from another thread is done i'm going to bed

 

[Danmc]

Actually, any parking lot. Three of the four times I have been at the wrong end were in parking lots. Bar, hotel, and next to a shop I had at that time.

I voted "Other". I feel most unsafe in parking lots. 2nd choice is walking/biking paths and trails that meander through city parks and nature areas.

 

[CharlesMorrison]

Anywhere and everywhere.

 

[Shoobee]

the most dangerous place to be
is a war zone
or palestine
or prison
or in a canoe up shyt creek with no paddles
ok peeps after the vid from another thread is done i'm going to bed

If given a choice, I would prefer to go into combat than into prison.

In prison size matters, and you are allowed no weapons to defend yourself. And for all the large sized psychopathic XYY gorillas in prison, next to size, gangs then matter.

If falsely accused, I suppose you could end up in prison not having done anything wrong. Generally speaking if you keep all the laws of the land then prison should not be a possibility.

If drafted, you could end up in war, whether you asked for it or not. During Viet Nam, Korea, WW2, WW1, and The Civil War, there was conscription, and people went to war who did not want to. During WW2 and The Civil War there was no choice and the Fed Govt did what they had to do. Conscription during the other wars was a big mistake however, since raising large armies had no impact on these crises, and smaller better trained armies would have done much better on the field, most likely.

Being of draft age in a militant nation is a huge risk factor working against longevity. The USA became militant during WW1 due to American shipping being sunk by Germany. It was a huge strategic blunder by Germany, and it changed the USA forever as well. Since Viet Nam, the draft has not been used again by the USA however. Instead the USA has focused on training and technology with a smaller military force.

In combat, at least you are armed, and if you keep your wits about you, and stay observant, you can probably survive it. Keep your head down, don't be a hero, don't volunteer for anything. Just get in and get out, then get back home.

In my opinion, the best training and the best job in the military is as a sniper. But not everyone can be a sniper, the military needs regular infantry, artillery, tanks, helicopter gunships, jets and planes as well. Of all these, the sniper is the deadliest force on the battlefield, one sniper pair being the equivalent of an infantry batallion (1000 men). As such, snipers are the best trained. Right now, the USA and Canada produce the best snipers.

Palestine is a quasi war zones. It is an insurgency that sometimes flares up into hot shooting battles. Still not as bad as prisons or a really hot shooting war like Iraq or Afghanistan.

So in order the worst things are --

1. prison
2. warfare
3. quasi-warfare (Palestine, Ireland)
4. living in a ghetto
5. working in a ghetto

In either case, being armed, and being able to draw quickly and shoot straight, is what will save your life.

Crime is quite high in the USA so being armed at all times in the USA is necessary, unless you really want to become a victim of crime.

So yay though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for I have my 45ACP 10 + 1 and my 12 gauge 8 + 1 with me.

It is sad that it has come to this, violence in the streets, and warfare for the past 10 years around the world, for the USA.

Maybe in a couple of years it will be peaceful again, like it was from 1954 to 1964, and 1974 to 1990.

Maybe.

One can only hope, as Johnny Depp would say in Pirates of the Caribbean.

 

[hogfan55]

It would have to be convenience store/tobacco store. I live close to Memphis and per capita my small town is just as bad as the big city. Concealed carry is getting very popular.