Posted on 12/02/2012 7:41:40 PM PST by blam
Lock Your Doors And Prepare To Defend Your Family
By Michael Snyder
December 2nd, 2012
Do you think that is an alarmist headline? Well, I am not the one saying this. Law enforcement authorities all over the country are telling citizens that they can no longer deal with all the crime and that people need to lock their doors and prepare to defend their families. Just recently, the city attorney of San Bernardino, California told citizens to "lock their doors and load their guns" because there is not enough money to pay for adequate police protection any longer. The murder rate in San Bernardino is up 50 percent this year, but the city is dealing with bankruptcy and has been forced to lay off 80 police officers. But San Bernardino is not the only city dealing with this kind of a thing. In Oakland, burglaries are up 43 percent so far this year, and to say that there is a "crime wave" going on in Oakland would be a massive understatement. If you can believe it, in Oakland "more than 11,000 homes, cars or businesses have been broken into so far this year – translating to about 33 burglaries a day." Sadly, there simply are not enough police to keep up with it all.
Due to budget cuts, it is being projected that by February the size of the police force in Oakland will be about 25 percent smaller than it was back in 2008. But what is happening in Detroit is perhaps even more frightening. Today there are about 1,000 fewer police officers in Detroit than there was a decade ago. But crime just continues to rise. So now even the police are telling people to "enter Detroit at your own risk". With very little police protection, an increasing number of citizens are taking matters into their own hands. As I noted in a previous article, justifiable homicide in the city of Detroit increased by 79 percent in 2011, and the rate of self-defense killings in Detroit is approximately 2200 percent above the national average. But don't laugh at what is happening in cities like San Bernardino, Oakland and Detroit. What is happening in those cities will be coming to your community soon enough.
From coast to coast, criminals are becoming increasingly bold and increasingly desperate. My sister lives near a large city in the middle part of the country, and a house across the street from the one her family just moved into was recently vandalized. The criminals took all of the exposed copper pipe and copper wire that could be accessed easily.
Other criminals have become very focused on gold because it has soared in value and it is easy to resell. For example, there have been more than 250 gold chain robberies in Stockton, California just since the month of April. According to the CBS News affiliate in Sacramento, criminals are just ripping these chains right off of the necks of unsuspecting citizens, and many of the victims that have tried to resist have ended up getting hurt. Normally the criminals sell off the jewelry within 24 hours, so solving these crimes is a real challenge...
Most victims of the robberies are female (65 percent), and 44 percent of victims are age 50 or older, the data showed. The most common time of day for the crimes were between 12 and 5 p.m., though this only accounts for about a third of the crime.
Parino said robbers took even police by surprise initially.
“When [criminals] do these crimes, they normally get rid of the items within 24 hours,” he said.
That’s why police are now checking up on secondhand stores and pawn shops on a weekly basis.
Many dismiss reports such as these as "anomalies", but how many "anomalies" do we need before we finally admit that we have a widespread problem in our society?
Personally, there are many major U.S. cities that I would not want to be living right in the middle of right now.
Just take a look at Chicago. It has become one of the deadliest major cities on the entire globe. In recent years we have seen massive cuts to the police budget coupled with a dramatic increase in gang activity in Chicago.
The murder rate in Chicago is way up this year and the police force is massively outnumbered.
As I have written about previously, there are only about 200 police officers assigned to Chicago's Gang Enforcement Unit. It is their job to handle the estimated 100,000 gang members living in the city.
How would you like to be outnumbered 100,000 to 200?
When things really hit the fan, Chicago is going to be a complete and utter nightmare.
And sometimes we get a peek into how people will behave when things break down. Just look at what happened during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
If you can believe it, some criminals actually took advantage of the Thanksgiving holiday to loot homes in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens. That was the neighborhood where approximately 100 homes burned down. The suffering of the residents of that neighborhood made headlines all over the nation. But that has not stopped criminals from moving in and taking advantage of their vulnerability...
Cops told the victims burglaries are on the rise in Breezy Point.
There were 14 home break-ins from Nov. 12 to Nov. 18, compared with none a year before.
And in the 28 days before that, there were 48 burglaries. Only four break-ins were reported in that time period the year before.
In the days after Sandy, some of the hardest-hit areas were plagued with store looting, home burglaries, street muggings and other crimes.
There are some very sick people out there. These days you simply do not know who you can trust. The person you meet on the street may be perfectly fine or they may be a total sicko. It is so hard to tell. But without a doubt there are a lot of sickos out there. Just check out what authorities in Pennsylvania found recently...
Animal welfare workers say 11 puppies were found dead and skinned near an eastern Pennsylvania park.
Sadly, authorities in that area had come across another similar incident recently...
The discovery is second disturbing incident in the county in less than a week. About 20 miles away in Lynn Township police say a dog was discovered skinned and cooked.
Who would do such things?
What in the world is happening to this country?
Things are changing, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. As conditions shift, we are all going to have to carefully evaluate what is necessary to protect our families. Don't ignore all of the warning signs. Sticking our heads in the sand and pretending that everything is going to be okay is not going to help anything.
So what do all of you think about all of this?
