House hunters shot at in HA

[VancouverIslander]

When I first saw that video I was a bit freaked out by it. Then, on my way home today, I heard a story about cars being broken into in my current neighborhood. As I drove I remembered that a friend of ours had been robbed by a guy who said he had a gun (she works as a bank teller a couple miles away from our house). It turned out to be a crack addict. They were trained to just hand over the money. The robber was apprehended about half a mile away on foot by the police. Last year a man was shot down by the railroad tracks. Turned out it was his partner in a grow op who shot him. As I thought about this I realised that to an outsider, these things might sound quite disturbing, but as a local, I wasn't concerned. About 30 miles from here, there was a grow op in the woods and several people hiking through the area were shot at by those running it. It was a very bad move on their part as that drew the attention of the police and they were busted. I'm pretty sure they receieved more jail time for the firearms offences than the grow op.

I think I live in a very safe place. Most days I don't lock my doors when I go out, yet these things happen. Oh, and I do go out in the bush for target shooting or hunting, but so far out that nobody is going to hear anything in any residential neighbourhoods.