Is your city dangerous?

[IThinkIamFeelingit]

The streets of the world can be dangerous places and harbor some of the craziest shit..drug dealers, exhibitionists, gang members, whacked out people on hard drugs, prostitutes, police, military, helicopters, wild dogs, racoons, traffic, drunks, homeless...

Does your city have this?

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

yes

[slipknotpsycho]

it's not compton, but it's certainly not white-suburbia where there are no worries.... someone was murdered (for reasons i can't say here or it's likely to get deleted) just three houses down from where i live, and there's always random gun shots going off, alot fo the time followed by sirens (and i don't mean cop sirens)

then of course, my city is filled with idiot drunks who get a lil horsepower in their car (or bike) and think they're superman...

usually it doesn't end bad, but it has quite a few times...

everytime i hear high reving of an engine, followed by tire squeeling (as from brakes, not burning out) i pause everything i'm doing to listen for a crash..

it's happened on my street twice in the past three years (As in high rev, screech, BAM), both times being a crotch rocket...

[LIP]

London has everything, and THEN some.

To give an indication as to how bad it's got well over 20 kids have been shot dead this year, and then you've got the ones who havnt died. THEN, we move onto stabbings - god knows how many of them. Remember, this is just the kids - let alone the adults. Some of the shootings and stabbings dont even get reported on.

Walking down the streets at night you can find ANY drug you want.

Walking down the streets at night isnt adviseable anyway - you'r VERY likely to either be a victim or a whitness to some sort of crime.

Infact, London is slowly turning into a shithole - a warzone where everyone is warey.

None of the tourists realise though - so then they're left scratching their heads after they've been mugged and whatnot.

We've got 7 year olds playing with guns and pedling drugs [smack and crack] in primary school.

It's completely out of control - we keep having these gun and knife amnesties but they make no differnce.

[slipknotpsycho]

London has everything, and THEN some.

To give an indication as to how bad it's got well over 20 kids have been shot dead, and then you've got the ones who havnt died. THEN, we move onto stabbings. Remember, this is just the kids - let alone the adults.

Walking down the streets at night you can find ANY drug you want.

Walking down the streets at night isnt adviseable anyway - you'r VERY likely to either be a victim or a whitness to some sort of crime.

Infact, London is slowly turning into a shithole - a warzone where everyone is warey.

None of the tourists realise though - so then they're left scratching their heads after they've been mugged and whatnot.

We've got 7 year olds playing with guns and pedling drugs [smack and crack] in primary school.

It's completely out of control - we keep having these gun and knife amnesties but they make no differnce.

you know lip, not too long ago i got in a debate with someone on a game about gun control... he claimed outlawing guns (and he lived in england no less) lowered gun crime, and america is stupid for having guns legal...

anytime i tried to point out not only did englands gun crime not decrease, it infact, increased because the criminals don't care about the law, leaving alot of honest people sitting ducks since they can't defend themselves...

now i don't live there, but i have seen the statistics.. but i'm asking you, since i trust your judgement, was i right by what i said? (statistics are all well and good, but first hand experiences speak louder then numbers)

[LIP]

you know lip, not too long ago i got in a debate with someone on a game about gun control... he claimed outlawing guns (and he lived in england no less) lowered gun crime, and america is stupid for having guns legal...

anytime i tried to point out not only did englands gun crime not decrease, it infact, increased because the criminals don't care about the law, leaving alot of honest people sitting ducks since they can't defend themselves...

now i don't live there, but i have seen the statistics.. but i'm asking you, since i trust your judgement, was i right by what i said? (statistics are all well and good, but first hand experiences speak louder then numbers)


Oh, for sure man. We NEED guns.

You know, we're not legally allowed to carry EVEN a knife!!!
Can you beleive that???

We ARE sitting ducks.

Luckily i've armed myself with a 9mm and a rifle, just incase. [I'd rather stamp on them untill they stop breathing, but if they've got a shooter i need one too]

If i got caught i'd be in prison for 5 years straight away - but it's either that or get shot myself. Shoot or get shot.

East London is famous for being violent - everyone knows it as a brutal area and to live here you've either got to have a gun or some sort of weapon. Some sort of serious weapon.

Our Government is a joke, period.

It's a shame these lunatics running around the manor dont shoot those wankers up.

[slipknotpsycho]

i figured so :p

every govt. has their problems, and i think it stems from one thing... they make laws/rules when most don't even have to deal with real life problems..

let a senator or high ranking offical get robbed and beat senselessly a few times, maybe then they'd change their outlook.

[LIP]

i figured so :p

every govt. has their problems, and i think it stems from one thing... they make laws/rules when most don't even have to deal with real life problems..

let a senator or high ranking offical get robbed and beat senselessly a few times, maybe then they'd change their outlook.

I wish to christ they would. I wish to christ they'd kill one of them. THEN they'd know what WE have to fucking deal with.

[Boricua]

Their are some areas in Puerto Rico that are very dangerous if you are not with the right people. But its not really that dangerous for those people who are not looking for trouble.

[TallCoolOne]

Its not too bad, at least it ain't East St. Louis.

[guitar_player882006]

i figured so :p

every govt. has their problems, and i think it stems from one thing... they make laws/rules when most don't even have to deal with real life problems..

let a senator or high ranking offical get robbed and beat senselessly a few times, maybe then they'd change their outlook.

That happened in my city, Cleveland, Ohio. An anti gun democrat was walking home one day, when he was robbed at gun point. He quicky changed his views on gun control, and ccw. He soon realized that carrying a gun is about evening the odds, and that it is a positive thing. When there's more upstanding citizens that refuse to become victims crime will go down. Who would rob someone when there is a good chance they may be armed. I read an article in the plain dealer that said the majority of conceald carry licenses are held by seniors since they have no other way of defending themselves.

