tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post8861303354528860139..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: A Sobering StorySiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-68754388454838694622012-12-20T11:46:55.637-05:002012-12-20T11:46:55.637-05:00"There will come a time, and I think it's..."There will come a time, and I think it's not that far away, in which there will be no possibility for anything resembling fair treatment from the machinations of the state..."<br /><br />I think we are already there. Depending on one's situation, it may be at the stage where if a cop shows up, it makes no sense even to allow him to arrest you. The older you are, the more true this is. Police currently feel no deterrence for their depredations. That has to change, and it will change soon, when people realize they don't have to put up with crap any more.Paul Bonneaunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-40201483015127620182012-12-12T13:37:33.781-05:002012-12-12T13:37:33.781-05:00"None of us shaved our heads and wore "c..."<i>None of us shaved our heads and wore "cool" black leather gloves when I worked the streets.</i>"<br /><br />FWIW, those gloves aren't usually worn to be cool, not in these days of all kinds of exotic blood-borne pathogens.<br /><br />Since you worked the streets, surely you realize that there's not necessarily any time to say "Hang on, let me put on my gloves" before going hands-on with the Hep-B infected ED homeless dude who was trying to bite passersby.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-84466652484232380682012-12-11T18:17:12.600-05:002012-12-11T18:17:12.600-05:00@RegT - Very much aware of that as well; if a LEO ...@RegT - Very much aware of that as well; if a LEO asked me what time my watch said I think I'd want my attorney present before answering. I've considered learning ASL as a potential defense against verbal answers. <br /><br />@SG - Been following VDH's experiences in the Golden Sate for some time. Horrific and getting worse; what worries me is how many trends start in California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-23308387024596782512012-12-10T22:54:24.782-05:002012-12-10T22:54:24.782-05:00Amen. The three S's are popular out here, alon...Amen. The three S's are popular out here, along with the knowledge that talking to the police will get you in trouble, ninety-nine times out of a hundred. Have a lawyer already lined up and shut your mouth is what many of us feel is more appropriate these days, especially after all of the stories where the victim - or the folks who called the cops - ends up in jail or getting shot by the cops themselves. <br /><br />I'm not a cop-hater, having been a peace officer myself, but many of today's LEOs are more interested in demonstrating their authority than in keeping the peace. None of us shaved our heads and wore "cool" black leather gloves when I worked the streets.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nucRegTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-51569201570494976042012-12-10T18:17:24.995-05:002012-12-10T18:17:24.995-05:00Well said. The advice about 911 doesn't apply...Well said. The advice about 911 doesn't apply to the Hickey case, but only because his neighbors already had called them. <br /><br />Your second point, though is already going on in some of the failed states. Victor Davis Hanson writes about it at length in his columns. The further you get from the urban areas, the less the laws are followed. SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-39697510222202879242012-12-10T07:29:48.723-05:002012-12-10T07:29:48.723-05:00I'm very much aware that when involved in a se...I'm very much aware that when involved in a self defense situation, whether or not the intended victim has employed a firearm in any manner, or even possesses one, including not even removing it from the holster, and especially when possession of a firearm is intimated by the intended victim, with or without any form of use of that firearm, prudence dictates that 911 be notified immediately, the presence of a police officer requested, and a written police report be filed. The common philosophy is that "he who calls 911 first is the victim" and the law abiding citizen <i>always, and without fail</i> needs - legally - to place himself in the position of victim to ensure minimal vindictiveness from the legal system.<br /><br />All that said, do prosecutors such as Nicolini have any understanding at all that actions such as his are driving the populace toward a "shoot, shovel and shut up" position? There will come a time, and I think it's not that far away, in which there will be no possibility for anything resembling fair treatment from the machinations of the state, and when that occurs anything associated with the state will be among the last things citizens need, or want. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com