Doug,
Around here people are killed for just walking in the wrong place if you happen to be near one of their dope houses or gardens. Crap, waving a $1 dollar bill is enough to bring out a few of them.
But to be honest in the past year since several of the neighbors have gotten permits and started carrying guns, the worst of the dopers have moved to other locations, still to close, but they were getting afraid to do much here on the town streets. They get those of one or two person camping trailers for almost nothing then tow them into one of the canyons and hide them and live there to make their Meth and grow their marijuana. Now they are warning the hikers and others that like to sight see around the old mines to stay out of there as they dopers are shooting at anyone that comes into those areas. We have even had a couple of law enforcement people shot, but not seriously as they shoot and run. But at least they are now farther away that just two houses from me.
Ron
