Trespass

[fishinwrench]

In the city of St Louis, if you get caught urinating in public (even if not in view of anyone directly) you will be ticketed and added to that Sex Offenders List. Many of those "offenders" deserve to be on the list, but many do not. I can go on about this, but will save you all. I agree with Eric as far as not having any more nuts now than 50 years ago, We just have more Media. 50 years ago you would not have gotten word about a little boy from some town in Richwoods, MO who was abducted, nor about a girl from Utah. If you estimate how many children there are out there vs how many are abducted by people other than family members, your kids have a better chance of winning powerball without playing, than they do to be abducted. Let your kids live, let them enjoy the things you were allowed to enjoy. There are FAR more good people than bad.

Yep, this man is 100% correct, watchdog is chock full of guys that were 18 with 16 year old girlfriends, and guys that got accused of something during a nasty divorce and couldn't afford a trial. The ones that were convicted or pled guilty and are in any way considered a potential threat are either in prison or on lifetime GPS monitoring.

And most of the Amber alerts issued turn out to be initiated by someones psyco drama loving ex-wife who is covering her own butt for not being where she was supposed to be.

There is noway that our neighborhoods are more dangerous now than they were 30-50+ years ago..... not a chance.

[Mitch f]

Those pervs 50 years ago didnt have the Internet to access hundreds more kids than they can today.

Also the watchdog website color codes the people so you can tell if it's a Romeo/ Juliet situation. You can tell exactly what they were convicted of.

[jdmidwest]

People kill people for no reason at all. It started with Cain and Able and has been going on thru time.

According to the FBI, violent crimes have declined since states have allowed conceal or personal carry.

It is a deterrent more than anything, a safety net if you need it. Trouble is, most criminals do not think straight like normal humans, they act on rage or desparation, you can not predict what they will do. It will never make sense, but sticking your head in the sand and pretending it could not happen to you is plain ignorance.

[lundone]

I have a lot of years and experiences behind me which has allowed me to accumulate some wisdom in terms of survival. Never have I met a smart person who did not try to anticipate the future and prepare for it. Those who do not prepare sometimes survive anyway and get to remember the experience as an education. Some just don't survive. I have always prefered to survive. Those who have the responsibility to care for others such as children and don't prepare and do experience tragedy that they could have prevented will get to live with guilt and regret. Carrying a gun responsibly is one thing that can be done to prepare for the future. I am able to write this because I was carrying and yes ness and wrench once it occurred while I was fishing by myself in a boat on an almost secluded lake in missouri.

[fishinwrench]

So you shot someone and that is what kept you alive? Which newspaper printed the story?

[Trout Commander]

It looks like if there were a competency test to be passed before the CCW was issued, the spelling portion would keep a lot of idiots from carrying. If you couldn't learn to spell in K through whatever grade you completed, what confidence does that give the rest of us that you were able to learn to properly handle your firearm in the short CCW course?

[Haris122]

If you couldn't learn to spell in K through whatever grade you completed, what confidence does that give the rest of us that you were able to learn to properly handle your firearm in the short CCW course?

As much as I like guns, I have to say I see a point in this. Some people really don't understand what they're holding in their hands and how to act with it until something happens, and at that point it's too late. When I got my first gun (very very much to the displeasure of my parents), I didn't think of it as big a deal as I should've. Thankfully they kept nagging at me (and still do) for the slightest thing, to the point where very quickly I started to take things dead serious, just to rub in their face the fact, that I was responsible enough to have it. But I will say, I've been around people where honestly, I don't think they would ever take it serious, until an accidental discharge actually hit someone, or themselves.

You guys remember the news about the guy in Imperial or Arnold, or somewhere near here (St. Louis) several years ago, that decided to show his girlfriend how safeties on his pistols work, before he take her to the shooting range the next day, and then wound up killing himself because he decided to demonstrate with a bullet in the chamber, and the gun to his head? I think it's perfectly fine, that people carry and all, but a lot of people need to get that fear/paranoia taught into them when they get their first gun. And I don't think a lot of instructors and such, really do it. They stress it, but they don't get all up in your rear, the way they would like for example in the army or something, so people just kind of forget about it. Especially if they don't even go practice but on very rare occasions.

[Flyflinger]

It looks like if there were a competency test to be passed before the CCW was issued, the spelling portion would keep a lot of idiots from carrying. If you couldn't learn to spell in K through whatever grade you completed, what confidence does that give the rest of us that you were able to learn to properly handle your firearm in the short CCW course?

I was wondering when the grammar police were going to get here. Thank God you made it officer, I think I saw a run on sentence following a pun. If it's not to late you might be able to prevent the improper use of there, their or they're.

[jdmidwest]

Does he carry a permit to correct grammar?

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

For all I know, The fish don't carry guns, nor do they know grammar. I for one am guilty of some misspellings, and run on sentences, along with Caps in the middle of my sentences. I do some on purpose to try to simulate emotion in my typing ( trying to make it sound in text as it would in speach) . I do some on accident due to the city education that I was awarded. :-) Today is a great day to fish.