Way to go Curtis!:)
Posted on 09/04/2007 7:36:50 PM PDT by DieHard the Hunter
*DieHard*
Wow....your story is inspiring....it takes one person with an idea and the guts to run with it.....Good on ya mate !!!!
thank you for sharing your story
Good on ya’, Mate.
We need to bring it home, all ‘round the world, if we expect to enjoy civilization once again.
You aint that fat.
Nothing wrong with them at all, but a well-armed citizen who looks and dresses just like anyone else is about as effective a weapon against crime that you'll ever find!
Yay for you! God bless and protect you ... keep up the good work!
You made the right choice.
ping
Bravo
Bully.. Meth as a drug is worse than crack.. as hard as that is to believe.. The stuff eats the brain up even worse than crack does.. Hopefully if your Org. spreads into small towns also Meth addiction can be slowed down..
BUMP TO THE TOP!!!! Excellent, DHTH!!!
The Angels came to Dallas for a bit but they didn’t last. A morning Radio show host summed it up the best:
“Don’t they know this is Texas? Everyone has a gun here, and they’re only armed with Radios? I’ll tell you what folks, a lot of Guardian Angel radios are going to be showing up in pawn shops, bet on it.”
True enough, here we are two years out and the TX GA chapter is folded up and sent back to New York.
Thank you, DieHard the Hunter and the others who have decided to act, you are good citizens.
> Nothing wrong with them at all, but a well-armed citizen who looks and dresses just like anyone else is about as effective a weapon against crime that you’ll ever find!
The problem is, here in NZ we do not have a Second Amendment. And our “Use of Force” provisions in the Crimes Act 1961 Sections 39-48 are very, very prescriptive as to what we can and cannot do.
You have a rare privilege in the US to arm yourselves, and in many states you have the right to defend your homes with deadly force. It is not that way elsewhere.
Indeed, there is a farmer in NZ currently facing charges for firing *warning shots* at a couple of bad guys who were ripping off his farm. And there is a fisherman who is facing charges for firing his shotgun at a fleeing vehicle carrying scroats who had gone on a robbery rampage in the village he lived in.
Guardian Angels patrol unarmed, on foot. We rely on our people skills to deter crime: combined with some handy and pragmatic martial arts skills, the sort of skills that can win bar fights and street fights, but without causing permanent injury. We train our Volunteers for free in the martial arts, first aid and CPR.
After two years, I am proud that our Auckland Chapters have only had to use force once: I did it. I was on Patrol providing security for a club for returned Veterans. One Vietnam vet had too much to drink, and began a fight. I intervened and broke it up. He decided to punch me in the head, but I caught his fist in mid-air, gave it a hard shove, and told him to never do that again. Or Else. I then frog-marched him off the premesis.
And at the end of Patrol, I went home safely to my Family.
Deterring crime does not require massive violence, and it does not really require guns or armed citizens. An armed citizenry is highly desirable for other reasons. But stopping Bad Guys is very achievable with ordinary folk, patrolling unarmed. I know this as God’s Truth, because I do it.
*DieHard*
Thank you for your example, DieHard!
You truly are an Army of One!!!!
The best to you from my corner of the world, Southern Delaware, USA.
> “Don’t they know this is Texas? Everyone has a gun here, and they’re only armed with Radios? I’ll tell you what folks, a lot of Guardian Angel radios are going to be showing up in pawn shops, bet on it.”
Then sir, this is your fault, not theirs. You, as an average Citizen, had the opportunity to make it work. You didn’t. Good one mate, own-goal. The citizens of Dallas should be ashamed.
My Auckland Lads patrol in places just as dangerous as Dallas. Except most of our criminals are all built like linebackers.
I am saddened to hear from you that the Dallas Chapter didn’t last. If this is so, it is because of Apathy, and not from want of effort.
For shame.
I heartily agree!
> Bully.. Meth as a drug is worse than crack.. as hard as that is to believe.. The stuff eats the brain up even worse than crack does..
Methamphetamine is a really nasty drug. It makes the user hyper-alert and super-strong and ultra-violent. It takes three Angels to control one user. Not funny at all!
Much worse than crack, as you say.
> Hopefully if your Org. spreads into small towns also Meth addiction can be slowed down..
The Guardian Angels will spread to wherever there is a need: big town, small town. The only thing that is required are a few Citizens who want to make a difference. If you want Angels in your town, FReepmail me and I will get the ball rolling. All the way from New Zealand.
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