[Jennifer K]

Yes. My neighborhood is full of white racist meth heads. I have guns, latest purchase 12 gauge mossberg shotgun, and was trained by the Sheriff's dept of my city. We have camera moniters and are NOT afraid to use them. The rent is cheap, and I'm saving up for a cabin in the mountians.:stoned::D

[iNHALE.xHALE.]

not stamford..up here all we have is ppl runnin around with fake gangs and kids who think thier tough because they got ahold of guns..but down south..as in ecuador that place is tough..ppl gettin murdered, dirty police, drugs of all sorts around every corner, not a nice place to be in at night or by yourself

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

latest purchase 12 gauge mossberg shotgun,

mossberg keeps watch over my house too

[bumclot]

Wash, DC-they don't call it drama city for nothing

[ganjzilla]

thats an understatemnet....i live in baltimore md...we have a city 1/8 the size of new york and still have more murders this year than this year...hence why its called bodymore..i mean theres parts of this town where white people CANT go...not just the murders but hell we also have the biggest crack problem in the country...lets just say its a big change from where i used to live

[slipknotpsycho]

thats an understatemnet....i live in baltimore md...we have a city 1/8 the size of new york and still have more murders this year than this year...hence why its called bodymore..i mean theres parts of this town where white people CANT go...not just the murders but hell we also have the biggest crack problem in the country...lets just say its a big change from where i used to live

huh???

[weedmaster]

i'm lucky my town hasn't much crime.

[ganjzilla]

we have so many murders that every night they tell us the city murder count...and new york city has 390 something so far this year, and we have 440 something

[Coelho]

Yes... very dangerous in fact... if anyone here watched the movie "City of God", well, i live in the very city where that history happened (cause the movie is based upon some real facts)... so you can figure it out... its safer to stay at home.

[iNHALE.xHALE.]

ahh mann..that movies crazy man, i got a friend whos from brasil and yeah he said the movies nothin compard to real life

[weedmaster]

London has everything, and THEN some.

To give an indication as to how bad it's got well over 20 kids have been shot dead this year, and then you've got the ones who havnt died. THEN, we move onto stabbings - god knows how many of them. Remember, this is just the kids - let alone the adults. Some of the shootings and stabbings dont even get reported on.

Walking down the streets at night you can find ANY drug you want.

Walking down the streets at night isnt adviseable anyway - you'r VERY likely to either be a victim or a whitness to some sort of crime.

Infact, London is slowly turning into a shithole - a warzone where everyone is warey.

None of the tourists realise though - so then they're left scratching their heads after they've been mugged and whatnot.

We've got 7 year olds playing with guns and pedling drugs [smack and crack] in primary school.

It's completely out of control - we keep having these gun and knife amnesties but they make no differnce.

thats why i left and went to sunny Bournemouth, nothing like london only problem they are all a bit green and unstreetwise down here, kids are brought up differantly down here, but not my kids they are streetwise i think kids definately need to be streetwise.

[Purple Banana]

Yep, good ol Baltimore is the Murderingest city in the US...

And we have the highest national syphillis rate, too.

Most murders are via gang violence, but we have the innocent bystanders a lot, too.

[slipknotpsycho]

Yep, good ol Baltimore is the Murderingest city in the US...

And we have the highest national syphillis rate, too.

Most murders are via gang violence, but we have the innocent bystanders a lot, too.

is that something to be proud of or not? i'm not really sure <.<

actuallyc ome ot think of it, if i were you, i'd keep that as best of a secret as you can LOL

[nhsmus]

yeah, im in downtown phoenix. .shit aint no joke, people riding round in cars just shooting people. tweakers, thieves, the whole 9

[birdgirl73]

My suburb doesn't have many of those problems except for raccoons (a good many trees here, and it used to be rural farm and treeland just a few years ago). It's a fairly safe, manmade enclave that's designed not to. The big city we're a suburb of, however, has plenty of danger. That'd be Dallas.

[ganjzilla]

yeah i used to live in a small town in va with less than 5000 people...i miss that shit

[Purple Banana]

I used to live in the city, now I live in the nicer suburbs.

And Slip, I don't HAVE to worry bout pride over syphillis rate, 'cause I'm not a hooker :)

[slipknotpsycho]

I used to live in the city, now I live in the nicer suburbs.

And Slip, I don't HAVE to worry bout pride over syphillis rate, 'cause I'm not a hooker :)

hooker or not, do you really wanna be known for living in the city with one of the highest STD rates in the US? LOL i know i sure don't...

syphillis city... that's what ima call it from now on LOL

[Quinn The Eskimo]

My city is fairly safe, for me at least. We have crime and violence, but it doesn't really effect me directly, because I am a cracker who avoids crime. Anyway its a pretty safe place to live, most of the people who start conflicts with others are really all just bark, and don't have the nerves to commit a violent crime.

[MaryjaneAndHashley]

Yup, Montreal is a crazy place, go in the park just beside Berri-UQAM metro and you'll see a bunch of junkies shooting right on the spot at any hour of the day. And of course Ste-Catherine street is known to be THE hooker spot. Thats downtown..and where i live, in the north, there are several ghettos..pretty hard areas too.

[ghosty]

Minneapolis was named nicknamed Murderapolis by the news a few years ago for a few months in the summer we had more homicides than NYC... Theres a lot of shit thats not reported in the news. If you end up in the wrong end of the north or northeast side, you might wanna be sure your armed and not alone. Always some gang rivalry in that area, and tons of territorial drug shit. Its absolute bullshit and pathetically stupid but it's there. I try not to venture that way too often and stick down to Uptown and the south and west side. Much better area, much better vibes.

[Dest]

In a suburb just south of Denver here I dont ever have to worry about crime, and crime rates are going down all across the state :thumbsup:

[Reefer Rogue]

London is a dangerous place.

[RhinoGrowUK]

London is dangerous ??

Yeah for getting run over by a taxi ,

there all gay in london !!

[thcbongman]

Not at all, it's the definition of too safe. Although I could always go to DC to raise the dangerous rate!

[LIP]

London is dangerous ??

Yeah for getting run over by a taxi ,

there all gay in london !!


Hahahahaha - Come to London then - with that attitude you'd be in a wooden box in a matter of minutes!

And weedmaster - that's very true. If you aint streetwise dont come to london.

I wont be living here for much longer if it carries on like this.

I have to break the law to be safe - and that's just not right. What would i do without a gun? Put my hand up a stop a bullet. Ha!


Kids dont know the meaning of life anymore, and THATS what's dangerous - they're all too ready to go out and kill someone just for a laugh. It's disgusting.

[BUZz UK]

You don't have a gun LIP, stop bullshitting...

[LIP]

You don't have a gun LIP, stop bullshitting...

Are you on msn? If not get on it!

