WeThePeople
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I've been out in Southern California on business and have an observation that I'd like to share:
I spent a few days in Anaheim, Newport Beach, and Laguna Beach, and various other spots while I was there. I drove everywhere I went (as an aside, holy smokes, there are a lot of cars out there!!!). I never saw any police officers on the highway. As a matter of fact, with one exception, I never saw any police officers anywhere. The exception was in Newport Beach, where some police officers were gathered in a group in a parking lot by the beach.
I was actually looking for police officers because I was unwillingly disarmed and generally have an uncomfortable feeling about being in a strange spot without protection. I was also looking for them because my aunt's argument is that I don't need to carry a gun because there are police to protect me (tongue in cheek).
Anyway, yesterday, once I passed through security at John Wayne Airport, I think I found ALL of the police officers. There were easily 20 police officers in there.
What the heck? All (obviously not all, but certainly the highest concentration) of the ARMED police officers are in the one spot where there is probably the lowest chance of anyone else being armed since you've gotta go through airport security to get there.
Very frustrating indeed.
Oh, and before anyone gets on me for bashing California, I'm not. It was absolutely beautiful out there and most of the folks that I met seemed very nice.
I spent a few days in Anaheim, Newport Beach, and Laguna Beach, and various other spots while I was there. I drove everywhere I went (as an aside, holy smokes, there are a lot of cars out there!!!). I never saw any police officers on the highway. As a matter of fact, with one exception, I never saw any police officers anywhere. The exception was in Newport Beach, where some police officers were gathered in a group in a parking lot by the beach.
I was actually looking for police officers because I was unwillingly disarmed and generally have an uncomfortable feeling about being in a strange spot without protection. I was also looking for them because my aunt's argument is that I don't need to carry a gun because there are police to protect me (tongue in cheek).
Anyway, yesterday, once I passed through security at John Wayne Airport, I think I found ALL of the police officers. There were easily 20 police officers in there.
What the heck? All (obviously not all, but certainly the highest concentration) of the ARMED police officers are in the one spot where there is probably the lowest chance of anyone else being armed since you've gotta go through airport security to get there.
Very frustrating indeed.
Oh, and before anyone gets on me for bashing California, I'm not. It was absolutely beautiful out there and most of the folks that I met seemed very nice.