Stay out of the "north end" and you may be fine. Not sure I want to wander in parts of downtown at night either. Good thing is that most of these characters appear to pick on their own kind and don't generally come out into the burbs to cause us much trouble. Poor old fellow who worked in the beer vendor at the Holiday Inn on south Pembina - Ft Richmond - was beaten last year - robbed I guess. And I have heard of native kids causing trouble in Waverly Heights - Richmond West. Most of this stuff is in the north end or west end. Poorer areas.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:09 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Winnipeg I've visited Winnipeg numerous times and never felt the need to pack anything larger than a pen knife to trim my nails... On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:31 PM, R A Bennell <b...@mts.net> wrote: > Gun registry in Canada was a silly waste of money. We have essentially had > a ban on handguns forever. The registry > was for long guns - 22's, shotguns etc. The creeps on the street are > carrying illegal hand guns. The huge money > spent on the registry was just another government boondoggle. An attempt to > show that the government of the day was > "doing something about crime". The police support it of course and the > soccor mommies and the folks in places like > Toronto who don't see why anyone needs to own a gun. Ask the farmer in > Manitoba or Saskatchewan who goes out into > the fields to check on his cattle why he takes a gun with him. Truly > amazing how times have changed in my lifetime. > When I was a younger fellow living out in the rural area folks kept long > guns in those bracket doodads in the back > windows of pick up trucks - visible to all. Go to the post office to pick > up the mail and leave the truck idling in > the lot with the guns in the brackets - no one thought anything of it. > Either that or stuffed under the seat. That > was in the 60's and early 70's. God, if you did that now, a SWAT team > would shoot you first and then tell the > media they were "forced" to do so because you were seen in public with a > gun and they had to take you down before > you hurt someone. > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Curt Raymond > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 7:56 PM > To: Diesel List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Winnipeg > > > What I saw on that website reads more like a warzone city like Detroit or > east LA... Not just "any big American > city", thats scary. I'd be interested to see Canadian crime stats since the > gun ban really went into force. I've my > doubts that banning guns really does anything to reduce crime but I'd like > to see some real no spin statistics even > if they didn't support my opinion. The problem is I don't think such > statistics really exist. > > -Curt > > Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:37:00 -0500 > From: "R A Bennell" <b...@mts.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Winnipeg > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: <nhbblomcoljnegblbjcpmenkngaa....@mts.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Yeah, we are as bad as the big US cities when it comes to crime. And, of > course, we don't get to have guns unless > we are hoodlums and have them illegally. > Getting worse here daily. Gangs of young hoodlums roam the streets shooting > and knifing people for fun. Winnipeg > used to be a pretty safe place but it is getting to be a situation where > one does not go to certain parts of town > anymore. Our justice system does not do much to deter them either. Just > take along your "get out of jail free card" > and do what you want. > > Randy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Curt Raymond > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 2:48 PM > To: Diesel List > Subject: [MBZ] OT: Winnipeg > > > Geez Randy reading through the front page of the link you provided makes > Winnipeg seem like a war zone! Theres > sexual assult, screens to protect bus drivers, carjacking, murder, > kidnapping, it all sounds very scary. Makes you > want to move someplace safe like east LA... ;) > > -Curt > > Note: Sarcasm... I'm sure its all media fear mongering but it does make you > think, if Canada is supposed to be such > a safe place unlike the land of gun toting wackos (of which I'm one) to the > south. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090714/6a056f35/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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