Recent content by jamesish

I know what you mean, it's just scary to find out how much is drug-related (even when the victim is clean, it's mostly about drugs!) The war on drugs is killing our law enforcement capability, but that's another thread :D The whole area you described seems to be getting runover by gangs...

The 2 most feasible reasons (in my mind at least) seem to me: a. to disarm the general populace therefore reducing resistance (or easy resistance) against tyranny b. because it is an easy 'feel good' topic for them to sway ignorant voters with Now looking at "a", it seems to be the...

A friend of the family did this same thing, except he had no special title or position. He said that airport security and police were very polite and courteous, but he was taken into custody immediately. I think her "special treatment" was being released while they signed warrants, as...

I don't have to look at the police blotter... I spend about 40 hours a week dealing with that exact thing, I'm the one you never want to have to talk to on the phone. :D Very few robberies end up in shootings, most robberies FROM PERSON seem drug-related and a lot of the robberies that end up...

It's disgusting... They plea everything down and if they actually get more than "time served" it's time for a CELEBRATION.

Yeah but how many of those 8 are drug-related or gang-related both "victim" and suspect? If I had to guess I'd say MOST of them. Also, how many were armed robberies? It's robbery if you punch the clerk on the way out.

Mmmm... not so much. In fact plenty of robberies happen during daytime, though the majority are after dark. We don't have that many home invasions here. Hispanics are targeted by blacks quite a lot of the time. That or drug deals go bad and it is black on black. Also pizza delivery...

As they are crossing the threshold you can use deadly force w/o question. Once they are in you have the regular restrictions... but it should be relatively easy to convey that you thought they were there to kill you / cause great bodily harm / sexually assault you or someone else in the house.

Doubtful if you called it in yourself, the call would look like and go out as: "MEDIC ENROUTE REF 1 SHOT... ROBBERY ATTEMPT / SHOTS FIRED / SUSP GOT SHOT BY COMP" (susp = suspect, comp = complainant) Now if someone else called it in, as happened when my friend recovered his stolen vehicle...

SHHHHH!!!!! We don't have a gang problem in Charlotte! That seems to be the overall consensus of the city council. :rolleyes: South Charlotte will be in tatters in 10 years if BIG intervention is not taken. Archdale / South Bv / Nations Ford area is increasingly violent. IMO drug...

I'll tell you though... the majority of robberies from person are drug-related, as in a gangbanger robbing a gangbanger. Most business robberies are drug-related as in the druggie is robbing an innocent victim. I'm glad these people fought back. I remember seeing a woman who got shot at...

I got mine LNIB for $850 shipped... I've heard of others getting the same. $850-900 seems to be the fair "shipped" price for slightly used.

I have a Springfield EMP that I would like to fit with TRUGLO sights. They don't make the right sight cut for it so..... Would it be possible to buy the TRUGLO sights, and have a gunsmith remove the tritium/fiber-optic inserts and cut my sights and insert them? Possibly? No way? Anyone...

So you mean a street thug informant is trying to justify his lies by claiming it was the police that made him lie? Because some street thug drug dealer would definitely tell the truth, especially about dealings with the police. She shot at police, and continued to shoot at police after it...

The Chief of Police is a political position, as is a Union boss (where unions are allowed). They are tools of the elected representatives, not the portrayed spokesman for the line-officer. As to those that say LE is "just like any other job"... that is something you will never understand...