Gas Station Robbery

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[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:
When im out:

I dont bum cigs

I odnt have a match or a lighter to borrow you

I dont have a couple bucks to help you out with gas

I dont know my way around town and i cant give you directions

I DONT FUCKING TALK TO STANGERS

So when im out, and someone starts getting within my vicinity, I start walking in the other direction. You gotta trust your gut and be a little paranoid, its called survival. I grew up in the suburbs, but it didnt take me long to adjust to the place i ilive at now, and ive stayed safe.[/quote]

When you say strangers, do you mean everyone, or just the people that look suspicious?[/quote]

Stanger: a person that i don’t know

[/quote]

Are you that afraid of other people? I feel sorry for you[/quote]

Are you really that slow? This city is either the 3rd or 5th largest city in the US. Things may work a little differently in Canada, but I can guarantee acting like you seem to would not be a safe way to live here. Maybe some of you were very sheltered growing up. My advice is don’t ever venture out that bubble.

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[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:
When im out:

I dont bum cigs

I odnt have a match or a lighter to borrow you

I dont have a couple bucks to help you out with gas

I dont know my way around town and i cant give you directions

I DONT FUCKING TALK TO STANGERS

So when im out, and someone starts getting within my vicinity, I start walking in the other direction. You gotta trust your gut and be a little paranoid, its called survival. I grew up in the suburbs, but it didnt take me long to adjust to the place i ilive at now, and ive stayed safe.[/quote]

When you say strangers, do you mean everyone, or just the people that look suspicious?[/quote]

Stanger: a person that i don’t know

[/quote]

Are you that afraid of other people? I feel sorry for you[/quote]

haha, ok, well maybe it would be better spent if you felt sorry for all of those idiots who decided to give a guy directions, or bum him a cig and then ended up getting robbed

And what implies that I am afraid of other people? If i have to I’ll scrap, or do whatever to save myself but there is always a better option that doesnt ivolve hospital bills/ funerals/ lawyers, and its called WALKING AWAY.

I had to run away last summer from a pack of 8 people who were going to rob me, yea i felt like a little bitch right after, but the truth is, everday that passed since then i know i made the right decision.

I saw two of them walking right towards me, at about 30 ft. I turned and ran, they immediately chased me but didnt catch me. I WON as best i could, no way to be a hero here, just run and be able to tell people about it tomorrow.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:
When im out:

I dont bum cigs

I odnt have a match or a lighter to borrow you

I dont have a couple bucks to help you out with gas

I dont know my way around town and i cant give you directions

I DONT FUCKING TALK TO STANGERS

So when im out, and someone starts getting within my vicinity, I start walking in the other direction. You gotta trust your gut and be a little paranoid, its called survival. I grew up in the suburbs, but it didnt take me long to adjust to the place i ilive at now, and ive stayed safe.[/quote]

When you say strangers, do you mean everyone, or just the people that look suspicious?[/quote]

Stanger: a person that i don’t know

[/quote]

Are you that afraid of other people? I feel sorry for you[/quote]

Are you really that slow? This city is either the 3rd or 5th largest city in the US. Things may work a little differently in Canada, but I can guarantee acting like you seem to would not be a safe way to live here. Maybe some of you were very sheltered growing up. My advice is don’t ever venture out that bubble.[/quote]

Sheltered? I lived in a town with 30,000 and now 70,000. I lived in boston for 4years. Just because I didn’t live in a big city all my life doesnt make me sheltered. Thats a ridiculous statement to make.

