Clay Putnam, CGCS said: Stephen Okula, CGCS said: Clay Putnam, CGCS said: France must be glorious.
False assumption, Clay.
I could list dozens of things I don't like about living in France, it's far from perfect, believe me, but the simple fact is that I am much less likely to be shot living here than I would be in the U.S. Maybe it doesn't jibe with your preconceived notions about firearms, but facts are facts.
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I have been hearing a bit about "No-Go Zones" in France. Never heard of them before the Charlie Hebdo slaughter. After a minor inter-web search I found some that say the No-Go Zones in France are nothing more than the standard bad areas of town that most people avoid, similar to those areas found in large cities of the States. I found others that claim the No-Go Zones in France are more than just ghettoes and in fact exclude nationalistic rule of law. What's the truth?
Fox News propaganda, Clay. I never heard of the "No-Go Zones" before today, and as far as I know it's only Fox News reporting this. My wife has spent the last seven years photographing the city of Paris up and down, and is completely unaware of any such areas. As you say, there are bad neighborhoods in any big city, and Paris is no exception, but the bad areas here aren't nearly as scary as say, the worst places in NYC. Criminals here are rarely carrying guns.
My wife has ridden the Metro (subways) all over town, and at least in daylight hours has never feared for her physical safety. She worries about her expensive cameras and purse-snatchers and the like, but that's not necessarily Muslims, there are petty thieves of all stripes, and the gypsies are the worst. I had my pocket picked once boarding a train, by north Africans, probably Muslims, (working in a team,they were pros) but that was in L'Opera, one of the most oppulent quarters of town, and I'm sure it was motivated by monetary gain and not religious fundamentalism.