Dennis says to Mr. Brady, "> Currently, there simply is not an adequate number of police resources to
stabilize the situation and do what you propose. Unless of course you are suggesting that the "neighbors" all start packing weapons and making citizens arrests.
I did not get it at first from Mr. Brady's post, but when I went back and re-read it after having it pointed out by Dennis it was clear what the implications might be. You are correct Dennis, Mr. Brady seems to suggest that the neighbors take back the neighborhood themselves. I am not sure a group of armed men would be allowed to "take back there neighborhood". It would simply hurt the police machismo, and further hurt police community relations, as well as make the Mayor look bad. But what about the women????
From your examples it appears that just as throughout history, women andchildren bear the brunt of any fall out from Politicians making bad decisions or simply not doing their duty. So why not have "Permit to Carry" instructors from State-wide come together and teach a week-end class on firearms, and then the City of Minneapolis issue a permit to carry and a pistol to any woman fearing for the safety of her self and family and willing to do the training. Then provide City Insurance and lawyers to defend them if they get sued for defending their homes and families. Lastly issue each woman doing the training a Minneapolis owned handgun. I will bet that 500 mad mother packing pistols will clean up that dirty little 2 square miles in a hurry!
Sounds rather extreme to me, but heck, if the Mayor and the Council are not going to provide for public safety then they should at least help those women and mothers protect themselves and their children. It would only cost $100,000, so the Mayor and the tax payers from "Better Neighborhoods" should be happy! If the CM's and the Mayor are not going to protect the families in impacted neighborhoods because of their priorities then they should at least allow the mothers to do so. It might not get rid of all the drug dealers, but it will dramatically do away with women and their children being threatened and beaten up by cowardly punks.
Jim Graham, Ventura Village and a State of Humor
"If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."
- Albert Einstein
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