Iris lilies, how are things in your hood?

[creaker]

It IS a slope, which is why an armed populace is useful, even if the thugs/wildings/etc have guns. As they always will regardless of The Law because hello, they are thugs.

As long an armed populace understands that when the police show up, they may not be able to tell the difference between them and the thugs.

I remember reading stories during the Iraqi war where soldiers would come under attack - and the soldiers responded by shooting anything that moved resulting in numerous civilian deaths. Everyone in the street were all possible threats and the soldiers did not have the luxury of taking the time to sort things out.

[iris lilies]

As long an armed populace understands that when the police show up, they may not be able to tell the difference between them and the thugs.

I remember reading stories during the Iraqi war where soldiers would come under attack - and the soldiers responded by shooting anything that moved resulting in numerous civilian deaths. Everyone in the street were all possible threats and the soldiers did not have the luxury of taking the time to sort things out.

I was referring more to police vs. armed citizens. Thugs could be on either side.

[Tradd]

haha yup, funny! damn, without my Uzi I get nothing done.

9mm works well enough for me...

[bae]

9mm works well enough for me...

The nice thing abut the Uzi is that you can pick 9mm, 10mm, or 45ACP. The 9mm parts and ammo are more widely available and less expensive though, so that's the way to go.

[Packy]

Well, kids: The Top Scotsman in 'Zurra, Jay Nixon, has basically said Hey, Folks--the Party Is Over. So, they may as well pick up their empties, bag their trash, and head on home. I know we had some rain this morning, and a hot, humid, hot(x2) afternoon. This makes it ideal for our infamous vegetation to encroach on everything, and cause those volunteer Zurra trees(the thorny kind)to grow another 2-3 feet. So, they can all just get busy and wage war on weeds. Instead of "rioting", like the pot-stirring media presents it.

[gimmethesimplelife]

It seems as if last night in Ferguson the police used armored vehicles, riot gear, and teargas canisters once again to disperse protestors that refused to break up and go home as per the new curfew from 12 midnight to 5 AM. There were also seven arrests. I just don't think this is going to go away nicely or easily and I've also noticed online that Russia has issued some statements as to how hypocritical the US is - that we need to be dealing with our own problems. The world is definitely watching this and the Internet and social media are here to stay. Rob

[iris lilies]

It seems as if last night in Ferguson the police used armored vehicles, riot gear, and teargas canisters once again to disperse protestors that refused to break up and go home as per the new curfew from 12 midnight to 5 AM. There were also seven arrests. I just don't think this is going to go away nicely or easily and I've also noticed online that Russia has issued some statements as to how hypocritical the US is - that we need to be dealing with our own problems. The world is definitely watching this and the Internet and social media are here to stay. Rob

The police did manage to disburse the crowd by 1 AM. They were unable to wade into it to give aid to the citizen who was shot by another citizen and is now in critical condition.

[ApatheticNoMore]

So much for the riot gear and armored vehicles then, not only overkill, ridiculous expense, bad optics, but also useless (at least to do actual policing, which I know isn't the point).

[creaker]

So much for the riot gear and armored vehicles then, not only overkill, ridiculous expense, bad optics, but also useless (at least to do actual policing, which I know isn't the point).

I remember when we transitioned from war to a "peacekeeping" mission in Iraq there were numerous stories of how soldiers were ill suited for police work. But now it seems we're taking police and making them soldiers.

[gimmethesimplelife]

I remember when we transitioned from war to a "peacekeeping" mission in Iraq there were numerous stories of how soldiers were ill suited for police work. But now it seems we're taking police and making them soldiers.

Agreed 100%. This is another reason I fear and distrust the police. Rob