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No. We have lived in several states, most of the years in Kansas. Currently, we have open carry downtown and the technical school has just voted to allow concealed carry on campus.
We lived 20 miles north of Tucson, and we knew there were areas there to avoid. We avoid areas where gun violence is prevalent.
Back about 45 years ago my sister-in-law went to get lunch at a burger place in the southern Ohio town where she lived. A guy decided to go up on a hill in back and start shooting people. She happened to be one of the unlucky customers. She survived, but the mental and physical problems persisted for a long time.
Not a matter of hanging out with unsavory people or being in a "bad part of town" or looking for trouble. Just picked the wrong time to go to lunch.
Been around guns all my life and none of them have become violent. Did have some loser pull a gun on us at a party but he's in prison now. The gun isn't.
We lived 20 miles north of Tucson, and we knew there were areas there to avoid. We avoid areas where gun violence is prevalent.
Is that the key to avoid being shot is to avoid areas that are known to be violent?
Obviously gun violence can happen anywhere at any time but there are certain areas where the chances of meeting the wrong person at the wrong time who wants to harm you happens.
Years ago before I met her my wife was driving in a city in Tennessee and she turned a corner into the wrong area and there was a shoot out happening. She thought someone was making a movie but then realized it was real and backed out of there quick.
I wonder how many people who have been victims of gun violence have been at the wrong place at the wrong time and possibly should have known better?
Native New Yorker, spent 4 years in Philly for school, 1 year in Morgantown WV for work. Never saw any gun violence. Don't know any victims. I've seen plenty of fights but none involving guns.
Going from many of the comments I've read on CD, it appears a lot of members hang out with unsavory and/or violent people, so I expect this number to skew high.
If you live in really violent liberal cities like Chicago, you're most certainly going to answer yes.
Wrong.
For the past two years I've worked in the field in the very worst area of my city & I managed to not be a victim of any type of crime during that time.
Worked in downtown Kansas City installing floor covering. I was robbed in an apartment building were I was working. I have carried since then. A block from there, an elderly man was killed for his McDonald's lunch.
Wow, surprised to hear so many crazy stories about getting robbed. I been robbed but not in person, even those experiences made me feel uncomfortable for days. I think I can put myself in someone's shoes, let us say
a young male adult
grew up in the suburbs
dad never had a gun or even if he does rarely shoots it(sits in the case for decades)
never had friends who go shooting
never probably even touched a gun
plays shooting video games and sees movies with guns
then to get robbed by someone holding a handgun,
I could see how that can make you feel towards guns.
Yep. One was involved in a bad drug deal, got shot two times.
Another was drunk, cleaning his gun, shot himself in the arm.
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