The likelihood of a person being the victim of a violent crime hinges on a number of factors:
· Where they are situated in the nation’s socio-economic strata, and,
· Where they tend to live most of the time.
When I was a homicide detective in NYC, I saw a “T-shirt” that read, “Your End is Our Beginning.” Dark humor, but accurate.
Violent street felons were part of my job-security. I worked mostly in high-crime, inner city areas of the Bronx, Brooklyn and upper Manhattan. I had no need to worry about a lack of business.
If you are a middle, or upper-middle class person (a Tesla owner, perhaps…), and you don’t do “stupid” things, then the chances are you will not be impacted by a contact with a violent street predator.
A friend of mine, a sgt. in the Tucson PD has his “Rules of Stupid.” They are:
Don’t hang out with stupid people,
(people who take drugs, consume alcohol to excess, rob grocery stores, you get the idea)
Don’t do stupid things,
(take drugs, consume too much alcohol or rob grocery stores…)
Don’t be in stupid places.
(Bars which are frequented by stupid people, dark alleys at night, drug dens, places selling illegal fully-auto weapons. Again, you get the idea.)
If you follow the above rules, you ought to be fine. This is, fundamentally, a safe country to live in.
I carry a firearm not because I’m looking for a problem, but because I want to avoid being the victim of a violent criminal act. I comply with the law, I know the rules in regard the use of force, and I will avoid contact with a dangerous person if there is any chance of my doing so with safety.
This (going armed) is an individual matter of choice.
Rich