By no means am I saying open your arms to all strangers. But to walk away from any individual who may happen to speak to you is retarded. I’m not going to walk away from a 45year old fatty with his 2 daughters because I feel hes going to pull a weapon out on me. Maybe I really do need to live in a big city to feel this way. Despite all of this, I still feel sorry for the guy for not being able to talk to strangers REGARDLESS of the circumstances. I’m not going to tell the guy how to run his life. I’m just not able to do what he does

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[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:
When im out:

I dont bum cigs

I odnt have a match or a lighter to borrow you

I dont have a couple bucks to help you out with gas

I dont know my way around town and i cant give you directions

I DONT FUCKING TALK TO STANGERS

So when im out, and someone starts getting within my vicinity, I start walking in the other direction. You gotta trust your gut and be a little paranoid, its called survival. I grew up in the suburbs, but it didnt take me long to adjust to the place i ilive at now, and ive stayed safe.[/quote]

When you say strangers, do you mean everyone, or just the people that look suspicious?[/quote]

Stanger: a person that i don’t know

[/quote]

Are you that afraid of other people? I feel sorry for you[/quote]

Are you really that slow? This city is either the 3rd or 5th largest city in the US. Things may work a little differently in Canada, but I can guarantee acting like you seem to would not be a safe way to live here. Maybe some of you were very sheltered growing up. My advice is don’t ever venture out that bubble.[/quote]

Sheltered? I lived in a town with 30,000 and now 70,000. I lived in boston for 4years. Just because I didn’t live in a big city all my life doesnt make me sheltered. Thats a ridiculous statement to make.

By no means am I saying open your arms to all strangers. But to walk away from any individual who may happen to speak to you is retarded. I’m not going to walk away from a 45year old fatty with his 2 daughters because I feel hes going to pull a weapon out on me. Maybe I really do need to live in a big city to feel this way. Despite all of this, I still feel sorry for the guy for not being able to talk to strangers REGARDLESS of the circumstances. I’m not going to tell the guy how to run his life. I’m just not able to do what he does[/quote]

You also aren’t able to see the world outside of strict black and white delineation. I mean, really, for anyone to take what he wrote and assume he literally goes through life and speaks to NO ONE AT ALL is just plain stupid.

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[quote]SkyNett wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
I think the problem is…there should never even be a “non threatening guy”. [/quote]

lol…dude, fuck yea.

No stranger coming up on me is non-threatening. Call me paranoid, but I’m looking at every asshole rolling up on me to “bum a cigarette” as a potential threat. Basically, I’m looking at everyone as a potential threat…lol…

And I grew up in a pretty crime free suburb on Long Island. [/quote]

I’m not paranoid, but I’m not retarded either. I grew up in the middle of the country and the middle of the city.

I live in Flagstaff, a pleasant mountain town, and I have pulled my pistol several times in two years as people pull that “I want to bum a cig” thing. If you want a cigarette I’ll buy you a fucking pack of a squares, but your ass better not try to walk up on me without declaring yourself. Good way to have your legs shot out from under neath you.

This includes the hobo’s who have the Lady of Guadalupe sweaters on that the Knights of Columbus hand out (which I am apart of). Because you know these are the same guys that act like gentleman when a room counts on it, but you know when they are back on the street that shit flies out the window.

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[quote]debraD wrote:
haha and I carefully worded my post to not infer gun laws or lack of had anything to do with anything to avoid an argument.

I originally said “I’m so glad no one carries guns around here!” but took that out.

Not that I care to argue that. I am still glad but I’m not going to get into the debate of what makes it different.[/quote]

I got mugged in Toronto, with a pistol. It was super obvious dude was about to mug me, and I had no way to protect myself so I just threw my money off to the side. Yeah, no one carries guns?

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[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:
When im out:

I dont bum cigs

I odnt have a match or a lighter to borrow you

I dont have a couple bucks to help you out with gas

I dont know my way around town and i cant give you directions

I DONT FUCKING TALK TO STANGERS

So when im out, and someone starts getting within my vicinity, I start walking in the other direction. You gotta trust your gut and be a little paranoid, its called survival. I grew up in the suburbs, but it didnt take me long to adjust to the place i ilive at now, and ive stayed safe.[/quote]

When you say strangers, do you mean everyone, or just the people that look suspicious?[/quote]

Stanger: a person that i don’t know

[/quote]

Are you that afraid of other people? I feel sorry for you[/quote]

x2

There are some people here who seem to have a very unrealistic fear of the likelihood that they will be the victim of a violent crime, and the unrealistic idea that they can control the situation. My pop psychology analysis would be that they are so afraid of being out of control in a violent crime situation that they compensate by naively thinking they can always control the outcome of their interactions, and pretend that their antisocial behavior is just doing what it takes to survive.

