<Donning his abestos suit>
This from my MIL who lives nearby:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>The rioting in Seattle continues. It is terrible. These are 'hoods' not
organized protestors. Breaking plate glass windows, graffiti, garbage.
Senator Gorton said Seattle won't get any federal aid to clean up as the
police were too 'permissive'! If they had pounded on them then that
would have been wrong! Now the ACLU has stuck their nose in (surprise,
surprise) and filing a law suit against the police for now allowing the
demonstrators their constitutional right to demonstrate. What about the
rights of the property owner who now has trashed property? It is a
wonder that some one had not brought out a gun! They have constantly
stressed that the police were not armed. One vandal breaking the Nike
store window stated on TV, "they rob money from us, now it is our turn"
as he was wearing Nike shoes. There is no logic to this mayhem just a
chance for the hoods to seize and opportunity for destruction. This is
taking place downtown in the Nordstrom/Bon area. Just a few square
blocks. In 3 days they estimate $1.5 million of destruction. Most
stores are closed during this prime holiday shopping so revenue for those
stores are being lost. People can't go to work. The busses aren't
running. No city should every invite the WPO after Seattle's
experience.[/quote]
If this is really what is going on, I'm quite happy to have the LEO's break it up. We have a constitutional right to peacefully assemble, but this is not a peaceful assembly! It is better to have the LEO's stop it than have it spread to my neighborhood. The bullets I carry aren't rubber. I don't want to use them, but I will if it is necessary.
The bottom line is this: none of us knows what is really happening in Seattle. Playing armchair quarterback is fun, but we can't take sides based on our lack of information. From what little I know, I support the LEO's in their attempts to keep the peace.
As for the possible reaction of LEO's should we ever have to demonstrate for our RKBA, first, most LEO's support our cause, and second, I think we can behave ourselves a little better than these rioters. Can't we?
This from my MIL who lives nearby:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>The rioting in Seattle continues. It is terrible. These are 'hoods' not
organized protestors. Breaking plate glass windows, graffiti, garbage.
Senator Gorton said Seattle won't get any federal aid to clean up as the
police were too 'permissive'! If they had pounded on them then that
would have been wrong! Now the ACLU has stuck their nose in (surprise,
surprise) and filing a law suit against the police for now allowing the
demonstrators their constitutional right to demonstrate. What about the
rights of the property owner who now has trashed property? It is a
wonder that some one had not brought out a gun! They have constantly
stressed that the police were not armed. One vandal breaking the Nike
store window stated on TV, "they rob money from us, now it is our turn"
as he was wearing Nike shoes. There is no logic to this mayhem just a
chance for the hoods to seize and opportunity for destruction. This is
taking place downtown in the Nordstrom/Bon area. Just a few square
blocks. In 3 days they estimate $1.5 million of destruction. Most
stores are closed during this prime holiday shopping so revenue for those
stores are being lost. People can't go to work. The busses aren't
running. No city should every invite the WPO after Seattle's
experience.[/quote]
If this is really what is going on, I'm quite happy to have the LEO's break it up. We have a constitutional right to peacefully assemble, but this is not a peaceful assembly! It is better to have the LEO's stop it than have it spread to my neighborhood. The bullets I carry aren't rubber. I don't want to use them, but I will if it is necessary.
The bottom line is this: none of us knows what is really happening in Seattle. Playing armchair quarterback is fun, but we can't take sides based on our lack of information. From what little I know, I support the LEO's in their attempts to keep the peace.
As for the possible reaction of LEO's should we ever have to demonstrate for our RKBA, first, most LEO's support our cause, and second, I think we can behave ourselves a little better than these rioters. Can't we?