[airics]

i don't doubt that guns are sold out of homes.. what i question, is that the person has a "gun shop"..out of his house.. first any hoa would forbid this and i think getting the business license would not happen..plus the house would be raided by the police..

as for the molester in front of a bus stop, i would think that it is in his probation that he could not be within a certain distance of children..

as for the op, how about citing your sources before you post.

[olecapt]

Periodically some newby rushes to this list to protect the newcomers from the evlils of Las Vegas. They never know what they are talking about.

School age shootings are a good example. They do happen in Las Vegas. They also happen everywhere. They are so statistically rare as to be random events. One of the worst school incidence occured in rural, amish Pennsylvania where the overall crime rate approaches zero. And we have Columbine...another terrible anomaly. The answer is to judge a community by its crime rate which will also mirror the liklihood of school violence. Las Vegas is middle third. Certainly not among the best but a long way from the worst. Henderson is very good - and by similarity so is Summerlin and similar areas.

If you wish to avoid sex molester don't rent. The vast majority of molesters are found in less expensive rentals. That is likely because they have little money and go to the less expensive neighborhoods. You will however find a few everywhere. Is Las Vegas worse than other places? Don't think so. Again the crime rates would indicate that Las Vegas is in the middle of the pack. Note that the vast majority of sexual molestations of children are done by relatives and friends...not the molester on the next block.

Operating a business in a residental neighborhood is generally a violation of the zoning codes. Get hold of the property code enforecement authority and get it closed down. That is generally the fate of swinger clubs as well. The normally go down the tubes over parking. Hard to have a mess of people without cars. Again the code enforcement people and HOAs are your friend in these circumstances.

Las Vegas is simply a good sized Southwestern city with all the good and bad of such a place.

[jjameson922]

Conceivably the "gun store" is in a neighborhood not protected by an HOA but running a business out of a home is illegal and a violation of most zoning rules. We run a business out of our home that has an HOA and we have a business license and business phone but the clincher is we are more a home office and repair shop WITHOUT clients coming to our home.

The things written about happen all over. Don't need to go to Las Vegas. Here it is not uncommon to deal drugs or guns while living in a beautiful area just by using Mr. Brown (UPS) or FedEx or some other package delivery service for delivery and pickup. It's almost like profiling to write one should know THIS before moving to LAS VEGAS.

[tm042567]

Originally Posted by airics

so where is this supposed gun shop.. and do you really think i would believe this?

If you don't believe the gun shop exists look at search engine on MSN - "gun shops in Las Vegas" and better yet look it up on Yahoo yellow pages....or read the article by Mark Sayre entitled "gun shops in neighborhoods" that he ran in February. Ray Lynn's Gun Shop or Lynn's Gun Shop. Look it up before doubting.

Fresh from Yahoo Yellow Pages:

Business Name:Address: Ray Lynn's Custom Guns
(702) 645-1538 See reviews on Local 5501 Mello Ave
Las Vegas, NV Map

[tm042567]

Originally Posted by airics

i don't doubt that guns are sold out of homes.. what i question, is that the person has a "gun shop"..out of his house.. first any hoa would forbid this and i think getting the business license would not happen..plus the house would be raided by the police..

as for the molester in front of a bus stop, i would think that it is in his probation that he could not be within a certain distance of children..

as for the op, how about citing your sources before you post.

HOA did not exist when the shop started in the 1960s. Still does not exist where he's at. He used to be the older part of town, out Jones, no houses, no neighbors for many, many years. The problem with his shop did not occur, like I said, until the population explosion in 2000. Police raids? First off he is licensed to do business, call the business license bureau. He has licensure through BATF to handle guns. Nothing illegal about it - just unethical. And about the licensure not happening? You're wrong...if you read the article by Mark Sayre on lasvegasnow.com entitled "Gun Shops in Neighborhoods" you would learn he has had a business license since the 1980s and Mayor Goodman's approval of the shop because new laws did not exist to control gun shops like this until the 1990s.

My sources for the child molester = the registry from Metro Police Department for sexual predators.

