and it never hurts to carry several extra 14 round mags of .40 HST, even though one used to seem sufficient.
"No law abiding citizen needs 15-round magazines."
-- Bryan Miller (Executive director of the anti-violence group "Heeding God’s Call")
Posted on 11/13/2014 10:10:10 PM PST by Kartographer
About one kilometer from place where he got picked up, the group of people that actually shot him stopped the ambulance on some improvised barricade, first shot the driver and then killed my friend in the back of the ambulance. They killed him little bit slower than driver, and more painfully, they used knives. We got there a bit later, too late.
Now this story may sound confusing to you, you may say “it happens in war” but for 95% of folks at that time it was not war, it was something like violent rioting, and those 95% of folks still trusted the system, had trust in police and government that they are going to restore law and order. People still trusted that ambulances are like “protected” and nobody will stop them, not to mention shoot at one.
In this story here that wounded guy and ambulance driver simply did not recognize situation. He was a nice guy, why would this happen to him? Back then I probably would go with ambulance as well if I was shot. It felt very wrong that this happened but was one of first wakeup calls that fair and unfair are concepts of the past.
My friend in the first place should not have been there in that time of chaos. Ambulance driver should have said ”screw it” take valuable medicines and go home at first signs of real violence and total collapse. He did not. It is easy to call him hero and maybe day before or hours before he helped save life of someone else but it was still too high risk to be out at this point in time.
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I think this is a blog by a cop who works in St. Louis near Ferguson. He did a recording on New Year’s Eve that pretty compelling; it’s about halfway down this page.
http://dissonantwinstonsmith.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/needs-work/
While I think it likely most of the yahoos shooting on this recording are bad shots who’ve never been to a range, the fact remains that, if enough bad shots are shooting at you, odds are good you’ll get hit. And in places like Ferguson, there are potentially a LOT of bad guys out there with guns.
I agree. It is wise to actually clear out of said riot area and just take your chances on losing your property which is covered by insurance. When it is over, sell your property and move out of racist territory.
We have neighborhood street barriers to set up so rioters have to walk in; can’t drive. We have resident police officers and some trained “deputies” (ex military) in our neighborhood riot plan. Even so, everyone else is supposed to clear out.
Too visible. Might as well hold up a sign saying “I have drugs and other valuables”.
Good luck to you!
Back in May, I went to a convention downtown at the George Brown Convention Center. I was staying at a hotel in Galleria. So every day I was either driving up/down Memorial Drive or Westheimer.
Traffic was awful—and that was on a good day without rain, riots or construction!
I’d hate to find a way to drive from downtown Houston to anywhere. Total gridlock would be an understatement.
Hard to hde I say.
and it never hurts to carry several extra 14 round mags of .40 HST, even though one used to seem sufficient.
"No law abiding citizen needs 15-round magazines."
-- Bryan Miller (Executive director of the anti-violence group "Heeding God’s Call")
Hmm, when you are forced to defend your home, it may already be too late. There needs to be an organized group that sets and enforces a wide perimeter at which point the group engages all targets with extreme prejudice.
Houston is unlikely to experience significant rioting. Too many people are disappointed that looter hunting season comes too infrequently, too many people with CCW, too many people car carrying.
Ambulances are surprisingly not all that mobile in absolute terms and prior to the rioting the authorities would have been displeased with the ambulance disappearing.
“Houston is unlikely to experience significant rioting. Too many people are disappointed that looter hunting season comes too infrequently, too many people with CCW, too many people car carrying.”
I’ve often mused the same thing about Dallas. I would imagine that here in Garland at least every other house has at least one firearm. On my 4-way corner I know for certain 3 of the homes are armed. My 86-yo neighbor next door has mentioned hers before. I think the baddies will find superior firepower just about anywhere they try to invade.
Thank God for Texans and their stiff upper lips!
Dunno if you were reading it, but we’ve had the discussion many times on the Texas sub-board and that’s pretty much my observation. I’m a survivor of the 92 LA Riots, spent more than a little time up on a roof with a rifle in my hand. LA still has all the conditions needed for another 92 riot; I have yet to be in a Texas city where I have the same feeling.
Why not ask your 86-yo neighbor next door who mentioned hers before, if she would like to go to the range with you or perhaps she might allow you to clean her weapon and change out the ammo to something fresher?
Oh my Toto, the authorities are going to be upset.
My idea would to be take the ambulance, strip it of goods and discard. Not just take a few things that you could carry
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