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Friday, July 8, 2011

One good thing about the Garner shooting

Update: Charges dropped against Perry Whittaker
We discussed the person who was cited for shooting at a pair of burglars. Now we are seeing more fallout from that situation.

Police are setting up a task force and increasing their presence in neighborhoods plagued by a string of burglaries. They are also asking for the public’s help to solve the crimes.
Since January, Garner police have received 56 reports of break-ins in six subdivisions. That makes up the bulk of the 84 burglaries reported throughout the whole town since January, said Sgt. Scott Crawford.

Now I don’t want to imply that the Garner PD weren’t giving this situation the proper attention. I’m sure that they were dedicating a lot of time and effort already. Now they have detailed 20 police officers to intensively patrolling the neighborhoods during the peak 7am-12noon break in times.

They are even knocking on doors and asking for us to be on the lookout. The police officer that showed up yesterday was very polite, but firm on the point that I should not rush across the street to take a shot at burglars. I told him about the lady in Cary who was writing down the license plate number of a thief and got assaulted. The police officer said that it was ok to shoot them if they attacked me while I was writing down their license plate numbers. He also agreed with my plan to take my dog along if I went outside to get descriptions and such.

Another thing that’s happening is that the neighbors are talking. All the people around me have taken to keeping a lookout for thieves. I might have even convinced a neighbor to get his NC Concealed Handgun Permit. It’s not very useful against this type of crime, but we can always use one more decent citizen out on the street carrying.

So the Garner shooter’s loss is the neighborhood’s gain.

Update: Charges dropped against Perry Whittaker
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Posted by Sean D Sorrentino at 6:02 AM
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4 comments:

  1. Regarding your "we can always use one more decent citizen out on the street carrying" comment. Are you aware that NC is an open carry state and a CHP is not required to open carry? Check out opencarry.org for more info.

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  2. As a matter of fact, I do know. I just got back from an open carry dinner. Most people need to be eased into open carry. Concealed carry helps with that.

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  3. Some also like to know they can legally carry in NC without having to get permission in the form of a CHP (permit) from the government.

    I like the ATF shirt idea.

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  4. Update: Charges dropped against Perry Whittaker

    http://ncguns.blogspot.com/2011/09/remember-case-of-perry-whittaker-town.html

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