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Lock Your Doors & Load Your Guns: Calif. City Attorney Tells Residents to Be Self-Reliant Following Cuts to Police Force

Nov. 30, 2012 9:00pm Jason Howerton

Jim Penman Tells San Bernardino Residents to Lock Their Doors and Load Their Guns

Jim Penman, city attorney for San Bernardino (Credit: AP)

The bankrupt city of San Bernardino, Calif. is so cash-strapped it has been forced to slash public safety budgets just to stay afloat. That includes downsizing the police force.

During a city council meeting this week, Jim Penman, the city Attorney of San Bernardino, told residents to “lock your doors and load your guns” because they will need to start protecting themselves due to the diminishing number of cops on the streets, CBS Los Angeles reports. It is the perfect example of why self-reliance is so important — because when the government can’t protect you anymore, you have be able to protect yourself and your family.

Penman has been criticized by some for his brutally honest statement but he is standing by it.

“You should say what you mean and mean what you say,” he said.

The comments came after about 150 concerned residents attended a city council meeting to express their concerns about a number of recent crimes in the area, including the murder of an elderly woman last week.

“Well, if I remember right, I told them to ‘lock their doors and load their guns,’” Penman recounted.

Councilwoman Wendy McCommack said she could tell the “swell of frustration was coming over a lot of folks” at the meeting.

The city is working through bankruptcy and financial woes have forced San Bernardino to lay off about 80 police officers. As a result, police response times are delayed and people are not happy about it.

“Let’s be honest, we don’t have enough police officers,” Penman explained. “We have too many criminals living in this city. We have had 45 murders this year…that’s far too high for a city of this size.”

The city attorney urged people to be responsible but said it is important for people to be able to protect themselves and their families.

“I’m not advocating that people go out, who don’t have any training, and buy firearms. I certainly strongly caution anyone who has children at home not to have a loaded gun in the house,” he added.

“San Bernardino has seen a 50 percent increase in murders this year comported to 2011,” CBS Los Angeles reports.

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doyley64
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:27pm
Typical progressive government bureaucrats. every time they get themselves in trouble for over spending, they cut the police departments and the fire departments so the people scream bloody murder and accept higher taxes to fund their missspending. they never cut their own pay or cut their pension funds or other pet projects that they have. they just let the people suffer so they can continue to live in there glass houses. you get what you vote for people. I hope you enjoy it.

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- Beck_Art_-_Obama_In_Pee-Pee
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 11:06pm
  “The bankrupt city of San Bernardino, Calif. is so cash-strapped it has been forced to slash public safety budgets just to stay afloat. That includes downsizing the police force.”
  
  It’s amazing! Who would have thought that the state of Kalifornia is dismantling it’s own GOVERNMENT THUGS tyranny?
  
  “LAPD Police-thugs Bravely Subdue Dangerous TV News Camera ”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkvNrtk6GJ0
  
  LIBERTY is WINNING in spite of the Progressives[communists] (no thanks to the Republican “opposition” Party)!
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 11:45pm
  he says load your guns…..Kalifornia doesn’t allow loaded guns outside the home, so I guess they better not go anywhere.
  
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- SUNTZU
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:26am
  WARMUNGER
  I guess they can buy protection from MS 13
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:58am
  You know what? We can defend ourselves. Just tell the cops to get the hell out of the way and the people will clean up the streets in a heartbeat. It is the cops themselves, and their prosecuting attorney idiots that rail against ordinary citizens when they use guns against goons that is the problem. Just get the hell out of the way and let the good citizens clean up the streets. They will be far more effective than the revenue goons (cops) that are out there now. It is sad that cops and their govt unions are so wrapped up in getting their pensions and perks that they would rather the country go to hell and have their kids grow up and live in crime nightmares instead of letting the citizens “take out the trash” . They are that selfish. That is pathetic. That is why many Americans hate cops. Their jobs are more important than their country.
  
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- wordsofwisdom
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 1:43am
  So this guy is in trouble because he tells it like it is right? We are not supposed to know that the system can’t protect us any more. How sick can this world get? “The End Times” http://youtu.be/vgDkznPS4zI
  Things are upside down!
  
