Re: [DMCForum] Digest Number 1672

["Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Your up in Canada if I remember correctly?
My wife is from Kitchener, nice place.
There is almost ZERO chance of a gang member pulling you out of your car at 
gun point,
popping you in the head and driving off with your car....with the family in 
it.

A good friend of mine was on his way to work one day, a black guy in a black 
neighborhood.
While at a stop light a thug ran up to his open window with a small .25 
caliber gun
and demanded the car....my buddy began to panic and just floored it.
As he was driving away the thug fired 5 times at his head.
Believe it or not, all 5 weak rounds bounced off his skull but caused some 
major trauma.
He survived but with major brain damage that eventually killed him a year 
later.
I sure do miss him.
This happened not 500 feet from the house I used to live at on Lancaster, in 
Fort Worth.

This sort of thing happens EVERY DAY in America.
The thing that many anti-gun people don't know is that criminals are NOT 
buying guns at stores.
So all these gun laws have no effect on them.
They are buying black market on the street, either stolen or imported.

The problem is here and we are stuck with it.
God forbid you are ever in a situation like this, and maybe you wish you had 
a gun on you
while you are being stabbed, or raped, or held hostage and cut up into 
little pieces.
...as for me, I plan to protect myself.
Texas laws allow citizens to have concealed handgun permits.
That little old lady might have a .45 in her handbag, so you better leave 
her alone.
I find it to be effective, because most of the gun crimes being committed 
are against
criminal to criminal gangland activities.

Just as I THOUGHT my car was safe were it was and in a blink it was robbed,
so may you be on your way to the car some night.
So now this same guy who robbed my car now has a stolen pistol
(that's how they get them)
What happens to the next guy who catches him in the act of robbing him
and he pulls the pistol? Unless you also have one and are quicker on the 
draw
you could wind up dead!
That's how all this happens!
A nice pocket .22 could mean the difference in who's chalk line gets drawn.

The problem with "gun security" is, if I have it padlocked and in a safe all 
the time
it makes it sort of hard to have handy when someone jumps you.
If you can't get to it right away what good is it?
"Mr. criminal, please wait while I figure out the combination to this safe 
while
I am trembling and then find my keys to unlock this gun, then load it, cock 
it
and get it ready to fire....you can hold a few minutes right?"

I have this .50 caliber hand cannon right here on the desk, in plain sight 
next
to my mouse. It is ready anytime for action.
Lucky for me it is getting dusty and rusty....but just in case, it will sit 
here.

Just my opinion.
- VB

>From: "Marvin" <marv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [DMCForum] Digest Number 1672
>Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:46:56 -0400
>
>Why did you have to carry the gun in the car, in the 1st place? Why do you
>have a gun? Would you have enough time, if accosted, to get to the gun and
>fire a shot? Would you point the gun at another human and shoot him,  if he
>had a knife? What do you have that is so valuable that a bullet is the
>answer -- your watch? wallet? ring? chain? How much to replace them? Sorry,
>I cannot understand the mentality to carry a weapon in a car other than the
>macho factor..... unless your job requires that item for security while
>transfering your millions from one bank to another..
>
>Let me tell you that I do own guns, and believe I have the right to own 
>one.
>However, they are locked and secure at my home. My family is a different
>story.
>Marv.
># 17077
>marv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > Message: 1
> >   Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:03:28 -0000
> >   From: "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: Ripped Off
> >
> > I know that in Texas things are a little liberal with weapons but
> > leaving a hand gun in an unlocked car just wasn't wise. In the Navy,
> > I ate, slept and shit with my weapon.
> >
> > Alarm the car all you want, but take the gun when you leave it.
> >
> > In Washington State, my neighbor was robbed of their handgun and it
> > was promptly used on ME in a violent crime the NEXT WEEK!
> >
> > Rich A.
> > #5335
> >
> > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxx>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> You never think it is going to happen to you until it
> > does...someone broke
> >> into, well I should say opened the door to my UNLOCKED Magnum and
> > helped
> >> themselves to some of the contents!
> >>
> >> I was viting my buddy Hugh who lives just down the road in a nice,
> > white,
> >> middle class neighborhood and I dropped by to say "hi" and left
> > the car
> >> unlocked as I usually do.
> >> He has left all of his cars unlocked there for 20 years with no
> > problems. It
> >> was about 9:30PM, the door was open with a screen door. Car parked
> > right
> >> outside, visible from the couch. I was watching TV.
> >> When I went back to the car I noticed some things that were in my
> > console
> >> were now on my seat.
> >> I looked in the console to find my two CD cases were missing, and
> > my 9mm
> >> Berretta!
> >> HOLY SHIT!
> >> The funny thing is, I had a high end 3CCD MiniDV Camcorder sitting
> > in plain
> >> view, no case right on the passeneger seat and they left it!
> >> What?
> >> I think that I had some papers there with it that covered it up
> > just enough
> >> that they missed it, and they were so exited to grab and run with
> > what they
> >> found they didn't bother with my portable Sirius radio, or the
> > $300 pair of
> >> Oakley glasses.....
> >>
> >> Some would consider be lucky, but I feel totally violated!
> >> I have never been ripped off like this before, and I know
> >> some of you will try to make me feel better by telling me even
> > worse horror
> >> stories....but none of that is going to
> >> make me feel any more safe, because I realize now just how fucked
> > up it is
> >> out there and how quick these scumbags can rip you off.
> >>
> >> If I had just LOCKED the car this would not have happened, but I
> > have
> >> decided that I am going to install a high end alarm with two-way
> > paging, and
> >> turn on the AUTO-LOCK feature from now on.
> >>
> >> Your car is not safe anywhere, at anytime, period.
> >>
> >> Ironic that all this week I have been talking about installing the
> > MOPAR
> >> factory remote start system....well not after tonight.
> >> The reason the guy who sold it to me got rid of it was for the
> > same reason,
> >> he decided to install a Viper alarm.
> >> I am going to do the same.
> >>
> >> I still have my Desert Eagle .50, a little heavy but better that
> > nothing.
> >>
> >> - Videobob
>
>
>
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