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The Urban Geek As A Mugger Magnet?
CGP314 writes "I live in London and whenever I travel around, I feel like a huge target for muggers. Usually I take my laptop, iPod, cell phone and occasionally a PDA around with me. As with many geeks, these items hold within them far more value to me than anything I leave behind in my apartment. So I would like to know what my fellow urban geeks do to try and keep their valuables safe while traveling with them. I've switched my iPod headphones from the distinctive white to a boring black as a means of camouflage; are there any other suggestions?"
Nobody will steal them if they don't know you have them. Switching the headphones on the iPod was a good idea. Are you even a geek if you own an the overpriced, low battery, low sound quality item that is the iPod. Real geeks use Zen Xtra, Karma, or iRiver iHP-1x0.
Oh wait, you can't carry in the UK, thanks to your brilliant politicians who have decided that law-abiding citizens do not require such protections. That's why London now has a higher crime rate than NYC, and muggings continue to skyrocket. Me out.
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(7) If you want to be take responsibility then remember that your are responsible for every life that gun you own takes. If it gets stolen then you did not secure it well enough. If a kid gets a hold of it you did not secure it well enough.
This is complete bullshit. That is all.
He can't get a concealed carry permit. He can't legally even get a gun. The only people who can have guns there are the criminals. Not legally of course, but London is the shining example of the folly of gun control.
.40 cal round. Nothing bites more than having to riddle your attacker with 9mm or .380 shells when a double-tap of .40 cal will do the job. I just don't like the grip angle of the glocks. They're designed for European shooters who prefer the awkward low-angle grips. I'd go with a Kahr PM 4043a, myself.
Good choice though. The 27 is easily concealed and fires a powerful
You're full of shit. Any mugger with a four inch blade to the guy knows he can gut that lamer before he can figure out how to draw a three foot fucking sword. Don't make shit up for moderated points. Or at least put some effort into your story. By the way, if I ever see a role playing homo walking around with a sword on, I'm gunna call the cops... right after i beat his lame ass.
Oh, right, citizens don't have that right anymore.