The Tucson Life Style - Livin' The Dream
Recently, we reconnected with an old friend from New Jersey. He voiced his concern for our safety and well being living here in the "wilds" of southern Arizona. This prompted a rather colorful response from Jim, which I thought I should share here with my followers. ------------- As my good friend George Bryan would say, “Don’t believe the hype!” And, in the words of Robert A. Heinlein, “ An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” While the FBI Uniform Crime Report, and the much-exploited Gabrielle Giffords shooting reflected poorly on Arizona in-general, and Tucson more specifically, things aren't as bad as they might seem. The Violent Crime Rate for the US in 2012 averaged 386.9/100k; whereas Arizona’s was 428.9/100k… or about 11% above the national average. But, this is still a statistically small number, and even more, it is surprising. Considering that Tucson is a city of near