Is there something wrong with me?

[KennyG]

Yet Missouri has a relatively high rate of violent crime: well above the national average, higher than anyplace in the Northeast, higher than other states in the Midwest - in fact higher than anyplace but some Southern states and DC.

https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-4

Nor is Missouri particularly high in gun ownership rate.

One of those unanswerable chicken/egg questions. Are areas violent because they have lots of guns or do they have lots of guns because they are violent?

 

[toppop52]

TopPop, what kind of roof mount do you have?

It's just two of those padded push in mounts for universal uses, they're some kind of good quality plastic and expand as you push the gun, or whatever, into them. They have ridges to help grip and are felt covered inside. If I can find the link I'll post it.

 

[toppop52]

TopPop, what kind of roof mount do you have?

Similar to these...http://www.cabelas.com/product/Kolpin-Rhino-Grip-Gun-Mounts/747086.uts?productVariantId=1660630&srccode=cii_17588969&cpncode=45-136745935-2&WT.tsrc=CSE&WT.mc_id=GoogleProductAds&WT.z_mc_id1=03028667&rid=20

 

[Country Geek]

How interesting, You see my first thought was his next move was to ask the homeonwer for money for his picture. Kind of like a "squeegeman" Cleans you car window at a stop light and holds his hand out for money.. By the way.....the glass is "half empty"

Several years ago, before drones were common, a pilot rented a helicopter and took aerial photos of everyone's home. Then he printed them up and drove around trying to sell them. I wasn't offended, I bought one because it looked beautiful. He had done a really good job and as private pilot I knew how expensive it was to rent a helicopter. He had IL plates so I'm guessing they did it all over the country.

It's probably been 10 years or so since then. I never hung that picture up and and I came across it recently... badly faded. I guess they didn't use the best quality paper and chemicals since it was being done on spec.

 

[Redneck in training]

Several years ago, before drones were common, a pilot rented a helicopter and took aerial photos of everyone's home. Then he printed them up and drove around trying to sell them. I wasn't offended, I bought one because it looked beautiful. He had done a really good job and as private pilot I knew how expensive it was to rent a helicopter. He had IL plates so I'm guessing they did it all over the country.

It's probably been 10 years or so since then. I never hung that picture up and and I came across it recently... badly faded. I guess they didn't use the best quality paper and chemicals since it was being done on spec.

We have four from an airplane. I believe first two are printed from negative on Cibachrome. The later pics printed by photo printer. The fifth most recent picture is from a drone taken by a friend.

 

[KiwiBro]

When I arrived home yesterday I was informed that three people had walked down our driveway and one started taking pictures of the other two standing in our driveway using our yard as a backdrop. We live 20 miles from town. Our driveway fronts on a state highway. The driveway wasn't posted yesterday. Am I wrong to think it rude of people to just come in, stand just short of the house & start snapping pictures? It was frosty & the trees were beautiful; but what happened to respect for personal property? Am I being overly isolationist, unfriendly, paranoid? Am I acting aristocratically to protect my privacy because I happen to own rural property? Just curious to see if others would find the situation offensive or feel that it's okay as long as the strangers didn't steal or break something and I don't get burgled in the next few days. Other than posting the new "NO TRESPASSING" signs I have no intention of doing anything else. It just bugs me.

You could have asked them if the frame rates they were using were faster than 1000 feet per second. Better yet, don't ask, just try a warning shot and see if they stick around.