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: "One4All" wrote : I'm opposed to guns because they can be deadlier to the owner than to the : aggressor. : Let the owners worry about that. It's their problem. People would be far more polite to each other if they had to consider that the person they were going to be a jerk to might have a 9mm and was ready to blow their head off. -- ------------------- Keep working millions on welfare depend on you |
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"Frank Pittel" wrote in message ... One4All wrote: : I assume I'm talking to LF photographers who are shooting, and will : continue to shoot (no pun), in national parks. What do you do, : security-wise, to go on a shoot in a national park, beyond the : precautions I've already stated: Leave car windows rolled up, lock the : car, & keep objects of value out of sight. When you go out there, : alone, with few or not any people around, what is your attitude, : security-wise? Has your attitude changed in the past few years, whether : being more apprehensive, or less apprehensive? Are you confident in : park enforcement? Or, am I just paranoiac? : Like I've said, I'm going to photograph in these parks & probably : nothing will happen, but I'm going to be alert, anyway. I grew up in Chicago. All the above precautions are instinctive to me. I just happen to think that the aforesaid precautions are just plain common sense wherever you are, whatever you shoot with. Look at it this way...chances are there are many other cars in the immediate locale of yours. Why do the thieves decide to break into your vehicle? Is there something about your vehicle that makes it more enticing than the one over there? In the broad risk/reward spectrum, what about your unattended - even for the briefest moment - vehicle makes it worthwhile to risk breaking into it rather than the vehicle next to it? Or the one next to that one? Or is it really just plain random chance? Do you really think the thieves are going "Eenie, minnie, miney, mo..."? Couple of other precautions in the same vein...while it is a good idea to hide valuables - even unobstrusively under jackets, coats, sleeping bags, etc - make sure that things look carelessly tossed about and not obviously hiding something. And if you decide to place something in your trunk, don't do it at your destination where everyone can observe and wait until you walk off. Instead, place it in your trunk before you drive off to your destination...when you don't care who sees what you do. Face it...park enforcement is 100% effective as a deterrent only if you park in front of/next to a ranger and he/she doesn't wander off while you are absent from your vehicle. If someone really wants to break into your unattended car, he will. No two ways about that. The best - and just about only - deterrent is to blend in and not have your vehicle stick out as a potential/valuable target. The alternative (as I was advised to do when street parking overnight in Paris many moons ago) is to leave your car completely - completely - empty with doors and trunks unlocked...including glove compartment. |
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Frank Pittel wrote: 2 wrote: : "One4All" wrote : I'm opposed to guns because they can be deadlier to the owner than to the : aggressor. : Let the owners worry about that. It's their problem. People would be far more polite to each other if they had to consider that the person they were going to be a jerk to might have a 9mm and was ready to blow their head off. Doubtful, When people start carrying weapons regardless of type the weapon aches to be used Ancient Samurai saying. Here's a spreadsheet an accountant can appreciate http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicid...weaponstab.htm -- The sometimes insomniac. www.gregblankphoto.com |
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"Lawrence Akutagawa" wrote in message m... [...] blah blah blah [...] To put enough cops on the beat, or enough rangers to make a place safe would mean more $$$ and facism than anyone could stand. Think of it. Upright individuals bearing arms is no problem in the same light. |
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When we were on the Olympic Peninsula 2 years ago, we watched a young
attractive couple park their car and go off down the hill, probably out for a jog. A car of 3 young people parked in the area and were hanging around so we stayed. After a little time, they grabbed a baseball bat (baseball in the Olympics?) and went off down the trail. We saw a Ranger and advised as to what we saw. Later, driving back, there was broken glass in the parking lot and all the cars were gone. Last year in Maui, there was the occasional car at roadside pulloffs. One person was usually in the car. The cars were near junk and the people were dressed unusual compared to the other people on the road (Road to Hana). Anyway, arriving back to the hotel and reading the paper, there was an article on car break ins while tourists were walking some distance from their car. Be careful out there! |
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One4All wrote: the aggressor. I have air-conditioning in my car, so I can leave my windows rolled up & I never leave anything of possible value easily visible in my car, even in local parking lots. I have little sympathy for people who don't lock their cars and leave handbags, etc., in plain sight overnight. When I was at Yosemite years ago I never took chances. My cameras were ALWAYS in the trunk of the car. It was never in the back seat or anywhere in the open. It was a real pain in the rear not being to just grab and shoot, but I felt much better knowing that nobody was about to take my gear by just turning my back. A lot of times we'd get out of the car, sometimes leaving it unlocked when nobody was around, survey the landscape and then I'd go back to my car to grab the camera equipment. |
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"nathantw" wrote
One4All wrote: I never leave anything of possible value easily visible in my car When I was at Yosemite years ago I never took chances When I was in Montana in the mid 60's you could leave your wallet and keys on top of the car and go for a 3 day hike. All that might happen is the wallet and keys would be put inside the car if it started to rain. It was a nice feeling. |
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