Milwaukee County sheriff urges residents to arm themselves

[hue]

Source: WISN 12 news (abc)

Radio ad features David Clarke encouraging gun ownership



MILWAUKEE —A Wisconsin sheriff is urging citizens to learn to handle firearms -- so they can defend themselves until authorities arrive.

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. released the radio ad this week telling residents that when it comes to personal safety: "I need you in the game."

In the ad, Clarke said that calling 911 alone and waiting for officers to arrive may not be enough due to layoffs and furloughs.

He said in the ad that citizens can either beg for mercy, hide or "fight back."






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[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. Wait till someone shoots through a door and kills a cop.

[L0oniX]

2. Oh oh...

[frylock]

3. fuck voting for increased taxes in order to fund the PD..

arm up, mutherfuckers! unbelievable.

[The Jungle 1]

4. crap

We have no problem affording massive amounts of socialist corporate welfare but we can't afford cops or education.
yea right
This will not end well!

[elfin]

5. Nobody really listens to him in the Milwaukee area

A wacko, who just loves publicity. Of course, a Rethug.

[99th_Monkey]

7. This Sheriff clearly needs to be locked up somewhere safe.

A clear danger to self and others.

[kardonb]

14. nobody

he sounds like gold old Arpayo in AZ ; just another publicitv hound .

[Freddie Stubbs]

18. How does he keep getting reelected?

[forthemiddle]

42. Actually runs as a Democrat (wink wink) and keeps getting reelected

Sheriff Clark does have a huge Republican following in the rest of the State, because he is a very outspoken "Crime and Punishment" official. But obviously the people of Milwaukee County like that, because he gets reelected.

[DavidWD72]

44. I remember...

If you want to get a heavy long lasting headache, read up on Milwaukee politics. I remember living there all too well and won't be visiting if I can help it.

[hp6]

6. Well, i hate to say it but in some places it may be necessary.

I remeber hearing about citys in CA that were going bankrupt and laying off police officers. The only thing people had to rely on were themselves. Technically, the police don't have a legal obligation to protect you as an individual, only society as a whole. If you call 911 and you are injured because the police were too busy or they went to the wrong address you can't sue them.

[kestrel91316]

11. This is what happens when no taxes are collected. It's tragic, but what are we to do??

We need to first make sure that the wealthiest among us need not give up their vacation homes, or their eighteen cars, or their nightly champagne and caviar. If that means that society completely breaks down and the 99% simply die in the streets.........

oh well.............

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. True..one calls the police AFTER the problem has surfaced.

In the county I live in, there still are very very few home invasions, because people have dogs and guns.
You would almost have to know your victim personally and determine there was no gun.
Otherwise it is a given that there are guns around.
Mostly rifles and shotguns, since hunting is a huge deal around here.

[CreekDog]

17. there are basically no home invasions in my neighborhood either

and most of us don't have guns.

i don't think there is that correlation.

[greiner3]

29. "17. there are basically no home invasions in my neighborhood either"

Nor mine.

[lunasun]

30. +1 same thought here!!!!

[Tunkamerica]

36. There are "virtually" no home invasions period.

[libdem4life]

46. Also, inexpensive, digital home alarm systems. Still, I'll take a big, loud, but loving family dog

over the horrendous odds of an in-home/domestic/suicidal gun accident any day. The statistics on suicide or death by family dog is pretty low. Many people who don't have alarm systems still post the front yard notice. I used to have a big sign on my back yard gate ... "Beware: Big, Hungry Dog patrols this back yard." Actually, it was a couple of cats who could run any other cat out with a couple of shrieking war meows. To my knowledge, in almost 20 years, it was never tested.

[dixiegrrrrl]

47. I agree.

We have a Golden, the friendliest dog on earth, I have taught him to bark like crazy when people enter the yard.
He sounds HUGE and angry.
Not too many people know he is a lovebug.

