One time in my corner of Texas, there was a local jailbreak, with a loose escapee regarded as armed and dangerous. That night, a foggy night, I had to make a drive to visit my parents, ten miles away. On EVERY single street corner, throughout the neighborhood and entire town, there were about 5 to 8 citizens standing by, with rifles in hands. All on the lookout, protecting their community.
It was really something to behold. I could be wrong, but this isn’t something I’d expect to see up in the liberal, gun-hating northeast.
I love this story. Thanks for posting it.
That would have been a different lesson to the terrorists of the future.
As it is, they saw a huge city shut down, everyone running around and running their mouth on TV about how terrible things are...
This is what terrorists want to see. 1 million or so cowering in fear, millions of dollars in revenue lost, etc.
They value the destruction of markets as much as the destruction of life.
Had the citizens of Boston stood on the corner with firearms, the terrorists would have a different view.