Monday, I was walking down Alpine Road, and some dude popped around the corner near Harlem High School and yelled at me "You got it in for yourself Speed" well I didn't think to much of it, and kept walking down to my crib, which is 2 miles away from that street, and all of a sudden I start hearing gun shots, and a dude speeding right towards me, so I broke some strangers window, and hopped in her crib, and dipped threw her backyard.

Wednesday comes along I start getting threating phone calls on my cell from someone calling restricted. I contacted the police about this, and they said they can't do anything about the shooting, cause I didn't notify them within 24 hours, and the threatening phone calls they said they can't do anything about that, cause they don't have enough information, so I told the cop, "This is why we don't go to you PIGS, cause you don't do a f*cking thing out here, you're just to glued to them d*mn donuts, and are to much p*ssies to stand up for what's right." The cop then was telling me I better watch what I say otherwise I'm going downtown.

Now Thursday was my sisters b-day, and was pretty peaceful other then my mother bragging about no cigs, and she needs more pills, but Friday I went to donate Plasma, and there was a bomb threat, and surprisingly the popos (aka pigs also known as cops) actually showed up plus that's the day my grandma died, now today is the day my homie Darius died from getting shot my the Latin Kings a year ago, and was set on fire.

Take care of yourself out there, Mike. Mad world.

You may not want to or be able to, but if anyway possible, I would move and take your family with you. Crazy stuff where you live and you can't depend on the police to be everywhere all the time. Now you know one of the reasons I'm agains gun control. Very sorry for your situation Mike. Do hope things get better. If you happen to know who this person threatening you is or what car he drives, maybe that might be enough to get the cops after him. I don't know; can't relate since where I live is way much safer then where you live and hope it stays that way.

Mad world, for sure! That's too much for me. I couldn't live like that. After my last surgery, any time I try to run, my legs become paralyzed and I fall down. I'd be history by now.

My son is an officer in training. We were talking about how frustrating it can be for them when they know there is something going on, but legally can't do anything. They need certain proofs before they can legally act.

I've never liked cops, cause they've screwed me over my whole life, and no cop has ever done his job for me, even when given relevant information.

As for the gun comment lylejk, you may not like the new Gun Mandate for South Dakota. The thing is if I never carried a gun on me, I'd be dead, cause of where I live at. It is, what it is though.

I feel for you Mike, i have been there done that.

I used to live in GR with my wife, 2 yr old daughter and 6 month old son..
I do not know if you are familiar with GR but it can get real bad there also.We lived in the area of 4th and Davis.
Anyways you would hear gunshots every night or you would hear about someone getting stabbed.Every day, not every week not every month - every single day.Even old folks getting robbed for food stamps.
One night while i was at work 3rd shift a man walked into an apartment 3 doors down from ours and shot and killed 3 people.All young members of a local gang.My wife, daughter and son were home alone.
That was it, i had to get my family out of there. The very next day i started calling realtors.
I saved for 2 and a half months to get the down payment to move out of that area, and into a safe area with safe schools for my children.We must have eaten beans and rice for 7 weeks.No partying, every dime went into getting out, and getting our own place.We have lived here now for 15 years.Not one single gun-shot, or stabbing in all that time.I thank God i was able to get my family and myself out of there in time.

I guess what i am trying to say is, get your family safe, get out of there and take them with you.Only you have the power to do it.Call a few realtors make a plan, get a time table, and do it.

If i could do it anyone can.

Mike, Lyle is against gun control, he would like this mandate.

I also agree with Rod. Find a safe haven to get away to, if you're in a bad neighborhood.

Mahvin is right Mike. I'm against gun control since all it will do is leave guns with criminals and the victims unprotected. Guns don't kill; people do. I do, however, believe in proper training using a gun. Being a former GI, I had plenty of practice then; little rusty now. Again, I'm sorry about the situation you are in. If this world had no guns, no knives, no stones, (or poisons) then man would come up with some other way to kill. That is the nature of man unfortunately. What has kept us safe is faith in a higher power, but that faith has been robbed from us in the name of progress so once that faith is gone, there is no inhibitions to killing one's fellow man. The Founders knew this and understood the importance of Religion to society, but we have forgotten it. I'm not even sure you can put this genie back in it's bottle, but no better time to start then now. Personally, I might sound defeatest, but I don't even give the U.S. but a few months before we start doing the things that are now happening in the Middle East. Europe (Greece, France, Ireland) have already started the first wave. Lets hope I'm 100% wrong.

