New Haven, Connecticut: Semi-armed citizens patrol streets

[seamusTX]

Armed, honest citizens patrolling the neighborhood, more upsetting to some than armed criminals. Oh well.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/nyregion/19haven.html

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- Jim

[frankie_the_yankee]

Seems like the human spirit is alive and well in SOME parts of Yankeeland.

God Bless America.

[flintknapper]

Thats my kind of Yankee's!

[Xander]

Good for them!

I take issue with this bit though.

In an interview, Mr. Ortiz, the police chief, applauded Mr. Greer and others in Edgewood, saying their actions had spurred other areas to initiate neighborhood watches. And he said major criminal activity in the neighborhood had quieted since June.

But he said he did not support their carrying weapons.

At least one member of the patrol agreed with the chief: Mr. Brooks, who does not carry a gun. If patrol members carry firearms, he said, the criminals will counter with bigger ones.

By that logic, the police shouldn't carry guns either, if guns do nothing save inciting criminals to arm.

[frankie_the_yankee]

Good for them!

I take issue with this bit though.

In an interview, Mr. Ortiz, the police chief, applauded Mr. Greer and others in Edgewood, saying their actions had spurred other areas to initiate neighborhood watches. And he said major criminal activity in the neighborhood had quieted since June.

But he said he did not support their carrying weapons.

At least one member of the patrol agreed with the chief: Mr. Brooks, who does not carry a gun. If patrol members carry firearms, he said, the criminals will counter with bigger ones.

By that logic, the police shouldn't carry guns either, if guns do nothing save inciting criminals to arm.

I guess there's bound to be a fool in just about every crowd.

[LedJedi]

I'll take two Gefilte fish and a box of 9mm ammo please.



very nice, I always thought the guardian angels should be armed anyway. Then again I think EVERYONE should be armed.

[Paladin]

“The last thing we want to do is draw a weapon,� said Mr. Greer, the founder of the defense patrol and the director of the Edgewood Neighborhood Association. “We have one agenda: clearing the neighborhood of thugs and getting people who work all day, pay mortgages, send kids to college, to enjoy the homes they’ve invested in.�

...major criminal activity in the neighborhood had quieted since June

I applaud their efforts. They are getting out and doing something, instead of yielding the streets to the criminals or whining to the government.

[stevie_d_64]

“The last thing we want to do is draw a weapon,� said Mr. Greer, the founder of the defense patrol and the director of the Edgewood Neighborhood Association. “We have one agenda: clearing the neighborhood of thugs and getting people who work all day, pay mortgages, send kids to college, to enjoy the homes they’ve invested in.�

...major criminal activity in the neighborhood had quieted since June

I applaud their efforts. They are getting out and doing something, instead of yielding the streets to the criminals or whining to the government.

But of course it is interesting to see who is actually whining...

[stevie_d_64]

Gefilte fish

Kosher meal???