Residents do their own crime-fighting: Only Ones Aghast

"Though 126 people have been robbed or mugged in South City since Jan. 1, only one fought back, Lee said. In Redwood City, there hasn’t been a single incidence of a victim fighting back in three years, despite a reported 252 robberies since July 1, 2005, Redwood City police Capt. Chris Cesena said.

“It’s not very common, although it does happen,” said Sgt. John Loftus, who works robbery detail for the San Francisco Police Department. In fact, police discourage victims from defending themselves in a mugging.

“We had two men shot in recent robbery attempts, and they were shot because they fought back,” Loftus said. 'We strongly urge people to surrender their wallets and cell phones. You get another one — it’s not worth it.'"

So tell me, Sgt. Hands In The Air, would YOU hand over, say, your cruiser if someone demanded it?

You can, after all, get another one.

Because thats the criteria, the template, if you will, for refusing to defend oneself. The replace-ability of the item in question, correct?

Honor, courage, a sense of responsibility along with civic pride happens to be irreplaceable. A mans God given RIGHT to protect and defend his belongings goes back...what time is it now...few thousand years or so? But you'd do away with that RIGHT, weed it out if you could, now wouldn't you? Because the sub-species you and your ilk have created aren't trustworthy enough to own the means to police and defend THEMSELVES. Also, if they did so en masse there'd be a lot LESS need for you and yours, now wouldn't there be?

Job security. Courtesy of your local San Francisco constabulary.

Taken from The Examiner, courtesy of Ride Fast & Shoot Straight.