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- Miami
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 7:41am
  I’d add if you can afford it add some security cameras around your homes, so that you may monitor your surroundings and have a record of any incident
  
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- gr29az
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 7:42am
  how about cutting welfare and stop the free phones to the freebaggers
  
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- starman70
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 8:15am
  They cut the active police officers on duty. They cut the active firefighters on duty and close fire stations. They cut the number of sanitation workers on duty.
  
  Does the mayor or city councilmen take any cut in their pay for “Serving”? Have all the active city employees offered to take a 10% cut in pay to help the city out of its crisis? Have all the retirees offered to take a 10% cut in benefits to aid in saving the retirement fund? Have the union leaders offered consessions to help avoid this crisis? I BET NOT!!
  
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- Capt_Gregg
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 9:16am
  There was a time when the people of California had the cahones to handle such problems. In 1851, crime had gotten out of control in San Francisco. The citizens formed a “Committee of Vigilance” and took matters into their own hands.
  
  “WHEREAS it has become apparent to the citizens of San Francisco, that there is no security for life and property, either under the regulations of society as it at present exists, or under the law as now administered; Therefore the citizens, whose names are hereunto attached, do unit themselves into an association for the maintenance of the peace and good order of society, and the preservation of the lives and property of the citizens of San Francisco, and do bind ourselves, each unto the other, to do and perform every lawful act for the maintenance of law and order, and to sustain the laws when faithfully and properly administered; but we are determined that no thief, burglar, incendiary or assassin, shall escape punishment, either by the quibbles of the law, the insecurity of prisons. the carelessness or corruption of the police, or a laxity of those who pretend to administer justice.”
  
  After eight hangings and the forced resignations of the mayor, chief of police, and several other officials, things calmed down considerably.
  
  They would be appalled to see what SF has become.
  
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- Red Meat
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 9:18am
  It doesn’t matter where you reside, LE is usually a worthless overpaid function of municipal government. They do know how to
  roll out the crime scene tape and chalk outline well though.
  
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- loriann12
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 9:25am
  @gr29az – nail, meet hammer…you nailed it. Cut aid to ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS and you’ve made up millions if not billions. Cut SSDI to people who are in jail, and you’ve added even more. Clean up who is allowed to have food stamps. If you can afford thousands of dollars worth of tatoos, you don’t need aid. If you can afford gem stones in your perfectly manicured nails, and **** done to perfection, you don’t need aid. Aid is for people who can’t feed their kids, aren’t doing drugs and are buying their clothes from a thrift store, not $100 sneakers.
  
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- E.Souchak
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 10:39am
  It is worse than people think and the GOP is complicit. Call the Oversight Committe.
  
  Chicagogate: Cover-up Exposed
  
  http://illinoispaytoplay.com/2012/11/30/chicagogate-cover-up-exposed/
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 10:41am
  These Cities going broke need to clean house. Cut the salaries dramatically for everyone working for the City. Then hire the able bodied welfare users to work cleaning up the city in exchange for their keep, (a simple exchange, welfare/food for work) then go after the illegals using up services and all their freebees and cut them off, totally. They have a home they came from, so give them bus fare to get back to border. Cut the welfare dept. and those who make sure they keep their jobs by giving away the cities’ money.
  Not that long ago we all have to fend for ourselves because there was no welfare. In bad times you have to bite the bullet and people can learn to be self sufficient again during these bad times.
  NO! I’m not talking about people who are disabled and can’t contribute, but there are many more out there who can help themselves when the teat goes dry.
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 11:52am
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 10:39am
  It is worse than people think and the GOP is complicit. Call the Oversight Committee.
  
  The Oversight Committee is COMPLICIT !!!
  What happened to Fast and Furious, Rangel, Waters,
  Pelosi (insider trading) Reid (NV voter fraud), Benghazi
  etc.etc.etc. THEY ALL F’N SUCK !!! I think the FOLKS
  are pretty much on their own..
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 2:00pm
  Isn’t San Bernardino one of those sanctuary Cities, HUH ??
  
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- db321
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 2:16pm
  “lock your doors and load your guns” – Thanks for the heads up.
  
  Most everyone in Texas abides by this. Personally, I never go anywhere without a Drivers License, Credit Card and a Concealed Weapon. Sorry you cant in Cali.
  
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- Dagnabbit5
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 2:32pm
  @Beck Art and anyone who may have followed his link…
  
  That video was uploaded in 2007. What does a video taken five years ago have to do with this?
  
