Safety in camping in public areas.
Hi folks, Every so often, I like to discuss ideas on what we can do to stay safe in public areas. I mean any place except camping grounds, especially Walmart type places. What I do. 1. Make sur...
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Given the ease with which people get CCPs, and stories such as the one earlier in this thread, combined with the general belligerence so common these days, one of my worries is a car backfiring in Wally's parking lot, and 50 cowboys climbing out to intercept the perp. Ten minutes later, when the police finally arrive, the main chore is picking up the bodies of armed cowboys strewn across the tarmac.
Knocking on wood, I do not stick around places that feel unsafe. I also have my best machete in the closet by the door. I have never felt the need to buy a handgun in my 69 years, and am unwilling to go through the continual training necessary to insure that I'd not be more risk to the innocent than to any perp I might encounter. I did take the NRA class that is all that is needed to get a CCP, and quite frankly was not impressed as to the safety of letting people with only that training wander the streets with loaded weapons.
I note that every state in the US requires that you be at risk of your life for a justified shooting. Yet there are occasionally cases such as that last year in Detroit where a lady shot out the tires of a fleeing shoplifter. (Nobody's life was in danger, save for ricochets from her shots at the tires.)
I have no issue with folks who are well trained, and who keep up with the need for continual training, to carry weapons. In fact, I'd prefer there be more of those folks around. But I'm not one of them.
I have never camped anywhere I felt threatened. I wish those folks who stay overnight in Wally's and other parking lots the best of luck and safe travels and all. But I'll hit a national/state/county/city park, even though it costs a few bucks.
Knocking on wood, I do not stick around places that feel unsafe. I also have my best machete in the closet by the door. I have never felt the need to buy a handgun in my 69 years, and am unwilling to go through the continual training necessary to insure that I'd not be more risk to the innocent than to any perp I might encounter. I did take the NRA class that is all that is needed to get a CCP, and quite frankly was not impressed as to the safety of letting people with only that training wander the streets with loaded weapons.
I note that every state in the US requires that you be at risk of your life for a justified shooting. Yet there are occasionally cases such as that last year in Detroit where a lady shot out the tires of a fleeing shoplifter. (Nobody's life was in danger, save for ricochets from her shots at the tires.)
I have no issue with folks who are well trained, and who keep up with the need for continual training, to carry weapons. In fact, I'd prefer there be more of those folks around. But I'm not one of them.
I have never camped anywhere I felt threatened. I wish those folks who stay overnight in Wally's and other parking lots the best of luck and safe travels and all. But I'll hit a national/state/county/city park, even though it costs a few bucks.
