“My daughter and I are driving to Branson, MO next month - passing St. Louis and going through Springfield, which have both been in the news for violence recently. Oh, joy.”
Don’t endanger your daughter and yourself, please. Re-route,
better to go miles out of the way and arrive safe & sound, than the alternative of being car jacked, raped & robbed. Times have changed. . . . .
And spend your money in civilized neighborhoods.
Gas, food etc
Going to ask my CCW instructor about using defensive deadly force from inside my vehicle. Seriously, I will not be carjacked & I am not interested in “understanding the rage”.
You realize this entire Ferguson episode is limited in scope to about a 6 square block area? The LSM would have you believe the entire St. Louis region is in flames. I live in the STL area. The events in Ferguson affected no one outside that tiny immediate area. Life went on and continues to do so...