The sheriff's department in southern California's Orange County says the 911 emergency call system for much of the county has been repaired after an outage that shut it down for 90 minutes.That, of course, would be the same sheriff's department that won't allow citizens to carry firearms for protection.
Sheriff's Lt. Ted Boyne says there were no reports of serious problems or unanswered emergency calls...If true, they lucked out. But if you think about it, there's no way they can really be sure.
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The 911 system goes down, people have to look up the regular number for emergency services. Some don't know how. Maybe your phone book is now printed in Malaysia because it's cheaper and some numbers are wrong or missing. Help doesn't get there in time.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, someone CALLING for help doesn't get stripped by deputies and isolated in a cell for 8 hours with no phone.
The Instant Check system goes down, no guns can be sold. "Gee, sorry. Not our fault, not our problem."
Freedom should trump a sheriff's opinion, and here's the PROOF that sometimes you're on your own. Therefore, denying gun rights is being an accomplice before the fact to whatever happens to your SUBJECTS. Will the people come out of their torpor and start holding leaders responsible? In time?
On a macro scale, this is what happened in New Orleans, Grand Rapids... enforced helplessness, I'm overworked and underpaid so now you're a problem I have to solve, so get in the boat and shut the hell up. You're worried about your dog? Bang. Now you don't need to worry.
... but not in Florida, that I've heard. When the Guard went in to help evacuate people during Fay, no M-16s or Beretta 92s were evident, and the people WANTED help.