You sound like a fun guy to have at a party. NOT! I’m 71 and lived in 13 states, two for countries and traveled through all 50 states. Spent quite a bit of time in Mexico. Walked around NYC, Chicago, London, Paris, Istanbul, East St Louis, St Louis. Overnighted in truck stops, rest stops, behind gas stations and at the end of dirt roads. I never felt the need for a weapon (firearm) had several dogs, none for protection.
And we used to hitchhike across this country and up in Canada without a second thought. Never had a single problem and met some incredible folks that actually fed us to boot. Ladies did the same during the hippie years without fear for the most part. By the way that topic could be a great one on its own. When is the last time you saw normal people hitchhiking at every other on ramp on the interstate or major two highway?
Well JayArr,
Protect you and yours as that is all that's important.
Did you know you can block me and then you will not see any of my posts. I’ve done that to a few of the members on the forum.
I’m not sure how you would know I know little about the dangers.
i am with Gator. Never seen the need to own or use a gun. i did shoot a gun once at the shooting range in tomorrow land. Made me feel ill.
Have you been paying attention to the real world lately? Its even unsafe to ride the subway in NYC. When seconds count, any and all law enforcement are minutes away. Of course that's a tired line for most.
This turning into a guns vs no guns thread. It will be shut down if we don’t keep it civil. You have a right, at least for now, to own and in some cases, carry a firearm. We also have a right not to. We accept the consequences of not owning a firearm just as you should accept the consequences of owning/carrying a firearm. I have been to NYC, San Antonio, Chicago, London, Paris, Monterey Mexico, Istanbul, Anchorage, Seattle, Portland, St Louis, East St Louis and many more. There’s a song in there somewhere. The point I’m trying to make is we aren’t afraid to go to these places and we don’t feel a need to be carrying a weapon.
As I stated, no more or no less we live in a different world, yes a different World, which directly relates to not only traveling in an rv to remote regions but women traveling on their own in rvs. This relates to protecting ones self and being mindful of your surroundings for newcomers.
I don’t remember anyone becoming outraged because you want to carry a firearm. If your frightened of the world out there then by all means arm yourself. But just know, I do not trust you or anybody else with a firearm. That includes the police and the military. It wouldn’t bother me if the 2 Amendment was rescinded. But then again, it doesn’t affect me. Our founders were pretty smart folks but they couldn’t see far enough into the future to realize what guns would do to this country.
I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s. The news was mostly local. You pretty much knew and really only cared about what happened in your community. Whites did not walk through Black neighborhoods and Vice versa. The only foreigners we knew of was the Spanish family that rented a house in our neighborhood during Jai Lai season (the dad was a player). Crime existed but we didn’t really hear about it. There was 30 minutes of local news, 6-6:30 and national news, 6:30-7. Three channels, NBC, ABC, CBS. Now we have 24/7 cable news. They have to fill all that time with something. So we get it all.
LOL, I could provide you plenty of evidence of gang criminals , all supported by the very ones entrusted to protect us all that did not exist just over two years ago without consequences. But it would not be on topic and allowed. But you don't have to spend much time keeping up with the world events to know that we are now witnessing open season on businesses in particular. But personal assaults by repeat offenders has changed the way people go about their days and where they go if they are smart.
