Recently on the Fox News Network, one of the stories was about a crime wave in Washington DC. What's new you ask? Washington DC has a history of crime waves. These statistics are especially disturbing when you consider that Washington DC has so many different levels of the police. In the first twelve days of July, 14 people were killed and are in the last 30 days robberies by 14% and armed robberies are up 18%.
The crime wave comes at the height of tourist season in our nationalCapital. This is the third such crime emergency in the last four years. Paying taxes, law-abiding citizens are forbidden by municipal law from carrying deadly weapons to defend because of a thirty years old weapons ban in Washington DC. Obviously, only criminals have guns. Does this show how such bans are effective?
Then came a story of two bats terrorize the city of Phoenix. One is the "Baseline rapist" because he drives in the southern part of Phoenix near BaselineHe began his Rd Spree in August 2005. He will be responsible for 6 murders, and many robberies and sexual assaults. The other "Serial Shooter" has at least 5 murders. Sixteen survivors of his victims, since he began his river Spree in May 2005.
Both killers have put the city in a state of terror. Citizens are rightly afraid to walk alone after dark. Fear and paranoia are common.
Phoenix police are, because after so long and so many sacrifices they get frustratedstill have a good description, so they are looking for two people in a city with three million plus.
There are only so can the police, and they are eager to see how thin it is. Citizens across the country would be well advised to start taking more responsibility for their own self-defense. You should check with some form of non-lethal self defense weapons like stun or pepper spray. Personal memories, such as sirens and whistles that as a good deterrent
Selfso named because the responsibility for defending itself in the individual. Police made a wonderful job, but can not be everywhere.
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