It’s like the town folk in old westerners that would scramble into the buildings when the bad guy came into town, except they do it whether it’s the bad guy, the old village idiot, or just tumbleweed being blown down the street. I think that’s taking the “don’t talk to strangers” lesson from when you were a child a little too much to heart.

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[quote]NAUn wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:
When im out:

I dont bum cigs

I odnt have a match or a lighter to borrow you

I dont have a couple bucks to help you out with gas

I dont know my way around town and i cant give you directions

I DONT FUCKING TALK TO STANGERS

So when im out, and someone starts getting within my vicinity, I start walking in the other direction. You gotta trust your gut and be a little paranoid, its called survival. I grew up in the suburbs, but it didnt take me long to adjust to the place i ilive at now, and ive stayed safe.[/quote]

When you say strangers, do you mean everyone, or just the people that look suspicious?[/quote]

Stanger: a person that i don’t know

[/quote]

Are you that afraid of other people? I feel sorry for you[/quote]

x2

There are some people here who seem to have a very unrealistic fear of the likelihood that they will be the victim of a violent crime, and the unrealistic idea that they can control the situation. My pop psychology analysis would be that they are so afraid of being out of control in a violent crime situation that they compensate by naively thinking they can always control the outcome of their interactions, and pretend that their antisocial behavior is just doing what it takes to survive.

It’s like the town folk in old westerners that would scramble into the buildings when the bad guy came into town, except they do it whether it’s the bad guy, the old village idiot, or just tumbleweed being blown down the street. I think that’s taking the “don’t talk to strangers” lesson from when you were a child a little too much to heart.
[/quote]

Laughing my fucking ass off.

Here’s a tip: If you happen to be on the south side of Houston and someone walks up to you while you are pumping gas at 3am to ask for some spare change…don’t act like you if you plan to make it home.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

Laughing my fucking ass off.

Here’s a tip: If you happen to be on the south side of Houston and someone walks up to you while you are pumping gas at 3am to ask for some spare change…don’t act like you if you plan to make it home.[/quote]

Me too. Jesus Christ, some of these people are just retarded. Yes - being aware of ones surroundings = being afraid of everyone.

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[quote]Pootie Tang wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Pootie Tang wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:
Do all you actually think this way? That no matter what, you’re not safe? You should be conscious of every dude that talks, looks, walks up to you? This thread makes me SO GLAD that I don’t live in places where guns are allowed to be carried around freely. How terrible is it that you have to look over your shoulder where ever you go? I guess if you had a problem with it, you could just move. However you’re staying put and it doesn’t seem to bother you, so bravo to all you who deal with this every day. [/quote]

The guns aren’t the issue. I am amazed anyone living in America really thinks they can let their guard down completely. Honestly, this world has never been that safe. If you have been allowed to think it is, then count yourself lucky for the blissful cover of ignorance.

You live in Canada. Canada is NOT like Compton.[/quote]

I lived most of my life in the Bronx and up until maybe ten years ago NYC was one of the most crime filled cities in the world. I’ve seen some foul shit happen and knew a lot of dudes that robbed people just for fun, others robbed people because they needed busfare to get home. I’ve heard the search for a “mark” as almost an instinctual thing. And the most common thing I heard is “ANYONE CAN GET GOT” hood speak for anyone can be robbed.

I am always aware of my environment but I am not in a state of paranoia. It becomes second nature to identify the threat after a while. But X the way you describe your daily movements sounds like you live in a constant state of paranoia and fear. I really don’t know how they get down in Texas but I can drive home at 4 in the morning here and feel at peace and not have my head on a swivel at a red light. It kinda breaks down to knowing what neighborhood your in and just feeling the vibe of the place. It also helps that crime is down in NYC by like 40% in the last decade. Plus X I figure your not living in ghetto on a Dentist salary dude, if you are thats definitely “when keeping it real goes wrong” [/quote]

I am betting most of the people who do get jumped also “felt at peace and without having their head on a swivel”…right when they shouldn’t have.