[tm042567]

Originally Posted by kimba01

That does stink about the shooting range. Unfortunately, when you buy a new build in an area where there is enough land around for more development-one takes a chance of having something less than desirable built near them. Could be a new strip club, casino, shooting range, golf course or what have you. Better to buy in an established area then.

I agree with you. Anywhere you see this huge patch of land - LOOK OUT!! Buy elsewhere. The other advantage of buying in an established area prevents your house being on a main thoroughfare. Like Jones Blvd used to be 2 lanes, barely traveled in the 1980s. Within 20 years, people now have main traffic passing their house every day and some have planes taking a dive as well . Buying in an already built up area, you can at least buy a home off the main arteries - stick with something in a quiet neighborhood without too much fear of tremendous growth.

[tm042567]

The word "many" - want specific numbers....sorry but I have a life and I am don't care "how many" on exact basis. All I know is the first month of school they confiscated about 60 guns from kids. By December they had on the news almost daily - this kid had a gun, this kid was suspended, this kid threatened to shoot this and that. In January and February of 2008, they had, like I said, "gun incidences at bus stops". In one of them, the kid died and I believe that was around Simmons Avenue, but I don't recall exacts on that. Then just a few weeks later, 6 kids injured at a bus stop - another incidence. I am sorry, there were many problems. If you watch the news you would understand that. If you need an exact number of "many" to get your rocks off, look it up yourself. The information is out there - look for it. I didn't need to know "specific number for many" because I cared more about the moms crying on TV asking "How did this happen? How did these kids get the guns?" I looked it up because their questions were heartfelt and compelling enough for me to do so. I lived in Denver during the Columbine incident. Working in the hospital there and seeing the families and kids - THE WORD MANY DIDN'T MATTER - ONE INCIDENT IS QUITE ENOUGH. Here, if we don't stop those "small occurrences" then we will have a Columbine or VA Tech massacre. Practice makes perfect does it not? These kids are learning every time they get caught; learning how to better to get away with things "next time." I am sorry, but you wish to concentrate on the word "many" and miss the entire scenario, the entire problem. This is not an English class and your word issues matters nothing. If you want to call me a liar, then find your information online to disprove what I have said. Read...Learn....Obtain knowledge...and if you bury your head in the sand and your child ends up dead, that's not my problem. Oh....even up to May of this year at his graduation party, did you forget about that young man shot and killed and his friend in the hospital whose condition I don't recall?? So you have 6 kids at a bus stop in February; guns taken in the first month of school; graduation party kid shot down. How many incidences do you need to be happy with the word many?? How many dead people does it take? You are really off base, I am sorry.

[tm042567]

Originally Posted by olecapt

Periodically some newby rushes to this list to protect the newcomers from the evlils of Las Vegas. They never know what they are talking about.

Wrong about your comment "newby". I have been here 39 years - born and raised in Las Vegas.

[tm042567]

Originally Posted by jjameson922

Conceivably the "gun store" is in a neighborhood not protected by an HOA but running a business out of a home is illegal and a violation of most zoning rules.

This is what people thought - zoning rules. But remember, in 1960s, zoning codes didn't matter so he gets away with living and operating under laws in the 60s, missed the laws passed in the 90s because he was already established. He still has his licensure so obviously nobody cares about commercial versus residential zoning. One would think he would be forced to have commercial insurance coverage since the building is on his property - separate from him house - follow commercial rules at least while working in a residential area - NO.

So all these new people are buying houses around him without a clue what's near them. He doesn't have a sign in his front yard. To find out they are buying next to a gun shop, they have to look up gun shops in Las Vegas and/or Yahoo yellow pages. Most people when buying homes aren't looking for gun shops in the area so they obviously have missed this. It's not their fault either. They are thinking of carpet, furniture, getting settled in, etc.

[tm042567]

About the child predators - I thought there was only one child predator on Mello Avenue - now there's 2....

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You want coolness? Look on Google Earth for the gun shop address, listed above and these 2 addresses...and then look on CCSD bus stop page and note all bus stops are on Deer Springs and Bradley - Mello and Bradley...Guns and predators looking at these kids all day. No houses between 5600 Mello and the children - check out the desert - Same with 5501 - no houses built next door, still desert.