[mad_as_he$$]

I think you must live in a very sheltered place. In the last five years the NPNO housing has brought gangs to all neighborhoods in this area. One about 4 miles from me was a middle class mostly white as you can get five years ago. The only violence was an occasional domestic. Since then gangbangers have moved in. Now there are drugs and three shootings in the park NEXT to the elementary school. The cops are useless and the neighborhood has started an aggressive NW project. Even in my area which is a good drive form the city there has been a serious uptick in burglaries and now just last week a violent home invasion of an older single woman in broad daylight. This area NEVER had a crime problem before.

Our PD has had to increase and move sat offices to try and deal with the invasion of usually quite areas.

So you can think what you want but your case may be the exception not the rule.

Me I would rather have ammo to burn in five years than watch my wife get raped and killed while I have empty gun.

I notice in many of your other posts that you are fixated on Sept 2009 as the turn around. Even the Fed has backed off of that. I do not see it for at least two more years. AND you can check my older posts I called this recession on October 15, 2007 and went ALL cash then.

[northislander]

I have heard of HUD fraud destroying real estate values and importing crime to neighborhoods so this is not new to me.

My contention is that we are seeing another artificially amplified round of hysteria associated with fear of gun and ammo shortages and/or disproportionately high prices near term because of legislation and/or inflation driven higher prices.

If the former, we will certainly be in for some fireworks.

If the latter’ it will likely be temporary due to continuing demand/price destruction.

Large houses will be cleaned out, auctioned off and sold for taxes.

Complete arsenals will hit gunbroker, pawnshops, etc. and we will be able to get a lot more for the dollar than now.