30 Nov 12
San Bernardino, CAâs City Attorney has just officially advised residents to:
âLock your doors. Load your gunsâ
His stark warning was prompted by the Cityâs more-or-less permanent state of bankruptcy, and the fact that the PD, along with all other city departments and services, is being forced to drastically downsize.
Not surprisingly, this is all taking place during a sharp increase in violent crime.
Imagine that!
Of course, guns residents are being advise to âload,â in an effort to âstart protecting themselvesâ are highly restricted in CA. No statewide CCW permit system, so the vast majority of Californians canât carry concealed in public, and remain within the law. And that is just the precious few guns that can be even legally purchased and owned in CA. Somehow, the City Attorney failed to address that issue! After decades of brow-beating citizens to never even think about doing anything for themselves, particularly with regard to personal security, with a straight face, this City Attorney now, with an unapologetic sneer, completely reverses himself!
This sad story is being repeated all over CA, and in most of the rest of the nation, and weâre currently seeing just the beginning! Cities, most states, and the worst offender of all, the federal government, have spent us into oblivion, using money they didnât have, nor are ever likely to have. And not surprisingly, deficit spending continues at a breakneck pace, with few politicians and bureaucrats displaying the slightest interest in any species of restraint.
For one, Iâm persuaded that virtually all elected officials are starkly aware of our debt problem, and have been for years, but only a minuscule minority have any real concern, crocodile-tear-jerking speeches notwithstanding. They know vast, radical, and extremely unpleasant and unpopular changes are just around the corner (already here for San Bernardino residents), and they figure theyâll remain on top no matter what happens. While the nation suffers, none of them plan on any personal suffering! You wonât see any voluntarily giving up chauffeured limousines, armed bodyguards, first-class junkets, nor a host of other tax-payer-funded perks!
So, long-suffering San Bernardino residents need to confront the fact that theyâre on their own, just as their City Attorney has reminded them. Actually, they always have been. Theyâre only just now noticing!
Some may even reluctantly come to the conclusion that then need to stop worrying about CAâs restrictive gun laws (politicians sure donât!) and do what they need to do to reasonably protect themselves.
I suspect these days fire extinguishers are currently in high demand in San Bernardino too!
âThe law isn’t âjustice.â It’s an imperfect mechanism. When you press exactly the right buttons, and are also lucky, justice may show up. A âmechanismâ is all the law was ever intended to be.â
Raymond Chandler
/John