{"id":75598,"date":"2021-12-27T03:34:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T09:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=75598"},"modified":"2021-12-27T03:34:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T09:34:02","slug":"75598","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=75598","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

In America\u2019s violent cities, is self-defense the last civil right?<\/a><\/p>\n

As much as I love sipping political philosophies like fine wine, now isn\u2019t the time. Of all the important questions to be asked in this manic hour, I offer this one: In America\u2019s violent cities, is self-defense the last civil right or a path to the last rite? As violent crime rises and the leftists\u2019 will to fight it plummets, we who are in the midst of daily destruction must make up our minds.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t care if your chosen self-defense item is a knife (a staple in majority leftist\/left anarchist cities), slingshot, baseball bat (a favorite of the friend whom I call a force of nature), bow and arrow, pepper spray, fists, mixed martial arts (aka MMA) or whatever else tickles your tactical fancy, it\u2019s clear we\u2019ve got to have our minds made up. We must be armed, not just with the weapons, but also with the will to defend ourselves. Given current headlines on timelines, it\u2019s a no-brainer.<\/p>\n

In New Orleans, a local judge\u2019s mother was\u00a0recently wounded<\/a>\u00a0in crossfire and a congresswoman and state legislator were\u00a0carjacked days ago<\/a>\u00a0in their respective cities. When mayhem touches elites, some targets (that is, ordinary citizens) wonder whether the policies those elites support will change? Let\u2019s let that question hang in the air while we stay focused.<\/p>\n

I understand what progressive mayors and prosecutors have done to undermine effective policing and violent career criminal convictions. I also understand change won\u2019t happen instantly even if those same actors got religion on public safety overnight.<\/p>\n

Targets (i.e., citizens) still face several waves of attacks from a generation that hasn\u2019t faced consequences for its actions. After what conservatives termed \u201cthe Ferguson Effect\u201d following Mike Brown\u2019s death and new de-policing benchmarks set following George Floyd\u2019s demise, we face youth who won\u2019t magically stop rampaging on their won. Violent young people\u2019s lifestyles change only after persistent pressure is applied over time.<\/p>\n

Police officers, mayors, prosecutors, and judges are instrumental but not fast moving. We targets (aka citizens) must exercise our last right of self-defense, and loudly defend the right to do so,\u00a0or what we call self-defense will become the equivalent of a last rite courtesy of violent offenders.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, self-defense is instantaneous. It isn\u2019t hamstrung by polling and debates in safe chambers. When targets (citizens) decide self-defense is our last right, we won\u2019t be needing our last rites anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In America\u2019s violent cities, is self-defense the last civil right? As much as I love sipping political philosophies like fine wine, now isn\u2019t the time. Of all the important questions to be asked in this manic hour, I offer this one: In America\u2019s violent cities, is self-defense the last civil right or a path to … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,29,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goobermint","category-safety","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75599,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75598\/revisions\/75599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}