Well, actually, it's better like that. I do not have ANY guns in my possesion. :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by bluntblaze
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Well, actually, it's better like that. I do not have ANY guns in my possesion. :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by bluntblaze
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Originally Posted by LIP
*off subject* i just realised the time.. i thought it was still about 7 in the morning.
WHAT .. THEE .. FUCK!?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by IThinkIamFeelingit
YOUR AV MUST BE FAKE.. THATS CRAZY
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ganjzilla
Yeah, I love the Wire... And yeah, it's made out to be a bit tamer than real Bmore... It gets kinda bad...
Welcome to Detroit . :icon506:
Crispi :jointsmile:
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Purple Banana
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.
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.
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 :PQuote:
Originally Posted by LIP
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Distortion
sounds like a good choice :thumbsup: just dont get caught. Id hate to lose a good person to the systemQuote:
Originally Posted by LIP
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
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
My city is filled with a bunch of creampuffs...
moving to a different country? what country are you moving to?Quote:
Originally Posted by LIP
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.
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Originally Posted by 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.
[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
If you seriously think Newcastle is more dangerous then London then you are the mug.
Not country lol, county. I'll be moving to Norfolk - IF things dont start improving.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluntblaze
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by BUZz UK
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...
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:
Ah beast, I'll come by river... look for the scull and crossbones, haha...Quote:
Originally Posted by LIP
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.
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by 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:
That pretty much sums up the problem, and a common attitude...Quote:
Originally Posted by OLDE ENGLISH '800
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.
what, and then you do some Bruce Lee Shit, and knock their gun away whilst pulling out yours and shooting them in the face?Quote:
Originally Posted by angry nomad
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingclp009
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!
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by OLDE ENGLISH '800
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by OLDE ENGLISH '800
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.
well i said what i had to say im not going to continue this off subject debate on this thread
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...)
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If you live In NYC at least your city's murder rate couldn't ever be higher than NYC's....Quote:
Originally Posted by ghosty