Has gun violence changed the way you see Columbia?

Asked by ABC 17 News

582 Votes

Has gun violence changed the way you see Columbia?

86%

Yes Yes

14%

No No

86%

Yes

4 Comments

Mike Whitaker

It’s become very unsafe; Columbia use to be on the most desirable places to live in the country… based partly on how safe it was; now it’s become unsafe!

Max DeYoung

It scares me to go there. I only go to Columbia, when it can not be avoided. I'm old and can't defend myself like a young man. I served my country for eleven years when I was younger. I would have done 20 but I chose a job that paid 3 times what my E-6 military pay was. Thanks to President Carter

Max DeYoung

Carter drove many good soldiers away, I'm glad that I was one of them.

Max DeYoung

Five people injured in three shootings in Columbia since Friday

Bill Douglas

Yet you have no problem with allowing taxpayer-funded state employees who are graduates of UM, collecting taxpayer funded pensions so they can “spend their retirement at UM ball games”?! You need to join our movement to start filing complaints against these kinds of people

Steve Sargent

It isn't 'gun violence'. I've got a dozen guns that aren't hurting anybody. They're not going to steal my car, drive to Columbia and shoot up the town. Columbia has gone to hell- crimes perpetrated by people already prohibited from possessing guns. No way I'd send a kid to MU.

Bill Douglas

Do you approve of state employees being able to retire, draw a lifetime pension of thousands of dollars each month so they can spend their retirement “going to MU sports” like one local MoDOT engineer in my town has publicly stated? I can give name & title if anyone wants to file a complaint.

14%

No

2 Comments

Zaos Gonzolez

Columbia has ALWAYS been communist. Why would government funded poverty and crime be a surprise?

Bill Douglas

So what are you going to do about it? Just sit there and condone it instead of taking action against state employees who publicly go on record saying they are going to take their taxpayer funded pensions and move there to “watch MU sports for retirement”? Want some names/numbers and file complaints?

Fat Guy Outdoors

The leadership of this town is what scares me. Or lack of it .

Do you think Marines should be deployed in the US?

Asked by ABC 17 News

422 Votes

Do you think Marines should be deployed in the US?

50%

Yes Yes

50%

No No

50%

Yes

6 Comments

Carol Thompson

Why are the marines any different than any other branch of service that gets deployed in U.S. As a veteran- I have been deployed for things in U.S. over the years- it’s not just for protecting us in foreign countries Our oath of office says we will protect foreign and domestic

Thomas OSullivan

Newsom, Bass and Waters can't handle the situation. I believe the Marines should be a last resort but certainly an option on the table.

Eric Smith

Maxine Waters face alone should be a warning to the world that a darwinian subspecies has overtaken southern California

Fat Guy Outdoors

What do you do when a foreign body rises up on American soil. You make an example out of it. Never understood the waving of other countries flags in these situations. They are sending you back to the country you are so proud of. Im hoping they're treated like armed combatants.

Belinda Kitchen

Because someone needs to help cause obviously the government in California don't care . The president is doing all that he can to help . I say if ur illegal you need to leave either willingly or by forcing.

Max DeYoung

This is an insurrection, with guns and devastating fires. They should all be arrested and treated with same due process as the Jan 6th people.

Toasty

Would you be saying the same thing if Biden had deployed the Marines on Jan 6th? Even the National Guard seems a little over the top, but Newsom is 100% responsible for the chaos. He needs to be held accountable for not supporting ICE and the arrests of the criminals that broke into our country.

50%

No

3 Comments

Connie Jacobs

This is not an insurrection! The police set their own car on fire from what I heard. These protests were peaceful for the most part until Felon47 got involved. They did cause a lot of damage with the graffiti, but no one was injure bc of it. Maybe Felon47 should have sent 700 Maries like your post o

Fat Guy Outdoors

You heard they destroyed their own police cars. I would suggest you change the place where you get your lies from. They burned they're own cars. Wow. TDS is real.

Lisha Lammers

No, the Marines should NOT be deployed to States against their own people.

Toasty

Not that it may not be warranted, but sets a bad precedence when, not if, a real socialist tricks his/her way into the power and justifies deploying our military against her citizens to 'keep the peace'. I voted for Trump, but lets call 'balls and strikes', he does not get a pass for this behavior.

Asked by ABC 17 News

148 Votes

Are you tired of the rain lately?

47%

Yes Yes

53%

No No

47%

Yes

1 Comment

Eric Smith

The climate is a wreck....it's all Trumps fault!

Max DeYoung

Taxes end climate change.

53%

No

2 Comments

Fat Guy Outdoors

No just tired of the crime

Max DeYoung

April showers make May flowers and so on

ABC 17 News

Has gun violence changed the way you see Columbia?

86% Yes Yes

14% No No

86% Yes

14% No

Do you think Marines should be deployed in the US?

50% Yes Yes

50% No No

50% Yes

50% No

Are you tired of the rain lately?

47% Yes Yes

53% No No

47% Yes

53% No

86%

Yes Yes

14%

No No

86%

Yes

14%

No

50%

Yes Yes

50%

No No

50%

Yes

50%

No

47%

Yes Yes

53%

No No

47%

Yes

53%

No