Posted on 12/03/2021 4:16:13 PM PST by Navy Patriot
More than 150 home robberies have been reported in Los Angeles this year alone, including many follow-home incidents in upscale neighborhoods where celebrities and high-end restaurants are targeted.
In response, experts are telling residents to "let common sense rule" and the LAPD issued a list of recommendations to help keep people from becoming victims, reports USA Today.
"Just use common sense," George Kirkham, a criminologist and former police officer based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, told the news outlet.
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And even if you justifiably kill a home invader, if you did it with a gun with a ‘large capacity’ magazine, you will go to jail.
“Carrying a firearm is not recommended.”
Wut? Well, they got that part wrong.
This will go on exactly as long as people put up with it, and will stop as soon as they decide they’ve had enough.
President Rigor Mortis says fire a shotgun.
During a string of home invasion rapes of young women at my university a few years ago (after the university had failed to suppress the stories in the news outlets) the police chief admonished women to “stay aware of their surroundings.”
Woman said to me: “Oh, yeah? Most of the victims were in their own bed asleep at night and he broke in. They were aware.”
This is in Los Angeles. In California. Why should we care?
‘Carrying a firearm is not recommended.”
Yep. The gov’t is as afraid of armed honest people as the muggers are. This is a professional courtesy the govt gives to their freelance competition.
Maybe LAPD should pass out whistles. That’ll help. Or go to the mattresses and put up “no guns allowed!” signs.
Did they add, “You’re on your own?”
Then you’ll have to make it messy with a 12 gauge shotgun and #4 Buckshot.
Gosh, I feel sorry for those rich people in LA.
If only there was something they could buy to protect themselves.
Of course but don’t shoot it in the air point and shoot the perp.
“Ya can make your surroundings part of a Red State law abiding community with real cops, that’ll make you more safe.”
The correct formula is to elect a pro-2nd amendment, constitutional sheriff in your county. This sheriff has the armed and legal muscle to take out criminals and fascist, big city cops who harass citizens.
Shoot to kill
I live in LA County and my Truck was burglarized last weekend. I heard that they hit 2 other trucks the same night down the road. This Crime Wave is the manifestation of Socialist Bullshit Politics from Biden and especially in the idiot Blue a states.
Because I have a niece there
But she keeps a legal shotgun close by at home
A shotgun with #4 would do the job nicely.
LA County California, Dave.
But you do have a future in stand-up comedy.
RIP Beverly Hills.
I wonder what the celebrities will say when their mansions are under attack from the Burn Loot Murder savages.
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