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?
Conservatives would do well to leave the liberal enclaves of major cities before SHTF. Let the unarmed libs get what they deserve for voting for decades because of white guilt and wanting to take the path of least resistance while appearing to be morally superior to everyone else.
Won’t help you when Holder’s people get their entitlements cut and decide your place is gonna be their place.
I'm mad as hell and its about time the law-abiding folks in this country send a warning -- enter my home, threaten my family, accost me with evil intent, then you WILL get a cap busted on your sorry ass and you WILL regret messing with me.
This has become a disgusting method of blackmailing voters into approving tax increases. Budget short fall? First things cut are services essential to taxpayers, not the highly-paid boards, commissions, advisory councils etc. that politicians use to reward their friends and supporters.
From Drudge, " Jovan Belcher was allegedly battling football-related head injuries and booze, painkiller..." issues, and Mister Costas blames the firearm.
The solution?
I would require weekly drug screening for all NFL players, coaches, and refs (and Costas).
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(Sorry for taking the thread in a different direction, btw.)
Exactly. If I'm killed with my own gun it'll be because my Ka-Bar was out of reach and I was beaten to death by one of their survivors with my empty Glock. But if I've got bullets and/or my Ka-Bar, I will do whatever it takes to win. Whatever it takes.
First...we need solid Right to Self Defense Laws (RSD) that are more protective for crime victims than Stand Your Ground and Castle Doctrine Laws
When I see what is happening to George Zimmerman here where I live....with the Black Ku Klux Klan basically lynching him because he had to cap a violent black person beating on him...I am now a little nervous to exercise self-defense. If you are white and cap a minority....the Racist Groups are coming after you
And, RSD Laws are really needed in majority non-white cities
As long as there is power, my small group of townhomes is behind a locked gate. Sure, someone could climb over the wall surrounding the place, but they won't be driving in and there are houses everywhere around that are easy pickings compared to this place.
I have security warnings that will alet me if someone has touched my window or door and the door can't be kicked open. Of course, I have fatal deterrents should my door be breached.
The thing is, in all my long life this has never happened and now we are rapidly collapsing economically and that sets up criminals to try to get what someone else has. I think we are past the time when it was coming as it is now here.
There is no guessing anymore as to when it would happen. Everyone should have a gun and know how to shoot it and stock water and food.
I agree. Here is a conundrum for gun-owners who are either military retirees or civilian employees on military bases: They can carry all day long... until they go on base.
Not sure why the price for entering a military base should be forfeiting one’s Second Amendment rights.
Even if the base is safe, what about the (unarmed) ride home?
As long as there is power, my small group of townhomes is behind a locked gate. Sure, someone could climb over the wall surrounding the place, but they won't be driving in and there are houses everywhere around that are easy pickings compared to this place.
I have security warnings that will alet me if someone has touched my window or door and the door can't be kicked open. Of course, I have fatal deterrents should my door be breached.
The thing is, in all my long life this has never happened and now we are rapidly collapsing economically and that sets up criminals to try to get what someone else has. I think we are past the time when it was coming as it is now here.
There is no guessing anymore as to when it would happen. Everyone should have a gun and know how to shoot it and stock water and food.
There is something better than locking doors and staying inside.
Create neighborhoods with only one way in and out. Post signs at the entrance advising any who enter that the neighbors are armed and ready to take care of business. Then make very dramatic examples of the first two lawbreakers who try anything.
I met some young guys friday at a yard sale....they're in the Coast Guard, medical types of some kind. They are almost in a panic about their sudden realization about the threat and how unpreppared they are and that they should be prepping.
Initially they were trying to convince me (and my buddy) to do so also because there was a real threat. Finally, we revealed to them that we were preppers and set them right on a few things they were about to do wrong, etc.
One of the guys was going to contact me on FR but I don't expect to hear from him.
I'm encouraged though to see clean-cut, smart, young guys like them 'coming around.'
“Create neighborhoods with only one way in and out. Post signs at the entrance...”
That part my townhouses have, only one way in and out. Signs are at the entrance saying no salesmen are admitted, etc.. We can always add, “You’re dead if you enter and don’t live here”
Costas is a metrosexual buffoon.
I still say he was making googly eyes at Jerry Sandusky when he interviewed him.
Good for them and for you to help them.
Our local cops actually started shadowing the delivery trucks in unmarked vehicles. They've made several arrests already this year. Nice to see them doing something besides radar speed traps.
Sounds like a plan
I wouldn’t be telling folks about it though
Dear Law Enforcement Officers aka Revenue Enhancement Agents
I quit counting on you folks many years ago...
When TSHTF LE will need me Far More than I need them
(I just want their toys, they have really cool toys, I’m jealous)
TT
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