[libdem4life]

49. And those who do know, don't threaten your personal goods or safety...that's the good news.

[Tunkamerica]

50. We had only goldens growing up.

Now since they've died and my little brother lives in my parents' old house alone it's been broken into twice. Once successfully. Of course he thinks he knows who it is and he works two jobs and lives alone so no one is home 16 hours at a time, but I wish he'd get a dog... or a roommate with a different schedule

[oldbanjo]

8. A sheriff in Spartanburg SC wrote put a notice

in the Newspapers telling women to get a gun and protect themselves from rapist.

[LiberalFighter]

22. I heard that sheriff is a rapist. Should he still be shot?

[oldbanjo]

38. That's why we need the same guns that the police have.

[LiberalFighter]

40. No we need to keep those people out of those positions.

[kestrel91316]

9. It's a shame that the citizens of Milwaukee County don't have ANY money that they could

pool together to pay for more LEOs. The grinding poverty there must be almost like the slums of Calcutta from one end of the county to the next. I assume they are living in mud hovels without electricity, and no one in the whole county even has a job. Banks don't bother opening branches there, there are no stores or indeed any businesses.

No money at all.

[Brigid]

10. This guy must be related to Crazy Sheriff Joe.

[quakerboy]

12. In which case, why do they need a sherriff?

IF we are to protect ourselves, and our neighbors are to do the same, what good are the sherriffs? If I have an issue, I shoot the guy, and if there are too many for that, I call my neigbor and we shoot the guys. Cops not needed.

[glinda]

15. It was suggested to me by someone in a

position of the Law (way high up the chain and in the position to know for many reasons) that the conservatives goal was to bring the Country to the point where outcomes were determined by basically "gun fights", like the old West. Eight years have passed since I was told this and I have witnessed this look more and more like the absolute truth. IS this really what the NRA hopes for? Then they truly will make tons of money.

[LiberalFighter]

23. Well if that is the case I may need to get me the appropriate firearm(s)

and make sure to stand my ground when confronting the gun crazies.

[glinda]

27. That is what they want.

[RKP5637]

34. Yes, IMO, that IS what the NRA wants, the manufactures and the gun crazy element. This

country is becoming unfit to lead the world ... it's all about $$$$$, lives do not matter, $$$$$ matters to them.

[pipoman]

16. There are places in my state it could

take an hour or more for the police to arrive..it could take 30 minutes to get them to my house..then it's likely to be one officer. No, most people in places like this consider their own security in one way or another..mostly by arming themselves and keeping dogs.

[lunasun]

31. Are you in Milwaukee county? I never think of it as rural or isolated

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_County,_Wisconsin

[pipoman]

33. No, but the effect can be the same

if they are so understaffed it takes an hour or more to respond..

[loli phabay]

45. regardless of staffing there will never be enough cops to always be everywhere at once

Especially in rural areas. In my county especially in winter the cops may not even be able to get to some locations without walking and taking a lot of time.

[DavidWD72]

19. Nothing new for Sheriff Clarke.

He's been running for higher office since at least 2004. He puts his deputies on patrols in city neighborhoods. Looking to step up the official ladder.

[forthemiddle]

43. He hasn't run for ANYTHING since becoming Sheriff

Not sure what you are talking about, but there was talk that he might run for County Executive last cycle, but he decided against it.

He is a Democrat (on paper anyway), and last year probably would have been his best shot but he says he wants to continue to be Sheriff, and he keeps getting reelected, so...............................

[Xithras]

20. One of the sheriff's here in California did that a couple of years ago.

And for the same reason. The county kept cutting his budget, so he publicly said that he could no longer guarantee the ability of his department to respond to crimes and recommended that people buy guns. Then he went even FURTHER and opened up his CCW policy. Stanislaus County is effectively "shall issue" at this point, so long as you have a clean criminal history and list "personal safety" as your reason for requesting it.

This has been a concern for other counties for a few years now, as CCW's are valid statewide. It's all but impossible for a resident of LA or San Francisco to get a CCW, but there's nothing stopping someone from Modesto from walking around either of those cities with a legal concealed firearm, using the CCW issued by their home county. As you might imagine, there are LOTS of LEO's in neighboring counties who are less than thrilled by the sheriff's decision.

