Crime rates - traveling with a firearm?

RainDog · December 18, 2009, 04:40:43 PM

peternap:

Cool company you keep! I was able to pick out Yul Brynner, Vin Diesel, Ben Kingsley, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and Telly Savalas!

MountainDon · December 18, 2009, 05:21:02 PM

Strange goings on Peter. Not the folks in the pictures, but the pictures themselves.

In firefox all I see is the last one that is hosted on photobucket.

The other 6 that are hosted on Old VA don't show at all. Empty canvas.

On IE8 I get 6 red X placemarks and then the photobucket image.

Google Chrome is no better than IE8.

Is the server Old VA is on still sluggish, throttled... maybe related to a slow upload for the images here?

Anyone else???

December 18, 2009, 05:25:50 PM

Can you see them Raindog. I just redirected server so ther may be an issue

RainDog · December 18, 2009, 05:26:23 PM

No problem here. Running Firefox on XP. No problem on my Vista machine either. Dunno.

Addendum: Whoops! Just lost all but the last one, I guess after the redirect.

peternap · December 18, 2009, 05:29:56 PM

Quote from: MountainDon on December 18, 2009, 05:21:02 PM
Strange goings on Peter. Not the folks in the pictures, but the pictures themselves.

In firefox all I see is the last one that is hosted on photobucket.

The other 6 that are hosted on Old VA don't show at all. Empty canvas.

On IE8 I get 6 red X placemarks and then the photobucket image.

Google Chrome is no better than IE8.

Is the server Old VA is on still sluggish, throttled... maybe related to a slow upload for the images here?

Anyone else???

Don't Know Don.
I changed hosts and Re-directed the Domain a little while ago. Everything seems fine.
This is my photo album. See if you show anything.

http://photos.oldva.org/index.php

December 18, 2009, 05:31:57 PM

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peternap · December 18, 2009, 05:40:41 PM

Quote from: RainDog on December 18, 2009, 05:31:57 PM

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Now I'm really confused. It's coming up for me and it shows in the server directory

devildog · December 18, 2009, 05:53:24 PM

I cant see pics

when I was younger goofing around w/pepper sspray, my eyes burned and watered for about a 1/2hr. I couldnt do anything but rub my eyes. good thing I wasnt playing w/ a pistol

LeoinSA · December 20, 2009, 07:57:53 AM

Well - I decided to carry both my 9mm and my .357. In the hotel room the .357 resided close to hand. In the car both are buried deep and not accessible.

Through two Border Patrol Check Points yesterday and saw a Texas HWP have what appeared to be a woman and kids standing off to the side while he rummaged around in their trunk. No details obviously as I passed at 75 MPH, but for me that is the worst nightmare as our Supreme Court has ruled that we citizens can have zero expectation of privacy outside our homes. Too much 'big brother' for my tastes.

Leaving Deming here in an hour or so and heading for the night in Palmdale.

December 21, 2009, 07:28:04 PM

To me, it's not worth it unless you're going to be staying in a very dangerous area. If you do have to use your gun and you weren't carrying it legally, you'll be crucified by the legal system. The chances of being attacked are low, and the chances of dying are even lower.

muldoon · December 30, 2009, 12:31:29 PM

i'm back from colorado now, had a great trip. no issues with the firearm and no cause to even load it. that works for me.

sardonic, I do understand you but when your traveling 2 or 3 thousand miles by car over a 2 week period you dont always know in advance when you are going to be a bad neighborhood. your second statement about getting crucified by the legal system is very accurate. there are plenty of cliches about this, judged by 12 then carried by 6 comes to mind. but the fact remains that there are certainly consequences to peoples choices in this situation and they should be considered before doing it. I think the original poster leo and certainly myself were considering those exact things when this question came up.

LeoinSA · January 02, 2010, 09:40:04 PM

4084 miles and not a hiccup.

5 Border Patrol check points.

2 National Parks and 1 National Monument.

The only place I felt the least bit of apprehension was in El Paso. Scruffy looking guys on the street outside the motel - but no issues.

To carry or not to carry is still a question. For now, carrying for that 'just in case' scenario seems to me to be valid.

RainDog · January 02, 2010, 09:44:05 PM

Stay downtown somewhere in El Paso?

LeoinSA · January 03, 2010, 11:47:03 AM

Quote from: RainDog on January 02, 2010, 09:44:05 PM

Stay downtown somewhere in El Paso?

Yep. La Quinta Inn. Exit 26 I think.