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- Beck_Art_-_Obama_In_Pee-Pee
  Posted on December 2, 2012 at 1:01am
  Dagnabbit5 – “What does a video taken five years ago have to do with this?”
  
  “LAPD Police-thugs Bravely Subdue Dangerous TV News Camera”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkvNrtk6GJ0
  
  Don’t you know what “police” is? Well, let the mayor of a major U.S. city educate you …
  
  “I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world,” said [New York City Mayor Michael] Bloomberg, reports The New York Observer. “I have my own State Department, much to Foggy Bottom’s annoyance. We have the United Nations in New York, and so we have an entree into the diplomatic world that Washington does not have.”
  
  That’s right. Today’s “police departments” are really nothing more than “standing armies” that America’s Founders warned us against (they had them, too). They are tyranny’s thugs. Sorry.
  
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- DenverKitty
  Posted on December 2, 2012 at 1:58pm
  Doyle, you said it just right. Why don’t they cut back on welfare? Rent subsidies? Obamaphones? Nope, they won’t. The Obama voters are getting exactly what they voted for…and just wait til’ January 1st. I just wish I had the money to invest in Smith & Wesson. Whee.
  
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- MetalPatriot
  Posted on December 2, 2012 at 2:16pm
  You all have made so many of the points I was hoping to make. I’m grateful I’m not alone.
  
  I wanted to buy my wife a Springfield XDm, Glock 26 gen 4, or M&P shield. Commufornia’s DOJ hasn’t “approved” them so we can’t buy them. Doesn’t matter because many of the carry/sub compacts now have mags larger than 10 rnds. We won’t be “allowed” to buy them though legal channels.
  
  The local gun industry hates it, most people at ranges hate it, and I hate it. We can ‘t change the laws here. Communism is too entrenched: Boxer, Feinstein, & Pelosi.
  
  Cut budgets in the WRONG places (why not city offficials?). Then tell people to protect themselves with draconian firearm laws in effect? We’re being put into our places (cells) and can’t fix it.
  
  I pray for a way out of Commufornia, but the prospects are slim to none. I pray the rest of the Republic can hold up, it’s too late for us.
  
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- bitterwater
  Posted on December 2, 2012 at 3:28pm
  We got out of California 7 years ago. Our state was taken away from us! Live in the country where you can depend on your neighbors, and target shoot anytime. There is NO HOPE for that state.
  
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- TheirMom
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 7:39pm
  How about the free after school babysitting, or the mayor and City Council pay and retirement? Didn’t any of those unions learn anything from Hostess? If they were willing to pay what the rest of us do for our health insurance and retirement they might still have enough police officers.
  
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freeberty
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:22pm
I would be more worried about the criminals at city hall, from the story the government union thugs, as usual weren’t doing their jobs anyway.
Seems like getting rid of 80 of the useless parasites would just be a good start.

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- countryfirst
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 8:13am
  My locked windows and doors is to protect the intruder from me, not the other way around. If you enter I will redistribute my ammunition, making sure they get their fair share. See Barry some of your talking points can be used in the right context.
  
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- RIGHTHOOK
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 9:09am
  COUNTRYFIRST – Great assessment! Ditto…..
  People unfamiliar w/San Bernardino should know that it is in proximity and surrounded by numerous other like-kind communities (Rialto, Riverside, Fontana, Pomona, Ontario) and infested with gangbangers. SoCal has so many of these gangster outposts (too many to list) that they need an army to eradicate the parasites and keep them in check. Not unlike surrounding areas of Miami, Chicago, NYC, Cleveland, etc.
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 11:21am
  Yes, good comments. I remember years ago when all San Berdu had to worry about were the “Hells Angels.” I can remember an Asst. District Attorney came on some Colo. River trips with us years ago and would get drunk and go into the little town to pick fights with the Indians or whomever got in his way.. I always wondered how a person like that could have such a responsible job. He was a real jerk.
  He was an example of the corrupt type people who get into secure/high paying jobs and control the rest of us like they were the little angels.
  
