ARM YOURSELVES-SOCIETY IS BEGINNING TO CRACK

This is the reality of life in the new America. As governments shrink or collapse and the services we've relied on disappear it's up to the citizens to take responsibility for themselves and their communities. The sooner we realize this and the sooner we begin to work with the existing political structure to make the needed changes the better. This transition can be accomplished in an orderly fashion if we want it to. Or, we can bury our heads and hope it all goes away, a bad dream that will disappear in the morning sun. That will guarantee anarchy and chaos as the bad guys move to control us all.

"One judge's solution for citizens feeling less secure because of budget cuts in an Ohio county: Carry a gun.

Judge Alfred Mackey of Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court advised residents Friday to be vigilant and arm themselves because the number of deputies has been cut about in half because of a tight budget. He also urged neighbors to organize anti-crime block watch groups.

"They have to be law-abiding, and if they are not familiar with firearms they need to take a safety course so they are not a threat to their family and friends and themselves," Mackey said Friday.

Mackey, whose comments were first broadcast Thursday by WKYC-TV in Cleveland, was expressing concerns with budget cuts that have trimmed the sheriff's department from 112 to 49 deputies in the county, which is Ohio's largest by land area.

Asked by WKYC how people should respond to the cuts and limited patrols, he said, "Arm themselves. Be very careful and just be vigilant because we're going to have to look after each other."
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