Posted on 10/21/2013 6:27:53 PM PDT by digger48
Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble said today the U.S. and the rest of the democratic world is at a security crossroads in the wake of last month’s deadly al-Shabab attack at a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya – and suggested an answer could be in arming civilians.
In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Noble said there are really only two choices for protecting open societies from attacks like the one on Westgate mall where so-called “soft targets” are hit: either create secure perimeters around the locations or allow civilians to carry their own guns to protect themselves.
“Societies have to think about how they’re going to approach the problem,” Noble said. “One is to say we want an armed citizenry; you can see the reason for that. Another is to say the enclaves are so secure that in order to get into the soft target you’re going to have to pass through extraordinary security.”
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for some reason, I couldn’t copy and paste from the ABC website.
This was a snippet from http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/10/interpol-chief-after-kenya-mall-attack-maybe-armed-citizenry-isnt-so-crazy-after-all//#more
Just designate every place a gun free zone.
Post where I'm needed !
In Minnesota, a recent study of carry permits shows that permit holders are 300% LESS likely to commit murder or manslaughter than the general population.
“Rate of carry permit holders committing murder and manslaughter/100,000 per year, .542.
Rate of murder in the general population in Minnesota, per 100,000 averaged for the years 2003, 2005 – 2012, is 1.78.”
It has been revised with better numbers.
It is now .542 for CCW holders,
.197 for the general population.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2013/10/minnesota-carry-permit-murder-rates_16.html
How incredibly non PC of him.
It Won’t cost one dime.
Folks will arm THEMSELVES at no cost to the state. Happens all over the place.
You’ll notice that no one is shooting up shopping malls in Texas or Florida...
There is a third choice, in LiberalLand anyway.
That choice is to open the borders and - at the same time - forbid ordinary people to own or carry firearms.
Then, when horrific mass-casualty attacks occur you get to:
This is such a triple-whammy win-win that the left finds it absolutely irresistible.
It becomes a win-win-win-win when you realize how many wealthy lefties live in gated communities, hire armed security people to protect them, fly private aircraft so they don't have to deal with oppressive security measures, etc., etc.
Gentlemen should be armed. The reason is that there are a lot of people who aren't gentlemen who are and that is not going to change. Ladies may do as they please - they will anyway - hopefully by virtue of the fact that the gentlemen around them are armed, but if there are no gentlemen around them, they at least have the choice between being a free citizen or a victim.
This is civilization. Dying in a pool of your own blood in your neighborhood mall is savagery. Choose.
We don’t have that many concealed carry weapons in any mall at any one time BUT I suspect if that were tried here there would be a few dead bad guys regardless. In fact, I suspect there might be a few hunting parties of rednecks looking to take a shot at the rest of them.
So did anyone ever hear exactly how many died in that mall attack? And how many died as hostages because the roof collapsed?
“Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man”
George S. Patton
Hope he doesn’t lose his job for telling the truth.
Armed citizens plus common sense immigration practices. (stop importing jihad)
I wish we'd been able to convince Governor Brewer of this a couple of year ago when a bill requiring public buildings, like the state capital, to either provide armed guards at every entrance and a secure location for people to check their weapons, or else permit citizens to carry in said public buildings.
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