Or as we say in our circle… “Duh!”
In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Noble said there are really only two choices for protecting open societies from attacks like the one on Westgate mall where so-called “soft targets” are hit: either create secure perimeters around the locations or allow civilians to carry their own guns to protect themselves.
“Societies have to think about how they’re going to approach the problem,” Noble said. “One is to say we want an armed citizenry; you can see the reason for that. Another is to say the enclaves are so secure that in order to get into the soft target you’re going to have to pass through extraordinary security………..”Ask yourself: If that was Denver, Col., if that was Texas, would those guys have been able to spend hours, days, shooting people randomly?” Noble said, referring to states with pro-gun traditions. “What I’m saying is it makes police around the world question their views on gun control. It makes citizens question their views on gun control. You have to ask yourself, ‘Is an armed citizenry more necessary now than it was in the past with an evolving threat of terrorism?’ This is something that has to be discussed.”
via Exclusive: After Westgate, Interpol Chief Ponders ‘Armed Citizenry’ – ABC News.
In those enlightened states where the carrying of a concealed weapon is a normal thing, an event like Nairobi has three types of people: Attackers, Victims and Civilian First Responders… those who have the means and the tools to say: “Wait one second Khalid, we don’t take kindly your disruption of my Cinnabon intake.”
Everybody else is just late for the party.
Via SWAT Mag
Ft. Hood, Texas has a secure perimeter…..how do we define……”secure”…… 🙁
“……carry their own guns to protect themselves.”……… 🙂
There are not enough police in the WORLD to enforce law in a society that refuses to follow it. There are not enough guards in the WORLD to enable a secure perimeter around every potential soft target.
Just like there are not enough economists in the world to manually fix the price of all goods sold.
Capitalism and Autocracy. They have their problems, but everything else is so much worse.
…This is why you shouldn’t use large words when you don’t know what they actually mean. Autocracy apparently means the exact opposite of what I thought it did.
I meant people given the power to rule themselves.
From your comment on your comment, I take it you meant “autonomy.” 😉
Probably. There isn’t really a term for “Government where almost all the power is in the hands of the people” besides “anarchy,” which is typically just as bad as what Autocracy actually means.
Partly because it generally devolves into a despotism.
Perhaps minarchism is a fitting word for what you are trying to describe?
I like it. It makes me think of a nation governed by a million individual kings.
YES! THIS! Every branch of my political philosophy fits Minarchism according to the Wikipedia page.
I think my brain just exploded from the shock!