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- Tachy320
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 2:21pm
  Freeberty-
  How did this become a referendum on police officers. Are they just parasites who will lose their income for their families when they are fired? We applaud soldiers who are part of our real standing army. Rightly so, they deserve my respect and praise. But police officers are just parasites. Huh? Why, because they write tickets when someone is speeding? or come to a crime scene and investigate it? How did that become wrong. I will be the first to admit that cops cant be everywhere. I have told people to arm themselves. We cant be everywhere. But I have been in the right place at the right time a lot. Ive kept a father from stabbing his daughter. A husband from beating his wife. A father from beating his child. A store from being robbed. A girl from being raped in the alley. I ve been spit on, cut, punched, sworn at, threatened and finally shot. Ive done all this for people I didnt even know. And most for people I didnt even like. I know other cops who are paraliyzed, have brain injuries, have had their foot severed, cant use a limb, limp, and have severe PTSD. I know police are not perfect. Far from it. Some are evil, some are stupid and some are mean. But the majority are not. They are you. They live next to you.
  You want cops to stand aside and let you handle things? Can you do it better? Are you prepared to not come home to your wife and children, or if you do come home, youre not the same daddy that left a month ago to go to work? I was. This is not about Cop
  
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Frederick_Douglass_Republican
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:20pm
Its odd that he is saying that the reduction in police force keeps them from being able to protect the citizens. Thats bull. They could double or triple the police force and they would still be showing up at the crime scene to collect evidence for the investigation when its way too late to “protect” anyone from anything. Thats not a slam on the police. Its simply impossible for them to be everyones bodyguard. The citizens are responsible for their own protection and always have been. I have to admit that since this is a town in California I couldn’t care less about what happens there. Obamavoters.

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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:41am
  “I have to admit that since this is a town in California I couldn’t care less about what happens there. Obamavoters.”
  Kinda harsh. I’m from Massachusetts originally. Lots of good folks there. Sure, only like 20% of the population. Anyway, you can at least CARE about folks in solidly Democrat states.
  
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- johnpaulkuchtajr
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 7:02am
  Hey Chuck,
  
  How about we turn your logic on its ear?
  
  How much do the “Takers” care about the “Makers?”
  
  Have you acquired the target yet?
  
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- poorrichard09
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 8:07am
  @Frederick: Yup. When seconds count, the police are just minutes away.
  
  No slam on cops, just the truth.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 10:21am
  Chuck-
  why care about obama voters? they are vermin and the enemy of freedom. they are not “good” people, they are slaves that wish to impose slavery on the few remaining free men and women.
  
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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 10:45am
  The police don’t protect squat! I can protect myself & family better than any cop.
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:13pm
  @poorrichard09
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 8:07am
  @Frederick: Yup. When seconds count, the police are just minutes away.
  No slam on cops, just the truth.
  
  You Sir, have just made the point, That ALL law abiding citizens should
  be well armed….OORAH !!!!!
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 4:20pm
  @ Johnpaulkuchtajr
  @ Warmunger AL
  Really? You think that EVERYONE in a solidly Democrat state is an Obama voter? Please check into that a little bit more.
  
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- longknifed
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 4:50pm
  thats hardly self-reliance. if everybody carried a sidearm on their waistband, violence would plummet. We don’t need these crooked goons with badges anyway. Bare minimum would suffice because the only thing they protect are their union pensions.
  
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- smv803
  Posted on December 2, 2012 at 4:44pm
  I lived in NY and now CA. I’m a registered Republican and proud of it. I am here to change minds and educate…that’s how you turn people around. I have realized we do not live in a vacuum; Both these states are solidly Liberal, with pockets of Conservatism. I will plant the seeds of change politically and while doing that, Plant the seeds of a spiritual nature because that’s what’s really missing in not just these two states, but across our nation. You all know this to be true. Now let’s all do something about it; Let’s change the course of history by turning to our maker.
  
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Gorp
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:06pm
I see you changed you handle again and are still spewing the same ****

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- Gorp
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:12pm
  Evidently they took the idiot off who was spewing the junk about some poor slob making millions at home. Oh Well.
  
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BODYBAG
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:05pm
This is a blessing in disguise. Criminals can now be handled in a way that quick and inexpensive.
BLAM!!! One less waste of good air.
Next.

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- kindling
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:21pm
  You know, that is true. I bet the crime rate goes down as soon as a few cases of home defence hit the news down there.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:24pm
  It’s the silver lining to that cloud,mini guns for vermin control and the sound of that weapon is intoxicating.
  
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- scrapadapolis
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 11:14pm
  You my friend are spot on.But will charges be brought against the the guy trying to keep his family safe..
  