[bluntblaze]

You don't have a gun LIP, stop bullshitting...

lmfao lip just got owned

[LIP]

lmfao lip just got owned

Well, actually, it's better like that. I do not have ANY guns in my possesion. :thumbsup:

[bluntblaze]

Well, actually, it's better like that. I do not have ANY guns in my possesion. :thumbsup:

;).

*off subject* i just realised the time.. i thought it was still about 7 in the morning.

[bluntblaze]

The streets of the world can be dangerous places and harbor some of the craziest shit..drug dealers, exhibitionists, gang members, whacked out people on hard drugs, prostitutes, police, military, helicopters, wild dogs, racoons, traffic, drunks, homeless...

Does your city have this?

WHAT .. THEE .. FUCK!?!?
YOUR AV MUST BE FAKE.. THATS CRAZY

[Orzy]

it depends, you know? good parts and bad parts, but it's pretty much like that all over the world. Rockford/Chicago is pretty much safe in the day time. No doubt it gets kinda scary at night, but you just don't really go walking around those bad parts at night.

[bumclot]

thats an understatemnet....i live in baltimore md...we have a city 1/8 the size of new york and still have more murders this year than this year...hence why its called bodymore..i mean theres parts of this town where white people CANT go...not just the murders but hell we also have the biggest crack problem in the country...lets just say its a big change from where i used to live
You ever watch The Wire? It's a really good crime show set in Baltimore. If Bmore is anything like that show then I believe.

[Purple Banana]

Yeah, I love the Wire... And yeah, it's made out to be a bit tamer than real Bmore... It gets kinda bad...

[xcrispi]

Welcome to Detroit . :icon506:
Crispi :jointsmile:

[napolitana869]

Yep, good ol Baltimore is the Murderingest city in the US...

And we have the highest national syphillis rate, too.

Most murders are via gang violence, but we have the innocent bystanders a lot, too.

I live in an area thats traditionally been one of the safer ones, but like a month ago there was an attempted kidnapping of a woman at 9 in the morning a few blocks away from me. Someone was stabbed a block away from me. I can imagine what it would be like to live in the "unsafe" areas of baltimore.

[Nochowderforyou]

Where I live was ranked one of the safest cities to live in Canada (Vancouver). Yes, hookers, drugs and all that stuff is here, but its also in smaller towns with only 2000 people. Crime and shit is everywhere in every place you go. You might not see it as much, but it's there.

[Distortion]

there are alot of gang members in my area, i guess you could even say im associated with the bloods because most of my friends are bloods. Ive seen many things in my life that I dont wish to see again. Ive felt pain in the streets I never want to feel again. The streets a very scary place. I grew up in the streets of NY so I know how it can be.

[Distortion]

Kids dont know the meaning of life anymore, and THATS what's dangerous - they're all too ready to go out and kill someone just for a laugh. It's disgusting.

your right, but alot of areas you have a choice. To join a gang and have protection, or to stay out of gangs and be on your own. Which one would you choose? :P violence is everywhere and london, as well as the states has there bad areas :P

[LIP]

your right, but alot of areas you have a choice. To join a gang and have protection, or to stay out of gangs and be on your own. Which one would you choose? :P violence is everywhere and london, as well as the states has there bad areas :P

Thank god i wont be living in london for much longer. I'll give it antoher 6 months and then im seriously going to concider moving to the county i work in - alot less driving and it's in the middle of nowhere - virtually no crime and plenty of feilds just waiting to farm ganja.

[Distortion]

Thank god i wont be living in london for much longer. I'll give it antoher 6 months and then im seriously going to concider moving to the county i work in - alot less driving and it's in the middle of nowhere - virtually no crime and plenty of feilds just waiting to farm ganja.

sounds like a good choice :thumbsup: just dont get caught. Id hate to lose a good person to the system

[Metaphor]

its pretty safe in my area of queens but there are some places that arent the best areas to be in. The biggest problem is the nypd.

some kids might jump you around the schools if they know you have drugs/iPod/money things like that but ide assume thats everywhere

[wonka911]

about 80% of my city is just the nicest little neighborhoods uv ever seen but then theres the like 5 defferent little project areas i myself would neeever walk through just like any other city i guess...but its startin to get kinda bad though they just built a new project i swear to god like 20 blocks of em not even 2 years old and allready like 4 murders

[IThinkIamFeelingit]

My city is filled with a bunch of creampuffs...

[bluntblaze]

Thank god i wont be living in london for much longer. I'll give it antoher 6 months and then im seriously going to concider moving to the county i work in - alot less driving and it's in the middle of nowhere - virtually no crime and plenty of feilds just waiting to farm ganja.

moving to a different country? what country are you moving to?

[KevinFinnerty]

I can't help but shake my head at all these people talking about how everyone should have the right to be armed and gun control is stupid. I mean, if somebody sneaks up behind you, pulls out a gun, and says "give me all your money or I'll kill you," what are you gonna do? Pull out your own gun and shoot him before he can pull the trigger? Or are you going to always have your gun loaded, cocked, and in your hand? (although I can't imagine someone pulling a gun on you if that were the case)

I can understand why it might make someone feel safer to have a gun on them when they feel like they are in a dangerous place, but, if you stop and think about it logically, you'd be a lot safer if the government made a concerted effort to rid the country of as many firearms as possible (maybe they could use the ridiculous amount of funds spent on the war on drugs, as well as the draconian punishments given to users/dealers, to instead prevent the sale of guns). The bottom line is that making it legal to purchase firearms, even if it's only legal for certain qualified individuals, makes it easier for criminals, or potential criminals, to get a hold of them (think about all the money unscrupulous people can make by buying guns legally and selling them on the black market).

I mean, I'm no criminal and I don't know any personally so I can't say for sure, but I would guess that the majority of guns used in violent crimes were either purchased legally, or purchased from someone who purchased it legally, or stolen from someone who purchased it legally, or purchased from someone who purchased it from someone who purchased it from someone legally, etc. If we made it completely illegal for anybody to purchase guns, I don't see how you can argue against the fact that it would definitely make it more difficult for a criminal to procure one.

To put it simply, instead of thinking "I should be allowed to carry a gun just in case some dude on the street pulls one out on me," you should instead think "if I'm allowed to carry a gun, there's a MUCH greater chance of some dude on the street pulling one out on me," and like I said earlier, unless you've got it locked, loaded and in your hand at all times, that gun isn't going to do you much good in such a situation.

