City Residents Told To Get Guns

It just keeps on happening. Residents of St Louis have been advised by a City Alderman to arm themselves. The Alderman said that the police are ineffective, outnumbered and really don’t care about the increase in crime in his ward.

The Alderman made note that the economy is going to get worse before it gets better and that criminals are going to get bolder. Not because we have more criminals but because when there are less resources some people will take what they think they need by force if necessary.

The Alderman further stated that the community has to be prepared to defend and protect what the local police can not or will not defend and protect.

Unfortunately, this is not the first city police department to be intimidated by the criminal elements. Fort Worth Texas also has a few good men in blue that are either unable or unwilling to defend and protect the citizens of this great city.

A couple of years ago I had the opportunity of meeting a lady that was besieged by break ins at her home. She would call the police and file a report and soon someone would break into her home again.

One day she was on a street not far from her home and noticed a home with a garage door open. She recognized some of her belongings that had been stolen from her home several weeks ago.

She called the police and asked for help in recovering her property. When the police arrived she was told they could not help her because they needed proof positive that the things in that garage belonged to her. No receipts, no serial number etc. meant that this lady could not recover the property that had been stolen from her.

When this person complained that her home was constantly being broken into the police told her “…we are not your personal security guard. We can’t be here watching your house 24/7”.

So this person put up burglar/security bars on her windows and doors. A week after that the bars were stolen. She called the police and they told her very plainly “Lady you need to sell your home and move from here. We can’t help you”.

Yes I agree that the boys in blue have a difficult job. Sometimes it is an impossible job. But let us be real, without law and order where would our economy be??

How much is a house worth if anyone can enter and take whatever they want? How much are you willing to pay for a nice car knowing that in less than two weeks it will be stolen or vandalized piece by piece?

How much is an investor willing to invest in rental property if the neighborhood is run by criminals? How much are we as a society willing to invest through our property taxes in our city if there are no city services?

The economic downturn has many implications. As our law enforcement is directed more and more toward revenue generating activities, safety and security have to be sacrificed.

What to do?? One Alderman in St Louis has an excellent idea, arm yourself and prepare to defend your economic rights.

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