I live in a new subdivision in a nice neighborhood. That didn’t stop my next door neighbor from having their car broken into in their front yard less than one month after they moved in.

The difference between me and them? I expected that to happen so I don’t park outside my garage.

It ain’t “paranoia” when the threat is very fucking real.

Some of you are just naive about the situation.[/quote]

The thing is I do my best NOT to leave myself open to attack. I’m just not consumed with the idea of it. Its like having lo jack, the club, and a kill switch on your car. Only to find it stolen the next morning. If they REALLY want your car their gonna get it. If someone really wants to rob you and they take your time to study you they will get you, period.

I am always safe and take precautions but In my heart I know if it’s gonna happen it’s gonna happen. [/quote]

Lo jack only works after it’s been robbed, the club is worthless, and kill switch is a decent idea.

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[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:
When im out:

I dont bum cigs

I odnt have a match or a lighter to borrow you

I dont have a couple bucks to help you out with gas

I dont know my way around town and i cant give you directions

I DONT FUCKING TALK TO STANGERS

So when im out, and someone starts getting within my vicinity, I start walking in the other direction. You gotta trust your gut and be a little paranoid, its called survival. I grew up in the suburbs, but it didnt take me long to adjust to the place i ilive at now, and ive stayed safe.[/quote]

When you say strangers, do you mean everyone, or just the people that look suspicious?[/quote]

Stanger: a person that i don’t know

[/quote]

Are you that afraid of other people? I feel sorry for you[/quote]

Are you really that slow? This city is either the 3rd or 5th largest city in the US. Things may work a little differently in Canada, but I can guarantee acting like you seem to would not be a safe way to live here. Maybe some of you were very sheltered growing up. My advice is don’t ever venture out that bubble.[/quote]

Sheltered? I lived in a town with 30,000 and now 70,000. I lived in boston for 4years. Just because I didn’t live in a big city all my life doesnt make me sheltered. Thats a ridiculous statement to make.

By no means am I saying open your arms to all strangers. But to walk away from any individual who may happen to speak to you is retarded. I’m not going to walk away from a 45year old fatty with his 2 daughters because I feel hes going to pull a weapon out on me. Maybe I really do need to live in a big city to feel this way. Despite all of this, I still feel sorry for the guy for not being able to talk to strangers REGARDLESS of the circumstances. I’m not going to tell the guy how to run his life. I’m just not able to do what he does[/quote]

I guess you do not understand the situation, middle of the night at a fucking gas station or ATM? I don’t care if it is the Bishop from the local Mormon Chapel, motherfucker better give me space.

They are not talking about getting a big mac from McyD’s and some little girl asks for fifty cents, there is a difference. They are talking about a series of situation that fits in a category, you are talking about all situations in all categories.

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[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

Sheltered? I lived in a town with 30,000 and now 70,000. I lived in boston for 4years. [/quote]

Yes you are.

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[quote]Brother Chris wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

Sheltered? I lived in a town with 30,000 and now 70,000. I lived in boston for 4years. [/quote]

Yes you are.[/quote]

Explain.

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[quote]SkyNett wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

Laughing my fucking ass off.

Here’s a tip: If you happen to be on the south side of Houston and someone walks up to you while you are pumping gas at 3am to ask for some spare change…don’t act like you if you plan to make it home.[/quote]

Me too. Jesus Christ, some of these people are just retarded. Yes - being aware of ones surroundings = being afraid of everyone. [/quote]

X 3. The tiniest of symbols will get you out of a pickle before it even happens. If a guy pulls up sporting gang colors or local plates and ask for directions, run. Likewise, if some dude approaches you and tries to bum a cigarette but looks like he can afford to buy a pack, is outside a place he can buy one, or does it at a time when people are more concerned with sleeping than smoking, exit stage left.

