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October 18, 2008
A Glimmer of Hope
Posted by Dave Blount at October 18, 2008 10:56 AM
The horrifying Obamania phenomenon might lead you to believe that American character is being washed away in a slimy tide of moonbattery. But there is at least one encouraging sign: the rate of justifiable homicides by both police and private citizens has been rising, indicating resistance to the idea of thugs and lowlifes taking over our country:
The 391 killings by police that were ruled justifiable in 2007 were the most since 1994, FBI statistics show. The 254 killings by private individuals found to be self-defense were the most since 1997.
The FBI says a homicide committed by a private citizen is justified when a person is slain during the commission of a felony, such as a burglary or robbery. Police are justified, the FBI says, when felons are killed while the officer is acting in the line of duty.
The willingness of Americans to use lethal force to protect themselves and their property will become crucial if the media is able to install its moonbat messiah in the White House. If you think our flaky justice system coddles criminals now, wait until we've had a few years of Obama appointing judges in the mold of Bill Ayers. It will be open season on law-abiding, productive citizens all year round, not just on April 15th.
But until BHO manages to get the Second Amendment repealed, we can still fight back. As the NRA's Wayne LaPierre puts it:
Americans are simply refusing to be victims.
With that spirit intact, we can pull through anything — even Marxist punks in the White House.
On a tip from Panday.
Update:
To prevent this post from being deliberately misconstrued, it looks like I'll have to make it explicit that the point isn't to celebrate lowlifes being killed. The glimmer of hope is that people are showing the will to defend themselves, rather than passively leaving their fate in the hands of a system that can't even be counted on to take their side against criminals.
