[marktwain]

The anti freedom socialists say you do not need semi-automatic rifles to defend yourself.

[ArrogantBustard]

NOPD spokeswoman officer Hilal Williams, however, said the department's response time was "acceptable" -- officers were dispatched to the scene at 4:09 a.m. and the first units arrived at 4:18 a.m. Williams acknowledged that "10 minutes can feel like forever when you're in that type of situation," but still, she said, the reality is "we just can't possibly have cars outside every house."

When seconds count, the police are only minutes away. And that's "acceptable".

Fine.

Be armed. Be prepared. Be aware.

[SJSAMPLE]

His alarm goes off and he goes to his PC first?

What a dumbass.

[Psalm 144]

Not really news in New Orleans.

[driftdiver]

“The victims said they were “very disappointed” with the NOPD’s response time. “

The cops had to wait until the shooting had stopped.

[George from New England]

With the media publicizing and flouting the addresses of the break-ins, good luck finding any buyers when you go to sell.

[MCF]

This is where a 12 gauge is the weapon to have.

[stuartcr]

Odd that a dentist would have surveillance cameras and no alarms on his windows that would have called as soon as the window opened or broke.

[Pollster1]

Weapons employed by the criminals included a 3-foot-long assault rifle, an “automatic weapon”, and another gun. A total of 15 shots were fired in 15 minutes - impressive restraint for organized criminals with an automatic weapon. Somehow, the journalists failed to identify any of the weapons used by the criminals, the homeowners, or local wildlife as an AK-47.

[coloradan]

I’m impressed by the ability of the reporter to be able to identify an automatic weapon just by looking at a grainy photograph. That means she’s able to see submillimeter details of one piece of metal, inside other thick pieces of metal, just from the photograph.

[Noamie]

“Eastern New Orleans family is badly shaken after home invasion, shootout(LA)”

Dunno why, but what if the headline had read:

“”Eastern New Orleans family is Announces Open Season on Looters After Successful Team Death Match.”

[grumpygresh]

A preview of coming attractions in the city after the financial collapse. Night vision scope and night vision binos for a spotter. The robbers probably knew the dentists had a safe. Beware of housekeepers.

[corbe]

This could have turned out very differently had the hubby not been up at 3 AM looking at p0rn.

[Bogey78O]

I know this area very very well. It was primarily Vietnamese with a small but sizable black population. Its so Vietnamese that most of the streets named in the past 20 years have VN styled names. I’m not surprised they had cameras as many of the VN in the area are very vigilant when it comes to security. I’m surprised that the guys family didn’t get there before police since the area is so tightly knit.

I think one of the last times I was out there on that street I talked to a black gentleman whose house had an attempted burglary by thieves who cut the power but didn’t think about power backups.

If you pull up google street view the houses around the corner have a unique Asian flair to them. Iron fences, gardens out front along with statues.

What’s interesting to me is that if there were any cars in Michoud it’d take literally less than 2 minutes to get there. I know driving safe I can get from one side of Michoud to the other in 5 minutes.