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

I can't help but shake my head at all these people talking about how everyone should have the right to be armed and gun control is stupid. I mean, if somebody sneaks up behind you, pulls out a gun, and says "give me all your money or I'll kill you," what are you gonna do? Pull out your own gun and shoot him before he can pull the trigger? Or are you going to always have your gun loaded, cocked, and in your hand? (although I can't imagine someone pulling a gun on you if that were the case)



well if that happened id give it up and when he walked away pop 2 in his head.seriously though how can you think that we dont need guns,apparently you havent had the pleasure of living in a shitty neighbrohood or being robbed.well i have and i made the choice to never let it happen again maybe sum day the world will be this happy place were every one is nice to each other and there is no crime but untill that day comes i will keep my guns loaded.

[RhinoGrowUK]

[quote=LIP]Hahahahaha - Come to London then - with that attitude you'd be in a wooden box in a matter of minutes!

Find that a bit hard to believe sonny jim. Am from newcastle you mug

[Reefer Rogue]

If you seriously think Newcastle is more dangerous then London then you are the mug.

[LIP]

moving to a different country? what country are you moving to?

Not country lol, county. I'll be moving to Norfolk - IF things dont start improving.

And to Rhino - well, i dont know what to say, other than your a silly ignorant person if you truely beleive that!

Like i said, come to my gaff and see how you like it - you wont.

Dont ever call me a mug, unless you want to start an argument - in which case im ready to win.

Now, if you've got any sense you'll leave it, like i'm going to.

[BUZz UK]

Norfolk is so unbelieveably chilled, the police don't really care about weed that much, or the free raves that go on every weekend. I like it.
I don't think I ever really want to move back to London, as much as I like some aspects of it, it's just too sketchy now..

[LIP]

Norfolk is so unbelieveably chilled, the police don't really care about weed that much, or the free raves that go on every weekend. I like it.
I don't think I ever really want to move back to London, as much as I like some aspects of it, it's just too sketchy now..

When/if i do move i'll be living in wrox - you can come to my gaff and smoke up.

[RedLocks]

Really it isn't that bad around here, shit has really calmed down since the 90s. My home town has gone down to 13.2 murders a year holding the 66th spot nationwide. But I think every major city in Jersey got a spot in the top 100, JC, Newark, Paterson and Trenton. LOL just realized those are all County capitols...

[happiestmferoutthere]

I live in a town of about 10,000 people.When I first moved to this town, 30 years ago, there was 2,500 people. I've seen a lot of changes. The crime is not bad, I guess. We have 1-2 murders a year now. We have a lot of thieves around here though. Every time I accidentally leave my car unlocked some jackass goes in to it.
This is one of the towns the So. Cali families come to when gangs get too bad where they are. Unfortunately their kids are really bored up here,(theres nothing to doooooo!!!) and cause trouble.
We have quite a bit of meth-heads, but in a town this size, its easy to pick them out of a crowd. The local po po don't really care if you smoke pot. I smoke all over this town, and never have I gotten in trouble for it.
All in all, I love my little town. I think I will stay! :hippy:

[BUZz UK]

When/if i do move i'll be living in wrox - you can come to my gaff and smoke up.

Ah beast, I'll come by river... look for the scull and crossbones, haha...

[stinkyattic]

I'm in a tiny 'city' of not even 20,000 people and our murder rate is pretty bad. Combine that with the pack of coyotes that has decided to move into a drainage basin right near my house, rabid bats (I'm not making this up; my neighbor had one in here house, it died, she took it to animal control for testing because it was in her kid's room, and yup! Rabies!), stupid kids who think pitbulls should be MEAN and can't be bothered to socialize them properly yet STILL insist on taking them downtown to show off to the other little wannabee gangstahs, and I'll be staying home after dark, thx.

[DirtyDarin]

I used to live in south Los Angeles. You can get any kind of drugs, guns or sex on the street. I have seen a few people get shot. I now live about 30 miles north of LA in a town of about 1,200 people. It is very quiet here and if I ever miss LA I can be there in 20 minuets.

[KevinFinnerty]

well if that happened id give it up and when he walked away pop 2 in his head.seriously though how can you think that we dont need guns,apparently you havent had the pleasure of living in a shitty neighbrohood or being robbed.well i have and i made the choice to never let it happen again maybe sum day the world will be this happy place were every one is nice to each other and there is no crime but untill that day comes i will keep my guns loaded.

You completely missed my point. I never in any way said the world was "this happy place were every one is nice to each other and there is no crime." My point is that there would be a lot less crime in the US and we all (including you) would be safer if the government put some serious effort into making it harder for criminals and future criminals to get a hold of guns. The thing is, one of the best ways to accomplish this would be to not allow ANY civilians to buy guns. This might be a hard concept to wrap your head around, but think about it I mean, if the government decided not to allow civilians to purchase firearms and made it a priority to keep firearms off the streets (maybe by diverting funds from being used keeping weed of the streets, and also by introducing MUCH stiffer punishments for buying/selling and possessing firearms), it would be WAY harder for the wrong element to procure guns, period. If it cost five grand, let's say, for some potential criminal to buy a gun on the street instead of a couple hundred bucks, and he knew he'd be facing a ridiculously long jail sentence if he was caught possessing or selling guns, it's not hard to comprehend the fact that far fewer "bad guys" would have guns. Just imagine if, all of a sudden the government decided that possession of any more than a gram of marijuana would result in the death penalty, and they were bringing all the troops back from Iraq to enforce the new laws (horrible to imagine, I know, but hear me out). I'm pretty sure the pot-smoking percentage of the nation's population would probably dwindle pretty close to zero. The same thing would happen if we gave gun possession/sale the same treatment, and I don't think you can argue that this country wouldn't be a safer place if absolutely no one had a gun.