The big problem is that young children see their older brothers and sisters selling dope, and stealing and making more money in a day doing it than i make in a week.Then they have children while they are addicted, and their children grow up basically on their own.These parents need to be held responsible for their children.
The only way to fix the problem is to have a law that allows police officers to arrest any individual known to be in a gang.That and folks who care about their area need to start patroling it.Parents need to start making sure their children come in at a decent hour.If i were President i would have declared marshall law on gangs eons ago.
Child molesters would get to spend the night with that child's relatives at a rock throwing party, same with rapists, and killers.Those kind of people need to go see God at their real trial imho.Think of the money alone the states would save in care for prisoners.

I firmly believe that if you take away a citizens right to bear arms you are asking for that person to not defend themselves.And when you do not allow an honest citizen to use their gun when and if necessary, you still deprive that individual rights to defend their life.

Just my honest opinion

To me, gun control is good, but to me gun control is hitting your target!

Seriousely, If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns! I am a proud member of NRA!

I like your way of thinking PM.
I just firmly believe we should have a right to defend our lives and our families lives anytime anywhere.
It makes me want to scream when i hear of some guy robbing some poor lads house and getting hurt while doing it, then sueing the poor owner of the house for negligence.
Too many laws have gotten way out of hand, too many precedences, and too many uncontrolled judges who think their job is to create laws.
We only need a few good laws to keep control of the riff raff imho.

Amen, Rod! Amen!

About gun control:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_m ... h-firearms
All European countries have strict gun control.
My country is not in the list.
Luxembourg which is smaller is.
Gerard.

Not sure where you're leaning, Gerard, but simply looking at a chart of firearm deaths doesn't show the entire picture of what's happening. It tends to skew reality. Most European countries aren't racially (ethnically, whatever's PC) diverse. Not to mention population density, cultural rivalries, and governments that induce/promote/inject fear into it's citizenry. Nor are those EU countries saturated with greed based advertising that media outlets tend to project for ratings benefits. Those advertisements tend to focus primarily on all the evils and none of the goodwill variety. Americans live in fear, because the government and corporations make money off of it.

The USA, for example, is its own worst enemy. If you took away all the guns, as someone stated before, the only ones with guns would be the criminals, and the firearm deaths would be even higher, no doubt. Just look at our "war on terrorism". The terrorists don't frighten me nearly as much as my own government does, by making otherwise illegal actions legal, only when those actions serve them (e.g. invasion of privacy scans, and groping by TSA agents at our airports). Are we really safer? No. Any terrorist, if they really wanted to, could bribe some schmuck baggage handler/airport personnel to accomplish the task of loading a bomb or chemical agents onto an aircraft. Scanning my body, invasively, and molesting my body parts, physically, won't stop a terrorist. They must be laughing at us.

But getting back to firearm deaths, and taking a gander at the top country, South Africa. Lawlessness the whole answer? No. This is much like Arabs and Israelis. You got two factions that absolutely detest one another: Zulus and Xhosas, an unpopular political group: ANC, extremely corrupt police forces, very high drug and human trafficking (considering its location), extremely high poverty rate, revenge retaliations, and the list goes on. Pretty much the scenario of Mexico, current day.

America, on the other hand, you have a climate of fear, government and corporation induced, making someone's bottom line. And sadly, Americans buy into it, willingly, like sheep. They should remove the "United" from States of America, because we are anything but that.

well remain the basic problem that criminals and policemen are too often 2 different categories only in theory not in pratice

Before jump and react, think to Germany and Italy in the 1940 were policemen were taking care of jews and oppositors, same for Soviet police under Stalin

and back to here and now think to the Police of Gheddafi, or in Zimbawe, or in Afghanistan, ...or what Police did in Chile under Pinochet,in Haiti under Duvalier , in Nicaragua and so on and on and on...

