Posted on 07/11/2016 8:07:36 PM PDT by Eddie01
When the POTUS is angling for a national police force and claims local law enforcement can't handle the crisis he created, it is time for all local police to deputize all patriots to participate in the war against America.
I'll wear the star and come to the aid of our embattled police.
That's how it was done in the old west, that's how it should be done again.
It’ll be viewed as a PR stunt
Legal ramifications, not withstanding, my *neighbors* are jerks; why would I want to help them?
WTSHTF, we’re going galt; let them eat each other.
“Testosterone-Tommies” LMAO! I also share the same observation. The primary objective would be to observe, and not to intervene. That would be a turnoff to most “Testosterone-Tommies.
Such a protocol already exists. It is called Auxiliary Police and they are found all over the world and the United States. Do a Google search of Auxiliary Police.
Sometimes they are paid and sometimes they are volunteers.
The big objections to auxiliary police is that they don't receive enough training or psychological testing to weed out the ego trippers.
The most infamous auxiliary force in the US is Joe Arpaio's "Posse" which was originally made up of Minute Men and was created to chase illegals around Maricopa County, AZ.
Make that “local sheriff” and you’ve got a deal.
You get it, and I think many don’t.
The local sheriff is the only directly elected law enforcement official, and that is why in his county he has the highest power over -all- other law enforcement, either State or federal. Or at least that was the intention, and of course Obama wants to change that, with his new federal NAZI force...
LOL
...not quite what I had in mind
Some of us have indeed put on some weight over the years. Nevertheless, we might be more effective-and better equipped- than you might imagine.
Our county sheriff has an unofficial and official policy, to be chosen from as circumstances dictate.
His unofficial policy in the event of a disaster, long-term emergency, or other more serious than usual problem, is that he's had each deputy designate a *buddy,* sometimes a retired fellow cop, sometimes a brother or brother-in-law, often a neighbor or veteran, available to ride along, drive, or run the radio in the event of a situation stretching out over more than a day or two... or worse.
And, on the possibility that things could get worse than that, he's officially requested our county commissioners to okay the establishment of an emergency fund of about $2000, not even the replacement cost of a new vehicle, and which will be set up by donation, costing the taxpayers nothing.
In the event of a REALLY bad disaster or event requiring a really large posse, that'll be enough to deputize and pay every registered voter in our county at a rate of a dollar per year. I reckon if such an event were to extend longer than that, dollars wouldn't count for much anyway....
Your sick sense deserves an equally balanced response.
Much laughter ensues!
I can hit the broad side of a barn. From three miles away.
You are welcome to load, drive, shoot or command me. But you cannot do all four, at least not at the same time, and neither can I. And I can fill you in on any training upgrade you might require via OJT.
It wasn’t specifically against you and I am all for training. My point was don’t assume its only guys a lot of women are good shots and know their guns.
I guess I am sick of the gun culture being so geared towards men. Why don’t you see gun mags with scantily clad firemen?
I've never made that assumption, having made two observations on the range that apply to the subject: when seeing new shooters on their first day at the range [last time was just about a year ago when I did my annual recertify shoot] it's more usually the women shooters who pay attention in class and learn, then apply those new ideas to their new task. The guys care far, far more likely to try to fake it or follow the methodology of the last action movie shootemup they saw. The results are what you'd expect. We had just shy of 40 shooters on an eight firing position range at that shoot last year, with most of the new/guys being new PD trainees [and two radio operator/dispatchers] and the new/females mostly being cop wives, with one USAF veteran and one retired female cop making the difference. Nope, not everyone's shooting was wonderful- but it was at least safe.
The other observation: at the Mitkan Adam Israeli army base, the IDF Special Training Installation, the instructors at the sniper school are all women. There are a couple of reasons for that, but the big one is obvious: they can really, really shoot.
I guess I am sick of the gun culture being so geared towards men. Why don’t you see gun mags with scantily clad firemen?
Because the largest number of shooters are men, and the publications that are geared to that audience are the ones that sell? I've never bought a gun mag because of pictures of the shooters, male or female, so I wouldn't get one with firemen either, unless those firemen could really, really shoot.
Seriously ... I've never seen anything remotely resembling that ...
Come on down to your local IDPA/USPSA/2-Gun/3-Gun/Steel Challenge/whatever match. You'll meet a bunch of regular Joes and Jo-Anns, dressed like sane folk, who know how to handle guns and think on their feet.
You WON'T see Blimpie Lardo ...
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