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- BlazingPatriot
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 11:28pm
  Not only will crime drop, but the prison population will drop too!
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:32am
  If California wasn’t bankrupt and turning prisoners loose, they probably would be a lot safer. He said a mouthful with the “too many criminals” comment. Lock them up and the non criminals would be a lot safer, but the prog governments would never stand for that!
  
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- Capt_Gregg
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:19pm
  It was several years ago that a man here in KC had his house burglarized a couple of times. He went to the target range, shot the hell out of a target, wrote something on the order of “.357 magnum at 15 yards” on it and taped it to his front door. He had no further problems.
  
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- loafer4952
  Posted on December 2, 2012 at 2:37pm
  Do you think this might help globle warming????????????
  
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- Gorp
  Posted on December 2, 2012 at 3:06pm
  @Loafer: It might not help global warming but it sure will help target practice!
  
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The-Monk
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:53pm
We have a similar situation about to happen in Florida.

Progress Energy disputes property tax bill in Citrus County… cops to be cut.

http://www.wtsp.com/news/reporter/article/284464/79/Progress-Energy-disputes-property-tax-bill-in-Citrus-County

http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_citrus_hernando/tax-dispute-between-progress-energy-and-citrus-county-deemed-an-emergency-by-county-officials

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article1263635.ece

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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:13pm
  All CITRUS COUNTY FLORIDA RESIDENTS should read the above links.
  
  The-Monk
  
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1776boy
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:50pm
all too soon WE ALL will have to lock our doors and load our guns MOVE away from big cities if you can!!! it will only get worse . the old time preachers who rode from town to town in the old west used to say “Trust in the LORD and Keep your powder dry” people KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY!!!!!!!!!

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- idrathermisstotheright
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:40pm
  We generally don’t lock the door but the guns are loaded as well as the 105 pound Doberman. He buys me the time to pick and choose what I want to use 357, 380, 38, AR15, 35, 16ga, and my favorite the 12ga with alternating rounds between double oo buck and deer slugs. The 22s are for any squirrels who try to break in. The BB guns keep the kids involved….
  
  The dog is trained to drag the body so it is within 21 feet….
  
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- AbrahamsSheepdog
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:23am
  God bless us pass the ammo- my grandma loves saying that. She’s a 1st class alley cat. ;)
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:37am
  @1776boy
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:50pm
  
  all too soon WE ALL will have to lock our doors and load our guns MOVE away from big cities if you can!!! it will only get worse . the old time preachers who rode from town to town in the old west used to say “Trust in the LORD and Keep your powder dry” people KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY!!!!!!!!!
  ***
  And watch over your shoulder for the DHS workers trying to herd you into FEMA camps. “Quick! Duck!” Incoming, Low flying drone! (More likely to be armed than the one in Benghazi was!)
  
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Excomunicatedmarine
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:45pm
Don’t tell anybody, they’ll knock her door down, lock or no lock, and unless she is armed they’ll take her hard earned money. Now the real way to make money these days is going to be selling guns, just ask anybody you know in the business, it is going wild, so buy now or weep later…..but don’t weep to me, especially if you voted for Obamination

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The-Monk
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:45pm
I wonder how many residents there have firearms and how well Agenda 21 is intrenched?

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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 11:49pm
  Not many. Kalifornia discourages gun ownership. No open carry, no concealed carry(except for special people). No magazines over 10 rounds, etc…
  
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KingDork
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:42pm
crud and I live in california… oh well time to gather some good throwing rocks and sharpen the sticks, its about the extent we are allowed to use to defend ourselves with…

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- 1776boy
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:51pm
  crossbow brother
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:18pm
  A can of **** spray or spray paint and a lighter will work.
  
  Just throwing gasoline in the eyes will prevent anyone from seeing…..
  
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- Gary_K
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:25pm
  Monk
  
  If you want to use something not so explosive as gasoline use mineral spirits. Burns like heck, dont ask how I know.
  
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:33pm
  Actually Hornet Spray can shoot up to 28 feet. Looks normal to have sitting next to your front door….ya know, for those pesky hornets in the eaves kinda thing. Keep a can handy at work next to your secretarys desk too.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:35pm
  Hi Gary_K,
  
  I wasn’t saying to ignite the gas. Just to blind them long enough to get the baseball bat or whatever out.
  
