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Sheriff David Clarke: Residents should arm themselves with guns, 911 not best option
Milwaukee J-S ^ | 25 jan 2013 | Bruce Vielmetti

Posted on 01/25/2013 11:29:36 AM PST by rellimpank

In his latest radio spot, Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. tells residents personal safety isn't a spectator sport anymore, and "I need you in the game."

"With officers laid off and furloughed, simply calling 911 and waiting is no longer your best option," Clarke intones.

"You could beg for mercy from a violent criminal, hide under the bed, or you can fight back."

Clarke urges listeners to take a firearm safety course and handle a firearm "so you can defend yourself until we get there."

"You have a duty to protect yourself and your family. We're partners now. Can I count on you?"

(Excerpt) Read more at jsonline.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: banglist; davidclark; guncontrol; rkba; secondamendment; sheriff; sheriffclark
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To: rellimpank
Here at Outrider Gulch, we don't call 911!

And never will...

21 posted on 01/25/2013 1:44:13 PM PST by JDoutrider
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To: Gator113
Has anyone noticed that it is the Sheriffs that have taken the public stand on these life and death issues?

The name "Sheriff" goes back over a thousand years.....

defender of the realm, the kings rules and the local citizenry.

First Sheriff in the USA was in Virginia in 1620.

22 posted on 01/25/2013 1:55:41 PM PST by spokeshave (The only people better off today than 4 years ago are the Prisoners at Guantanamo.)
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To: spokeshave

“First Sheriff in the USA was in Virginia in 1620.”

Thanks. I should have known that, but didn’t.


23 posted on 01/25/2013 2:08:53 PM PST by Gator113 (Leave my guns alone and REGISTER THE DAMN LIBERALS!!)
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To: Kegger

Or even half-a-minute away. A nearby store-front bank was robbed at gunpoint the other day near here. Two cops were in the Starbucks a couple stores down in the strip mall but obviously didn’t know anything happened until the call came in, re-routed, etc.


24 posted on 01/25/2013 2:20:49 PM PST by 21twelve ("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
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To: Migraine

LOL! Great!

At first I mistakenly read the headline as “1911 not best option” - I thought maybe he had got his hands on the new XD-S or something, or was maybe a 12 gauge fan.

1911s rule.


25 posted on 01/25/2013 2:28:21 PM PST by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: Migraine

Excellent.


26 posted on 01/25/2013 2:42:16 PM PST by karnage
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To: rellimpank

Of the multiple times I had been involved in a violent episode I could have EASILY simply walked away, long gone, over the horizon, long before any cop ever showed after calling 911.


27 posted on 01/25/2013 2:58:18 PM PST by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: rellimpank

What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2312894/posts


28 posted on 01/25/2013 3:29:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: rellimpank; Hunton Peck; Diana in Wisconsin; P from Sheb; Shady; DonkeyBonker; Wisconsinlady; ...

Milwaukee sheriff tells public to arm themselves. Calling 911 isn’t best option.

FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.


29 posted on 01/25/2013 7:13:38 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Sheriff David Clarke -- appointed by a Republican Governor. Calls himself a Democrat, but we all know how he votes ;-)

30 posted on 01/25/2013 7:22:17 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Gator113

Sheriffs are elected. Police Chiefs are political appointments.


31 posted on 01/26/2013 6:45:04 AM PST by sbMKE
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To: Gator113

Sheriffs are elected. Police Chiefs are political appointments.


32 posted on 01/26/2013 6:45:22 AM PST by sbMKE
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To: Gator113
Has anyone noticed that it is the Sheriffs that have taken the public stand on these life and death issues?

Here is what I just wrote to my democrat state Senator:

Sen. Prozanski,

Thank you for the town hall meeting you held in Roseburg the other night. It is so important to me that you take time out of your busy schedule to meet face to face with your constituents.

I was concerned that not one voter asked about your stance on any new gun legislation that may be introduced in the Oregon senate this session.

A new law or set of laws will only restrict law abiding citizens. Criminals will not all of a sudden say, "Oh I better not violate this new law the Oregon senate just passed," no it only affects law abiding citizens and since they are not the problem, only enforcement of existing laws will help with these violent and mentally deranged criminal's.

Our duly elected Sheriff, Hanlan, has stated in a letter to the VP of the US that he will not enforce any unconstitutional laws passed by the politicians in Washington DC, I imagine he would say the same about unconstitutional laws passed by the Oregon politicians.

I beg of you do not make guns that millions of law abiding citizens own LEGALLY, illegal. Most will not comply with an unconstitutional infringement on our 2nd amendment right, plus I have the assurance that my Sheriff, elected by the citizens of Douglas County as their chief law enforcement officer in Douglas County will not comply either. Respectfully, Diana Woodward Sutherlin, OR

33 posted on 01/26/2013 8:39:51 AM PST by thirst4truth (www.Believer.com)
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To: thirst4truth

Well done!!


34 posted on 01/26/2013 9:08:19 AM PST by Gator113 (Leave my guns alone and REGISTER THE DAMN LIBERALS!!)
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To: DoodleDawg

On last night’s Duck Dynasty episode, Phil said, “Where I live, I AM nine-one-one.”


35 posted on 01/26/2013 9:12:36 AM PST by savedbygrace (But God.)
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To: andyk

Sheriff Clarke felt that long since before he was Sheriff. He has been a lurker here for a long time, since at least 2000, when he attended our FReeper organized post election rallies in Milwaukee.


36 posted on 01/26/2013 3:37:50 PM PST by LouD
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To: LouD

That’s awesome to hear - thanks for sharing that!


37 posted on 01/26/2013 7:13:45 PM PST by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: savedbygrace
On last night’s Duck Dynasty episode, Phil said, “Where I live, I AM nine-one-one.”

In the city people can rely on 911. Where I'm at I need to rely on 9mm.

38 posted on 01/28/2013 6:15:10 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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