fastbolt
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Hi Stu.
Haven't heard from you in a while. The new year has been passing very, very quickly, hasn't it?
I certainly get your point. Having been involved in this career for a while, though, it's just hard to imagine the commonly thinly stretched and strained LE resources being a hazard to "ordinary folks if taken a little too proactively" in this particular instance.
Here's something to chew on, though, and it involves a matter of perspective. The following statements obviously mean different things to you ... but they could very easily be construed to mean the same thing under some circumstances. Context and perspective.
I think we have to be careful when it comes to that "Perception is Reality" slogun ... from ALL perspectives.
torpid
I answered the specific question that was asked.
Haven't heard from you in a while. The new year has been passing very, very quickly, hasn't it?
I wouldn't care to have the local PD advised that I had an SKS in my trunk.... (Not that I wouldn't want to have one in there, but you get the idea, I hope.)
I certainly get your point. Having been involved in this career for a while, though, it's just hard to imagine the commonly thinly stretched and strained LE resources being a hazard to "ordinary folks if taken a little too proactively" in this particular instance.
Here's something to chew on, though, and it involves a matter of perspective. The following statements obviously mean different things to you ... but they could very easily be construed to mean the same thing under some circumstances. Context and perspective.
"Rat on your neighbors" is a very unfriendly technique....
What's needed is to train the neighbors to know what is criminal activity, and to get them to report that without fear of retribution.
I think we have to be careful when it comes to that "Perception is Reality" slogun ... from ALL perspectives.
torpid
I answered the specific question that was asked.