[ClearCase_guy]

I’d like to see a lot more of this. But I suspect that it’s illegal — at least in states like MA where I live.

[Frantzie]

The implosion of MexiFornia. The fools in this state will keep voting Dem.

[TheZMan]

Good for them. They are taking this straight from the Constitution.

[DTogo]

So We The People are just supposed to bend over and let criminals run wild?

[dblshot]

Bunch if old men thinking they are Clint Eastwood in Grand Torino.

[a fool in paradise]

Wonder if any former police officers will be along for the ride. Or do they just work for the pay?

[B-Chan]

I applaud the effort. It’s a good idea — get rid of the Blue Army and let armed neighborhood watch groups do the policing.

That being said: I sure hope this guy has a good lawyer and nice, deep pockets. He’s going to need both.

[BenLurkin]

Bermuda shorts and pith helmets.

[Trod Upon]

People are forming up all over the country. Best keep quiet until needed, lest you get the Weaver family treatment.

[fr_freak]

Mayor Ann Johnston said, "Oh, no no no no, no no no. ... We don't want armed citizens out there who are not trained."

I'm sure these guys can figure out how to eat donuts and shoot family pets on their own.

[visualops]

[Misterioso]

You couldn’t get me in a car full of armed men cruising the ‘hood. They are sitting ducks for any “sniper” behind a fence.

[nufsed]

It takes about 5 officers to fill a 22/7 patrol car. That’s 1 per car per shift, vacation, days off, sick time, etc.

If they lay off 43, they’ll have about 8 fewer cars on the street at any given time or 4 if the officers double up.

That’s a lot in a crime ridden town like Stockton.

[wtc911]

NYC laid off 6,000 cops (@20%) in the mid seventies. In some pcts there were as few as two radio cars on the street per tour. That's four cops covering as many as 200,000 residents. Everybody carried something.

Nothins says it can't happen again.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

This will likely follow the usual route of vigilantism. It can end at any point of its development, if government performs its duty and stops the criminal element.

1) It begins as a non-violent movement to demand that government do its job and protect the citizenry from criminals. Either the government is not protecting the citizenry, or else it is in league with the criminals, and sometimes kept in power by a corrupt ballot.

2) Immediately, the government sees the vigilantes as a greater threat than the criminals, and attempts to stop their formation. Failing this, they try to take down the vigilante leaders while identifying its members.

3) At some point, the vigilantes have to go underground. But even then, they remain non-violent. Only at this point do they start ignoring the government and issuing warnings directly to the criminals.

4) The government or the criminals retaliate and attack or kill some of the vigilantes or their supporters. This is the point where the vigilantes begin to take the law into their own hands. The government is encouraged to leave, because if they remain at this point, they are treated the same way as the criminals.

5) Either a superior government intervenes to restore order, or with a mob event, the criminals and their supporters are driven out of town, and if they resist, killed. Executing known criminals is not the original intent of the vigilantes, and only happens when all other means fail, so it is improper to pretend that vigilantism by itself is bad.

[P8riot]

"If you look under the Constitution, a militia can be formed," he said. "Watch and see. Who's going to stop us?"

I like this guy's attitude.

[wastedyears]

This in CA? Good to see men are still men.

[Billthedrill]

"We have a concern about the level of training that these gentlemen have, if any, especially in light of the firearms that they say they're going to be carrying."

Yeah, it's not like they're Vietnam veterans or anything. Oh, wait...

[Charlespg]

http://www.csudh.edu/dearhabermas/undcitar.htm

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"said the militia will conform to state law, perhaps by having members seek permits to carry concealed handguns."

In Kalifornia?? Good luck getting a conceal carry in Kalifornia. Probably is not going to happen. I would say that the only place where this guy is screwing up is attempting to charge the city for their services. Almost sounds like something from a Sopranos episode. We'll protect you, but you have to pay us for our protection. No, these militias should be volunteer only and only patrol their neighborhoods. If other neighborhoods see that you're doing good, then help them organize their own militia to patrol.