Conceptually it seems hard to distinguish this Dallas action, which was horrific, from the sort of thing the second amendment was meant to protect. Once you accept that firearms are a legitimate way to settle grievances with the government, it becomes a slippery slope.
A second observation is that Facebook live streaming is going to change policing dramatically. The police need their own cameras, and they need better tools than guns to subdue people. Mike Vanderboegh is on his death bed. I'm surprised he lived to see Independence Day one more time. Here's what he looked like six weeks ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAh-kecVoUE His unfinished book, "Absolved", might be wrapped up by his son Matt and brought to market by Christmas, but IIRC, Mike said he'd get it done himself by Christmas, back in 2009 or 2010, and it obviously didn't happen. Apparently the whole thing's been written for years, just needs editing for publication. In Chapter 28, he brings up the IRA's tactic of fighting fire with fire, literally. If the British set fire to an Irish Republican's home, the IRA would set fire to two British homes. http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2009/11/absolved-chapter-28-nemesis-six.html I hope that what we saw in Dallas last night is not the beginning of something like that, cops shoot a couple of black guys, then blacks shoot ten cops... Mike meant Absolved to be a warning to all as to what another civil war would look like. John Ross' 1996 novel "Unintended Consequences" helped inspire it. https://www.amazon.com/Unintended-Consequences-John-Ross/dp/1888118040 Other works in that genre include Matt Bracken's "Enemies Trilogy". https://www.amazon.com/Enemies-Trilogy-3-Book/dp/B00XLWG14I _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
