Random thoughts…

After three days of watching the rioting going on in Charlotte, I’m saddened, frustrated and really sick of the TV talking heads…  BLUF, if the perp had obeyed the police commands, he’d be alive today. Period. End of subject.

But nobody is willing to step up and say that publically, other than those nasty right wingers…

The pandering to the ‘family’ and their story line (probably false) did nothing to reduce the rioting, if nothing else, it actually accelerated it. The soft pedaling it as a ‘peaceful’ protest pretty much went out the window the first night with the looting of vehicles and stores (big screen TVs and Ipads), and then the looting of a CVS and damage to a number of businesses including at least one Hyatt hotel.

The Chief of Police has not released any video of the crime, sighting ongoing investigation, but apparently did show the family the video sometime yesterday. The MSM is calling for the Chief to be prosecuted for NOT releasing the video to them… Really???

There is also still footage showing a gun lying on the ground in proximity to the body.

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But the family claims it’s a book… Funniest looking book ‘I’ have ever seen.

The other frustration is the apologists getting up there and blaming the police for ALL the deaths of blacks, but when any of them are asked, and it was interesting to note that most of them were, they couldn’t name a SINGLE black shot in Chicago, Baltimore, Philly, Atlanta, or NYC. So ethnocentric foot stomping and finger pointing is all good for the left.

When asked by one commentator yesterday if he thought the police woke up every day wanting to kill someone, the talking head himmed and hawed before finally saying no, but in the next breath said it’s the ‘rogue’ police departments like Chicago and Baltimore that are to blame. When confronted with the fact that the police chiefs were black, many of the city council were black, and they were democratic strongholds, he STILL blamed the police rather than saying people were responsible for their own actions.

Peter put up a good post HERE, on what to do if you’re caught up in a situation like Charlotte.

I can’t help but wonder what would happen if this was tried in a place where people were fed up and were armed…

This is from the LA riots…

None of these Koreans were ever prosecuted, to the best of my knowledge. There were Koreans who defended their stores with AR-15s and shotguns, their stores weren’t looted or burned.

What if one or more people with suppressed .22 rifles and good scopes were up 2-3 floors with a good view of the rioting and started taking out the leaders. One wonders how quickly those ‘professional protesters’ nee rioters would decide they needed to be somewhere else?

That couldn’t be blamed on the cops, and I doubt they’d ever manage to find the shooters, if they even realized it was happening. And before you say a .22 wouldn’t work, think about what the Israelis have done over the years with .22s

I find it interesting that this has blown up like it has, taking ALL the MSM away from Hillary… Strange…

Sigh- Kicking the soapbox back in the corner now…

YMMV, Do not try this at home, INAL, etc…

Comments

Random thoughts… — 14 Comments

  1. The same kind of thought has popped up in whats left of my mind.
    What would happen if the rioting folks were to come upon a person such as myself with my wife (of 46 years), coming coming home after a good dinner?
    “They’re white, get ’em”. Or the mob assaulting homes in a residential area?
    There would be NO question whether our lives were in jeopardy.
    16 rounds of 9mm followed by a possible 15 and 15 more. Or far more in a long weapon?
    The MSM media would be in a frenzy beyond mortal comprehension, but what would the fallout? I suspect that it would surpass the demand to ban high capacity magazines, (while at the same time supporting the NEED for them).
    While up til now the police have shown admirable restraint and professionalism, methinks that an armed citizen in mortal fear might respond differently.

  2. Our Son-in-Laws parents just overnighted with us (here in Virginia) on their way to Florida. The logical route is I-77 thru Charlotte. They watched the news early this morning, to decide whether to take that route. They will pass thru Charlotte mid-day & should be OK, but (Liberals that they are) being unarmed just isn’t wise !!!!

  3. Yep….When my “sister whispers in your ear”….

    Much like deer in a garden….leave on dead, and the others get the message.

    Methinks that you wouldn’t even need supressors though, what with all the noise a riot makes….

  4. I agree. The Koreans have the right idea. But there is too much money to be made from ignorant people in race-bating for it to stop. I say start by arresting anyone yelling out in the hood for instigating a riot. Don’t let them get a foothold on the situation. It would be nice if the civic leaders and preachers would encourage the hood to police their own people. Forgetaboutit!

  5. Roger- Greg Elfritz and some other instructors have posts up in various places on ‘alternatives’ to escape being trapped in a vehicle. And guns ARE an alternative, as one video from Charlotte shows. Guy shows a pistol and folks backed off rather quickly!

    WSF- Oh HELL yes! 🙂

    Woody- Good luck to them, hope they wake up to reality one of these days.

    B- Point!

    CP- Another good point, but that would mean ‘aggressive’ policing, which would set the left off even more… sigh

  6. In the four months since we moved out of Anchorage, that community has gone full-on nuts. Murders, shootings, suicide by cop, barricaded suspects shooting (and hitting) police, FBI swat teams …

    NO ONE is safe, and Condition Yellow has become Condition Orange. Our new neighborhood is a quiet one, but that doesn’t count for much, these days. We’re locked & loaded all the time. Col. Jeff Cooper & Mass Ayoob’s advice about staying within arm’s reach of a firearm is our way of life.

    • Yes, the late Jeff Cooper was right. The new compound is not all that far from Gunsight. I don’t know if it’s still up and running after his passing or not. Walk softly and carry a big stick.

  7. Have double checked that all stratigically placed guns have loaded mags and one in the chamber. Don’t bring that $+@! to my neighborhood.

  8. I am sad to say it , but I honestly see no way out of the moral morass that society has degenerated to that does not involve massive bloodshed, and no assurance of success even then .