Longmont Gangs

[Shuffler]

the good news about the bad economy is that it will deter a lot of the illegal worker parasites from sticking around the area, so they take their problems with them when they go away

The fact is that there are individuals in Longmont with ties to the Norteno/Sureno gangs of the West Coast, and there are also Asian gangs in the area....most of the activity is around drugs but as usual there is car theft, burglary, etc. There are also the 'wannabes' with no affiliation to anything, but they think 'thug life' is cool, so they want to live it. Read the police blotters, look at the names, draw your own conclusions. The info is out there.

they're all chickensh*t sissy thugs, for the most part, and not a 'big' problem for now, but a problem just the same. We're near major drug/human smuggling corridors of I-70, I-25, and I-76 so it's not just going to go away.

Until the Libs try to take our guns away, I can still open carry and conceal carry within the law in Colorado...not that I'm in the habit of doing that on a regular basis.

[David Aguilar]

Originally Posted by elemental

We were resolved to move there until reading of a gang member walking into 7-11, shouting out the name of his gang and blowing off rounds with a shotgun. The home I was looking at was only two mile from the store. That's just too close. What if it had been King Soopers??

Gang Unit

This sort of thing exists everywhere, but when relocating to a new state, it would be sort of ironic if you ran into exactly what you sought to escape...

2 miles is too close? How far away do you need to be to feel safe? If anybody is afraid of anything in Longmont, they should visit a major city every now and then.


Comedy is right.

I would say at least 85% of the time, these so called "gangs" are just wannabe kids from the suburbs.

Originally Posted by billeethakid

Dont worry about gangs in Longmont, there a joke. 99% of them are hispanics in there teens thinking that there hard. They dont do squat. Longmont is ok but try Gunbarrel, Louisville, Broomfield, Westminster ect. If you are a hick, you will fit right in to Longmont. Drive a pickup truck, have 8 kids and only shop at Walmart. Dont know how to drive on 119, dont get me started!

I suppose there aren't any non-Hispanic kids in Longmont that think they are hard, I would venture to guess that all other races/ethnicities are all perfect little angels, right? Way to generalize.

Longmont has never given me the hick/pickup/kids/Wal-Mart impression. I think of it more as a small town growing up into a suburb/exurb.

Originally Posted by Shuffler

the good news about the bad economy is that it will deter a lot of the illegal worker parasites from sticking around the area, so they take their problems with them when they go away

I wasn't aware a bad economy could be good news. ::Throws hands up in the air:: I think that the "illegal worker parasites", will not go anywhere, unless they can't find jobs. Some of the industries they tend to work in (with the exception of construction), tend to weather bad economies most of the time. (Food service, agriculture, for example). As long as some opportunity is still available, they'll still be around. This economic downturn won't last forever. However, I wasn't aware that they ALL have "problems".

Originally Posted by Shuffler

The fact is that there are individuals in Longmont with ties to the Norteno/Sureno gangs of the West Coast, and there are also Asian gangs in the area....most of the activity is around drugs but as usual there is car theft, burglary, etc. There are also the 'wannabes' with no affiliation to anything, but they think 'thug life' is cool, so they want to live it. Read the police blotters, look at the names, draw your own conclusions. The info is out there.

I don't doubt this in the least, I was just wondering what the source was that is tying these folks to gangs in California.

Originally Posted by Shuffler

they're all chickensh*t sissy thugs,

Agreed.

Originally Posted by Shuffler

We're near major drug/human smuggling corridors of I-70, I-25, and I-76 so it's not just going to go away.

Aren't most population centers? Especially in the west?

Originally Posted by Shuffler

Until the Libs try to take our guns away, I can still open carry and conceal carry within the law in Colorado...not that I'm in the habit of doing that on a regular basis.

Good that you don't do that on a regular basis. I don't see the need for doing it on a semi-regular or occasional basis either, especially in your neck of the woods. Unless you go into a very gang-infested area on a daily basis, I wouldn't think it's necessary; nor do I think that very many, if any, places like that exist here in Colorado. Even if you did pack all the time, over the course of a lifetime there is a slim chance that you'd ever need to reach for it anyway.

[bkelch]

The title of this thread caught my eye and I thought man, it has been a long time since I was in Longmont! I lived there for one summer back in 1973. Came out from Ga. with a friend of mine in a VW Beetle camping beside the highway all the way out. I allways loved that area and hope it hasn't changed too much. Hope to make a return trip some day.