Simply if the Policemen are under strict control of a real democracy you may (in most cases ) trust them..but never if there is a dictature or a corrupt leadership...they will become more nasty and dangerous of the criminals, because criminal can't kill without risk as who is trained to "obey without discussions"


And about democracy, both Hitler and Mussolini got the power because they win with large majority the election, both were supported by the great majority of the population...as too many of the most bloody dictators

Yeah; Hitler made sure gun control was in place before he felt confident enough to round up the Jews. People forget this, but ever since I heard the story, I became an anti-gun control person i.e., I don't believe in any gun control). Sorry if some here do, but our founders knew men and governments can be corruptible and put guns in civilians hands as a protection mechanism against possible corrupt governments. Even in recent history, those in New Orleans during the Katrina episode that had the ability to protect themselves were the ones that didn't get hurt (i.e., the ones that had guns). It's just a simple fact that the police can't be everywhere. Again, guns don't kill; people do.

To PC, that's why the U.S. is a Republic and not a Democracy. A Democracy is ruled by the majority (mob rule), where as a Republic is under the rule of Law (i.e., even minorities have a base set of rights that the majority can't touch). No Democracy ever lasts long since they majority finally realizes that they are in control and can spend more money on themselves. So many times has this happen. Even Republics sometime succombs to those in favor of Democracies and then that becomes their downfall. Until the Lord comes back, a Republic is the closest thing to the perfect form of government that mankind can have and even it is far from perfect, but I'm greatful that we here in the U.S. are under Republic for of government.

One nation under God.Ask Russia what happens when you take God out of your country?
Say goodbye to all semblance of morality, because it will be out the window.Not to mention a few other countries lately.
There are way too many real Christians here in the United States to ever let some liberal fruitcake (just a little nutty), person try and take God out of the equation.You saw what happened when they tried to take "In God we trust" off our monies. Most will never have power in congress again.Or any kind of monetary help.Christian people make up most of the voting UNITED states.
Sorry Mahvin but i have to disagree with you that The United States isn't UNITED any longer.

A house divided will soon fall.That's why drug lords kill each other, it's God's way of pest control imho.
But when they flow into my families lives, they better watch it, because then they step into the realm of my righteous judgment that God would want me to protect my family and my self.

Well in the first amendment we have the right to bear arms, and cause where I live guns are a bad thing, but save your life on a day to day basis, if you don't use your gun one day that's considered a good day, even when you get jumped, the thing is I believe in the right to carry a gun if you have the legal rights too, know how to use it responsibly, and can hit your target. Period!

I honestly would hate it if only cops had guns, cause out here their to (excuse my french) chicken **** to standup against the gangs, and violence, but they'll sure as hell kill a pitbull, cause of some old hag saying the dog is trying to tear down her fence. There's a difference between aggressive, and energetic. That happened on my own damn porch last year when the cop shot this homeless dog, who just wanted water, and I got locked up for 2 months for putting the cop in a triangle choke. (My criminal record is bad, but mainly it's be assaulting police officers)

What's so bad is if you have any kind of food or beverage and you're walking outside, you better finish it fast, cause if someone see's that they'll jump you just to have something to eat, other times it's nice necklace, shoes, pants, sun glasses, watch, etc: that they steal in order to sell, and make a living, some people keep them, but most of us sell just for some money.

i could add a basic surviving rule:
if you get robbed, attacked, punched even stabbed never point a gun if you are not ready to use it and if you don't know how

because once to point a gun if your opponents don't run away immediatly you must shoot and don't miss the target...if not good chances you will be not robbed or raped but killed

and if you are not expert you must shoot to kill, and have the guts for it (legs and arms are a too difficult target, no hope of success if you are not well trained...and if you shoot somebody and he can still move he will do his best to kill you, even if he was only searching 20$ for the crack )

Honestly i would prefer offer my vallet