Quote Originally Posted by chinchekked View Post
Spot on Marble, I grew up in a rough neighborhood and unfortunately 2 of my VERY best friends were victims of gun violence and also countless associates I knew in passing were gunned down. That being said when I work in New York and I look at the news I am amazed at the # of home invasions that take place and I know for a fact the reason this does not happen in VA. My point being that not only can one observe for themselves but statistics show that the #1 deterrent for criminals are armed citizens.
My whole family is from Virginia. I was there last summer, it's so much different then here in California. People here will fuck with you for absolutely no reason because if you're a criminal its a better chance you have a gun and the other guy doesn't BY A LOT because our gun laws are so out of whack. In Virginia we had kind of a dicey situation in Portsmouth in a gas station parking lot and all it took was my cousins announcing they were "holding" for things to calm down. It's a big ease on the mind to have one especially with that type of tension around.