While watching the news this evening the County of Sacramento is going to have to lay off 72 armed Probation Officers between now and the first of March. The guy they had on the news who was I beleive the head of the union when asked what the population should do said "get a gun". Now being a firm believer in taking personal responsibility for my self and my family this is a new and terrifying twist. When someone allegedly representing the government admit in a public venue that the best thing to do is arm your selves that scares me. I do not expect safety in dealing with my government but I do expect them to keep control of the predators they release from jail/prison. According to the news report the 72 probation officer supervise some 1500 folks on probation. Now many of the probies will be nonviolent just trying to finish and get out of supervision. But the others will make up for it. They will not go back to prison. So we are going to see a larger number of officer involved shootings. Not fair to the cop but one less bad guy threatening my friends and family. Unfortunately if they are doing something that justifies me killing them, I have no problem in doing it, I will probably puke afterwards but will get 'r done. And then I will go to jail for a justifiable shoot. THAT is not fair. When someone who represents the government advises me that I need to arm myself for my own safety the forces of LAW are not up to the task and I do so and have a reason to KILL someone who is attacking me I should get a pat on the back not a prison sentence. Many of the criminals out on probation should have received excedrin headache number .357 and this would no longer be an issue.
And on top of this I am seeing an increase in other crimes as more people are getting desperate and need to put food on the table and a roof over thier heads. I will not condone crimes against others as a solution but do understand. It is hard to look at a hungry child and not do whatever it takes to put food in front of them. This is going to be a hard few months and I hope to see signs of recovery soon so I can have some hope. Right now I am checking my camping gear and maps to take to the hills if neccessary.
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With the forced sentencing laws that take discretion out of the hands of judges there aren't many serious offenders on probation anymore. Sounds more like a disgruntled officer trying to use public fear to strike back. I am far more worried about good men made desperate by parental duty. I was raised by grandparents who lived through the depression. People shared, stuck together and used a lot of barter to survive...But half of the country lived on small farms then.
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