Its culture that causes certain areas to be more criminal, not the availability of firearms or lack thereof. Nevertheless, even if I lived in a crime free paradise, I would like to have my protection just in case a thug passes through, whether they be a criminal or a representative of a despotic government.
yes...I agree with you wholeheartedly.....just answering the guy's question...I live in the East Bay....and though still a Dem bastion is hardly SF.....I've had no problem owning firearms in Calif and I"ve lived in the Bay Area, San Diego and parts of the LA basin..though getting a CCW is harder in metro areas....SF homeless are a bigger problem then the crime stats per se