Posted on 01/03/2014 12:32:54 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Self Appointed Posting Police: I figured you would be getting one of those, “This has already been posted” posts so I thought I would try to beat them to it. Slow day...Sorry
My neighbor came here to be a cop on our little 5 man police force and we closed it down less than a year later and he decided to stay and do something else.
He also has made two huge raids on known crime areas, apartment buildings, and hauled off many suspects in each raid. The people living there were ecstatic, cheering and thanking the police. It was a sight to behold. I’ve never heard of any police chief in Detroit doing this.
“We need more people like this.”
We do. Obviously this guy is up to a challenge if he took the job in Detroit.
When have you ever seen such a city or town? When there are more predators than prey, the ecological niche breaks down and ceases to exist. Predators have nothing to gain by preying on each other.
I would suggest that predators can't survive where there are no (or too few) prey. Those that are attracted to greener pastures will be put in check if most of the prey are armed. The validity of the 'more guns = less crime' theory holds.
Criminals would do more than think twice if those same citizens openly carried. Do that in Detroit and watch how fast the incidence of violent crime falls.
What does that mean?
It's from the words of the 2nd Amendment, "...to keep and bear arms..."
To 'bear' arms, is to openly wear them on your person.
If that's your interpretation then Michigan is indeed in compliance since open carry is perfectly legal.
However, as the above poster mentioned, "constitutional carry" I guess is supposed to include concealed carry without a permit.........
That's the "shall not be infringed" part of the 2nd Amendment. You betcha.
And now the chief draws praise on twitter from Ted Cruz.
Senator Ted Cruz @SenTedCruz 24m
After seeing concealed carry in action, Detroit Police Chief confirms a law-abiding, armed citizenry deters crime
John Lott said tonight that Jim Noble, head of INTERPOL basically came to the same conclusion.
“When have you ever seen such a city or town? When there are more predators than prey, the ecological niche breaks down and ceases to exist. Predators have nothing to gain by preying on each other.”
The closest that I have heard of is Colon, Panama. I was told that the thieves steal from each other there.
I have also read of tribal areas in Africa around 1900, where it was essentially “every man for himself” and no one was “safe” at any time, as murder was condoned and encouraged.
In conditions such as that, there is very little productivity, and not much to steal.
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