  I was thinking that most people has access to gas more so than other liquids that burn the eyes.
  
  But you do have a good point as to storing gas in the house.
  
  I keep military mace and a Katana handy. Not that I need them. : )
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:36pm
  KING DORK
  Legally. What they don’t know about, they can’t take away. Cash money, no paper trail.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:57pm
  Hi ChiefGeorge,
  
  I remember you posting that before…. : )
  
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- jonjon
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:18am
  I live in california , I have plenty of guns , and lots O bullets , and gun stores are thriving out here , I even have a dang cross bow ! , and a wrist rocket with a couple thousand rounds of quarter inch ball bearings , ya never know this is cali after all . Can’t wait to get out of here
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:42am
  @KingDork
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:42pm
  
  crud and I live in california… oh well time to gather some good throwing rocks and sharpen the sticks, its about the extent we are allowed to use to defend ourselves with…
  ***
  I know of more than one instance locally when thugs killed or nearly killed (severe brain damage) someone with a baseball bat! Can’t wait til the u.n. bans them world wide!
  
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- KingDork
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:52am
  I got a piece of poo on a stick and got a paper mask of pelosi. No one will mess with me :P
  In seriousness I am prepared like most sane people here.
  
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- Ubersoldat72
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 2:41am
  The two legged predators will have the weaponry. If you manage to take one or more down, take what they have.
  
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- burnteye86
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 5:17am
  Hi Monk. I keep a picker stick by the door. Are you familiar with a picker stick?
  
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- TRIXIECAT
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 8:44am
  It never hurts to have a pair of loyal dogs around to go with your weapons- and I’m not talking about poodles!
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:36pm
  @ChiefGeorge
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:33pm
  Actually Hornet Spray can shoot up to 28 feet. Looks normal to have sitting next to your front door….
  
  Gawd, Never thought of that before, COOOOL !! being from Arizona, Scorpion and Hornet
  spray are a must for every household…I have two cans of each on hand at all times, but
  NEVER thought of using the stuff on the bad guys.. Makes sense now you mention it..
  THANKS !!!!! but if all else fails, I have a 12 ga. and a .357 SW as backup…OORAH
  I will mention your idea to ALL the members of my Family and Friends..
  
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- hatchetjob
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:39pm
  That’s nice TRIXIE, if you can afford dog food, vet shots, etc. Some of us are barely getting by.
  
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- EdgeOfSanity
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:53pm
  Doomsday Preppers showed you how to make pepper spray and then just load into a mega-squirt gun . . . will slow them down while you get your rocks and sticks. Hell, Independence USA showed you how to make a cannon and black powder. ;-) My sympathies about living in California.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 10:21pm
  Trixie-
  A standard poodle is actually an ideal sort of protection dog. No mini or toy, standard.
  
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CANDLEMAKER
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:42pm
Stupid liberals….you are just like the hurricane Sandy victims….as they did,YOU also voted for your leaders and what have they done??? ….they have spent your town penniless and left YOU out in the cold and without help…it’s BLATANTLY obvious, they don’t care if you die…..enjoy your new way of life….

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Excomunicatedmarine
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:41pm
Lock your doors and load your guns ! Oops, I forgot, we took your guns away……well I guess you are shut out of luck……..but vote for me again please. Bug Off all of them.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:45pm
  Keep the cops and end the handouts to the moochers. Cops serve a purpose. Moochers are useless. End welfare. Get rid of the illegals and California would save enough in healthcare to pay for many more cops.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:47pm
  San Bernardino is a sh#t hole anyway. Might as well be in Mexico.
  
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- Wolfgang the Gray
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:47pm
  They can all go stay at Nancy Pelosi’s house. She will protect them. She has flying monkeys!
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 1:58pm
  Cut the Food Supply the ROACHES will go away !!!
  It’s not F’N Rocket Science..WAKE UP !!!!!!
  
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Brentley
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:34pm
Question for this wonderful Mayor: Mr. Mayor how are suppose to protect themselves when California has some of the greatest restrictions on gun ownership and the ability to protect yourself? Explain please.
I think California needs to wake up. Allow gun ownership let the law abiding citizens take care of themselves and these illegal thugs would start vanishing. You progressive types scare me to death. THANKFULLY I AM NOT AFRAID OF MANKIND OR GOVERNMENT…….I TRUST IN JESUS …And I will protect my family and myself regardless of what GOVERNMENT MAY SAY!