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

now you sound like the government.it dosent matter how ilegal you make it people are still going to find a way to do what they want,just like the war on drugs remeber the 80's and the crack epedmic if you were caught with say a $20 rock you would get a extreme punishment but say you had a 8ball coke you wouldnt be looking at the same time.drugs have been ilegal for years and some how there still around and no matter the punishment it will still go on.so i beleive the same thing on guns you can go ahead and make a death sentance for posesing a firearm but guess what im still gonna have mine just like how i smoke weed and its ilegal.i dont think i will live to see the the day that america land of the free will outlaw firearms, this country was built by the gun.so wrap your head around that:thumbsup:

[BUZz UK]

this country was built by the gun.so wrap your head around that:thumbsup:

That pretty much sums up the problem, and a common attitude...

[angry nomad]

I am not a gun owner but I believe strongly in the US's Second Amendment (the right to bear arms.)

What if someone walks up behind you, sticks a gun in your back...
What if someone comes into your house with a gun, intending to kill you and rape your wife...?
What if there is a madman running through your college with guns, killing random people?

We can make up scenarios all day. There is more than one situation where to have a gun would be good. You can better defend yourself against armed violence with arms.

On gun bans: When you take guns away from the good-law abiding citizens, the people left with the guns are the criminals, and police. Any good law abiding citizen who keeps their gun has suddenly become a criminal. Sound familiar? Look at yourself, look around you. You are a criminal, you drug addict, you pothead.

When the populace is well-armed, violent crime decreases.

Another good reason to own a gun is defense against tyranny. What did the Nazis do before rounding up the Jews? They took their guns, so they couldn't fight back. Do you think our governments are possibly devolving into tyranny? Socrates said, "Tyranny rises out of democracy, and the most extreme forms of oppression and slavery out the most extreme liberty."

A lot of the crime around here is caused by fugitives of the law from other countries coming here to hide. I wouldn't even call them illegal immigrants, they are just bastards. Around Cape Cod, it seems Hyannis and Bourne can be pretty nasty at times. Where I grew up in Hawaii, Chinatown was pretty nasty. There are a lot of crack whores wandering around, and homeless people out of their minds addicted to meth. Probably the most dangerous place on Oahu at night, Palolo Valley projects. When I lived there, the Bloods and Crips were pretty big. There were a lot of posers, but a lot of real gangs. One of my buddies was in the Bloods, and he killed someone because he was a big drug dealer in the Crips. But, Hawaii is a pretty nonviolent state. People are more likely to punch you in the face than shoot you in the back.

[BUZz UK]

What if someone walks up behind you, sticks a gun in your back...


what, and then you do some Bruce Lee Shit, and knock their gun away whilst pulling out yours and shooting them in the face?

[Kingclp009]

Philadelphia has become down right scary.

[40oz]

Philadelphia has become down right scary.

Yea man, so many people getting killed every day, its crazy. The person who lived in my current house before me was killed in a home invasion. We saw the bullet holes in the basement before the renovators fixed it up.

The streets are pretty bad but as long as you walk on them with confidence people will usually leave you alone. It can get scary at night though.

Shotgun to defend my house? Yes please!

[KevinFinnerty]

drugs have been ilegal for years and some how there still around and no matter the punishment it will still go on.so i beleive the same thing on guns you can go ahead and make a death sentance for posesing a firearm but guess what im still gonna have mine just like how i smoke weed and its ilegal.

You're either joking or your delusional. You don't think a VAST majority of gun owners would give up their guns if the punishment for possession of a firearm was stiffened drastically, like, say, to a death sentence? Are you serious? For that matter, you said you still smoke weed even though it's illegal, but would you still smoke weed if possession of a gram meant a death sentence? I think not.



i dont think i will live to see the the day that america land of the free will outlaw firearms, this country was built by the gun.so wrap your head around that:thumbsup:

Well as long as so many people agree with your idea that we're all safer if everyone's packing, I'm not so sure that you (or I) will live to see tomorrow. Sure, this country was built on the gun (and slavery as well, though I don't think that makes it acceptable), mainly because it was basically under martial during its early years due to the lack of law enforcement and prevalence of Native Americans who weren't about to give up their land without a fight (and rightly so). The federal government barely had the funds to function on any level, much less protect each individual citizen.

Nowadays, the government is MUCH better equipped to protect it's citizens, as evidenced by the billions of dollars they are able to throw at the so-called war on drugs. Wrap your head around this: the positive of being able to go and quite easily buy a gun to "protect yourself" is far outweighed by the negative of the fact that it's WAY WAY easier for a criminal or potential criminal to buy a gun if the government makes it legal. That might not have been the case when this country was founded, but it certainly is now, and has been for some time.

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

well i said what i had to say im not going to continue this off subject debate on this thread

[Coelho]

Well... the video is from a TV show called "Cidade Alerta" (Alert city), which shows only the worst things that happen, like accidents with lots of deaths, heinous crimes, and such...
Anyway... that video shows the endless war between police and drug dealers in my city. I pity the cameraman which had to stay in such dangerous situation, just for recording it...
The video was made some 2-3 years ago, but the war continues. Some days ago i was in the house of one of my aunts, which is near some places dominated by the drugs dealers, and there was happening some confrontation, probably between dealers from different groups... anyway... from 1am to almost 4am i heard lots and lots of shots, from several kinds of weapons... there was also bombs, one of which did make the windows of her apartment shook (and its almost 1 mile far from the place where the confrontation was happening...)

gDuvCZCrN5s

[growinforthefuture]

Minneapolis was named nicknamed Murderapolis by the news a few years ago for a few months in the summer we had more homicides than NYC... Theres a lot of shit thats not reported in the news. If you end up in the wrong end of the north or northeast side, you might wanna be sure your armed and not alone. Always some gang rivalry in that area, and tons of territorial drug shit. Its absolute bullshit and pathetically stupid but it's there. I try not to venture that way too often and stick down to Uptown and the south and west side. Much better area, much better vibes.

If you live In NYC at least your city's murder rate couldn't ever be higher than NYC's....

[bluntblaze]

Not country lol, county. I'll be moving to Norfolk - IF things dont start improving.

And to Rhino - well, i dont know what to say, other than your a silly ignorant person if you truely beleive that!

Like i said, come to my gaff and see how you like it - you wont.

Dont ever call me a mug, unless you want to start an argument - in which case im ready to win.

Now, if you've got any sense you'll leave it, like i'm going to.

oh .. lol

[LIP]

oh .. lol

Rofl. I was to move country i'd be going straight to Canada.

[Kid Dynamite]

Someone got shot in the face last year with a harpoon gun down in the town centre. That was mental...

