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SoCal Alan said:
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Interesting how vast majority of super-rich in major US cities are without security details following them around in their car/at office&home/outside their kids' prep schools....one would think those w/resources would have professional, armed bodyguards surrounding them and their families if US cities are truly rife w/armed robberies/kidnappings/carjackings of the rich....
Perhaps those in locations where guns seem necessary to defend against all these armed criminals should consider relocating....or stop believing everything they see/read in the media...
No, I think the point here is that the level of crime would increase if we "did away" with the right to bear arms.
Here's a link to a good book, which I have in my bookshelf:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det...ks&n=507846
Perhaps I'm a simpleton, but having lived in NYC and SF as a "working-class" dude (and having spent much time in LA, Chic, etc) , can't say I've ever felt need/desire to be armed/been an armed crime victim/known an armed crime victim....I think common sense tells me which parts of urban/suburban regions to avoid...it just doesn't seem all that difficult to me...
Also, when I talk to numerous colleagues who are affluent/more than just affluent, the issue of armed crime seems to be a non-issue....hell, even as much as I like to needle pals in LA (one of my favorite hedonist towns), LA's Westside has become almost "Leave It to Beaver"-like vs the LA riots of the early '90s and the supposedly common carjackings of the late '80s.....
I've often looked at Atherton's amusing juxtaposition to Redwood City as a great case study...Atherton being one of world's richest towns...and RWC being...well...RWC....I know Atherton's police force is fairly vigilant about who's passing through their leafy town; the major residents have the resources to quickly escape on their planes if RWC rioted, yet the vast majority of Atherton's titans don't have security details surrounding them, and I suspect most wouldn't be particularly adept in using a firearm anyway.....golf clubs, maybe...
Personally, don't really care if people have/don't have right to bear arms.....seems to me issue of armed crime vs affluent is deminimus in US and relatively easily avoidable w/common sense preventive strategies/tactics....
Do you feel unsafe enough in NwptBch/Coast where you need arms to defend yourself? Or do you just like to have freedom to be "hands-on" re: your defense in any rare contingency where some of less affluent non-coastal OC chooses to riot, ala LA of early '90s?