Awareness of your environment and the people in it is the best protection you can have. It works because most people don’t try to think on this level, yet reading signs has been essential for our survival since were were chilling in jungles.

Ironically, most of us have been ‘robbed’ of that ability. Even though it can be re-learned with minimal effort in less than a day (not that it ever went away, it has just been forgotten).

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[quote]NAUn wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:
When im out:

I dont bum cigs

I odnt have a match or a lighter to borrow you

I dont have a couple bucks to help you out with gas

I dont know my way around town and i cant give you directions

I DONT FUCKING TALK TO STANGERS

So when im out, and someone starts getting within my vicinity, I start walking in the other direction. You gotta trust your gut and be a little paranoid, its called survival. I grew up in the suburbs, but it didnt take me long to adjust to the place i ilive at now, and ive stayed safe.[/quote]

When you say strangers, do you mean everyone, or just the people that look suspicious?[/quote]

Stanger: a person that i don’t know

[/quote]

Are you that afraid of other people? I feel sorry for you[/quote]

x2

There are some people here who seem to have a very unrealistic fear of the likelihood that they will be the victim of a violent crime, and the unrealistic idea that they can control the situation. My pop psychology analysis would be that they are so afraid of being out of control in a violent crime situation that they compensate by naively thinking they can always control the outcome of their interactions, and pretend that their antisocial behavior is just doing what it takes to survive.

It’s like the town folk in old westerners that would scramble into the buildings when the bad guy came into town, except they do it whether it’s the bad guy, the old village idiot, or just tumbleweed being blown down the street. I think that’s taking the “don’t talk to strangers” lesson from when you were a child a little too much to heart.
[/quote]

I’m sorry, but your pop psych analysis is wrong. Mine however says, they like to continue living, so after a history of seeing violence and understanding how shit goes down, and knowing that other people in the same area knows how shit goes down that there is certain behavior AT CERTAIN TIMES that are not appropriate. Their instincts kick in when the situation they perceive trips a trigger. Like pumping gas at 3:00 A.M. and some guy walking at you for no reason.

Kind of like the greyhound having it’s predator trigger tripped when it sees a rabbit, jack rabbit across the grass.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]NAUn wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:
When im out:

I dont bum cigs

I odnt have a match or a lighter to borrow you

I dont have a couple bucks to help you out with gas

I dont know my way around town and i cant give you directions

I DONT FUCKING TALK TO STANGERS

So when im out, and someone starts getting within my vicinity, I start walking in the other direction. You gotta trust your gut and be a little paranoid, its called survival. I grew up in the suburbs, but it didnt take me long to adjust to the place i ilive at now, and ive stayed safe.[/quote]

When you say strangers, do you mean everyone, or just the people that look suspicious?[/quote]

Stanger: a person that i don’t know

[/quote]

Are you that afraid of other people? I feel sorry for you[/quote]

x2

There are some people here who seem to have a very unrealistic fear of the likelihood that they will be the victim of a violent crime, and the unrealistic idea that they can control the situation. My pop psychology analysis would be that they are so afraid of being out of control in a violent crime situation that they compensate by naively thinking they can always control the outcome of their interactions, and pretend that their antisocial behavior is just doing what it takes to survive.

It’s like the town folk in old westerners that would scramble into the buildings when the bad guy came into town, except they do it whether it’s the bad guy, the old village idiot, or just tumbleweed being blown down the street. I think that’s taking the “don’t talk to strangers” lesson from when you were a child a little too much to heart.
[/quote]

Laughing my fucking ass off.

Here’s a tip: If you happen to be on the south side of Houston and someone walks up to you while you are pumping gas at 3am to ask for some spare change…don’t act like you if you plan to make it home.[/quote]

I’ll never be pumping gas at 3 am (Aside: Is 3 am the scariest time of the night for you? Seems to be your go-to time for when shit goes gown)on the south side of Houston when someone walks up to me for spare change, but thanks for the irrelevant advice.

