I've lived in a big city for years now. Never seen anybody get mugged, or shot, or carjacked, despite doing activist work that often has me visiting poor minority neighborhoods.

The only time I ever really felt uneasy was when I had to walk alone at night through a neighborhood where all the businesses had bars on the windows. Worst thing that happened was a couple of people asking me for money, and they didn't give me any shit when I said I didn't carry cash.

But any time I visit the small town where I grew up there's always someone or another acting like I came back from a fucking warzone lmao

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A guy I knew told me about his dad that lives in a DC suburb. Presumably a nice one since he has a fancy job. His dad heard "a drug deal went down" in the area, so he bought a gun. "to protect his daughter", my friend told me. I don't know the guy's dad so I couldn't ask him if he thought about how having the gun in the house is dramatically more dangerous than not.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

Reminds me of an old coworker who asked me how to safely store a loaded gun in a house with kids but could be grabbed in seconds in case of a break-in. I was like "uhh... you can't?"