Deputizing Citizens
Polsby is wrong in suggesting that a well-armed populace is a safer one. When our cars became more protected by alarms, the criminals simply changed their method to carjacking. If the general populace becomes well-armed, the criminals will simply conduct businesses by some “sneak attack and ambush†technique that Polsby admits the well-armed gangs use now. Just knowing that I could be caught in a “bad guy†and “auxiliary police officer†shootout makes me feel so much safer.
JOHN R. NACHREINER
Redondo Beach
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