Camping Safety
Not politics. Is it as safe to travel these days in an RV as in prior decades. I used to say 10% of any population are bad but 90% are good. It feels like that 10% has changed to 30%. Or is the media ...
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toedtoes wrote:
Gangs are not driving into Yellowstone commiting drive by shootings against each other, so the risk of a stray bullet hitting a camper is negligable.
Someone stopping overnight in a Walmart parking lot in a bad neighborhood is putting themselves at risk - just like 40 years ago - is the risk greater? Possibly. But the risk was big enough then to stop people from doing it.
Like everything else in life, common sense goes a long way.
I believe the risk is greater today due to the paradigm shift in law enforcement and prosecution of offenders.
Criminals are more emboldened due to the lack of consequences.
Times have really changed in my almost 8 decades.