[LIP]

Someone got shot in the face last year with a harpoon gun down in the town centre. That was mental...

Fucking hell! The last thing that happened near me was some guy getting stabbed in the neck. I heard the shouting. That was saturday or friday night. He died. And yes, they were drunk. Didnt even make the news. That kind stuff is ALWAYS on the news.

[texas grass]

i have really never seen much crime
but if crime came around me lest just say
.45's with tons of boxes of BLACK TALONS
czech 9mil goes through 1/4 steel plate
riot shotgun
and rifles
oh and i can reload anything
:) that will prevent crime:thumbsup:

[water]

The streets of the world can be dangerous places and harbor some of the craziest shit..drug dealers, exhibitionists, gang members, whacked out people on hard drugs, prostitutes, police, military, helicopters, wild dogs, racoons, traffic, drunks, homeless...

Does your city have this?


every city has these things if there was 1 that didnt then i would be worried

[scream]

I'm in Manhattan, Ks. It isn't too dangerous of a city except for there has been a serial rapist since '01...exactly what a college town needs, asshole

[Bompton]

COMPTON

[geonagual]

My city has it's moments...but I am not scared of anywhere, anytime...I have never lived in fear of crime.

[SyndicateJuggalos17]

i live in happy fairy-tail land... anyone else?

naw man i live in chicago suburbs lmao
they got WAY worse then got a little better but are gettin shitty again...
not only do a lot of people think theyre area is worse than it is, but i noticed a lot of people underestimate the crime rate of their area... like, just because they don't hear about it, they dont know that all this crazy ass shits goin on

[Bompton]

compton looks like a fucking suburb because thats what it basically is but stick around on a block for a few minutes and youll see the local street gang coming right for you.

[SyndicateJuggalos17]

compton IS a suburb of Los Angeles

[Conehead]

I live in a small city of about 1.5 million people. There are murders every now and then they are made a big deal of in the press because they happen so rarely. a little of other crime like break in ect but apart from that the biggest worry is the great whites that in the last 5 or 10 years have made a habbit of eating people surfing or swiming. since i spend a fair bit of time in the water that's my biggest worry lol. but hey if it happens it happens

[Bompton]

compton IS a suburb of Los Angeles

"compton looks like a fucking suburb because thats what it basically is" - me

[Bompton]

compton right now is fucked up for blacks and mexicans. there is a big ass racial war. gangs from both sides blastin each other and random innocent people just because of their race. its not about pirus and compton crips vs surenos anymore its straight up racial now. black vs brown.

[burnable]

I live in the Seattle metro area. eastside of lake washington. very low crime here. this is kind of a yuppie haven. seattle itself has relatively low crime. seattle cops have de-prioritized marijuana related crimes. the south sound area has some crime. lakewood especially. I bet if you removed the meth market the crime would reduce by 70%

[Frickr]

town of 1100 had a double murder 3 years ago first one in 15 years my car has the keys in the ignition, doors wide open to thehouse i walk around all night so yes its safe

[TubbyMan]

is everyone here from the ghetto shiii :pimp:

Havent really heard much bout da midwest, where the midwesterns at?

[GraziLovesMary]

I live in Columbus right now.. it has its violent crimes and its murders.. its cute little "hood" area, and apparantly Cleveland Ave is bad enough that it is no longer policed. Like a warzone. I dunno.. this isnt my town.

D.C. is my city, and Ive spent plenty of time in Bmore and Glen Burnie bringing KB into Southern Maryland. Murder is murder no matter where it takes place, and if you dont recognize a killer you can be the victim no matter WHERE the hell you are. Education and awareness are your best bets.

[GraziLovesMary]

Shit... even the small town in Southern Maryland that I lived in had some crazy shit go down in the time during and after I lived there.

[djpoach]

ha ha nope i life in IF Town in other words Idaho Falls Idaho full of mormons but pretty damb safe ha

[Nightrafe]

not at all; I live in a small country village. Theft and crimes are really low. Yeah, I think it's a safe place to live and to toke.

[O. G. ganja smoker]

I live in KILLAFORNIA by stockton lets just say if u mess around your death wont be known or reported you will just come up missing :jointsmile:

[GraziLovesMary]

You're either joking or your delusional. You don't think a VAST majority of gun owners would give up their guns if the punishment for possession of a firearm was stiffened drastically, like, say, to a death sentence? Are you serious? For that matter, you said you still smoke weed even though it's illegal, but would you still smoke weed if possession of a gram meant a death sentence? I think not.


Yeah... a majority of legal gun owners would. But illegal gun owners are a completely different story. They have that gun because they are ready to kill in the first place. And whether they know it or not, if you are ready to kill, you are ready to die.

So the people with nothing to lose and everything to gain, will happily use a gun on a man guaranteed to be unarmed due to gun laws. And there will be nothing anybody could do about it.



Well as long as so many people agree with your idea that we're all safer if everyone's packing, I'm not so sure that you (or I) will live to see tomorrow. Sure, this country was built on the gun (and slavery as well, though I don't think that makes it acceptable), mainly because it was basically under martial during its early years due to the lack of law enforcement and prevalence of Native Americans who weren't about to give up their land without a fight (and rightly so). The federal government barely had the funds to function on any level, much less protect each individual citizen.

Nowadays, the government is MUCH better equipped to protect it's citizens, as evidenced by the billions of dollars they are able to throw at the so-called war on drugs. Wrap your head around this: the positive of being able to go and quite easily buy a gun to "protect yourself" is far outweighed by the negative of the fact that it's WAY WAY easier for a criminal or potential criminal to buy a gun if the government makes it legal. That might not have been the case when this country was founded, but it certainly is now, and has been for some time.


You have far too much blind faith in the people who hold your life in their collective hands.

[liberationfrequency]

I live in Chicago by the projects so yeh it's kinda dangerous at night but convenient since my dealer lives right next door to me!

[apocolips31]

Well where I live it use to not be much of a problem with crime, but over the last 5 years with more and more people from up North coming here( no offense to you if you live up north but, your crime is moving down here with you) their has been a great increase in murder and gang violence here.

[LIP]

These are firearms siezed just from east london [as far as i know, the site is fucking shite and doesnt go into any detail - and you'd think crime would go down wouldnt you?

