[Cowman]

Well, When the cops are more concerned with writing tickets than stopping thuggary someone will. Although Charles Bronson never needed a suit.

[ClearCase_guy]

I'd like to see the trend continue.

[NavyCanDo]

As much as I respect the Police, Seattle is a city where you better be ready to defend yourself. Because of top down policy - you can't depend on having police be there for you when you need them the most. Too many stories of police at the scene of violence being told to stand ground and not to intervene. Same reason the Guardian Angels sprang up in other cities.

The Pastor of my church, who was an Army Ranger, (and he never tires of letting you know) - when he first moved to Seattle back in the mid 1990s was riding a Seattle bus through the city. A belligerent man was going up and down the aisle harassing passengers. When he approached my Pastor, he told the man to sit down and shut up. The man asked my Pastor, “Who the hell are you?”. My Pastor responded, “I am the Army Ranger that is going to make you sit down, or I am a Pastor. Which one do you want me to be?” The man sat down and behaved himself for the rest of the trip, getting off at the next stop.
I heard him tale that story in several sermons, and I never tire of it.

[swatbuznik]

Love it!!! God bless him. I hope he doesn’t get killed.

[Abin Sur]

Here's a picture of Phoenix Jones (and a sidekick, one presumes):

[filospinato]

[GreenLanternCorps]

"Criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot..." - Bruce Wayne

[RichInOC]