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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I had never met a person who owned a gun, other than for hunting, (and my grandfather, a police officer) in my life until I moved here. I was astonished, as I feel this is just as safe as the Ohio suburb I left.( In 20 years, 100k people, two murders. ) But I have since learned that all of the gun owners are ordinary people, not any different than the non gun owners I lived near before. Many had military careers, or moved from very different areas than the place I lived all of my life. They were big on gun safety and didn't talk about it or show off about it at all. I opened my mind and really felt safer knowing that most of my neighbors were armed, when we had that rash of burglaries a few months back. We have a very safe environment here, I like it a lot and I like the gun owners and the non gun owners.
I know this, that as we age we can't kick, bite, punch, run, smack or scream like we used to. But we have a right to protect ourselves in any way we can.
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Gracie brings refreshing commonsense to the discussion. It is a pleasure to read her opinions.
Those interested in my attitude, based upon 40 years of law enforcement experience which includes serving at the city, county and federal levels and in positions as diverse as dispatcher, jailer, street cop, detective, hostage negotiator and special agent, might want to check my posting in the thread about protecting yourself at an ATM. What you learn about human depravity when working as a street cop cannot be adequately communicated to one who has not seen it.
Those who have seen it are understandably reluctant to go out in public unarmed. I know people who even carry a firearm while inside their own home.
Arf.
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