Thieves and muggers appreciate this passivity. They are not afraid of words.
What will make the sidewalks safer is swift negative consequences for those who commit crime. A community where Mr. Klling could turn to his mugger with a gun and ask, "Are you sure you want my money?" would be a safer community than what exists now.
Thieves and muggers appreciate this passivity. They are not afraid of words.
What will make the sidewalks safer is swift negative consequences for those who commit crime. A community where Mr. Klling could turn to his mugger with a gun and ask, "Are you sure you want my money?" would be a safer community than what exists now.
And while I understand exactly why Mr. Kling did what he did, making it so easy for muggers to mug invites more mugging.
Don't confuse appreciate, which is a courtesy, with a refusal to use force. Known quite a few muggers and home intruder's in my life and, like the movie "Heat" in the bank scene, they will resort to violence if needed and with extreme instantaneous escalation.
Standing up is something you do bullies as you will have repeatitive interactions with them so the cost equation, even for them, is different. Random non targeted violence though, short of kidnapping or restraints, especially if it's impact is of no practical import to you such as theft, just surrender the goods as resistance will generally just escalate and not if you favor short of the rare inexperienced criminal.
Highly unlikely I’ll ever get robbed around here. I live in the safest neighborhood in the country. Surrounded by Latter-day Saints, Ring cameras and retired cops with safes full of AK-47s. First step is to avoid cities. Live in a red county in a red state. That solves 99% of the problem. Then carry if the risk becomes high. Arnold made the right decision.
That has nothing to do with being in a red state and everything to do with living in a neighborhood for semi-retired organized crime members. Unsurprisingly unorganized criminals don't tend to rob organized ones, especially ones known to retaliate and whom have effective carte blanc in the legal system.
Thieves and muggers appreciate this passivity. They are not afraid of words.
What will make the sidewalks safer is swift negative consequences for those who commit crime. A community where Mr. Klling could turn to his mugger with a gun and ask, "Are you sure you want my money?" would be a safer community than what exists now.
And while I understand exactly why Mr. Kling did what he did, making it so easy for muggers to mug invites more mugging.
Don't confuse appreciate, which is a courtesy, with a refusal to use force. Known quite a few muggers and home intruder's in my life and, like the movie "Heat" in the bank scene, they will resort to violence if needed and with extreme instantaneous escalation.
Standing up is something you do bullies as you will have repeatitive interactions with them so the cost equation, even for them, is different. Random non targeted violence though, short of kidnapping or restraints, especially if it's impact is of no practical import to you such as theft, just surrender the goods as resistance will generally just escalate and not if you favor short of the rare inexperienced criminal.
Highly unlikely I’ll ever get robbed around here. I live in the safest neighborhood in the country. Surrounded by Latter-day Saints, Ring cameras and retired cops with safes full of AK-47s. First step is to avoid cities. Live in a red county in a red state. That solves 99% of the problem. Then carry if the risk becomes high. Arnold made the right decision.
Some people need guns though. https://open.substack.com/pub/scottgibb/p/mlk-jr-denied-carry-permit?r=nb3bl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
That has nothing to do with being in a red state and everything to do with living in a neighborhood for semi-retired organized crime members. Unsurprisingly unorganized criminals don't tend to rob organized ones, especially ones known to retaliate and whom have effective carte blanc in the legal system.
Nice.
Arnold made the right decision for himself. However his decision made his community less safe. When crime pays you will get more of it.
Impossible to know because he followed up with emails. He might have done more good than harm.