Caymen said:
This is what we call regional language differences.
No it isn't. Could and Couldn't don't have different meanings in different parts of the country. People say that saying incorrectly in many parts of the country. Now that you have been educated you will hear it when it is wrong and probably say it correctly. I do know what you meant, however.
Caymen says:
It is easy to say "just move". I should not have to move like a sissy to segregate myself
There you go again with the derogatory names.
Yes, it is easy to
say, but no it is NOT easy to
do. That’s what is probably keeping you there; the emotional tie to the community; the memories; family; job, friends, etc. But sometime moving is the right thing to do. Please don't assume I don't get that.
I never said that moving will remove all liklihood of being a victim of a violent crime. I clearly understand that too.
But I think it was you that claimed you were trying to take back your neighborhood ("not going to allow others to destroy it"). It was you that claimed you wanted your wife to be safe when you were not around. I still haven't heard any real discussion on how you would do that. Moving can get you in a better neighborhood and make her safer when you are not around. You touting a gun and staying put can't.
Since you have been unwilling to get past your emotion to talk about what it takes to move, or what it would take to make your situation better without moving, so let me start.
From what I know about certain parts of Ohio is that they are very economically depressed. Like many other parts of the country, manufacturing jobs left; companies left the bigger cities, and those areas have reverted over the last twenty or thirty years into low and lower-middle income areas, with the associated crime that desperation and poverty create (not an excuse but our modern-day reality).
Sometimes moving is the only immediate way out of that situation. It tends to get you better schools, a better quality of life, more opportunities, less crime, etc.
But, if that is the situation that you are in, generally, and if you really want to “take back†your neighborhood, then a submit that a gun won’t give you those things.
Revitalization will, but even that won't happen immediately. These neighborhoods took decades to get where they are. A single, additional gun won't make them safer overnight (yes, I get that a gun is about increasing your odds of coming out on top of an altercation; but the liklihood of the altercation hasn't been reduced).
If you want to talk about revitalization; neighborhood watch; urban renewal; and other ideas about truly taking back a neighborhood, then let's talk. If you think that another gun will revitalize a neighborhood and stem the tide of violence that is already underway, then let's talk about that (clearly I don't believe that, but I would be interested in your thoughts on the matter).
Again, good luck...
TJR