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- turkey13
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:56pm
  Here in Oklahoma we are a right to work state & and so goes our police depts.Our policeman are richer than those police in California since they have to pay over $100 in union dues each month. I bet those 18,000 Hostess workers that the unions just put out of work wish they had all those union dues they paid over the years. They paid to have Obama re-elected and he only wants to spend money on Geen Jobs, Wall Street Brokers and Fat Cat Bankers.Smart folks Know that if Obama had went after jobs te way he did Obama Care – the unemployment rate would be under 6%.
  
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- DIgnified
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:58pm
  For starters, try reading the article. He’s a city attorney. Secondly, no one has taken anyone’s guns. Thirdly, none of you live near San Bernardino apparently. No one had their doors unlocked when there was more police. If someones home or whatever is unlocked, its because there something worse on the inside than what’s coming in.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:05pm
  Fourthly, Dignifried is an ID ten T !!!! LOL
  
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- kindling
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:18pm
  Not all of California! As soon as the rats that have infested the central area of Calif and west run out of food they will go east and hit the foodhills. If you believe in redistribution of wealth don’t go east because we believe in redistribution too but it is not money
  
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:41pm
  Dignified!
  
  Thats the best comment ever!
  
  San Berdo is terrible. I go there on occassions in my line of work, its gotten worse in the past 10 years since if thats possible. Nearby schools look like prisons from the outside….one way in and one way out, past the security officer check in desk.
  
  If your White there it only means you got left behind when the mass exodus occurred ions ago. The old lady who got murdered was no doubt White, because if she was hispanic there would be a gang war over the matter by now.
  
  Lock doors? These people already have bars on their windows, their businesses, even their yards have bars and spikes on concrete pillars curb side.
  
  Seen the Pitbulls out for walks down there with their deadbeat masters? Jeesh!!!
  
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nighttrainno9
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:33pm
We will all be in the same fix as the the USA crumbles and falls
over the fiscal cliff. First all the welfare parasites will loot, burn
and kill as their checks are cut off and then the fed. govt. will
attack trying to confiscate every piece of property in the USA.
It’s pretty grim, the feds themselves estimate 21 million dead.
Prepare the best you can, it’s going to be a rough ride.

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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:43pm
  In some areas…Yes! Your good areas will be the first ones expected to work hard (taxes) and rebuild for the idiots who destroyed their own communties….LA riots of 91 ring a bell?
  
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- hatchetjob
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:45pm
  Right on NIGHTTRAINN09, I’m ready as ready can be!
  
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Blazesurfer
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:33pm
Ha hah ahahahaha!! Swim in the cesspool you created!

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Lib Whisperer
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:31pm
Do you want to know the REAL reason for the outcry in the Treyvon Martin case? Because criminals KNOW deep down when the law-abiding have decided they’ve had enough, and begin to fight/shoot back, their careers (and very lives) are over.

A largely volunteer, vigilante force can do a much better job on public safety than salaried and pensioned officers worried about lawsuits.

And the criminal element sense this. Hence… the overdone outcry on Treyvon Martin…. yet complete silence after every typical Chicago weekend.

The crooks might think they’ve got it made without the police… but they’re very likely do discover the police were the only thing standing between them and a fed-up murderous mob.

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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:45pm
  I highly doubt your insight on this! They are not afraid of this and will go down with the ship if need be. Get Realz.
  
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Gary_K
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:31pm
How can you trust the cops to help when they behave like this.

http://www.infowars.com/cop-flips-crippled-womans-car-for-driving-two-mph-over-speed-limit/

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- Gary_K
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:18pm
  I post on many sites.
  
  Hey have you bought this book? It is a great read, you will love it.
  
  http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=larry+sinclare
  
  It’s title is ” Barack Obama & Larry Sinclair: Cocaine, Sex, Lies & Murder “.
  
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- Gary_K
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:23pm
  Wow, what happened to UNDIgnified’s post that I responded to? Oh well.
  
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- TheTruthPrevails
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 3:34am
  Alex Jones? Please……talk about tin foil hat…the guys a 911 truther for crissakes……
  
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- Gary_K
  Posted on December 2, 2012 at 12:07pm
  TheTruthPrevails
  
  I would guess you did not even bother to go to the link before you made your stupid comment. The story has links to follow to the original story….
  
  keep trying bozo.
  