[mlr]

21. arm yourself

I live in a rural area in Oregon, and everyone I know owns numerous guns. I dont know of anyone who has had a home invasion. I have always been against the practice of all governments to tax people, then send the taxes to the general fund. They then use the taxes for numerous projects and expenditures, but when there is a shortfall, they say they cant fund the basic things the populous needs, then they cut police and fire but keep the other less needed services.
I suggest an idea that the first thing to be cut in any budget shortfall, is the last thing implemented until you get down to the police and fire services which would be the last to go. From here you go to volunteer fire fighters and police. This is only fair and equitable, and common sense. America was built without professional fire and police and took care of their own, and it was the industrial revolution that sent most people into the cities. Maybe it's time to reverse the process.

[LiberalFighter]

24. Troll Alert

[nick of time]

25. And they're outta here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=300195&sub=trans

[coalition_unwilling]

26. was it "the populous needs" that first clued you

in?

[lunasun]

32. And these trolls are not descibing what Milwaukee WI is like.....or actually have no idea

[SoapBox]

35. Just ask'n...

and I suppose that I'll be labeled a troll supporter, get reported and flamed for asking this...

They stated:

"...live in a rural area in Oregon, and everyone I know owns numerous guns. I dont know of anyone who has had a home invasion."

and

"...until you get down to the police and fire services which would be the last to go."

From the replies...you'all are saying that the "home invasion" statement is wrong? All of you know people who have had many
home invasions? Gee, I never hear about any on the news...I guess...point?

AND

Police and Fire Services would be last to go, during budget cutting processes...you disagree? You want them cut, first????

Sorry folks, I didn't see anything trollish about these two parts of the post.

[libdem4life]

48. It's a "Red State-Blue State" or "rural-urban-suburban" issue. Face it, what intelligent burglar

is going to drive his pickup truck or van 30-40 miles to chance to burglarize a rural home...unless s/he knows no one is home or has some indication that there are moveable, pawnable or quickly saleable items that will make it worth the heist...at which point an owner's gun does no good. And those that do happen are often "inside jobs". That's what home security systems are for. Leaving aside the emotional subject of guns or weapons, especially if a home is not known to house said weapons, not likely to happen.

It's kind of like trick-or-treating...excuse the reference...but best to go where the pickings are good. Usually, in urban/suburban areas, someone has left open a car door or a back door. Twice I had burglaries...once was when my car was inadvertently left unlocked...thief got a couple of bucks from change in the ash tray...and the other time my son's school pack was left in his truck, in sight, and a shoddy lock got easily busted or more likely, he left it unlocked. There wasn't a true break-in in the suburban neighborhood for years...unless something was left unlocked.

Second the "industrial revolution" reference...for ill or for good...comes with the demographics.

[daleo]

28. Maybe warlords and neighbourhood militias are next

The rich can have private armies...

[Scuba]

37. It's not news that Clarke is nuts. This is just his latest.

http://www.620wtmj.com/blogs/charliesykes/184074161.html

"Liberals are shameful."



http://uppitywis.org/tags/david-clarke

"Apparently this partisan hack has pulled his head out of his ass once again to say something stupid. The next time little boy Weishan says something intelligent or accurate will be the first. This is the same idiot who recently diminished the danger of law enforcement work several weeks before one of my officers lost his life in the line of duty. He would do Milwaukee County good by crawling back into his hole.” -- Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, after Supervisor John Weishan questioned Clarke providing more security for a Romney-Ryan rally than he did for President Obama.

[Wolf Frankula]

39. Maybe He's Connected with a Hispanic Organization called the Freedom Fighters

with their slogan of Disarm the Police! Arm the People!. But he's probably just another wingnut.

Wolf

[Evasporque]

41. Home invasion rare in Milwaukee...armed RW crazy shootings up...

A old racist dude shot a black teen dead because he said the kid robbed him.

Born again Mega Church Christian Iraq Veteran stalked and shot his police officer wife four times in the face, way to save him Elmbrook.

Guy who was told by courts to give up weapons after domestic violence opens fire on people at a salon killing his wife.

Right Wing Nazi Racist opens fire in a temple kills peaceful unarmed worshippers shoots police officer ten times.

Right wing crazy opens fire on christian church meeting in a hotel.