Guns and Police Response

For John, BLUF:  A friend of mine sent me this item this morning.  I think it makes a good point.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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This is actually making a point by exagerstion, but it is a point worth making.

I thought the point about the Police standing around for an hour was a great one.

When the threat is just seconds away the police are only minutes away, unless it is rape in Seattle, in which case they don’t care.

We need to adjust our gun laws.  For exsmple, tightening up background checks would be good.  I am not against moving the age to purchge a gun back to 21 yers of age.♠  On the other hand, laws against "big scsrey guns" seems to make some feel safe, but in the statistics it doesn't move the needle.♥

Of course the police situation vries.  It is not easy to get a license for a gun herein Lowell, or in the Commonwealth of Massachusettas.  On the other hand, we have a pretty good Police Department, responsive to our needs.  Not like "defunded" Seattle.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  At the same time we could repeal the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18.  If you aren't old enough to be responsible with a bullet, why would you be old enough to be responsible with a ballot?
♥  I think it was Mr Joe Scarboroough who claimed the AR-15 is more deadly than the M-16.  Not so.  The AR-15 requires a trigger pull for each bullet.  The M-16, which I fired on a Rfile Range at Fort Carson in the early sixties, has three options  Single fire, three round burst and fully automatic.  It is just that the AR-15 looks scarey, and has for half a century.