re: #102 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hurts my head, too.
I don’t go anywhere much anymore because CCW is really a thing here, and I know too many people here, who have their CCW permits, who I wouldn’t trust alone with sharp objects, much less loaded weapons.

And that is so sad isn’t it? They carry guns to make themselves safer from criminals and they make the same areas unsafer for everyone else.

How bad is the damn crime in your area? I know in Columbus it has been going down somewhat…as the city and area grows and grows.

And yes, I know there will be some who disagree. But I believe in the simple results of more guns, more chances for stupid shit, more injuries and deaths. Take the guns going off in the stores lately. Only going to get worse. These are humans (I hope, still in question in some cases) and we know what humans are cable of and not.

I still think the media share some responsibility for making a crime that happened three states over sound like it happened outside your very door. A great recent example…the knockout game coverage. It’s happening everywhere you know.

I remember how there was a carjacking, a drive-by shooting, a home invasion every day on the news when all of the terms were first being used. And many times the crimes were just crimes that happened before but now they had new fashionable names to beat us all over the head with.

Do not most FBI and even local and regional stats show crime going down for the last many years? That is in the not so good economic times too. How freaking low would they be if everyone had a chance for a good paying job and a few other social changes that might influence those stats.