Posted on 08/23/2011 2:39:08 PM PDT by MNDude
UPPER DARBY, Pa. - As police in Upper Darby, Pa., search for more young people involved in last week's flash mob, more adults are thinking about arming themselves with guns.
People are talking about how afraid they are of being caught in the path one of these flash mobs while they're out minding their own business, and they want to be ready.
Law enforcement officials say it's a nightmare in the making because ordinary, private citizens are getting gun permits.
"We have people now that are fearful and carrying guns because of children. How sad is that?" Upper Darby police Captain George Rhoades said.
He said it's all legal.
"It's all self-defense," Rhoades said.
He says about 10 to 20 applications are processed every week in Upper Darby.
Rhoades says with that many people "carrying" and the violent actions of these flash mobs, the worst is bound to happen.
"Now we have this mentality, 'I'm not going to retreat. I'm not going to call 9-1-1. I'm going to be a vigilante and take care of the problem myself,'" he said.
That means flash mob children could be dead, and the would-be victims may have the right, but Rhoades is appealing to everybody to think twice.
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“older than dirt”
Dirt may beg to differ there. ;>
When I look back and just plain think of all the times I somehow skirted past various truly dangerous moments, I do not know how I have made it this far.
That said, my places growing up must have just been lucky that way. Nam changed it. Especially Kent State. But there were the occasional towns that just weren’t having shenanigans. And everyone knew it, too.
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In other words, people are saying they are not going to be made afraid by ill-parented brats who act like they walked out of the first reel of A Clockwork Orange. People are saying that the civilized will defend themselves against barbarians. And Captain Rhoades thinks they should cower in their homes, run away or dial and wait instead.
Cram it, Captain. Cram it real good. Why don't you control the criminals and then you won't have to worry about some good person defending themselves, eh?
Well, how sad is that?
Nam changed it. Especially Kent State
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Dirt, and you - I am sure, understand that was just a ‘figure of speech’...
Agreed. But remember when Kent State ‘happened’ all that BS stopped - well, most of it anyway.
It also helped when the draft was rescinded, the rich white boys abandoned the blacks and females that had been ‘carrying their water’, No danger of draft, no need being radical.
Of course there were some exceptions and one of them is one of the powerful people of this day....
Should be in jail but...
Scr*w that. I'm not playing along with their deadly games just to please some liberal bed wetters or avoiding offense to some racist agenda protecting these predatory creeps who aren't worth the time of day to anybody except their equally worthless mommas. I for one don't plan on spending the rest of my life in a wheelchair with somebody holding my drool cup. Nor do I intend to have any of my family in the same wretched condition if they are lucky enough to live.
So, these feral little bastards better be aware there is going to be heavy price to pay in the future if they persist and run into the "wrong" Whitey. And so should Mr. Hero Police Chief.
A bullet is too good for them but it will suffice until something better comes along. Like a noose and a lamp post.
They are the ones looking for trouble and they are surely going to find it...
A few years ago, when someone I know had the police from that same town in his yard to report the shooting of his dog the police told him that he had to defend himself and his family since they were going to arrive after the trouble was over.
Needless to say the next dog he got was fierce, and there was plenty of firepower in the house. The locals cooled off when they saw the new dog and the new rifle. The for sale sign on the house was the next step.
There is nothing new about needing to defend one's self and family in Upper Darby and the surrounding areas.
Because the cops have turned into legal secretary note-takers they have abrogated their duty to protect and defend. Vigilantes should be taken down, as they are out looking for trouble. Citizens are not vigilantes - they are getting prepared for when trouble comes to them!
PA Ping.
"As of the census[8] of 2000, there were 85,038 people, 32,551 households, and 20,474 families residing in the township. The population density was 14,658.7 people per square mile. There were 34,322 housing units at an average density of 4,361.6 per square mile (1,683.8/km²). The racial makeup of Upper Darby was 59.1% White; 20.5% African American; 15.3% Asian; 0.12% Native American; 0.03% Pacific Islander; 0.52% from other races and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 2.4% of the population. Recent estimates have indicated a large increase in the hispanic population of Upper Darby.
It just shows you who’s side the cops and the criminal justice system are really on.
And you could shoot fleeing felons, too!
The mau mau maggots aren't even Americans any more, assuming they ever were.
Most of 'em are illiterate, uneducable tribal savages whipped into an 'entitlement' frenzy by lowlife race pimp scum and political whores.
They will only comprehend, and eventually be stopped by, brute, deadly force.
If they make the big mistake of bringin' it out here into pickup territory, they'll find out just how ephemeral 'white guilt' really is.
Is that like Down syndrome, or something. Do the become Flash Mob Children due to economic hardship, or pre-natal hypoxia? Lead pills will cure Flash-mobiosis very quickly.
Is that like Down syndrome, or something. Do the become Flash Mob Children due to economic hardship, or pre-natal hypoxia? Lead pills will cure Flash-mobiosis very quickly.
The MSM would twist the story into a racist angle (if the shooter is not black) or a gun control angle if the shooter is black.
#1 stupidest statement I've seen on the internet in at least four years.
The MSM would twist the story into a racist angle (if the shooter is not black) or a gun control angle if the shooter is black.
Where are all these paybacks we should be worried about? I don't think I buy your take on it.
“Law enforcement officials say it’s a nightmare in the making because ordinary, private citizens are getting gun permits. “
Beavens to Hetsy! What ever shall we do (after getting a gun permit)?
Shoot once, over their heads. If the keep coming, bring the gun back down and point it straight at them. If they're STILL coming, shoot.
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