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Originally Posted by graciegirl
You will find, unless it changes dramatically that there is very little awful crime here. I have learned that the people who do have guns are very careful and respectful of them and careful of others. They don't brag and talk about them and try to show off. In eight years there has been very little to worry about here. The online news shows who is arrested and that is a huge help to understand just what is going on... But this is about as safe an area as you can find anywhere. The three law enforcement agencies are on their toes and work hard at keeping us safe.
I think that what makes people annoyed, when new people come here and tell us we don't know what is going on.That we are a bunch of naïve innocents and we should arm up. We have had burglaries here, a rash of them, but they arrested 17 perps within months after that and we haven't heard anymore about it.
The people to be concerned about and to check out carefully are the scams and some of the lowlife contractors that enter with your approval through your front door. I am glad that the people who want to have guns have them and those that don't don't have them. It is a matter of personal choice. Unless and until we see the need or real trouble brewing, we who don't have guns, won't change. I guess I don't like evangelical anything. We are still here because we are aware and watching. We have lived a lifetime protecting what we have and teaching our children to be safe. We have run businesses and taught in schools and worked very hard and lived carefully and made wise choices. I am sure that when we think we need to get a firearm we will know it.
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Never have I mentioned for everyone to "arm up". What I'm trying to say is that everyone needs to be a little more cognizant of their surroundings and not put themselves in harms way, if it can be avoided.
I've never flaunted that I'm carrying a weapon when I go out to anyone; all our friends in Missouri know what we did in our careers and know that we still carry and they love to go out with us because they know the likelihood of something happening to them is very slim.