Posted on 08/13/2011 5:09:24 AM PDT by marktwain
Washington, DC --(Ammoland.com)- My Friends: The mainstream media is doing its best to belittle a dangerous trend in America today: the “flash mob” of “youths”.
The term “flash mob” originally referred to groups of peaceful citizenry who gathered for what are best called “social experiments” – jovial sing-alongs and dance-alongs and other forms of harmless improvisational theater.
I was personally caught up by several such “flash mobs” in New York City – and smiled at the entertaining street theater.
(YouTube video.)
Times have changed rapidly, and ominously so.
In Wisconsin – home to JPFO’s office – “Witnesses’ accounts claim everything from dozens to hundreds of young black people beating white people as they left State Fair Thursday night.” (WTMJ News).
In Philadelphia, the “mayor talks tough to black teenagers after ‘flash mobs’ … attack people at random on the streets of the city’s tourist and fashionable shopping districts.” (Washington Times). The mayor has now imposed a curfew on the City.
“In Chicago on Memorial Day weekend, roving teens flashed gang signs, knocked cyclists off their bikes and harassed picnickers.” (Washington Times)
We’ve seen similar events in Peoria, IL; Atlanta, GA; Las Vegas, NV; and – close to home for me personally – South Orange, NJ. (Flash Mobs).
And while you won’t see it in the MSM, you can find plenty of blogs that highlight the racial undertones – and overtones – of these flash mobs. Here’s an account of a Peoria eye-witness who says the mob chanted “kill all the white people.” (See Blog).
As most decent people are watching the stock market gyrations and following our federal government’s mismanagement of both monetary and fiscal policy, our nation is entering an unpredictable phase. I’m sorry to say that, based on history, things are going to get worse. Just look at London, England, where four nights of rioting hooligans have resulted in the deployment of an extra 16,000 police officers in an attempt to stop the looting, vandalism, destruction, assaults, and robbery.
My response to “flash mobs”?
GET A GUN.
Get a gun, and learn how to shoot it accurately, under pressure. If you find yourself in a “flash mob,” the police will NOT show up in time to do you a bit of good. These mobs gather in minutes and disburse just as quickly when the first police car arrives. Or worse, they attack the first police officers until backup arrives.
What kind of gun should you get? Start with a quality semi-automatic pistol. A standard magazine of 12 or 15 rounds will come with it, and you can purchase and carry one or two backup magazines on your person or in your car. If your state laws allow it, a loaded shotgun in your car wouldn’t be a bad idea either.
Interestingly enough the State of Illinois (Peoria “flash mob”) will not issue concealed weapon permits.
Wisconsin (Milwaukee “flash mob”) has a newly instated concealed carry system, but it hasn’t been in place long enough for many Wisconsinites to get their carry permits.
And in London, all guns are outlawed.
Thank G-d, in America, we still have the Second Amendment.
I’m an Orthodox Jew. It is our people’s custom to dress in a somewhat distinctive manner. Orthodox Jews stand out. I want to ask a very somber question: How do you think one of these mobs of “youths” out looking for victims will react to a car full of Orthodox Jews?
Evil force can only be met by righteous opposing force – effective, superior, righteous opposing force.
One righteous person in Milwaukee, licensed to carry concealed, stepping out of his or her car and shooting one of the “youths” as they were beating the teen victim would have stopped that “flash mob” instantly. This would also have been a legal shooting, as it was done to save an innocent life.
Similarly, I wonder how out of control a “flash mob” of racist “youths” might evolve in gun toting Phoenix, Arizona?
But most Jews in America have chosen to disarm themselves. In these times of growing economic and social unrest, nothing could be more foolish.
To all my Jewish brothers and sisters I say again: GET A GUN. Learn to use it safely and responsibly. And prepare to defend yourself and those you love.
To all my righteous non-Jewish friends I send the same message. This growing evil must be met directly, and with ice cold determination. The police WILL NOT be there on time.
Shalom, Rabbi Dovid Bendory Rabbinic Director Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (http://jpfo.org)
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That is a subjective determination that has to be made based on the totality of circumstances.
Let us all wave a purple finger with defiant pride.
True enough. I noticed EBH posted something similar. I hate to say it, but it’s only a matter of time before these “flash mobs” of “disaffected youths” will start blasting away.
After all, it’s easier to mug someone when they’re dead, right? /s
Here in Berlin, Germany, I haven’t seen any “flash mobs” yet. Seen quite a few political protests, mostly lefties, but nothing violent. With the protests, there’s as many riot cops as there are protesters it seems like. The polizei let people protest of course, but if things look like they’re getting out of hand, truncheons start flailing.
:-)
“The police should call these evil mobs something else.”
It might make their Peas of Sh!t president look bad.
Rerun the scenario a few times.
I'm not sure what the correct response is.
OMG! You are RIGHT!! ALL of Obama’s constiuents are now getting FREE CELLS PHONES with TEXT service!!! It’s for just this kind of thing! Pray for America.
“What happens when the “flash mobs” are as equally well-armed and carrying as law-abiding citizens?”
You have civil war!
It does not happen that way, at least in most states. I post a lot of articles about self defense shootings on freerepublic. You can find them all under the banglist keyword. It is very seldom that a person in a self defense shooting is prosecuted, and even rarer that they are convicted.
Of course, this does vary by locality. You are much less likely to be prosecuted in Texas than you are in New Jersey.
I'm also thinking of bear spray as a possible weapon. You don't need a CCW for that. You can also spray and immobilize (and cause great pain) quite a few of these feral humans.
You are right, for the most part. I think it has gotten SOOOOOO much better in recent years. It’s just that some of the cases you hear about are so mind-numbingly horrible, they stick with you for years. I was just venting a bit.
Yeah, I know some libs who live in Texas and hate gov “Goodhair”—but have there been any flash mobs in Austin or Houston?
Back in the Vietnam era, they often spoke of the "kill ratio", primarily in the context that for every American GI killed, a certain quantity of NVA/Viet Cong personnel were killed. If the mobs start going armed, that term will again become popular. It may be suicidal if there's no escape route, but if you take a few of them with you, you've won your portion of the battle. You just wouldn't be around to enjoy the victory.
Remember what Patton said, - you're not sent to die for your country, you're here to get the other SOB to die for his country.
“these “flash mobs” of violent blacks are no different than the “lynch mobs” of yesterday.”
You’re exactly right, and South Carolina is charging these mobs under its anti-lynching law. Six “youths” were charged under the anti-lynching law in Columbia, South Carolina, and are each facing 20 years in prison for mob behavior. If the person they beat up had died, they’d be facing the death penalty.
Because of this law, SC has very little in the way of flash mobs.
Because we have an MSM who CANNOT tell the truth in reporting.
Good point - haven't heard of any flash mobs in Fort Worth either, or even Dallas!
The more I hear about SC, the more I like that state.
Combine that law with CCW and defending the civilian’s right to self defense (using lethal force) and you will have no flash mobs at all.
Goes to show that in the south, there is NO tolerance for this nonsense.
I believe same thing as in South Carolina I believe, CCW laws.
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