Miguel has a great post ridiculing Ladd Everett of CSGV spinning tales of falsity
During the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma, South Florida went through pretty much the same out-of-gas ordeal. In a rather heavily armed atmosphere the incidents of shooting each other for a can of gasoline were a big fat zero. There were a couple of fistacuffs that did not go far and that was about it. One thing you can bet in South Florida after a hurricane is that people will pack while moving around and long guns will be at the ready in homes almost everywhere.
Then again you never heard about generalized looting after Wilma (or pretty much any hurricane in the past 15 years because people here are armed and do not take kindly to looters or as they call them, “Moving Targets.” There were indeed a couple of incidents, but since people were taking care of their own neighborhoods, police was not spread thin all over the county keeping an eye on everybody, they responded quickly and arrested most of the offenders.
Police are PAID to do their jobs. In the end they’re just people like you and I, and when it comes to something REALLY danger they will look at the job, and look at the risk and make a call.
I did the same thing back when I was a fisheries observer. There were times when they asked me to ship out on boats that were noticeably unsafe. Now a week out to sea could net me a few grand in pay…it could also get me killed and leave that check to my widow. I’d have to make the call. Some times I’d look at the weather report and ask the captain where he was fishing, and I’d throw my gear over the rail. Other days I’d tell the captain that I was refusing the trip, and he could do whatever he wanted, and was off the hook on any obligations to let me on board. Hell I remember telling a captain I wasn’t heading out with him because some REALLY bad weather was coming and I wasn’t feeling right about it.
Now meanwhile take the armed citizen. They aren’t “on Patrol”, they aren’t even “upholding law and order”, they’re just living their life. When the storms hit, or the riots break out there are threats to their lives, and they don’t really have a choice weather to act or not.
Ladd of course doesn’t want to think about that. He’s a “Progressive”, he’s ABOVE those laws of nature and physics. If his little home in DC gets threatened by acts of nature or acts of feral humans, he thinks he can just call 911 and a bunch of total strangers will risk their lives to save his worthless ass!
How classy is that?
Well, here on the far side of Sandy, I was w/o power for nearly 60 hours. Of course, my Towns Emergency Response Plan is to have all the Cops guard the Wal-Mart, Mayor’s House, City Hall and the City Council Critters residences, and the rest of the City can go to Hell.
Did you know that one could wear a Pistol 24/7 and still get some sleep? Of course, I used the Lazy Boy, but it was comforting to know my Pistol was tucked in my BDU Pocket. Thank You, DeSantis.