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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 9640132" data-attributes="member: 85555">Why are you so skeptical when people tell you they lived in a place with shootings around the corner from them? You are attributing a mindset of unfounded paranoia to me and it is a little frustrating. I am not saying it was the highest crime area in my state. But things that were very verifiable would occur (like a guy getting shot in his bed around the corner from where I lived) and like too frequent shootings (before I left there were a bunch of shootings that made us pretty concerned: one of them at a fast food drive through window, a spate of block party shootings that all seemed related, and a string of other crimes all around the block from my house). I am not saying the place was crime ridden. I liked the area I lived, and it is where my family is all from (I was living in a house my grandfather owned and had lots of family in adjoining houses). It is a nice city, but it also does have some problems. I lived in an area of town where if I walked around the corner I would see guys standing around selling drugs, and there were gangs in the area so it paid to be mindful. But you weren't under constant threat. I never used that languageAlso for clarity here, I wasn't saying people ought to own a gun or something because of home invasions. We didn't have a firearm in our house. We simply avoided doing stupid things like answering the door bell if we weren't expecting someone.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 9640132, member: 85555"] Why are you so skeptical when people tell you they lived in a place with shootings around the corner from them? You are attributing a mindset of unfounded paranoia to me and it is a little frustrating. I am not saying it was the highest crime area in my state. But things that were very verifiable would occur (like a guy getting shot in his bed around the corner from where I lived) and like too frequent shootings (before I left there were a bunch of shootings that made us pretty concerned: one of them at a fast food drive through window, a spate of block party shootings that all seemed related, and a string of other crimes all around the block from my house). I am not saying the place was crime ridden. I liked the area I lived, and it is where my family is all from (I was living in a house my grandfather owned and had lots of family in adjoining houses). It is a nice city, but it also does have some problems. I lived in an area of town where if I walked around the corner I would see guys standing around selling drugs, and there were gangs in the area so it paid to be mindful. But you weren't under constant threat. I never used that language Also for clarity here, I wasn't saying people ought to own a gun or something because of home invasions. We didn't have a firearm in our house. We simply avoided doing stupid things like answering the door bell if we weren't expecting someone. [/QUOTE]

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