******* “When I asked a sheriff” ********
The only LE that I trust is the Sheriff (Democrat or Republican) and the Texas Rangers... all others are nothing but Revenue Enhancement Agents PERIOD
TT
******* “Many (all?) California cities have cut their police forces by significant numbers. The feds made us release “non violent” offenders from State Prisons due to “overcrowding.” The results are entirely predictable...property crime (mainly daylight burglaries) are WAY up in our peaceful little town” ******
To quote Ron White “In Texas we have the Death Penalty, and we USE IT”
I LOVE TEXAS
TT
You should take time to go to a Gun Range and get some training. You don't need to own a gun, you can rent one there and most Gun Safety Classes provide the Firearm and Ammunition.
You might take to it, you never know. Besides, being able to use a Firearm to protect yourself and your Family is a God Given Right that many people throughout the world are denied by their Fascist Governments. You know, just like the Democrat Party wants to impose here.
Id LOVE to go to a gun range, it would be an amazing experience..not sure if they have any around the LA area(Yep, stuck here in looney liberal land) but if there is one I would love to go check it out. Would also love to be a card carrying member of the NRA. I will be damned if these liberal ass clowns take away anyone’s right to owning a firearm. Liberals want to see what life is like in a supposed “Gun control environment” they should check out Chicago, where 7 people were killed yesterday..yeah all in the most gun control city in the nation..I dare any of these liberals to ask the gang bangers for their guns
When I was a kid we just drove up Angeles Crest Highway to the Mountains to go shooting. Ah, the good old days.
I know this sounds dumb, but if you want to buy a Hand Gun, you have to take a written Test to get a Gun Safety Card that is good for five years, at a cost of $25 of course.
Any handgun you might want to purchase has to be on an approved list. Welcome to the Soviet Union, West Coast Edition.
If you buy any firearm, pistol or rifle, there is a 10 day waiting period, a transfer fee and there is also a limit on magazine sizes, holding a maximum of ten cartridges.
As for me, someday I'm moving to one of the Free States where a Citizen can carry, concealed or open without people getting their panties in a bunch and where the Law respects the Constitution.
I still haven't found one with our Weather though. Humidity, Hurricanes and Tornadoes aren't my style.
We don’t live very far from where the guy kidnapped the women at the Florida mall and killed them. Things here are crazy. Home invasions and robberies at stores, gas stations and malls. The news rolls out story after story involving crimes. In Va., it was bad there too.
We plan to move away about 125 miles north to a smaller area. I have a house there/just got to get it ready next year. The one here can be put on the market ( it’s paid for so we can let it sit until a buyer).
( One time in Va., at a traffic light, a man tried to get into my car at the passenger side. Of course, all doors were kept locked. He came very close. I could see his hands. He got one warning. It only takes a less than a second for your brain to react for self defense. Best to go through training, you just never know. I have been trying to convince my younger sister, to go take classes. Hubby and I have offered to take her to pick a handgun that suits her needs. She is thinking about it).
We do our best to look like the poorest folks on the block, so to speak. Old cars, a couple in the back yard, trim I have been meaning to paint for a couple of years, let some of the shrubbery get unkempt, etc. I don't even let family members know what is here. There are some I don't particularly trust.
Precisely. The real 'fat' in the system isn't on the front lines, it's in office buildings.
Preppers’ PING!!
As for me, someday I’m moving to one of the Free States where a Citizen can carry, concealed or open without people getting their panties in a bunch and where the Law respects the Constitution.
I still haven’t found one with our Weather though. Humidity, Hurricanes and Tornadoes aren’t my style.
That may be a point to consider, most of the thugs and thug-lite’s are all about “easy”. Adversity of any kind is something to stay away from.
great T-shirt!!
Hussein did such a good job in his own city that he was hired to do the same for the nation. There were some deadly daytime home invasions here recently and it turned out to be illegals. But, hey, amnesty for all!!!!
Ours has changed from good salt of the earth neighbors to whiney rich snot nosed libs so it doesn't take much to look poor against them with their housekeepers and yardmen. As for trusting family members, I trust them to rat us out at the first sign of boxcars. They know we have nothing but they'd do it out of their it's all about MEEEE! attitude. Relatives have been my biggest concern with the change in government.
I’m always armed ... because I’m old enough to consider ridding the society of murderous scum is a civic duty when confronted. We didn’t lock our doors in the fifties because soceity had so many with that same belief back then ... returning vets seem to see the world differently than handout Harrys and Harriets.
Cops do not equal protection. I repeat, Cops do NOT equal PROTECTION
Sadly, the cops have prevented the same number of crimes as before. NONE
Since when do police protect anyone? They are Law Enforcement. That denotes a reactive stance. They are engaged to investigate crimes after the fact, arrest suspects, build a case and turn over all that to a prosecutor.
They do not protect anyone. Especially since their presence deters no one. Unless they happen to be at the right place at the right time.
We, as individuals, are responsible for protecting ourselves and our families. It has always been this way. Never have the police been tasked with doing that.
I wonder if there will be any discussion of defensive measures such as decoys, booby traps, trip wires etc. If things really do get bad, that is very bad full blown SHTF, we need to think of IEDs as a defensive measure. Not that we would make any of these devices now but we may want to have the knowledge and supplies.
Any ideas?
That sounds like my house and property.
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