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Ohio sniper and disarmed populace: Joseph Farah shows why police can't protect Americans
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| Wednesday, February 18, 2004
| Joseph Farah
Posted on 02/18/2004 12:24:24 AM PST by JohnHuang2
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For you obscure sci fi buffs.
Lester Del Rey wrote an excellent short story on this entitled "Why Johnny Can't Speed." I have never been able to find a copy of it.
In essence, it is based on the premise that you have to defend yourself on the highway and the government is not able to do the job.
To: JohnHuang2
Nor would we want our nation to become a police state. Joseph needs to get out more. Take a stroll down the sidewalk in Manhattan and you'll see a police state on steriods. When I was there a few weeks ago there were at least two cops on the street for every pedestrian. And, in front of my hotel, were three commandos in black ski masks with M16's.
I'd call that a police state three times over!
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posted on
02/18/2004 2:42:49 AM PST
by
The Duke
To: The Duke
Try walking on the street in Athens, Greece.
They have a real good reason for now. However, the only think missing is the mysterious black helicopters.
To: longtermmemmory
They have a real good reason for now. However, the only think missing is the mysterious black helicopters. Actually, the commandos I saw last month in NYC were pretty much the same thing as "black helicopters".
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posted on
02/18/2004 3:12:53 AM PST
by
The Duke
To: JohnHuang2
I should be posting yesterdays front page tirade by the South Dalota state nra rep vis-a-vis lobbyists for South Dakota Gun Owners who are protesting a law passed in this state that allows the governor as part of the anti-terrorism bill to seize private property including guns. The nra's position was its usual double speak, completely disregarding it's decades long wishy washy stand on the second amendment that has produced so much gun control since 1968 that the populace is now completely outgunned by the military, and police forces, and getting worse every year.
Bottom line, by defending the Constitution, South Dakota Gun Owners has taken the radical position, according to the said nra rep, who ought to know better, but feigns not to, or is following the script, or is flat lying through his teeth. When legislators squeal, and opposing lobbyists obfuscate, someone has found the hot button that brings out the worst in all of them.
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posted on
02/18/2004 3:18:43 AM PST
by
wita
(truthspeaks@freerepublic.com)
To: The Duke
could be anticipation for the RNC convention.
Given the lead in of terror groups, security had to be pressent as early as possible. Besides, if those police are union, the men who watch their pension funds are really happy.
To: longtermmemmory
Lester Del Rey wrote an excellent short story on this entitled "Why Johnny Can't Speed." I have never been able to find a copy of it. Possibly because you've been looking for the wrong author. Try Alan Dean Foster....
The story originally ran in Galaxy in the September, 1971 issue, and you might find a used bookseller with a copy, or one might turn up on eBay.
It also was included in at least two Sci-Fi anthologies: Don Wollheim's 1972 Annual Worlds Best SF, from DAW, 1972 and in a collection entitled With Friends Like These from Ballantine in 1977.
More ADF info *here*.
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posted on
02/18/2004 3:45:16 AM PST
by
archy
(Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!)
To: longtermmemmory
Lester Del Rey wrote an excellent short story on this entitled "Why Johnny Can't Speed." I have never been able to find a copy of it. Possibly because you've been looking for the wrong author. Try Alan Dean Foster....
The story originally ran in Galaxy in the September, 1971 issue, and you might find a used bookseller with a copy, or one might turn up on eBay.
It also was included in at least two Sci-Fi anthologies: Don Wollheim's 1972 Annual Worlds Best SF, from DAW, 1972 and in a collection entitled With Friends Like These from Ballantine in 1977.
More ADF info *here*.
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posted on
02/18/2004 3:45:50 AM PST
by
archy
(Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!)
To: longtermmemmory
The American people have become convinced that the police can protect them from bad guys like the Ohio shooterThe police arrive in time to rope off the area & take photos of lifeless bodies.
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posted on
02/18/2004 5:07:34 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
To: JohnHuang2
the D.C. Beltway snipers were caught was when information about the car they were using was released to the press and public.Oooo, can't we sue the car manufacturer?
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posted on
02/18/2004 5:09:09 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Puppage
Whether it was a conscious decision or not, the sniper wasn't out during Ohio's deer gun season. I know I traveled that stretch of highway several times. I made obscene gestures the whole way trying to draw fire, just so we could shoot back :^)
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posted on
02/18/2004 5:21:06 AM PST
by
chadwimc
To: JohnHuang2
"than the cell phone to dial 911." Cell phone is handy to get someone to come scrape up the perp's body after the fact. My wife is from Ohio and we visit in-laws once a year. They are mostly amazed and some frightened that we both come armed.
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posted on
02/18/2004 5:24:04 AM PST
by
Feckless
To: JohnHuang2
In days gone by, every man had a firearm with which to
protect himself and his family. . . and every man knew
this. There was very little reason then for
anyone to be shot. Wonder why?
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posted on
02/18/2004 5:53:26 AM PST
by
Twinkie
To: longtermmemmory
I'll git 'em, I'll git 'em
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posted on
02/18/2004 5:56:39 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
To: JohnHuang2
Essentially the same point about government being the wrong solution, from a different perspective, was made in the article posted here:
The Right Way to Do the Wrong Thing
Hank
To: JohnHuang2
Worth Repeating:
"The most unsafe place to be in America is a "gun-free zone" be it a school or a city like Washington, D.C."
To: *bang_list
Bang
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posted on
02/18/2004 7:59:01 AM PST
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your Friendly Freeper Patent Attorney)
To: JohnHuang2
the Ohio shooter is more brazen. He uses a handgun.If he's within "handgun range" to shoot at cars, he is within handgun range from the cars he is shooting at.
He obviously is not afraid of somebody shooting back. Few people in Ohio can drive around with handguns in their cars.
Note that he isn't shooting at occupied houses!
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posted on
02/18/2004 8:00:02 AM PST
by
Gritty
(Carry a gun. Scare off Liberals and criminals - but, I repeat myself.)
To: JohnHuang2
The American people have become convinced that the police can protect them from bad guys like the Ohio shooter. The truth is that they can't. According to (federal and local) LEO in my family, it is not their primary job to protect the public from crime. It is their job to gather evidence after the fact to support the prosecutor's case in court.
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posted on
02/18/2004 8:05:32 AM PST
by
bankwalker
(Sow in the spring or beg in the fall.)
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