WestVirginiaRebel Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 CBS Los Angeles: SAN BERNARDINO (CBSLA.com) — The city attorney of San Bernardino is under scrutiny for telling residents to “lock their doors and load their guns” during a city council meeting. The official explained that because the city is bankrupt and slashing public safety budgets people will need to start protecting themselves. City Attorney Jim Penman said he doesn’t regret what he said. “You should say what you mean and mean what you say,” Penman said. The city attorney said approximately 150 residents came to a council meeting to voice their concerns about recent crimes in the area, including the murder of an elderly woman last week. “You could tell the swell of frustration was coming over a lot of folks. They did not feel like they could get an officer out as quickly to some of the quality-of-life issues that they were dealing with as they would have preferred,” said councilwoman Wendy McCommack, who organized the meeting and was present that night. “Well, if I remember right, I told them to ‘lock their doors and load their guns,’” Penman said. Penman said the city is dealing with bankruptcy, which has forced officials to cut its police force by about 80 officers. Consequently, there’s been growing criticism about the police department’s response time. “Let’s be honest, we don’t have enough police officers. 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,” Penman said. ________ Lock and load time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 The Blue Social Model...as Walter Russell Mead calls it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 What is scary is the municipality can keep taxing or take your stuff even if they provide nothing to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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