Rodman579
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i will say this and its just my opinion so dont take it the wrong way as i am a gun owner and love guns. i make my living working on guns.
i am from Charlestown, grew up there and left when i was 24. if anyone knows that area back in the day it was rough. i never saw anyone flashing guns very often. most guys would fist fight or some one might tune you up if you were in the wrong neighborhood at the wrong time. but being from there we all had the mentality if you used a gun you were a puss. i never felt as i needed a gun and i hung out in many bad areas. i was in the coffee truck business at the age of 17 working in Southie, that was another rough business but still only saw a gun pulled once. i am just saying i have lived there in the worst parts of it and never felt the need to be armed with a gun. i did always carried a louisville slugger behind the seat of my truck. when i left there it was starting to become yuppyville and things were starting to change slightly.
i live in the Florida now and have for quite sometime. now here i always have a gun with me. mainly cause the culture is different here, everyone has them and more than likely someone will use a gun rather than go toe to toe with you. plus where i live it would take at least 20 minutes before the police got here.
but anyhow i am just getting at that personally i would not feel the need to be armed if i was in New England again. everytime i go back which is at least twice a year i never feel the need to be carrying a gun. of course if i moved back there i would proudly own guns as i love shooting and competing.
i do think the gun laws in MA are alittle on the tough side but if you have ever lived there you know they make you jump through hoops to do anything up there, lol.
i am from Charlestown, grew up there and left when i was 24. if anyone knows that area back in the day it was rough. i never saw anyone flashing guns very often. most guys would fist fight or some one might tune you up if you were in the wrong neighborhood at the wrong time. but being from there we all had the mentality if you used a gun you were a puss. i never felt as i needed a gun and i hung out in many bad areas. i was in the coffee truck business at the age of 17 working in Southie, that was another rough business but still only saw a gun pulled once. i am just saying i have lived there in the worst parts of it and never felt the need to be armed with a gun. i did always carried a louisville slugger behind the seat of my truck. when i left there it was starting to become yuppyville and things were starting to change slightly.
i live in the Florida now and have for quite sometime. now here i always have a gun with me. mainly cause the culture is different here, everyone has them and more than likely someone will use a gun rather than go toe to toe with you. plus where i live it would take at least 20 minutes before the police got here.
but anyhow i am just getting at that personally i would not feel the need to be armed if i was in New England again. everytime i go back which is at least twice a year i never feel the need to be carrying a gun. of course if i moved back there i would proudly own guns as i love shooting and competing.
i do think the gun laws in MA are alittle on the tough side but if you have ever lived there you know they make you jump through hoops to do anything up there, lol.