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Originally Posted by dc_dux
There is about a 2% chance that I will become a victim of a violent crime in Washington, DC. If I avoid certain neighborhoods, it probably drops to far less than 1%. I imagine it is not very different than Chicago.
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As well educated white males this is true for both of us. I am safer from murder than my counterparts in Europe, despite all the hype otherwise. Odds are with my life style and location I will not come into contact with violent crime at this point in time, except under the most unusual of circumstances.
But, as you are aware we are not all well educated white males with a choice of neighborhoods and job locations.
Should the elderly be forced to be shut ins in neighborhoods which have changed into dangerous places because they can not prove a need for a concealed carry permit, or even the right to have a hand gun in the city? Should shop keepers trying to eek out a living be forced to go unarmed? Should cab drivers, constant victims of violence, forced to go into dangerous areas by politicians, unarmed?
We are all not well educated white males, and the police normally are only able to punish not protect. It should be the right for every free citizen, of sound mind and good character to defend themselves against those that would do them harm, without excessive impediment from local, state, and federal government.