Gun Control

[kyfanatic]

A little CCW story,My company was general contractor on the University of Cincinnati Medical Science Buildings renovation,which is close to University and Childrens hospitals in Cincy.For anyone that doesn't know they are nice hospitals in one of the worst crime ridden areas in Cincinnati.
I opened the job for sub-contractors every morning at 4:00 am and living 45 miles away had to travel through this area at the wee hours of the morning,we were informed by UC that not only were weapons not allowed on site,but anyone caught with a weapon in their vehicle would be permanently removed from the job.Being the good citizen I am,I left my .38 S&W at home.
One morning while sitting at the traffic light at the intersection of Burnett Avenue and Oak Street in Cincy,a Black male came running at my drivers side of my truck waving a pistol and speaking crackheadian,on impulse I stomped on it and drove through the redlight,I kept waiting for the shot,but it never came.A month later the same guy killed someone in a car jacking a block from there,I ID'd him.
We had no onsite parking and had to park a minimum of 3 to 4 blocks away,sometimmes farther if you weren't early,one morning three black guys in their 20's started following me up the street,and the only thing that saved me was a Children's Hospital Security Guard that happened to drive around the corner,because they turned and ran when they saw him.After that I started packing my piece regardless of laws,damned if I was going to get killed for trying to work.

[MrSplitshot]

A little CCW story,My company was general contractor on the University of Cincinnati Medical Science Buildings renovation,which is close to University and Childrens hospitals in Cincy.For anyone that doesn't know they are nice hospitals in one of the worst crime ridden areas in Cincinnati.
I opened the job for sub-contractors every morning at 4:00 am and living 45 miles away had to travel through this area at the wee hours of the morning,we were informed by UC that not only were weapons not allowed on site,but anyone caught with a weapon in their vehicle would be permanently removed from the job.Being the good citizen I am,I left my .38 S&W at home.
One morning while sitting at the traffic light at the intersection of Burnett Avenue and Oak Street in Cincy,a Black male came running at my drivers side of my truck waving a pistol and speaking crackheadian,on impulse I stomped on it and drove through the redlight,I kept waiting for the shot,but it never came.A month later the same guy killed someone in a car jacking a block from there,I ID'd him.
We had no onsite parking and had to park a minimum of 3 to 4 blocks away,sometimmes farther if you weren't early,one morning three black guys in their 20's started following me up the street,and the only thing that saved me was a Children's Hospital Security Guard that happened to drive around the corner,because they turned and ran when they saw him.After that I started packing my piece regardless of laws,damned if I was going to get killed for trying to work.

Exactly.

My point exactly.

I used to have a printing supplier that was located in that "over the rind" area of Cincy and would go up there from time to time. I've been a lot of places and that, in my opinion, may be one of the worst. Not only would I carry a handgun, but I'd probably strap on a belt-fed machine gun and a belt of ammunition like Rambo did, just in case. That place is hell.

We have a warehouse in Memphis and at one point years ago, the zip code it sat in was the 2nd highest murder rate per capita in the US. I was there early one morning and a couple of the sales guys came in, sat down, unholstered their pistols and put them in their desk drawers. Then, they saw me, and their eyes got big...afraid that I was going to bust them for breaking the "No Firearms on Company Premises" rule.

I just laughed and said "Relax, boys...I might even be carrying one myself."