For that matter, why would you be pumping gas at 3 am in a shitty part of town, either? That’d be stupid. And since I doubt that’s when you are normally at the gas station, it’s pretty irrelevant to your normal behavior as well.

X, do you have a concealed handgun license?

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[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]Brother Chris wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

Sheltered? I lived in a town with 30,000 and now 70,000. I lived in boston for 4years. [/quote]

Yes you are.[/quote]

Explain.[/quote]

Living in a town of 30,000 is not the same as living in Houston or Phoenix.

I lived in both, Garden City, KS and Phoenix, AZ, as well as Houston for part of this summer. One, no one has to worry about much of anything (although we had some crazy ass serial killers in this town) when it comes to being mugged in Garden City. I am sure this is how you feel the rest of the world is.

In Phoenix, I don’t even water my lawn when I get home at night without my pistol, and I live in a “good” part of town.

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[quote]Brother Chris wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]carbiduis wrote:
When im out:

I dont bum cigs

I odnt have a match or a lighter to borrow you

I dont have a couple bucks to help you out with gas

I dont know my way around town and i cant give you directions

I DONT FUCKING TALK TO STANGERS

So when im out, and someone starts getting within my vicinity, I start walking in the other direction. You gotta trust your gut and be a little paranoid, its called survival. I grew up in the suburbs, but it didnt take me long to adjust to the place i ilive at now, and ive stayed safe.[/quote]

When you say strangers, do you mean everyone, or just the people that look suspicious?[/quote]

Stanger: a person that i don’t know

[/quote]

Are you that afraid of other people? I feel sorry for you[/quote]

Are you really that slow? This city is either the 3rd or 5th largest city in the US. Things may work a little differently in Canada, but I can guarantee acting like you seem to would not be a safe way to live here. Maybe some of you were very sheltered growing up. My advice is don’t ever venture out that bubble.[/quote]

Sheltered? I lived in a town with 30,000 and now 70,000. I lived in boston for 4years. Just because I didn’t live in a big city all my life doesnt make me sheltered. Thats a ridiculous statement to make.

By no means am I saying open your arms to all strangers. But to walk away from any individual who may happen to speak to you is retarded. I’m not going to walk away from a 45year old fatty with his 2 daughters because I feel hes going to pull a weapon out on me. Maybe I really do need to live in a big city to feel this way. Despite all of this, I still feel sorry for the guy for not being able to talk to strangers REGARDLESS of the circumstances. I’m not going to tell the guy how to run his life. I’m just not able to do what he does[/quote]

I guess you do not understand the situation, middle of the night at a fucking gas station or ATM? I don’t care if it is the Bishop from the local Mormon Chapel, motherfucker better give me space.

They are not talking about getting a big mac from McyD’s and some little girl asks for fifty cents, there is a difference. They are talking about a series of situation that fits in a category, you are talking about all situations in all categories.[/quote]

We weren’t talking about any specific situation. What are you talking about? Nevermind, ugh.

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[quote]Rico Suave wrote:
We weren’t talking about any specific situation. What are you talking about? Nevermind, ugh.[/quote]

WHAT?

The thread started with a VERY SPECIFIC SITUATION. Hint - it involved a gas station late at night.

Jesus Tittyfucking Christ…

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[quote]Brother Chris wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

[quote]Brother Chris wrote:

[quote]Rico Suave wrote:

Sheltered? I lived in a town with 30,000 and now 70,000. I lived in boston for 4years. [/quote]

Yes you are.[/quote]

Explain.[/quote]

Living in a town of 30,000 is not the same as living in Houston or Phoenix.

I lived in both, Garden City, KS and Phoenix, AZ, as well as Houston for part of this summer. One, no one has to worry about much of anything (although we had some crazy ass serial killers in this town) when it comes to being mugged in Garden City. I am sure this is how you feel the rest of the world is.

In Phoenix, I don’t even water my lawn when I get home at night without my pistol, and I live in a “good” part of town.

[/quote]
Great logic on calling someone sheltered.