[GraziLovesMary]

These are firearms siezed just from east london [as far as i know, the site is fucking shite and doesnt go into any detail - and you'd think crime would go down wouldnt you?

One would think... but I have learned by association that most people that would own a gun illegally in the first place would just be pissed off that their shit was siezed. And commit more crimes to get more money to buy more guns illegally. And there will ALWAYS be an illegal gun market. Because there will always be arms embargoes and restrictions.

[smok3y]

Yes... very dangerous in fact... if anyone here watched the movie "City of God", well, i live in the very city where that history happened (cause the movie is based upon some real facts)... so you can figure it out... its safer to stay at home.

Iv watched it meny times, Its a brilliant film and it shows u some real life shit. There living in some real harsh conditions..

Scotland is getting real bad for murders, shootings and really bad for stabbings.. Glasgow is real bad for people getting stabbed..

Scottish murder rates (http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/scotnews07/070716_murder.html)


Scotland second on murder rate poll
Midlothian Today. 16 July 2007

Scotland has the second highest murder rate in western Europe, it has been reported.

The new figures, which show that Scots are three times more likely to be killed unlawfully than people living in England and Wales, come just days before the country hosts an international conference on violence prevention.

World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics show the country has 1.75 homicides per 100,000, the Sunday Times reported.

Of the 21 European countries covered by the figures only Finland has a higher rate, at 2.16 per 100,000, it said. That compares with 0.74 in France, 0.63 in Germany and 0.49 in the rest of the United Kingdom.

Scotland has kept second spot in the table, despite the rate falling from the 2.23 recorded by the previous WHO survey in 2002.

Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said he did not believe Scotland is an overwhelmingly violent country and is not the worst off internationally.

He said: "But clearly Scotland does have its own very real problems, not least the high levels of alcohol-fuelled violence in our homes and on our streets, and the long-standing issue of knife crime.

"Yet, violence is preventable, not inevitable. And the Scottish government is determined to take action to tackle the problem, including the longer term work needed to challenge the culture of violence that prevails in too many parts of Scotland."

Mr MacAskill will open a three-day WHO conference on violence prevention at the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan, Fife, on Tuesday. The conference will be attended by 200 experts from around the world.

[dominionxp]

i live in phillipsburg, new jersey. its not reccomended to walk around the projects at night, other than that, its pretty safe

[Publicgunmen]

I live in Lincoln, Nebraska... safest city that is over 200,000 people. I think it's too safe, I can never find any shit to do.

[cannabis campbell]

what are exhibitionists and how are they dangerous!?

[OahuLocal]

Down here its basically always fighting. People who use weapons down here get jumped by alot of people. OF course everyone still carries weapons. 9mm is my choice or my blade.

[nolanfortwenty]

not too much violence here. alot of crack and meth, fucked up people walking the streets

[braeh420]

hell no, i live i a very small town, very little crime.

[gsouljah]

I live in one of the most dangerous cities in the world, Kingston Jamaica.

[memoryburner]

I live in KILLAFORNIA by stockton lets just say if u mess around your death wont be known or reported you will just come up missing :jointsmile:

Is that out by eastside? I live in COUGH COUGH weston ranch COUGH COUGH. A small little community outside of stockton (for those that dont know) its slowly been turning ghetto since it has been built...the main crime is the sales/possession/distribution of herb and other drugs

[Eazy]

LIP, sorry to inform you but your wrong having a 9mm is not 5 years.
a lock knife is 5 years last year now its 7 ( i'm on bail) a hand gun is 4 years, when if unloaded with no ammo if u have ammo its 9 years.


screwed up so u can pistol whip me for 4 years, but i used to stab u for 5... who has a no ammo gun

[O. G. ganja smoker]

i live in Lodi memoryburner but i stay in stockton alot where my sister is the South Side of stockton is the worst east side isnt that bad but damn Lodi is getting crazy it used to be a chill ass town:(

[LIP]

LIP, sorry to inform you but your wrong having a 9mm is not 5 years.
a lock knife is 5 years last year now its 7 ( i'm on bail) a hand gun is 4 years, when if unloaded with no ammo if u have ammo its 9 years.


screwed up so u can pistol whip me for 4 years, but i used to stab u for 5... who has a no ammo gun

Bloody hell. Well, at least if i got caught i'd only be serving a 1/3 of the sentence haha! Or the way things are going i might even get a suspended sentence, unless they do something with the prisons.

Either way, in my eyes everyone is entitled to protect themselves, and if need be, everyone should be ready to take lives. Shoot or be shot, stab or be stabbed. Although i'd rather remove kneecaps.

[memoryburner]

i live in Lodi memoryburner but i stay in stockton alot where my sister is the South Side of stockton is the worst east side isnt that bad but damn Lodi is getting crazy it used to be a chill ass town:(

I havent been through lodi in a while so i wouldnt really know haha, it was pretty nice last time i did though. And yeah, i wouldnt want to be anywhere near south side alone at night :eek: weston ranch is okay though....the worst you have to worry about is getting jumped or robbed

[Breukelen advocaat]

The crime level in New York City improved remarkably during Rudy Giuliani's two temrs in office as as the Mayor of New York City, in the early 1990's through 2002. It's still one of the safest large cities in the country. Crime dropped in other cities during this period as well.

[birdgirl73]

^^ He definitely cleaned the place up, didn't he? I used to be scared to travel to NYC on business unless we were staying in a really nice area, which was usually impossibly expensive, and after he made things safer it was a lot better. One of my teammates got mugged getting out of a cab somewhere around Times Square and lost her purse, her laptop, her briefcase and got pretty badly hurt in the process. That was during the Ed Koch days.

[Breukelen advocaat]

Well where I live it use to not be much of a problem with crime, but over the last 5 years with more and more people from up North coming here( no offense to you if you live up north but, your crime is moving down here with you) their has been a great increase in murder and gang violence here.
Some Southern municipalities used to give their unemployed, indigent, and others a one-way bus ticket to New York City - where the promises of welfare, public housing and other benefits awaited them. Now that the parties' over, they're coming home to roost.

[cjshamrock]

I probably live in one of the most dangerous big cities in the world, Rio de Janeiro.

