Safety in Numbers?

19 Oct 07

"Numbers" do not provide protection, as many naively think. This from a friend in CT:

"Wednesday evenings are 'Bike-Night' here in CT. Adozen of us gather in a local parking lot, then ride off to Hartford where we meet up with a larger group.

This Wednesday, our group was parked as normal. I heard a loud bang! I turned around to see a hooded, armed-robber, with a pistol inches from the face of one of my friends! The robber apparently either had an ND or deliberately fired the pistol as a warning. In any event, no one was hit.

The robber then put the pistol in his pocket, climbed on my friend's bike, and rode off.

We were all astonished that someone would walk up to a large crowd and commit an armed robbery in front of so many witnesses, and in broad daylight!"

Lesson: We've all been told that there is safety in numbers. It's a lie! Desperate, determined, and evil men are not dissuaded by all the trendy niceties that we're been told will substitute for personal preparedness.

This kind of brazen criminality will become more common as VCAs realize how little there is to fear from clueless VBCs who have been spoon-fed " learned-helplessness" their entire lives.

"It never troubles a wolf how many the sheep be!"

/John

Youthful Offenders

19 Oct 07

On "youthful offenders," from an LEO friend with a large, metro PD:

"Here, the average age of VCAs falls every year. I'm confident it is now under eighteen. And, with this generation of young criminals, the trend is in the direction of violence- extreme, precipitous, and frequently serving no logical purpose.

Young felons has no concern over human life, even their own, especially their own! Few expect to live long enough to see their 20th birthday. Those who do fully expect to live most of their adult life in prison. In fact, being arrested for a violent crime is a rite of passage. School visits from probation officers is now a highly-coveted status symbol! In most inner-city schools, resource officers are now augmented by probation officers who spend most of their time there anyway. Schools have, in fact, become de-facto, day-prisons!

Against these VCAs, high-profile 'security measures' are largely ineffective. They're not dissuaded by cameras, nor warning signs, nor even uniformed guards (who are all unarmed anyway). Banks foolishly thought highly-visible security would keep them from being robbed. Not any more!

When they confront you, don't expect compliance to keep you from being hurt. They're just as likely to murder you, either way. They must be gunned down immediately, while you still have half a chance. If you let them take control, we'll find your mutilated body the next day!"

Comment: This is a clear sign of a declining civilization. Our Criminal Justice System is obviously unable to deal with this level of depravity itin any effective way, much less reverse the trend. Politicians predictably ignore it. Most of the rest of us do too, until it is too late.

The lesson here is, once again, each of us has to be in a position to effectively repel criminal violence by ourselves, with no assistance, and at any time. It is only going to get worse!

/John