Big deal. If some city attorney told people to lock their doors and load their guns in Arizona, he would get funny looks, and somebody would say “and...?”, utterly puzzled at why he was giving common sense advice.
The bottom line is that police and other LEOs are just a convenience, to keep up a 24/7 pressure on the bad guys, and to spend time “policing up and pursuing” after the fact.
Every citizen has an implied responsibility with their second amendment right to bear arms, that if they are capable, they are to promulgate order and civility, prevent crime and interfere with criminals as they see fit.
And with this implied responsibility comes considerably more latitude to do so than is allowed for police and other LEOs. The public are not required to read Miranda rights, or to attempt arrest beyond an oral warning; if they need to incapacitate or kill someone committing a felony, to a great extent they are free to do so.
An armed citizenry almost guarantees greater civility and less crime. So it is a grand idea under any circumstances, even in a godforsaken place like California.
Great post! I keep hoping that we on freerepublic are just a small percentage of other individuals who understand the principles you have laid out.
Most people do not understand the purpose of the 2nd Amendment.
If you have time, check out some of the comments to the article and some other pages where people are commenting to the story. So far it seems to me that there are many who feel the same way we do.