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Among the many acts of bravery and kindness we have seen during the The hell of Los Angelesthe dark side of human nature has also emerged as cases of increasing theft. Unfortunately, California is anti-gun, leaving homeowners with few options to protect themselves.
Police have charged more 20 people with theft. Some dangerous couples went so far as to dress up as firefighters in order to help themselves to the valuables of victims whose homes were abandoned or destroyed.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED AS GOOD HEADS, WORKERS KNOW FROM ABANDONED HOUSES.
It is clear that as the winds blow the deadly fire around Tinseltown, all resources, including the police, are stretched to the limit, to give hard-hearted thieves a target area for their crimes. of the law.
One thing these Los Angeles criminals can count on is that if they encounter a homeowner during their robbery, there is a slim chance that the person will point a gun at them.
A firefighter jumps a fence while battling the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (Ethan Swope/AP)
In liberal Florida, where Second Amendment gun rights are respected, not reviled, people who would rob, after hurricanes for example, know that stealing from the wrong house can be a punishment of death.
They know because Governor Ron DeSantis told them so after Hurricane Milton destroyed thousands of homes last year.
“If you go into someone's house after the storm has passed, think you're going to be able to commit a crime, you're going to get into serious trouble.” DeSantis promised, adding, “And honestly, you never know what's behind that door in the Second Amendment.”
Hear, hear.
There are actually two ways in which the unarmed people of Los Angeles are put at risk by the Draconian anti-gun laws in the Golden State. The first is that individuals cannot protect themselves and their property, but the second, and potentially worse, is that criminals are well aware of this.
When we think about the reasons why we have the Second Amendment, it is often noted that it is to protect ourselves, and to check the power of the government. But in California, we see a third reason, which is exactly this kind of emergency.
Florida Sheriff Grady Judd of Polk County has a warning for thieves trying to take advantage of areas affected by Hurricane Milton. (Fox News Digital)
Angelenos don't need guns to topple their government, however, but they do need them to hold down the fort, or house, in other words, while the government pours all its resources into disaster management.
In fact, when you look at gun ownership rates by country, it's rural states like Montana that have the most guns. This is good because, in the city, government protection in the form of the police is always a few minutes away, in rural areas, usually not.
This is where the residents of Los Angeles find themselves today. City and state governments are desperate, people need to protect themselves and poor, anti-gun policies are preventing them from doing so.
That's why we're seeing reports of some of LA's richest people paying for private security to protect their homes, which I guess is great if you're a millionaire, but if not, leave you alone even more dangerous.
In fact, in many cases, all that can be done to prevent would-be thieves from plunging for their lives is a few openly armed men guarding the neighborhood patrolling their neighborhood.
But the progressive leadership of California, who, by the way, also have gun protection at the expense of taxpayers, will not allow the average Joe to protect his family with his gun.
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Progressive gun laws like California's, like other progressive policies, are designed to make the population less vulnerable, more vulnerable, and more dependent on the state. It's on display in the open and clear in LA today.
We hope that once this emergency passes, the people of California will realize how important their gun rights are and seek their restoration. Meanwhile, thousands and thousands are just useless.
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Los Angeles District Attorney Nate Hochman has been appointed to be tough on crime. This is his first chance. If the city does not allow its citizens to protect themselves, then the punishment for robbery must be great, like years in prison.
But of course, that is not and will never be a sufficient place for an armed people, which is what the founding fathers understood when they asserted the right given to us by God of guns.
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