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ginger100
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:31pm
hmmmm, thats quite a pickle you got yourself into

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sparkyrules
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:27pm
We always hear about’ the way California goe’s, the USA goes’.

Hey California,my middle finger points straight up in your general direction.

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swalt2493
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:21pm
The wonderful PROGRESSIVES in the state of California brought this all on themselves. I can’t wait to see how it turns out.

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sizzler2220
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:20pm
San Bernadino is mostly illegal aliens and drugs.Enjoy San Bernadino, you voted for Obama and now deserve what you are about to receive.

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- madvlad
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 5:18pm
  Like a character in “Saving Private Ryan” said, “Let ‘em burn!”.
  
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1TrueOne55
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:16pm
Here’s a little believed factoid. POLICE CAN NOT STOP CRIME, they can only solve crime. We don’t live in a world of “MINORITY REPORT”!!! Even our great Military experimented with the mind and found that it had its limits. People really need to decide that if they want to feel safe do they depend on self or do they depend on Gov’t.

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- LouisianaPatriot
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:30pm
  Agreed 1TRUEONE55…
  
  A Sheriff’s Office and Police Department were never meant to replace citizens being responsible for their own self-defense. And a fascinating thing that I have learned is that law enforcement officers are acting in a fiduciary capacity. They are standing in our place when they are working. What this means is that if we can’t do it, they can’t do it. I am working on learning more about this concept. It is the polar opposite of what I’ve been indoctrinated to believe. I absolutely appreciate the courage and dedication of our Police, but something has gone terribly awry.
  
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- 19RANDY59
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:21pm
  Isn’t it fascinating, how many lies we’ve been indoctrinated with
  
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- 19RANDY59
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:33pm
  And even more amazing how many still believe them
  
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Gary_K
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:13pm
I have always been self reliant when it comes to security. Nobody in their right mind would rely on the police…they have to finish their coffee and donught before they respond.

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- MGrilla
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:26pm
  All joke’s aside, it’s true, when seconds count the police are usually minute’s away. I opt not to wait.
  
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stoptyranny
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:12pm
Wait, now we’ll tell people to be self reliant? I thought guns were bad and we don’t need them because we have the police to protect us. Seriously, people need to wake up. It will be your town or city next. Get prepared now.

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BlackCrow
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:11pm
Are they going to start issuing carry permits? It is California after all where you have to store you guns in a DOJ approved safe.

You voted for those people, OWN IT!

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- Frederick_Douglass_Republican
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:22pm
  Exactly. Obamavoters enjoy the consequences of your victory
  
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- AbrahamsSheepdog
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:26am
  Zombieland, ussa
  
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- taxpro4u03
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:28am
  14th Amendment capital “C” Citizens are ‘required’ to have licenses and permits for virtually everything… Natural Americans, however, are not. KNOW WHO ‘YOU’ ARE, and in what capacity ‘you’ are or are NOT ‘acting.’ — Unfortunately — too many ‘We, the People’ believe they are ‘acting’ under the Republic’s constitution, when in FACT – they are ‘acting’ as AGENTS in their 14th Amendment capacity — the PRESUMED ‘operative’ capacity unbeknownst to them… Read up on the Organic Acts of 1871/74 and subsequent ‘progressive’ de facto ‘laws.’ — BOTH Constitutions co-exist — One doesn’t NEED ‘permission’ to do that which one is free to do otherwise… Lawyers know this — do YOU? :-) How does it or how does it NOT ‘apply’ in any given situation? Turtles know a low profile is best. I like turtles… :-)
  
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- toto
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 1:34pm
  I did not vote for any of this, but as a Californian, will suffer the consequences. Too old to undo a life time and move, though may have to just leave everything in the future. How sad for America. Literally makes me physically ill to see what people are doing to our once great country. As for the dumb ones that don’t see it, I am having less and less sympathy for as time goes on. They will get what they deserve, but unfortunately so will many of the good guys that tried to stop it.
  
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- mancosbob
  Posted on December 2, 2012 at 4:42pm
  The majority, mutant zombies, voted for things here, not me, I put my freedom on the line for the Constitution and reaped a whirlwind of injustice. Now what happens is on them, I did my part for the undeserving mass of zombies that call CA home. We all know what to do with zombies right?
  
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