Strange but true about Colorado Springs (Manitou Springs, Monument: rentals, houses, living)

[ryanek9freak]

Originally Posted by Colorado xxxxx

I know where's the respect in the Springs where's his statue, that man was a god, a genius, compared to Edison. Genius was confirmed when there was evidence to support his OCD, a fine line between genius and madness.

The founder of modern electricity, sadly only gets a pathetic little plaque in memorial park. You wouldn't even know it was there unless you look for it.

[CABQ]

The following quoted from here
http://www.city-data.com/forum/color...rk-live-2.html
by StarrySkiesAbove

"I have not heard anything recent about water issues but yes mountain lions can be an issue and bears as well. It's a wildland interface area, all the front range and the mountain communities are. As population growth places more pressure on wildlife habitat, encounters with wildlife become more common. Just last week a mountain lion snatched a small dog as the owner was walking the dog on a leash on a neighborhood street in the southwest part of Colo Spgs. The year before last Chipeta Park Elementary had to cancel recess outside for a period of time due to mountain lion activity in the area. My friends lost their lab to a mountain lion on their property in Green Mountain Falls, so not just small dogs are prey. Mountain lions have chased joggers in Cheyenne Mountain State Park. The areas you are looking at encroach into their habitat so be aware."

GOOD LORD!!! Strange but true!

Can you carry a hand gun in Colorado Springs?!?

[otowi]

Yes you can, open carry is legal, but there are some places where you can't (read the signs before you walk into a business, etc.), and getting a concealed permit may be wiser because although it is common for people to open carry in the nearby national forest, walking around with a gun downtown if you're not a police officer or a cowboy or something may make people nervous, and even more so if you were walking around, say, Academy Blvd or Powers Blvd or some random neighborhood.

[ryanek9freak]

Originally Posted by otowi

Yes you can, open carry is legal, but there are some places where you can't (read the signs before you walk into a business, etc.), and getting a concealed permit may be wiser because although it is common for people to open carry in the nearby national forest, walking around with a gun downtown if you're not a police officer or a cowboy or something may make people nervous, and even more so if you were walking around, say, Academy Blvd or Powers Blvd or some random neighborhood.

I do it every single day, everywhere I can, and not one single person has ever been concerned with it. Nobody notices.

[Seeker5in1]

Originally Posted by ryanek9freak

The founder of modern electricity, sadly only gets a pathetic little plaque in memorial park. You wouldn't even know it was there unless you look for it.

Tesla actually lived in COS. Where's his monument?

[Seeker5in1]

Originally Posted by CABQ

Can you carry a hand gun in Colorado Springs?!?

Affirmative. Open carry legal, concealed carry with a permit. Don't leave home without it.

[allprolab]

Here's a strange but true fact. I leave home without a gun everyday, and I still make it back home.

I know, astounding.

[smdensbcs]

Originally Posted by ryanek9freak

I do it every single day, everywhere I can, and not one single person has ever been concerned with it. Nobody notices.

Sorry to burst your gun-loving bubble, but not everybody has an unconditional love of guns and perhaps you're just not noticing the people who discreetly and carefully move away from you and go somewhere else, based on the small but real possibility you're a homicidal maniac.

Multiple times I've been at restaurants etc with my wife and kids when some open-carry dude (always a dude) sits down nearby flashing his pride and joy and my wife gets so stressed/upset we have to (discretely, so as to not upset a potential madman) get up and leave, sometimes mid meal. You may not be a dangerous trigger-happy shooter in need of mental health services, but we don't KNOW whether you are or not, and its just not worth the risk.

Folks have a legal right to open carry, concealed-carry, whatever, but the rest of us also have a legal right to get nervous about your unknown intentions with that weapon and to get as far away from you as possible, as quickly and as discreetly as possible. There's no law against wondering about your sanity, is there? We'd do the same if you were walking into Home Depot or sitting down at a restaurant holding a large sword or a cross-bow or something. Carrying around deadly weapons may be legal, but I'd be careful about happily and blindly assuming you're never disturbing any of your fellow citizens with your decision to do so.

[otowi]

It does depend a lot on how someone carries him/herself and behaves with the gun, but I still think concealed carry is a good option to avoid making citizens unnecessarily nervous, etc. Incidentally, the El Paso County sheriff's office has had nearly 7000 applications for concealed carry permits so far in 2013. I think some of those are just to support the principle, but every day you go out and around town, you probably walk past someone carrying without your knowing. My dad does concealed carry on his trips around town just to the grocery store and stuff, and most people would never suspect. I applied for my concealed carry because I like to hike a lot and there's a small chance someday I might need to scare off a bear or mountain lion but I don't want to make people nervous when I'm in a populated area near or in the city.

[Mike from back east]

Okay, back to "strange but true" stuff about COLO SPGS.

How about the Rockrimmon area, where the occasional smoldering fires of former underground coal mines burn their way to the surface and reportedly melt the soles of sneakers, etc.