Hello Gerhard,

 TR>> And nobody around here knows that I sometimes carry one in my pants
 TR>> pocket depending on where I'm going in the car. It really isn't safe in
 TR>> some areas out here, and a person my age is considered an easy target
 TR>> for a car hijacking or a robbery.

 GS> What is car hijacking?

Somebody steals your car, taking you for a ride.  If you are lucky,
the hijacker lets you out of the car while still alive.  Preferably
after the car comes to a complete stop.  Which it will, when making
contact on some other object.  Usually another car or truck, but
possibly a tree or a building.

 GS> Does someone enter on the passenger side or the backseat and tell you to
go
 GS> to a different country, like on a plane?

The usual method is to hide underneath a car or truck and wait
for the driver to return.  And then pull a "surprise" and force
the driver to turn over the car keys.  This is usually done at
night, when nobody else is looking.

 GS> Or is it a robbery of your car?

The owner of the car was letting his/her lover drive.
Or was too drunk or high to drive.  Whatever excuse that
works.

 GS> Wouldn't your insurance policy cover that?

Not if someone else was driving.  Otherwise, everybody would
be doing it.

 TR>> they happen all the time.

 GS> I can hardly imagine that.

Come to America.  I'll show you around.  If you survive,
you will have lots of tales to tell your friends.

 GS> How much is that in incidents per 100,000 residents per year?

Do you really want to know?

 GS> Wouldn't it be less dangerous to just steal them with a tow truck?

Depends on the neighborhood.

 TR>> I watch where I park, rarely go out in the car after dark, TR>keep a
 GS> shotgun near the door as I live in a rural area with TR>few neighbors, and
 GS> don't wander far from the house on foot.

 GS> Sounds more like Afghanistan, Syria or the Ukraine.

There are no mosques in Death Valley (the Mojave desert).

 TR>> The nearest cop is about 40 minutes or more in response to a 911 call
 TR>> out here in this area.

 GS> Which means law enforcement is non-existing. But that makes me think of
 GS> military strategies again and then it's all about firepower. The firing
 GS> side advances, the other side stays in the dugouts. Since you stated that
 GS> criminals don't care about gun laws, they probably have some belt-fed
 GS> machine guns and can legally buy truckloads of ammunition. Then how does
 GS> your shotgun help you?

If the heat and lack of water doesn't get you, the snakes will.

--Lee

-- 
Often Licked, Never Beaten

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