Glock block: Pistol-packing Oregon neighborhood fights crime wave

[Aloha_Shooter]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/18/glock-block-pistol-packing-oregon-neighborhood-fig/

http://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/enlarge/image/glockjpg/?iframe=true&width=830&height=800


An Oregon community fed up with rising petty neighborhood crime and dissatisfied with police response has taken matters into their own hands. They’ve organized a citizens’ watchdog group – armed with Glock handguns and ready to protect their property.
Their pamphlets, posted in noticeable spots around town, states: “This is a Glock Block. We don’t call 911,” KOIN.com first reported.

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KOIN reported that police are wary of the vigilante movement. But Ms. Toloman is unapologetic.
“I think more people should have permits to carry,” she said, in the Daily Mail. “I will defend myself and my home.”

Good for them!

[buffalobo]

Good on them, more communities should start such programs.

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[dirtrulz]

I think it is a great idea, as long as they get lots of training. They may just find themselves sitting next to zimmerman. Non lethal might be the way to go, petty crime does not usually warrant death.

[Ronin13]

If it wasn't sandwiched between Lib/commie CA and WA it might be the ideal neighborhood to live in... [Beer]

[Chad4000]

thats awesome

[Aloha_Shooter]

I think it is a great idea, as long as they get lots of training. They may just find themselves sitting next to zimmerman. Non lethal might be the way to go, petty crime does not usually warrant death.

... and what's wrong with that? It didn't turn to gunplay until little Trayvon was beating Zimmerman's head against the ground. I remember a study the Washington Post (no conservative rag) did during the Clinton administration to figure out why the crime rate was so different between Virginia and Maryland/DC. IIRC, about 2/3 of the criminals from Maryland/DC interviewed said they avoided Virginia because "they'll shoot your ass over there". "Tazorhood" just doesn't have the same cachet as "Glock block" (and I don't even like Glocks).

[Great-Kazoo]

I think it is a great idea, as long as they get lots of training. They may just find themselves sitting next to zimmerman. Non lethal might be the way to go, petty crime does not usually warrant death.

You don't bring a tazer to a gun fight. Training is an important part of owning / carrying a gun. Hopefully their attorney has been involved from day 1.

[SuperiorDG]

I hope they have a legal fund set aside.

[Jer]

I hope they have a legal fund set aside.

This. If anyone hasn't noticed those who protect their neighborhood are no longer seen as good guys in the eyes of the law. I used to watch my neighborhood like a hawk. Now I watch my house and nothing more.

[dirtrulz]

You don't bring a tazer to a gun fight. Training is an important part of owning / carrying a gun. Hopefully their attorney has been involved from day 1.

If they are saying it is petty crime then a gun should not have been involved, adding a gun to the mix means it is no longer a petty crime.


I some how doubt you could get away with shooting someone over them taking a statue from your porch.

[dirtrulz]

This. If anyone hasn't noticed those who protect their neighborhood are no longer seen as good guys in the eyes of the law. I used to watch my neighborhood like a hawk. Now I watch my house and nothing more.

Once you have an armed, and likely under trained neighborhood watch you are seen as vigilantes looking for trouble.

[Boadie30]

This. If anyone hasn't noticed those who protect their neighborhood are no longer seen as good guys in the eyes of the law. I used to watch my neighborhood like a hawk. Now I watch my house and nothing more.

Same here.... This^^ is a true statement..

[Jer]

Once you have an armed, and likely under trained neighborhood watch you are seen as vigilantes looking for trouble.

...regardless of actual facts.

[Great-Kazoo]

If they are saying it is petty crime then a gun should not have been involved, adding a gun to the mix means it is no longer a petty crime.


I some how doubt you could get away with shooting someone over them taking a statue from your porch.

Which is where training / understanding of your states Use of Deadly Force Laws come in to play. Taking a statue, get a description , plate number if possible and call the cops. Anything else, i'll not armchair quarterback their decision.