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Cops Fear Violence Against Flash Mobs (as liberals do too)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drJGbI07qIE&feature=related ^

Posted on 08/23/2011 2:39:08 PM PDT by MNDude

UPPER DARBY, Pa. - As police in Upper Darby, Pa., search for more young people involved in last week's flash mob, more adults are thinking about arming themselves with guns.

People are talking about how afraid they are of being caught in the path one of these flash mobs while they're out minding their own business, and they want to be ready.

Law enforcement officials say it's a nightmare in the making because ordinary, private citizens are getting gun permits.

"We have people now that are fearful and carrying guns because of children. How sad is that?" Upper Darby police Captain George Rhoades said.

He said it's all legal.

"It's all self-defense," Rhoades said.

He says about 10 to 20 applications are processed every week in Upper Darby.

Rhoades says with that many people "carrying" and the violent actions of these flash mobs, the worst is bound to happen.

"Now we have this mentality, 'I'm not going to retreat. I'm not going to call 9-1-1. I'm going to be a vigilante and take care of the problem myself,'" he said.

That means flash mob children could be dead, and the would-be victims may have the right, but Rhoades is appealing to everybody to think twice.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
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To: MNDude

“Law enforcement officials say it’s a nightmare in the making because ordinary, private citizens are getting gun permits.”

Oh Nooo! It’s a nightmare that ordinary private citizens have to get a permit....


241 posted on 08/24/2011 11:55:55 AM PDT by CJ Wolf (I like it that FR still spell checks "obama")
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To: little jeremiah

I did. Why am I not astonished?


242 posted on 08/24/2011 1:14:11 PM PDT by melancholy (Papa Alinsky, Enslavement Specialist)
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To: GOPJ; little jeremiah
If a person is part of a flash mob they lose the right to any state benefit for 2 years.

In the UK, that's what Cameron threatened to do. Did he implement it against the arrested criminals already?

Good question.

243 posted on 08/24/2011 1:20:43 PM PDT by melancholy (Papa Alinsky, Enslavement Specialist)
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To: Eva

“Vigilante justice is just another form of moral relativity (unless you are protecting yourself or others).”

Who said anything about vigilante justice? I have no interest in judging lawbreakers. That’s the job of the courts, which aren’t doing their job either.

The stated job of the police is to protect and serve, to assist citizens in the prevention of crime. Unfortunately, they instead seem to be being used to do more third world sorts of things things like seize cameras from people at townhall meetings.

Ultimately, the public pays for these police services and I think we’re going to hear more of a clamor for reduced police forces. If thery’re never around when you need them, why bother to pay for them? Folks who can afford it will have private security. And the rest of us will be on our own. Which if you think about it isn’t much of a change.


244 posted on 08/24/2011 7:01:53 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: GOPJ
I was with ya til that last bit.

F 'em, let the bastards starve.

245 posted on 08/24/2011 7:16:13 PM PDT by tomkat (1775)
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To: Last Dakotan

Load your own. People used to pick the paper cartridges open and dump the lead shot, then put the salt in, re-crimp it, and seal it with candle wax. It was one of the earlier and more painful nonlethal rounds, and was commonly used to discourage pilferers of produce in the south.


246 posted on 08/25/2011 5:05:31 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Don Corleone
Birdshot (BB to #6) will handily skip off of pavement, and tends to fan out when it does. The closet the bounce point to the target, the lower the shot (now flattened if old lead shot) will hit the target. Halfway will hit at roughly the same height as the shot was fired from (muzzle height). Think of it like a reflection, where the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection (roughly, there will be flyers). Best not to be alone, and have plenty of folks and rounds to catch the mob front at the same time. If the front ranks fall down, the rest will get tangled up in that.

The Street Sweeper and Striker shotguns were designed for this sort of mob control using the above tactic, but have been considered 'destructive devices' per the BATF since Lloyd Bentsen was head of the Treasury Dept.

247 posted on 08/25/2011 5:19:56 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Lazamataz
How is it that mobs of black people are descending on unthreatening and unsuspecting white people and trying to beat them to death, and the biggest concern of Rhoades is that white people might defend themselves??!???!?

Let's reverse things, to show how utterly evil Rhoades is: "You know, these lynch mobs, with white people hanging blacks... the biggest problem with this is black people are buying guns now.....what if one of them shoots a white person? That would be AWFUL."

Well said, Laz.

248 posted on 08/25/2011 5:43:11 AM PDT by GOPJ (126 people were indicted for being terrorists in the last two years. Every one of them was Muslim.)
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To: MNDude
“Law enforcement officials say it's a nightmare in the making because ordinary, private citizens are getting gun permits.

“We have people now that are fearful and carrying guns because of children. How sad is that?” Upper Darby police Captain George Rhoades said.”

And

“Now we have this mentality, ‘I'm not going to retreat. I'm not going to call 9-1-1. I'm going to be a vigilante and take care of the problem myself,’” he said. “


This guy is a disgusting piece of trash. Arrest him and sentence him to taking 2 years of Constitutional Law classes; plus American History classes. And not the Bill Ayers kind of American history.

Just sickening to hear a police official talk this way. These a holes are a big part of the problem. He doesn't realize that he; and every other law enforcement official, are hired hands for us citizens.
They work for us; at our pleasure!!!!

United States citizens should never be afraid to protect their selves from barbarians; up to the point of killing them if needed.
It is not a police officer's job to tell us if we should or shouldn't protect ourselves.

249 posted on 08/25/2011 5:52:50 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (I love how the FR spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "Obama")
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To: MNDude
The comments after the video are heartwarming to read. They all see through the incredible liberal slant of the video.
“They are just kids” sniff sniff..
250 posted on 08/25/2011 5:58:57 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (I love how the FR spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "Obama")
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To: Rummyfan
The police chief is more dismayed over people taking steps to protect themselves than he is upset with the trouble-makers. Too bad - it is my fundamental right to protect myself.

What's got the chief worried is this: THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. 40 Session of 2011

251 posted on 08/25/2011 6:01:21 AM PDT by Stentor ( "All cults of personality begin as high drama and end as low comedy.")
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To: Stentor

Sounds good to me:

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Persons residing in or visiting this Commonwealth

have a right to expect to remain unmolested within their

homes or vehicles.

(5) No person should be required to surrender his or her

personal safety to a criminal, nor should a person be

required to needlessly retreat in the face of intrusion or

attack outside the person’s home or vehicle.


252 posted on 08/27/2011 1:21:00 PM PDT by GOPJ (126 people were indicted for being terrorists in the last two years. Every one of them was Muslim.)
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To: Molon Labbie

Excellent post, a lot of ITGs on here.


253 posted on 08/29/2011 11:31:42 AM PDT by Unassuaged (I have shocking data relevant to the conversation!)
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To: Stentor

the dang chief ought to be glad the public is willing to do his job......


254 posted on 08/29/2011 11:35:39 AM PDT by tioga
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