Police officers across major US cities have abandoned metropolitan hubs in droves, electing to retire or find smaller departments.
The moves occured amid heightened public scrutiny of law enforcement and calls to defund the police. The workplace transition contributed to officer shortages that many city leaders believe will continue to worsen.
Austin and Los Angeles saw more than a 60 percent increase in the number of officers quitting the force. Voluntary retirements hit 131 percent in Cleveland and 70 percent in Pittsburgh. In San Jose, 1 in 9 officers left the police department. One in 12 officers left the Las Vegas police force.

Chicago police officers leave department in record numbers: ‘People don’t want to be the police’ | The Post Millennial

And I see this continuing or getting worse.  Unless the Liberal Intelligentsia thinks they can collapse a city in order to bring troops and finally enforce their dream Socialist dictatorship utopia, there is no sense to allow 100% chaos descend over the population. Of course, if they have a firm grip in the electoral process, they won’t fear to be voted out, but otherwise people will eventually decided to get them out of office via the ballot box. Or is shit get really bad and they refuse to go, the bullet box will be the way they leave office.

And for some reason, my brain keeps bringing this image from a classic movie:

The Model 70 is the hands of an appreciative local whose son is a reader of this blog and wanted him to have it. But another reader had asked first and we were fixing the shipping details but then gallantly released me of duty so the local gentleman could enjoy the old the rifle.

And if that was not enough, another reader hooked me up with one of his 10/22s and a great price so I do not end up screwing at the next Appleseed.

I am humbled to be blessed with great readers. It is true that Gun People are the best and I am proud to be part of this clan.

If you search in Walmart for Gun Safes (walmart.com) you are going to get pages and pages of different small and big cabinets and safes. One thing I saw is that the great majority of the items, including the rifle cabinets, come with free shipping.

The gun safes do have a shipping charge of $49.97 which is not bad at all, but I figure they drop it in front of your house and the rest of the moving is up to you.

There you go. No more excuses (other than being broke) not to have something to lock your guns.

Completely unbiased statement somewhat relevant to the actual situation.

Anyone who says full auto is useless for home defense is a liar and an idiot, because this dude chased off a whole stack with a single mag. And the only reason they re-engage was because it’s their job.

— Genome Gerome @CoSD (@Ihearahadji) October 13, 2021

It may be a bit macabre but he’s right.

This is wild:

OIS Houston, TX (9/20)

Houston PD serves a warrant arrest on Deon Ledet who was killed in the shootout-

[Johnson view] pic.twitter.com/7xjA6Bu7IV

— ₩₳Ɽ ₱₳₮Ⱨ (@WarPath2pt0) October 13, 2021

[Morelli view] pic.twitter.com/mny4DO2Ws0

— ₩₳Ɽ ₱₳₮Ⱨ (@WarPath2pt0) October 13, 2021

[Vance view] pic.twitter.com/P9UloSlH9M

— ₩₳Ɽ ₱₳₮Ⱨ (@WarPath2pt0) October 13, 2021

This is the news coverage:

On the morning of Sept. 20, HPD Senior Officer William “Bill” Jeffrey and Sgt. Michael Vance were part of a team of officers who attempted to execute a narcotics arrest warrant for Deon Ledet at a northeast Harris County apartment complex. Jeffrey was killed and Vance was critically injured when Ledet opened fire through the apartment door.

“If you pay particular attention to the body worn camera of the two officers, the sergeant and Officer Jeffrey at the door, you get the best indication that that weapon was firing in a fully automatic mode,” said ATF Special Agent in Charge Fred Milanowski.

Milanowski said his agency has encountered the devices before in Houston. About 100 of the so-called auto switches have been confiscated by ATF agents in Houston so far this year, and seven investigations across the area involved 11 handguns that had the device attached.

The auto switches work by applying force to a gun’s trigger bar to allow it to fire multiple rounds while a trigger is pressed. Guns can fire 30 rounds in just 2.6 seconds, Milanowski said.

Criminal armed with an illegal full auto selector on his Glock.

I’m surprised there were not more casualties.

OSLO, Norway — A man armed with a bow and arrow killed five people and wounded two others in a series of attacks in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg on Wednesday, local police said.

The suspect was in custody, police added.

“The man used a bow and arrow … for some of the attacks,” police chief Oeyvind Aas told reporters. The police were investigating whether other weapons had also been used, he said.

“The man has been apprehended … from the information we now have, this person carried out these actions alone,” Aas added.

5 people killed in Norway bow and arrow attacks, police say (nbcnews.com)

We need to have some common sense legislation to control these weapons of war.

The mind is the weapon, not the artifact. Not till this is understood by everybody, we will be able to get some peace when it comes to our Rights.