I don't know about you all, but local crime seems to be picking up or at least it's hitting closer to home.
Within the last week by brother's sister-in-law had her car broken into outside her house. Last night I found out some friends have a neighbor that had their house broke into. When the police brought out the tracking dog he followed the scent trail right up to my buddies front door. If it wasn't for their dog (jack russel) they would have been robbed.
After hearing all this I gave my wife a pop quiz on "how does the gun by the bed work again?". She passed and it was comforting for me to know that she could at least know how the gun works.
Anyone else seeing or hearing of more crime in their area?
I'm sure most are seeing crime rates going up!
I have in my small community.
The crime rate will continue to rise along with the population explosion.
Add to this..........The Nanny state doing their level best to disarm honest law abiding citizens, and the crime rate can only go up!
"Below are some statistics that are alarming"
According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the resident population of the United States, projected to 02/19/09 at 14:46 GMT (EST+5) is
305,850,160
COMPONENT SETTINGS FOR FEBRUARY 2009
One birth every.................................. 7 seconds
One death every.................................. 12 seconds
One international migrant (net) every............ 33 seconds
Net gain of one person every..................... 13 seconds
In 1790, the year of the first census of the U.S.A. population, there were 3,929,214 Americans. By 1900, the U.S.A. population jumped to 75,994,575. In 1920 the census counted more than a hundred million people (105,710,620). Another 100 million people were added to the United States population in just fifty years when the two hundred million barrier was reached in 1970 with 203,302,031 counted in the census.
The 2000 Census counted a U.S.A. population of 281,421,906. Six years later the U.S. population had grown to 300 million. At 7:46 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the United States population officially reached 300 million.
The U.S. Census Bureau expects the U.S.A. population to grow to reach these estimates over the next few decades:
* 2010 - 309,162,581
* 2020 - 336,031,546
* 2030 - 363,811,435
* 2040 - 392,172,658
* 2043 - 400,527,776 (the year of 400 million)
* 2050 - 420,080,587