How do you deal with the fear of having your gear stolen?

[GeorgieGirl]

LizardKing - Hello!!! I have hoped to see you post again....its been a while and I hope you are enjoying your new camera...I only saw a few shots posted right after you got it and would love to see more. Interesting food for thought here on your question. We travel a bit and I limit what I take depending on where I am going, but at the end of the day, if they want to take my camera out of my hands they can have it....I'd rather not have it be my camera or my life.

 

[Compaq]

One look at my evil eyes, and they run like hell.

 

[gsgary]

I don't worry about it, but this is my insurance at night Audio-Etcetera.com

 

[RebeccaAPhotography]

Is it wrong to shoot someone over your gear? Honestly it depends. To a lot of us it's a hobby. To others it could be their bread and butter, and they may not be able to replace the gear with financial ease.

Girl your frickin nuts! No camera is worth taking someones life! EVER!

 

[480sparky]

Girl your frickin nuts! No camera is worth taking someones life! EVER!

Yet there's plenty of doped-up scumbags out there who are more than willing to kill me for a camera.

 

[ann]

Goodness, you all are a violent bunch.

 

[Overread]

People - calm down with the maiming and the killing and the shootings - its worse than reading logs of people playing Grand Theft Auto

I don't worry about it, but this is my insurance at night Audio-Etcetera.com

You shoulda got one with a tripod screw on the end

 

[ConradM]

Girl your frickin nuts! No camera is worth taking someones life! EVER!

Yet there's plenty of doped-up scumbags out there who are more than willing to kill me for a camera.

Yup. People always talk about the value of human life. Those same people don't realize that there are people who's lives have no value. If you made the choice to enter my home while you're hopped up on meth then you don't even value your own life.

 

[Flyer]

That's actually called brandishing and it's illegal. You should only pull a gun if you intend to kill someone as a last resort. Not wound, not threaten, kill.

Again ... depends on state laws. In TX you don't shoot to kill. You shoot to stop the threat. You don't shoot in the head either, intentionally, that implicates execution. You shoot center mass.

This is what the instructors teach in the licensing classes. It's also worth mentioning, you must take a training course which will familiarize you with all of the state laws and prove your profeceincy with your designated firearm class (semi-auto or revolver) before you can even apply to the state. After applying to the state, you have to pass an extensive background check and be paid upon your property taxes and child support is applicable.



That aside .. rather or not it's worth making a shoot over camera gear or not is up to the individual holding the amera and in that situation. Being a hobby to me, probably not worth the shoot. If I had $6k wrapped up in what I was holding and that much more in my bag that the BG was wanting, and I depended on this for the livlihood of my family and myself, well that may very well be reason enough for me to take someones life. You have to consider, is it worth preserving some low life's life who's wasted thier mind, thier life, thier sanity away over the use of drugs and a string of bad decisions over you own ability and means to provide for your own family if you have all of your resources invested in your gear?

At that point, I look at it as, either his life or my families well being.

Now .. all that being said, there are WAY to many variables to ever be able to say with certainty that a given situation is a good time to shoot, however given the oppurtunity, I would not hesitate defending myself or my family with deadly force if put in a situation where I deemed it necessary.

Sorry for the long ramblings.

 

[480sparky]

Goodness, you all are a violent bunch.

Where is this so-called violence? I don't see anyone here even hinting of being violent.

Oh, yeah....... it's the age-old, "They carry guns therefore they are violent" mind-set.

 

[ConradM]

That's actually called brandishing and it's illegal. You should only pull a gun if you intend to kill someone as a last resort. Not wound, not threaten, kill.

Again ... depends on state laws. In TX you don't shoot to kill. You shoot to stop the threat. You don't shoot in the head either, intentionally, that implicates execution. You shoot center mass.

This is what the instructors teach in the licensing classes. It's also worth mentioning, you must take a training course which will familiarize you with all of the state laws and prove your profeceincy with your designated firearm class (semi-auto or revolver) before you can even apply to the state. After applying to the state, you have to pass an extensive background check and be paid upon your property taxes and child support is applicable.



That aside .. rather or not it's worth making a shoot over camera gear or not is up to the individual holding the amera and in that situation. Being a hobby to me, probably not worth the shoot. If I had $6k wrapped up in what I was holding and that much more in my bag that the BG was wanting, and I depended on this for the livlihood of my family and myself, well that may very well be reason enough for me to take someones life. You have to consider, is it worth preserving some low life's life who's wasted thier mind, thier life, thier sanity away over the use of drugs and a string of bad decisions over you own ability and means to provide for your own family if you have all of your resources invested in your gear?

At that point, I look at it as, either his life or my families well being.

Now .. all that being said, there are WAY to many variables to ever be able to say with certainty that a given situation is a good time to shoot, however given the oppurtunity, I would not hesitate defending myself or my family with deadly force if put in a situation where I deemed it necessary.

Sorry for the long ramblings.

Oh I wasn't talking legal terms. I just meant, if you're pulling a gun, then make sure the BG is dead. :lmao: Last thing you need is a lawsuit because you let someone live to get a lawyer.

 

[480sparky]

Oh I wasn't talking legal terms. I just meant, if you're pulling a gun, then make sure the BG is dead. :lmao: Last thing you need is a lawsuit because you let someone live to get a lawyer.

No matter how scummy said scumbag is, and no matter how dead you kill said scumbag, said scumbag will always have a relative who insists said scumbag is perfectly innocent and somehow manages to retain a lawyer willing to sue you for 40%.

 

[thereyougo!]

Is it wrong to shoot someone over your gear? Honestly it depends. To a lot of us it's a hobby. To others it could be their bread and butter, and they may not be able to replace the gear with financial ease.

Surely that's what insurance is for, and if you are a professional, surely insurance is part of the cost of doing business. I'm from the UK and fail to see the sense in carrying guns. We're all different. But surely if we arm ourselves more then thieves will arm themselves more. Never decreasing circles.

 

[enzodm]

Surely that's what insurance is for, and if you are a professional, surely insurance is part of the cost of doing business. I'm from the UK and fail to see the sense in carrying guns. We're all different. But surely if we arm ourselves more then thieves will arm themselves more. Never decreasing circles.

From WHO databases in 2003, males only: UK: 0.7 homicide deaths/100000 , Italy 1.7, USA 9.6.
We are indeed different.

 

[480sparky]

Surely that's what insurance is for, ........

Insurance is for the gear. The sidearm is for my health and life.