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DPI7800 · July 18, 2017, 06:07 AM

@ OldMarksman

If you read the 2nd paragraph of my post, and read between the lines you would understand my point is home invasions and kidnappings are not so random.

I have a very good friend that in his 21 plus and counting of being an officer in a very large city and spending approximately 10 years with their gang unit had never been to a home invasion that the victim was innocent, they were all motivated by some criminal link.

The stats for kidnappings once you pull out the ones that are conducted by a known family member and the ones that are done by one human smuggling group taking the load from another group, the number of true kidnappings are so low I don't worry about it.

I worry more about true numbers, like my family being in a horrific vehicle collision. Those are real numbers that are more likely to affect my life.

July 18, 2017, 06:07 AM	#33
DPI7800 Senior Member Join Date: July 15, 2014 Posts: 208	@ OldMarksman If you read the 2nd paragraph of my post, and read between the lines you would understand my point is home invasions and kidnappings are not so random. I have a very good friend that in his 21 plus and counting of being an officer in a very large city and spending approximately 10 years with their gang unit had never been to a home invasion that the victim was innocent, they were all motivated by some criminal link. The stats for kidnappings once you pull out the ones that are conducted by a known family member and the ones that are done by one human smuggling group taking the load from another group, the number of true kidnappings are so low I don't worry about it. I worry more about true numbers, like my family being in a horrific vehicle collision. Those are real numbers that are more likely to affect my life.