Serious questions,

Where do you live? City, suburb, rural/country?

Since I know you hate police and they never prevent crime anyway, what are your plans when the criminal element eventually makes your house or family their target?

Just curious.

don't forget about this guy's view of liberals. :winkwink:

You're right, speaking out against cops who shoot people running from them must mean I hate the cops.

As much as you come to their defense you must think 90% of the population hates the police.

You have better odds of dying in a car crash than someone breaking in your house when you're home, do you live in constant fear of that too?

Why deflect and change the subject? I notice you didn't answer any of the questions? Didn't think you would. What is your plan? Seriously. I don't live in fear of anything, but I do try too be prepared, like when you put on your seatbelt are you afraid of dying that day? Or just prepared?


*Twenty-six percent of Americans say they or another member of their household were the victim of some type of property or physical crime in the last 12 months, ranging from theft to sexual assault, according to Gallup's index of crime victimization.

* 17% of all Florida adults are convicted felons.

Matter of time my friend, matter of time.


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Where the hell do you live that you have to worry about it constantly? Does that happen to you a lot?

I live in a private gated community in Tampa. I don't worry about anything but I prepare for everything.


You have never once answered my questions. Where do you live? What are your plans for the inevitable encounter between you, your family, your household when confronted with, how would you phrase this, socially disenfranchised individuals looking to have non-consexual sex or increase their net worth?


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You live in a gated community and you still feel a need to arm yourself not only in your own home but when you leave your house? Shit man, I would move. That's a hell of a way to live.

I live in Evergreen, Colorado. No gated community and rarely you'll even find our door locked. Inevitable? Doubt it. I've been on this planet almost 45 years and not once has any house I've ever lived in been broken into, nor do I know anyone who has. Not to mention the last thing a burglar wants is to break into a house where someone is home and if it did happen they would be confronted by a couple of pissed off dogs.

Of course my whacked out neighbor thinks like you do. Constantly posts pro-gun/anti-Obama shit on his facebook and still thinks Obama is coming after his guns. We worry about him much more than some random guy walking down the street. Well we used to anyway, last year the mental midget shit his pants cause a bear was going through his trash and thought he would show everyone what a big man he was and shot and killed the bear while her cubs stood by and watched. He was charged with multiple felonies and they took his guns. His own conservative generated paranoia created a self fulfilled prophecy of the govt coming after his guns. :1orglaugh

So having a gun in my home and when I occasionally travel makes me a nut? Or a wacko like your neighbor? I'll disagree with that. I no longer have a dog and when she was alive she was a gentle little thing. You on the other hand own 2 pissed off dogs that guard your house. Good for you!

See you HAVE taken steps to guard your family and property just not in the way I would have. I have 100% control over my handgun, with dogs not so much. But none the less good job! My best friend took the same approach.

I do hope like hell you and yours never are faced with crime. Remember though criminals go where the good shit is.


"Twenty-six percent of Americans say they or another member of their household were the victim of some type of property or physical crime in the last 12 months, ranging from theft to sexual assault"


"An estimated 3.7 million household burglaries occurred each year on average from 2003 to 2007.
In about 28% of these burglaries, a household member was present during the burglary.
In 7% of all household burglaries, a household member experienced some form of violent victimization"


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:2 cents::2 cents: :1orglaugh

This is a national study. Why is being prepared for something negative but statistically probable crazy?

This older Justice Department study printed by the New York time paints an even bleaker picture .... I'll bet newer stats are higher not lower.

"Eighty-three percent of 12-year-old children in the United States will be victims or intended victims of violent crimes at least once in their lifetimes, the Justice Department reported today. Fifty-two percent will be victims of such crimes more than once"


83% TO BE VICTIMS OF CRIME VIOLENCE - NYTimes.com


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See? You're scaring yourself again. Did you also come across the stats that 47% of all break-ins were done by someone the homeowner knew? Also included in your stats are thefts from garages and thefts from the outside of a property.

But lets breakdown your stats. 28% of all burglaries were done when someone was home (that number seems high but I'll take your word for it), thats the big concern, right? If you're not home obviously a gun does no good either way. So 28% of the 3.7 million households that are burglarized every year comes out to 1,036,000 households per year. There are over 120 million households in the US, so that means you have a .0086 percent chance of being burglarized while being home and thats across the board. If you live in the ghetto your chances are a little higher, if you live in a better area they are less than that. And this is your big concern?? This is your idea of inevitable? You're wasting a lot of energy worrying about something that has a less than 1% chance of happening.

And no, I don't have dogs to protect against break-ins, that's just one perk of having dogs. I didnt raise my dogs to be pissed off aggressive, but I know them well enough to know they would rip the shit out of anyone that broke in. If someone breaks in while no one is here (including my dogs) I have insurance. Thats what its for and guns will do no good in that situation anyway.

More family members are shot by other family members with guns in the house than burglars are, think about that one.

Give up dude. Why do you keep trying to paint me as a scared pussy? Just because I own a gun? Does it make you somehow feel superior? The stats are from the Justice Department but you can be condescending if it makes you feel taller.

I'm sure your house pets will warn you if a problem arises. Then it's up to you. Good luck. :thumbsup


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I'm just reading this and not wanting to get in any debate.

But I have to ask: Why are you reading your neighbors FaceBook page?
I've lived in my current home for 7 years and I have no idea what my neighbors Facebook pages are...hell, I only know one of their names.

Just caught my eye in your post and I thought it was a very strange thing.

Very Well Said... :thumbsup

The Safety Sally's on this board can't come to grips with the reality of Ongoing History and will NEVER get it until it affects them directly; When the black boots kick in their door :2 cents:

Probably the same reason you insist on painting me as a cop hater. You saying its 'inevitable' that something will happen when its not based on any type of reality means you are basing that statement out of fear. If I was saying it's inevitable a cop will shoot you down one day your basis of labeling me as a cop hater would be accurate, but I have never said anything to the likes.

Hmmm...I don't know, maybe had something to do with the fact that he's outside at 6AM shooting a shotgun 50 yards from where my kid sleeps?

Cop hater? Never said that. Never said I liked cops either. I have only questioned why you automatically take the side of anyone, usually a lifetime felon, doing something real stupid like resisting arrest.


I'll bet you have theft insurance, fire ins, life ins, wear a seatbelt, diversified investments, etc ... all sorts of "what if" planning ahead behavior. But planning ahead for crime makes me worthy of your ridicule?

You're a hard guy to figure out.

What?? You just said it yesterday. Were you drinking?

Yes you do hate cops because of how they respond when resisting arrest idiots escalate the situation. Or do you hate them for other reasons?

again, nice avoidance of the real subject, troll extraordinaire.

Take care.

Did you talk to him about that? Or notify the authorities?