I work for a major municipality's 911 call center. We dispatch police, with Medical and Fire having their own dispatch. Within the last week I have seen multiple Priority 2 calls (imminent risk of harm or property damage) calls holding for dispatch for over an hour. Even on Priority 1 calls (imminent risk of loss of life or major injury) I've seen response times as much as 15 minutes.
No, the police are not coming to save you any time soon. Learn to deal with it.
I fundamentally agree with the sentiment, but he is deeply not helping the case by ranting like , as ratspitter put it, a Gun nut. Hupp does a far better job making the same argument. She essentially argues the same point but understands that you actually have to convince people.
Anyone who has watched the police milling around outside scenes of these mass shootings (Cloumbine really convinced me, but you see it in the VT video as well) should be convincable that they aren't going to be rescued by the police.
An armed society is a polite society, plain and simple. And it's not like this, or anything else I have to say isn't something that hasn't already been said, but the criminals will always find a way to get their hands on the guns. And if all gun factories are destroyed, they'll build their own (I would).
I sleep better at night knowing that I have a cocked-and-locked pistol close to the bed. And I'm sorry, but if somebody is wandering around in my house at two in the morning, they're gonna get drilled. I'd rather take my chances with the law than with being dead.
As a side note, Denmark and Switzerland require all men age eighteen and above to own a firearm in "good, working order". And their handgun-related deaths in a year (accidental or otherwise) don't even hit double digits. Most years, not even if you combine the total handgun-related deaths in both countries. Taking guns away is not the answer. Perhaps outlawing stupidity would be effective?
Ted's the man. Any chance he'll run for president?
To establish my bonafides, I also keep my pistol ready, this is dangerous city and somebody threatens my wife or daughters, I will kill them. No hesitation.
I agree with what your saying but in the interest of having an honest discussion , I must make one point. The Swiss (and presumably the Danish) are required to keep a military style rifle for their universal military service. They have restrcitions on handguns, although they are much less crazed than the rest of Europe (thus the low level of handgun violence). They also have the highest rate of domestic violence involving guns of any country in Europe, but then that isn't the only form of domestic violence.
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I work for a major municipality's 911 call center. We dispatch police, with Medical and Fire having their own dispatch. Within the last week I have seen multiple Priority 2 calls (imminent risk of harm or property damage) calls holding for dispatch for over an hour. Even on Priority 1 calls (imminent risk of loss of life or major injury) I've seen response times as much as 15 minutes.
No, the police are not coming to save you any time soon. Learn to deal with it.
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Anyone who has watched the police milling around outside scenes of these mass shootings (Cloumbine really convinced me, but you see it in the VT video as well) should be convincable that they aren't going to be rescued by the police.
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I sleep better at night knowing that I have a cocked-and-locked pistol close to the bed. And I'm sorry, but if somebody is wandering around in my house at two in the morning, they're gonna get drilled. I'd rather take my chances with the law than with being dead.
As a side note, Denmark and Switzerland require all men age eighteen and above to own a firearm in "good, working order". And their handgun-related deaths in a year (accidental or otherwise) don't even hit double digits. Most years, not even if you combine the total handgun-related deaths in both countries. Taking guns away is not the answer. Perhaps outlawing stupidity would be effective?
Ted's the man. Any chance he'll run for president?
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I agree with what your saying but in the interest of having an honest discussion , I must make one point. The Swiss (and presumably the Danish) are required to keep a military style rifle for their universal military service. They have restrcitions on handguns, although they are much less crazed than the rest of Europe (thus the low level of handgun violence). They also have the highest rate of domestic violence involving guns of any country in Europe, but then that isn't the only form of domestic violence.
Just to keep all us gun nuts honest.
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