It's surrounded by favelas (slums), inhabited by the poorer classes and controlled by either druglords or ex-policemen (milÃ*cias). There's a lot of rivalry and competition and the result are endless shootouts throughout the city. Innocent people are killed every day. The police earn a ridiculous amount of money for their work, which creates widespread corruption. The poor don't rob the rich because they're evil, it's because they have no fucking chance at all. Children begging for money on the streets all the time, and the money goes to their lazy bum parents who sniff glue all day.

I'm probably friends with lots of criminals and murderers. While weed smokers usually have a lighter punishment, you can get away with pretty much anything provided you have enough money. And you absolutely need to have the right connections if you want GOOD weed... Or risk your life trying to get it in the slums... There's a wild new Brazilian movie out there called "Elite Troop", methinks it's a bit more realistic than "City of God".

This place is a fucking mess. I'd like to go live in Oz or Canada after I graduate.

[robo scat]

Boston is somewhat dangerous downtown, like in Roxbury and Dorchester, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plains, and even Cambridge projects. Lots of gang violence and shootings downtown in the hub. Towards where I live in the suburbs right outside the city, most areas are pretty safe.

[Droplet]

fort worth suburbia is awesome. I know all the "gangsters" because we grew up together.

[wholapola]

Being from the Niagara Falls region, with all it's gambling and other activities it's actually pretty safe. On the other hand, if you want to find trouble, it's there. Just have to be cautious and be a little street smart.

[geonagual]

Boston is somewhat dangerous downtown, like in Roxbury and Dorchester, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plains, and even Cambridge projects. Lots of gang violence and shootings downtown in the hub. Towards where I live in the suburbs right outside the city, most areas are pretty safe.


haha..I lived in Roxbury for about a year many years ago..then I lived in Brookline..which is tottaly different.

[TX Girl]

I live in Fort Worth. For the most part I feel safe despite my car being broke into a few times, hearing gunfire at least once or twice a week and there's always some altercation at my WalMart when Im in there. It's not my first choice in places to live but I like it here. Racially diverse, most folks are cool, close to downtown.

All cities are dangerous.

[O. G. ganja smoker]

aye memory burner we should meet up and chill someday smoke a few :thumbsup:

[Surge25]

ok, well im from toronto, and while many people will say, its not as "hard" as america. i can definatly tell u, if your looking for trouble its here too. I used to live in LA and when i moved here, didnt expect things like dog fights, wepons being sold, common hard drugs, shootings, or anything like that. But its here. That being said, i thought this place was bad, but when i went to india. dam

any place with poverty is so bad. People think compton is bad, the ghetto parts of india are soooooooo baddd in comparason. And im pretty sure parts of jamica and other 3rd world countries are the same. I mean these people will litterly kill you for a penny. They lived outa houses built out of newspapers, on the dirt they slept, with the mice and snakes. No washrrooms.No drinking water, they drank out of dirty lakes. Some were deformed, i guess cuz no medical was avaliable for them, since the helth care comes out of ur own pocket their. And speaking of health, i saw a man litterly cut off his own hand because their was some worm in the front part, and he didnt have enuff money to get it surgicly removed. And im pretty sure when one of these people snapp, alot of people prolly die. Hard drugs like coke, herioin, other opiates are common adn saw so many being used.

but seriously i think outa all the cities, the 3rd world suburban cities are the worst

[Chong Version 2.0]

I was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. I'm pretty sure it is one of the most dangerous cities in the world.

[TimidK]

I hear sirens almost every 2 days. I'd say its the semi-ghetto, but I enjoy living where I am though because its so easy to find that ganja :rastasmoke:

[Bompton]

i cant stand these fucking clowns playing make believe bloods and crips out of Los Angeles County though. nothing but frauds and copy cats, all these clowns from the east coast, south, midwest. shit get your own fucking gangs!

[Funkmaster H.O.H.N.]

Not even close. I live in a pissant, white-bred, redneck town in the middle of nowhere in Vermont, the worst crime committed here is leaving a John Deere to rot in your lawn.

[josemartinez915]

my city voted safest in the USA lol

[GraziLovesMary]

i cant stand these fucking clowns playing make believe bloods and crips out of Los Angeles County though. nothing but frauds and copy cats, all these clowns from the east coast, south, midwest. shit get your own fucking gangs!

All streetgangs are a joke. If I had the manpower and resources that any average sized clique of any gang had, I could most definitely accomplish tenfold what they do. Gang violence and crime is sloppy and spontaneous. Its nothing but an emotion and desparation-driven mob of individuals who either have nothing to live for, or think they dont. Or just want to be accepted. If you want to make money illegally, and kill the people that get in your way, its not my choice of lifestyle, but I could most certainly pull it off more efficiently than any of them other hood rats.

[WeLuvGreenTg]

The streets of the world can be dangerous places and harbor some of the craziest shit..drug dealers, exhibitionists, gang members, whacked out people on hard drugs, prostitutes, police, military, helicopters, wild dogs, racoons, traffic, drunks, homeless...

Does your city have this?

DDDEEEETTTTRRRROOOIIITTT

[420_24/7]

My city has an extremely high murder rate, and yet, i feel very safe walking the streets at night. Theres no reason for me to feel safe. I could get jumped easily. But i still do feel safe.

[MadSativa]

haha some of these post are hilarious. :pimp::pimp::pimp:
the white tigers ears and noses must be tripping out.

[angry nomad]

I don't live in a city.

I live out in the woods in a town of of less than 2000 people. The cops don't patrol here. I smoke on my front porch, just the way I like it.

[WeLuvGreenTg]

I don't live in a city.

I live out in the woods in a town of of less than 2000 people. The cops don't patrol here. I smoke on my front porch, just the way I like it.

hell ya

[jessem98]

Toronto is great!
Yeah there are a couple of rough spots... the jungle, jane+finch, scarborough(mccowan area), and i dislike east york as well. I live in North York, never been mugged, shot at, targeted in any way really.
Such a nice downtown, great people, i just walk around doing what i want, and no one really gives me any trouble. Just as anywhere you'll have your dickhead retards - that's standard, T.O just has fewer then most - and most are probably posers or moronic to a lesser degree.
Toronto (IMO) is truly the place to be... amazing weed, low crime, beautiful scenery/architecture.

[Tetraspace]

Ah another thread so ppl can get off on talking bout there city and how ghetto it is...